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Djarum·Indonesia
Djarum Black
The definitive kretek: clove, sweet paper, and a crackle you can hear across a room.
20 mg tar · 84 mmNot rated yet
Gudang Garam International
The heavyweight kretek. Enormous smoke, enormous numbers, and a devoted following.
In production since 1958
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Our notes
Gudang Garam International is the strongest cigarette in this catalogue by tar and nicotine both, and it does not feel like an accident — the smoke is thick, sweet and resinous, with the clove sitting deeper in the blend than Djarum places it.
We ran a shortened protocol for exactly the reason the numbers suggest.
What works
- Enormous, resinous smoke volume
- Clove integrated deep into the blend
- Very cheap at source
What does not
- 26mg tar and 1.8mg nicotine — the heaviest here
- Burns hot in the final third
- Overwhelming for anyone new to kretek
Specifications
26 mg
Tar
1.8 mg
Nicotine
84 mm
Length
12
Pack
Full
Strength
Clove
Flavour
King size
Format
Filtered
Filter
Tar and nicotine are the manufacturer or market-label declarations, measured by machine under ISO conditions. They do not describe what any individual smoker inhales.
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