Whoa, I just realized I had two pouches of Spiced Pumpkin and two pouches of Pumpkin Cheesecake and haven’t written tasting notes for either one! sigh. I don’t even know where the other Spiced Pumpkin might be and it is a rarity for me not to know the general area of a tea. This is a well organized mess (at least in my head). This pouch is from M Mack a while ago — thank you! Using 1 1/2 teaspoons, this one is actually quite pleasant. I wouldn’t say it is overtly pumpkin but major points to Davidstea for actually including pumpkin in a “spiced pumpkin” blend. It seems obvious, but I swear 90% of pumpkin teas from any tea shop with PUMPKIN actually in the name doesn’t even contain actual pumpkin. You’d think it would be easy and cheap to chop up big pumpkins and add them to teas. I don’t know — I’m not a tea magician. But there is a lovely pumpkin squashy vegetal flavor here, especially when it’s cooled. A creamy quality along with the spiciness. Some interesting ingredients here like maple crystals and “whipped cream”. What the heck? I wonder how. I like that the honeybush is the base. All the ingredients here meld into deliciousness. I have to remember to use 1 1/2 teaspoons in the future… and definitely find that second pouch wherever it happens to be…
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Hi! I love tea and trying new ones – it adds a bit of variety to my day! Books, music, TV & movies are my thing… and tea, of course.
Some of my favorite tea shops (still operating):
birdandblendtea.com
teavivre.com
52teas.com
svtea.com
whisperingpinestea.com
justea.com
harney.com
Dammann Freres
fusionteas.com
shop.Javateaco.com
Lupicia
Octaviatea.com
Davidstea.com
eco-cha.com
what-cha.com
singleoriginteas.com
teasenz.com
tealyra.com
Mandalatea.com
verdanttea.com
Favorite tea shops (RIP):
butikiteas.com
steapshoppe.com
steepcityteas.com
aquartertotea.com
dellaterrateas.com
zentealife.com
angrytearoom.com
theteamerchant.net
joysteaspoon.com
tealiciousllc.com
Rivertea
Specialteas
My icon photo is Richard Mayhew from the graphic novel ‘Neverwhere’ by Neil Gaiman, Mike Carey & Glenn Fabry.
Most of the teas listed in my cupboard are actually sample sizes. I don’t really have 2,000 ounces of tea around here! Many of my teas have only one teaspoon left… maybe two. But I like keeping them in my cupboard list for reference to what I could be sipping. Usually, I write tasting notes once for each tea. I’m still drinking them, just not writing tasting notes each time!
I’m always in search of: Hattialli, Qu Hao black, Jin Jun Mei, teas using marshmallow root.
My dislikes: hibiscus, ginger (unless in chai), turmeric, bee pollen, charcoal type flavors
My ratings:
95-100 – Super awesome deliciousness favorites – cupboard essential
80-95 – Also pretty delicious
65-80 – Pretty good
50-65 – Okay
1-50 – Probably won’t want to sip it again
I’m planning on being a Steepsterer as long as there IS a Steepster, so if you’re not hearing from me, that means something happened to my health… if you know what I mean. (Or as evidenced by the great computer hiatus of 2019, something happened to my computer… I have a dumb phone so can’t access internet on that. As of 12/20/21 my wifi might start getting unreliable.)
Happy sipping!
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USA
