The invention belongs to the technical field of production of filter sticks of cigarette and particularly relates to a patent application of a maca essence for cigarette crackable capsules and an application of the maca essence in the cigarette. The maca essence contains a maca extract, methyl linoleate, 3,4-dimethyl phenol, D-limonene, indole and caprylic capric triglyceride. The maca essence can be used for preparing maca cigarette crackable capsules, and the crackable capsules can be added into the filter sticks so as to prepare crackable capsule type cigarette. By providing the maca essence special for the cigarette crackable capsules and combining with a complete crackable capsule production process, the cigarette crackable capsule product with stable and uniform forming quality can be prepared; and by adding the crackable capsules into a cigarette filter, the irritation of the cigarette can be well weakened, the fragrances of the cigarette can be improved and enriched, and the fragrance richness, sensory quality and smoking interestingness of the cigarette can be remarkably improved, so that the maca essence has relatively good application values and popularization and application significances in the design, development, production and sales of the crackable capsule type cigarette.