Cone Bandit Gushu

He Kai 500 Year Old Gushu Raw 2016

98 Community score 20 reviews

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Imperial Dragon

Love love love love love this puerh!! Creamy, fruity, and sweet! I wish I had ordered a second cake before it sold out... Maybe you could search out a Cone Bandit II in your travels? ;)
March 04, 2018
Wind Summoning Fish

Nose brown bread ice-cream: yes! Savoury, herby astringency, light sweetness. Sage. S4-5 Very drying & tannic, then S6 green grape clean fruitiness.
July 02, 2017
Recommends this tea
Evil Dispelling Bull

Really juicy character with the typical raw Puerh taste. Bitterness go hand in hand with creamy tones. There are green grape notes indeed. Lingering aftertaste.
June 14, 2017
Heavenly Horse

This is a very flavorful tea. I'm giving it a 9 compared to the bursting flavor of Monocle Boss. You can really taste the changes in flavor profile through gong fu brewing!
May 31, 2017
Man riding Phoenix

Medicinal astringency, slight brown bread flavour.
May 25, 2017
Son of Dragon

It's sad that this one is no longer in stock but I purchased an extra one to age because I like it that much. It's great at the age it is now but I think it will be even better the longer you keep.
April 25, 2017
Courageous Goat

Floral; burnt sugar and maple syrup. Slight bitterness catching up at the end.
April 23, 2017
Recommends this tea
Auspicious Seahorse

Wildflowers and bitter herbs. Grapefruit and a teeny bite of pepper on the first infusion. More like perfumey lilies on subsequent infusions.
April 22, 2017
Auspicious Seahorse

Strong, sweet malty grass flavor and taste. Great!
April 20, 2017
Evil Dispelling Bull

Although initially quite a little too strong to me and a little bitter, it develops a most surprising aftertaste of very intense flowers and tropical fruit, amazing.
April 20, 2017
Evil Dispelling Bull

Wonderful nose to this Gushu. Background of jasmine flowers and a satisfying bitterness that transforms to sweetness with the finish. Lots of "throat charm", lol.
April 20, 2017
Son of Dragon

Brown bread and fruity sweetness. The gushu bitters is light.
April 16, 2017
Recommends this tea

Mei Leaf Tasting Notes

EYES - DRY LEAF: Shimmering with fine hair multiple shades of brown buds and medium leaves.
NOSE - DRY LEAF: Mountain forest rivers and overipe cantaloupe.
NOSE - WET LEAF: Buttered morels, spanakopita and honey.
EYES - LIQUOR: Orange beige.
MOUTH - TEXTURE: Medium thick.
MOUTH - TASTE: Brown bread ice cream and green grapes. The tiniest of front of tongue bitterness leading to juicy jasmine and cantaloupe sweetness.
NOSE - EMPTY CUP: Prune ice cream
MOUTH - FINISH: Dry to juicy.
EYES - WET LEAF: Early autumn forest green, silky buds and leaves.
BODY SENSATION: Bright mind and warm energy.

SEASON: Spring 2016
CULTIVAR: Da Ye Zhong
ORIGIN: He Kai, Yunnan, China
PICKING & PROCESSING: Buds and up to three leaves
ELEVATION: 1400m

THIS IS A SINGLE CAKE. TO BUY A GIFTSET CONTAINING THIS TEA PLEASE PURCHASE A DINOSAUR GUSHU PUERH EXPERIENCE.

Cone Bandit is part of our dinosaur editions of PuErh all coming from the same Bulang mountain area of Yunnan and selected out of a tasting of twenty tea samples. It is made from leaves plucked from at least 500 year old tea trees (making it a Gushu PuErh) which have been withered, hand fried, sun dried and compressed into 100g cakes.

This tea has the creamiest character of the three Dinosaur Gushu PuErh's evoking brown bread ice cream and overipe cantaloupes. A medium to thick body and a dry to juicy finish.

Artwork has been drawn by Celine and hand screen printed in London. This is a limited edition cake which is part of our dinosaur Gushu range including BLOOM BUSTER and PIP KILLER.

Gu Shu Pu Erh Tea Cake London

	Gong Fu Brewing				Western Brewing
Water Temp	Amountg per 100ml	1st Infusionseconds	+ Infusionsseconds	Number of Infusions	Amountg per 100ml	1st Infusionseconds	+ Infusionsseconds	Number of Infusions
95°c 205F	5	10	+3	15	0.8	120	+30	5

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