Gourmandise d'Automne

From Cameron B!  Thanks again!  I figured I MUST write a note for this one before autumn is done and gone.  Hopefully not for a while yet. The leaves are looking gorgeous.  The description has me double checking if I have the correct tea!  It mentions spices, and I really don’t think there are spices here.  When they say pumpkin, they might mean an occasional pumpkin seed.  Otherwise, there might just be an occasional bit of carrot.  I think it’s funny the description warns there might be celery here.  That would be a new tea ingredient!  The flavor to me tastes more like a subtle cocoa.  Maybe this is the base tea?   Sometimes I taste pumpkin seed.  hmm.  I wonder if the creators of this tea actually tried it? I don’t think it is what they were going for.   I get nothing of cinnamon, caramel, pumpkin, carrot, spices, as the description notes.  It would be lovely if I did! 
Steep #1 // 2 teaspoons for a big mug // 20 minutes after boiling // 2 minute steep
Steep #2 // just boiled // 3-4 min

This one is a bit strange…

It’s their version of a pumpkin spice black tea, but it’s very savory? I definitely get pumpkin, and also specifically pumpkin seed (which makes sense given there are pumpkin seeds in it). Very squashy overall with no sweetness whatsoever, and no discernable spices.

It’s not bad, per se. It’s just not what I was expecting from “pumpkin & spice flavors”, and it’s a bit odd to have a tea that kind of tastes like a pumpkin soup ha ha. Probably going to put this into my rehoming box, maybe someone else will enjoy it.