Pumpkin Spice

I actually love this tea. It’s great with lots of milk and not too much sugar. I can definitely taste the pumpkin, and I don’t find the clove notes overwhelming at all. It’s a nice, light autumn flavor. I’m always jealous of my coffee-loving friends who get so excited about their Pumpkin Spice lattes, so I’m glad to have an affordable, delicious option of my own!

This is ok seasonally, for variety, but it’s not great.

The spices are mild, and there’s something fruity/vegetable-y in there that could be the pumpkin. It all combines pretty cohesively. I don’t like it quite as much as the Republic of Tea one, but it’s pretty solid. Thanks tea-and-cats!

1/20/22
Another sipdown! I bought this in that holiday set with the cranberry herbal tea from yesterday. I’m not a huge fan of pumpkin spice, btw, so this is not something I would buy individually for myself! This tea is just ok. It’s slightly pumpkin and slightly spiced, but mostly some sort of ambiguous artificial flavoring. That being said, I gave this to a lot of friends for Christmas and they pretty much all loved it. I think if you like pumpkin spice things, you’ll like it.

enjoy this for a fall/ pumpkin tea bag

I worked hard comparing this to Bigelow’s Vanilla Chai. The difference seems to be the ginger and licorice in this one, whereas the Chai has more cloves. Other reviewers have added orange to the tasting notes, but I didn’t taste any citrus or fruit flavors until I read the notes. If it is there, it’s extremely faint. The two teas certainly smell different, but the taste is very similar. The Pumpkin Spice is a tad sweeter while the Chai is warmer, if that makes any sense. It is still something I would still buy every year.

To quote Calvin: “Happiness isn’t good enough for me! I demand euphoria!”
This means that I demand 15 hours of Vivaldi on Spotify and a cup of this with a splash of milk.
Creamy, spicy, sweet, tannic, brisk, seasonally appropriate, and low-maintenance. ’Nuff said.

I like pumpkin spice, including it in my hot drinks. Other pumpkin spice teas have been rooibos or other, I prefer black tea. This is black tea and pumpkin spice :).

I’m not normally a big fan of Bigelow teas, but, for some reason, I recall drinking this tea last fall and enjoying it and, I think, may have coveted a few bags.

Upon brewing, though, it was not as I had recalled so I think it my review could be off the mark, if my recollection is correct and the bags I have on-hand are about a year old, making their flavor much less flavorful. ;)

I will buy a new box once I run through my currently piled up teas and see if my review remains the same. If so I will update this one.

I found this to be bland with little flavor. I’m usually a big fan of autumn brews (harvest, pumpkin, cinnamon), but this one missed the mark for me.

This is actually probably very old… I snagged it from a teabox a while ago. But it is actually pretty tasty! Bigelow has quite a few good teabag options. There is quite a lot of that pumpkin spice flavor on a sturdy black tea base… and there are even pumpkin flakes listed in the ingredients! I couldn’t taste too much of the pumpkin under all that spice but I sure do appreciate that Bigelow actually tried with the pumpkin. I’d buy this! Also, this is insanely better than Celestial Seasonings Pumpkin that I tried years ago. (Sidenote: “spice” just reminds me of the Dune movie that I personally like a lot… I haven’t read the books… yet.)
Steep #1 // 13 minutes after boiling // 3 minute steep
Steep #2 // just boiled // 3 minute steep