Tea for All Reasons

Another favorite pumpkin tea! Very delicious iced as well as a yummy hot cup. Not over spiced at all so the wonderful pumpkin flavor shines through.

This is the same as DAVIDsTEA’s Santa’s Secret – if you cannot get this blend from your usual place post-season, check davidstea.com as they offer it online year-round. Hopefully that’s helpful to anyone looking for it in the off season.

It’s a beautiful summer morning, which made drinking this decidedly autumnal tea feel mildly anachronistic. But in a good way. This is one of four I bought from TeaForAllReasons’ summer sale stock ($3 for 2oz! Amazing!).

I’ve tried, and been disappointed by, several pumpkin teas in the past – they were inevitably very heavy on the spices and the pumpkin flavor would be buried. Not so here – the pumpkin stays center stage and the spices are merely complementary, and the end result is very satisfying.

Another summer sale tea from TeaForAllReasons. I added this one because it sounded very similar to Golden Moon Tea’s Vanilla Mint (a recent new favorite) and I figured it would be worth having if it was even close to being as tasty as that one is, especially at the very discounted price.

Honestly, I think I might like this one even better. The vanilla comes through more strongly here, and it’s a lighter, sweeter vanilla, without being at all cloying. I think the little candy sprinkles really do a lot to enhance the flavor here – I’m not usually one to add sweeteners (or anything else) to my tea, but it definitely adds something in this case.

The mint is more subtle, and plays more of a supporting role to the vanilla. I mean, it’s there, it’s recognizably mint, but it’s not the first or even the second thing that I notice. And I really think I prefer vanilla with a hint of mint to mint with a hint of vanilla (though I do still really enjoy the latter as well).

I’m already bummed that I only have two ounces of this stuff, since it seems to be out of stock now – I very much hope it returns next fall/winter. In the meantime, I’ll be hoarding it, but it’ll be tough – I already want another cup!

MMKAY. CELEBRATION. CELEBRACION. CELEBRASHUN.
THIS IS TOO APPROPRIATE. BECAUSE. YES I AM YELLING PS BECAUSE THIS I JUST TOO EXCITING. SO SHUSH.
IT IS MY FELLOW TEA BAGGER @VICKIGUILLEM’S WOMB EMANCIPATION DAY. YEAH. ITS SPECIAL.
SHE IS THE MOST WONDERFUL ARTIST I KNOW. I AM BLESSED TO KNOW HER AND BE IN HER PRESENCE. EVERYTHING SHE SAYS IS GOLDEN. SOMETIMES I WONDER HOW SHE TALKS TOO ME BECAUSE SHE IS JUST ON SUCH A DIFFERENT COOL LEVEL.
I DRINK TO YOU VICKI GUILLEM. AND YOUR 16TH YEAR OF GLORIOUS LIFE. ROCK OUT WITH YOUR COCK OUT.

I picked up 4oz of this a few months ago and even though I’m already halfway through the tin, I’m not sure how to review it! It’s not that I’m unsure of my opinion, oh no; it’s just that this tea is so, so perfect for me that I don’t think I could talk about it in a way that’s useful to the general public.

So I’ll say this: if you are like me and love cherries, chocolate, and sparkly things, you need this tea.