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Pumpkin Spice from Zhena's Gypsy Tea

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67/100

Pumpkin Spice

Honeybush Rooibos Blend by Zhena's Gypsy Tea

Description: Our Harvest Herb Teas are bountiful blends of fresh, hand-harvested herbs, wildcrafted flowers, choicest fruits, leaves and spices, all USDA Certified Organic and Fair Trade Certified™. Each cup will delight the senses and will have you hearing leaves crunching underfoot and smelling the scent of wood smoke wafting the chill air. Amber moon on the horizon not included.

Embossed recyclable air tight tin containing 22 sachets of certified 100% fair trade and organic tea.
Ingredients: Enjoy a trip through the pumpkin patch with this naturally caffeine-free organic blend of superior South African Rooibos and Honey Bush, flavored with sweet Madagascar vanilla beans, finished with the tasty tingle of cinnamon, nutmeg and clove, this tea offers a warm soothing cup for crisp days and cool nights.

8 Tasting Notes

IrishBreakfastLass
37

Thanks go to KallieBoo for this sample! I’m really excited to try this one. Hmmm… I steeped this one for a little over 5 minutes in boiling water. Naked, I’m not getting much other than rooibos… maybe a tiny bit of spice? Definitely no pumpkin, though. It doesn’t seem very strong at all, despite the long brewing time(for a bag, anyway). It’s got a strong rooibos smell after brewing, despite the distinct pumpkin-y spicy smell before. I’m also getting a bit of a sour taste in there, not pleasant. I guess this one is not for me.

Ellyn
7

I really wanted to like this. I realized AFTER I purchased it that it is ALL SPICE and NO PUMPKIN. GRRRR. There isn’t even any PUMPKIN in it!!!

AmazonV
74

Steep Information:
Amount: 1 teabag
Water: 1 mug of boiling filtered water
Steep Time: a little over 5 minutes
Served: Hot

Tasting Notes:
Dry Leaf Smell: Woody, pumpkin, cinnamon
Steeped Tea Smell: Pumpkin spice (but not pumpkin)
Flavor: Pumpkin spice not pump w/wood
Body: Medium
Aftertaste: After sweet wood
Liquor: Translucent Reddish orange brown

I had this tea at my mother’s, sorry I forgot to get pictures of the tea itself!

It was enjoyable, but I was expecting pumpkin pie, not pumpkin spice (despite the name). A nice rooibos, but nothing unique.

Images: http://amazonv.blogspot.com/2010/11/zhenas-gypsy-tea-teabag-rooibos-and.html

KallieBoo!
88
KallieBoo! 2 tasting notes

I bought this one for the tin too… It’s cute :] This one is actually pretty strong in the spice and pumpkin flavors. VERY delicious blended with the rooibos. It’s creamy and smooth.

So I thought this would go PERFECTLY after dinner. The warm pumpkin spice flavors fit in with my salad and stuffed mushrooms. I used 3 tea bags instead of 2 for a pot. The pumpkin comes out a little bit more and it tastes like pumpkin pie. Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm perfect :]

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PeppermintPlant
79

None of these ingredients are pumpkin. How can this taste and smell so much like pumpkin pie filling when there is no pumpkin involved? I don’t get it.

Delicious, and a great way to wind down after a very, very long day. Getting in the Halloween spirit!

teataku
88

Thanks to IrishBreakfastLass for this little tidbit! I was honestly expecting this to be a black tea, so much that I didn’t realize it was a rooibos until I was actually steeping it. It turned out to be an extremely pleasant surprise! There wasn’t much pumpkin flavor, I’ll be honest, but it wasn’t quite just a spice tea, either. It was somewhere in between. I’m quite okay with it not being a very pumpkin-y tea. The rooibos filled in some flavor where the pumpkin notes were missing, making it taste more like a pecan or walnut spice tea. Very delicious, and I will be looking out for this one to see if maybe I can snag some at a store somewhere!

Andie
59

It isn’t a bad tasting tea. The rooibos flavor is good for a tea bag, but it is definitely more “spice” than pumpkin. The lack of pumpkin flavor is incredibly disappointing.