Tea Revv Advent Calendar – Day 4
(originally written November 4th)
Okay, let’s just get this one over with. I always find pumpkin spice teas to be highly underwhelming, so I’m not expecting much. The packet is decorated with a cute geometric pine tree design.
Yeah, this is pretty much what I expected. It’s a mild, unexceptional black tea base with some light spicing and no pumpkin to be found. There’s a bit of cinnamon and clove mostly, and some artificiality. Perhaps some ginger as well, my tongue does feel a little tingly.
Meh. Just meh. But that’s okay, pumpkin spice teas are almost always “meh” to me.
Flavors: Artificial, Cinnamon, Clove, Ginger
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For pumpkin I found that David’s Tea’s Monster Mash was actually pumpkin flavoured and not just spice flavoured. I don’t know why this is so difficult for people to understand. Pumpkin pie is literally 95% pumpkin puree.
Thank you, Arby! I hate that so many “pumpkin” teas rely solely on the idea of pumpkin carried by the spice.
Arby, I was considering buying Monster Mash in my last order, but I absolutely hate Davids pumpkin chai and pumpkin cheesecake, so I decided not to. Would you say monster mash is at all similar to those? I’m constantly in search of a good pumpkin tea!
I guess it depends on what you disliked about pumpkin cheesecake and pumpkin chai? I found monster mash kind of similar cocoa chai rooibos in terms of the spices but with a definite pumpkin/carrot flavour. Maybe try a cup first before you commit to buying a full tin?
Hmm I think it might be the combo of spices they put in their chai-ish rooibos blends since I dislike their cinammon rooibos tea also. Yeah trying before buying is always the safe bet! Thanks for the input (:
For pumpkin I found that David’s Tea’s Monster Mash was actually pumpkin flavoured and not just spice flavoured. I don’t know why this is so difficult for people to understand. Pumpkin pie is literally 95% pumpkin puree.
Thank you, Arby! I hate that so many “pumpkin” teas rely solely on the idea of pumpkin carried by the spice.
Arby, I was considering buying Monster Mash in my last order, but I absolutely hate Davids pumpkin chai and pumpkin cheesecake, so I decided not to. Would you say monster mash is at all similar to those? I’m constantly in search of a good pumpkin tea!
I guess it depends on what you disliked about pumpkin cheesecake and pumpkin chai? I found monster mash kind of similar cocoa chai rooibos in terms of the spices but with a definite pumpkin/carrot flavour. Maybe try a cup first before you commit to buying a full tin?
Hmm I think it might be the combo of spices they put in their chai-ish rooibos blends since I dislike their cinammon rooibos tea also. Yeah trying before buying is always the safe bet! Thanks for the input (: