In order to find out the influence of drying means on the sensory quality of blended type cigarette, the effects of SH6 thin plate drying, HXD pneumatic drying and KLD thin plate drying on the sensory quality of cut strips of burley, oriental and flue-cured tobacco portions in cigarette blend of Brand DuBao A were investigated. The drying means better applicable to each tobacco portion was identified and optimized with grey incidence analysis. The results showed that: 1) The cut strips of burley tobacco in Brand DuBao A could gain better aroma character, higher concentration and stronger impact by SH6 drying, and gain the best taste character by HXD drying; the cut strips of oriental tobacco in DuBao A could gain better aroma character by SH6 drying and gain better mouth effect by HXD drying; while the overall sensory quality of cut strips of flue-cured tobacco was better after KLD drying. 2) The optimal combination of drying means for DuBao A was: SH6 drying for burley and oriental tobacco portions and KLD for flue-cured tobacco portion.