This is an okay but not great pumpkin tea. The dry leaf smells great, very intense and heavy on the clove, but the steeped cup is a little watery and bland, even though there’s a pretty heavy film of oil on top.
I would never guess this was an oolong – the base doesn’t come through at all. There’s notes of pumpkin, clove, cinnamon, vanilla and some natural sweetness. I added some milk and sugar which I think improved it slightly.
With all the different pumpkin teas to choose from, I wouldn’t buy this again, even though it’s not terrible.
Flavors: Cinnamon, Clove, Pumpkin, Sweet, Vanilla
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The only two Teavana teas I ever bought were oolongs and the oolong wasn’t there either. So strange! Maybe it depends on the quality, or the fact that they put so much other shrapnel in the tea.
I think it’s mostly the ratio of tea to everything else. One of my all time favourite teas is their Six Summits Oolong, which is an oolong with raspberry flavouring but no fruit bits and it’s amazing. Lots of oolong complexity comes through.
The only two Teavana teas I ever bought were oolongs and the oolong wasn’t there either. So strange! Maybe it depends on the quality, or the fact that they put so much other shrapnel in the tea.
I think it’s mostly the ratio of tea to everything else. One of my all time favourite teas is their Six Summits Oolong, which is an oolong with raspberry flavouring but no fruit bits and it’s amazing. Lots of oolong complexity comes through.