CUBA Black – Cold Dry 43mg

Mint with a dry-ice style chill is the brief for CUBA Black Cold Dry 43mg, packed into a slim black pouch at the full Black strength. The name refers to the sensation rather than the pouch: no listing we found says the portion is drier than other CUBA pouches. Expect a normal slim feel with a hard, cold edge, and 43mg of nicotine aimed at people who already use very strong products.

CUBA Black Cold Dry 43mg next to Ice Spearmint

The Black series has two mint cans. Ice Spearmint leans on the sweeter, greener spearmint leaf, while Cold Dry is about the cold itself, with the mint playing a supporting role. Both carry identical nicotine, so pick by whether you want leaf flavour or pure chill.

The same chill at a quarter of the strength

Cold Dry is one of two flavours we stock in both CUBA White and CUBA Black, Banana Hit being the other. The White tin holds 10.4mg per pouch, roughly a quarter of the 43mg here, at 16mg per gram instead of 66mg. Owning both lets you hold the flavour steady and shift the dose to suit the day. The maker describes the White version as extra cool, so the family resemblance is deliberate.

Who Cold Dry at 43mg is for

It makes sense for people who already reach for very strong mint pouches and want the cold to lead rather than the mint. If you are still on mid-strength mints, try the flavour in White before you commit to a Black tin.

• Nicotine: 43mg per pouch, 66mg per gram
• Level on our site: Extreme
• Flavour: mint with a cold, dry-ice style finish
• Slim black pouches
• 20 in each can, 13 g net

Step down to CUBA White Cold Dry 10.4mg for the same idea at lower strength, or compare it with CUBA Black Ice Spearmint 43mg. The rest of the line-up is on our CUBA brand page.