Room 101 Breakfast in Portugal Toro

📌 Brand: Room 101
📌 Line: Breakfast in Portugal
📌 Size: Toro (6" × 50)
📌 Weight: 15 g
📌 Age: 5 years
📌 Origin: Dominican Republic

Tasting Notes

• Toasted Bread – Light, airy, breakfast-like core

• Cream – Soft sweetness, gentle body

• Almond – Mild nutty tone beneath the toast

• White Pepper – Subtle retrohale lift

First Impressions

The cigar presents a clean, golden-tinted wrapper with small veins and a soft, relaxed feel. A squeeze confirms underfilling and loose bunching. Pre-light aroma gives cream, toast, and faint nut. Cold draw is very loose, almost airy.

Smoking Experience

• First Third – Toasted bread and almond rise immediately. Loose draw produces lots of smoke but weak concentration of flavor.

• Second Third – Creamy sweetness grows, but underfilling keeps the flavors mild and slightly washed out. Burn stays straight.

• Final Third – Pepper increases softly. Profile remains pleasant but never gains density because of the airy draw.

Pairings

• Alcohol – Hven Organic Gin “Tycho’s Star” - Floral, spicy, slightly smoky gin that brings the depth the cigar lacks while keeping the experience bright and elegant.

• Tea – Vietnam Ha Giang Snow Shan Black Tea - Smooth, mildly sweet with floral top notes — perfect to complement the cigar’s gentle cream and toast.

Music Pairing

“Amor a Portugal” – Ana Moura
Smooth, emotional warmth mirrors the cigar’s creamy softness.

Final Thoughts

Breakfast in Portugal is soft, creamy, and easygoing — but the very loose draw and underfilled construction keep the flavors from fully forming. Still enjoyable, light, and relaxing, just lacking structure.

Final Score: 8/10
Why not a 10?
Loose draw + underfilled roll reduced flavor density and complexity.

Only cigars that deliver flawless draw, balance, flavour evolution, construction and satisfaction get a 10.