Matt Booth designed Room101 around one conviction: luxury is a standard of quality, not a price point. The Ichiban line exists to prove that conviction to anyone who has ever assumed that affordable cigars can’t deliver a premium experience. The Ichiban Habano is the bolder sibling to the Connecticut — a chocolate-brown Habano wrapper that looks like it belongs on a cigar costing three times as much, covering a four-nation filler blend of Dominican, Honduran, Nicaraguan, and Peruvian long-fillers that have been aged for a minimum of five years before rolling.

The wrapper is a chocolate-brown Habano capa with a cedary character, notes of toast and roasted nuts, and a subtle amount of spice in a medium-bodied cigar. The five-year aging timeline applied to the multi-nation filler blend — Dominican, Honduran, Nicaraguan, and Peruvian tobaccos all set aside for half a decade before they’re rolled — is the Ichiban Habano’s most significant production commitment, developing the integration and smoothness that younger tobacco blends can never replicate at this price point. Cedar, toast, cream, and oak emerge across a medium-bodied profile that delivers more complexity and depth than the Ichiban Connecticut’s approachable mildness, making the Habano the natural step up for the daily rotation smoker who wants more character without committing to a full-bodied premium release.

Why You’ll Love It

Five-Year Aged Filler Blend: The Ichiban Habano’s most significant production commitment is the five-year aging applied to the Dominican, Honduran, Nicaraguan, and Peruvian long-fillers — a timeline that develops the integration, smoothness, and depth that make this cigar deliver far more complexity than its accessible price point suggests.

Four Nations, One Blend: Dominican, Honduran, Nicaraguan, and Peruvian tobacco in a single bundle cigar is a genuinely diverse construction — four distinct tobacco traditions contributing complementary characters to a filler blend that the chocolate-brown Habano wrapper’s natural spice and earthiness frames beautifully.

Room101 Luxury, Daily Price: The Ichiban Habano carries the same Matt Booth aesthetic and quality philosophy as the premium Room101 lines at a bundle price that makes keeping one in daily rotation effortless — proof that the Room101 standard doesn’t begin at the FARCE series price point and end there.