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Anlina drank Underground Pumpkin by Tippy's Tea

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So Tippy’s is having a 20% off sale today only, which means trying out the rest of my samples, since I know that I need a good amount of the People’s Tea. (Oh god, I suck at not ordering more tea!)

After the absolute deluge of pumpkin teas this fall, I’ve been feeling fairly jaded about anything with pumpkin in the name, but I’m glad I didn’t let that get the better of my curiosity when picking out teas for my sampler.

This is good. Tippy’s base tea is really excellent – tonnes of malt and really distinct chocolate notes. Only the smallest hint of spice – I want to say maybe cinnamon and ginger, but it is so, so subtle, and that’s nice. I could mistake this for a complex straight black.

I’m not sure that I need to order more of this one, but I’m very impressed with the quality of Tippy’s teas, and super glad that I picked up the sampler when it was available. I’ve been really appreciating the quality of their blended teas, and how their flavourings are subtle and just enhance the natural notes of the tea, rather than the base being secondary to the flavourings.

Flavors: Chocolate, Malt, Spices

Preparation

205 °F / 96 °C 3 min, 30 sec 1 tsp 8 OZ / 236 ML

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Your last sentence totally sums up our entire ethos to flavouring tea. Thanks for the kind words and we are very happy that you have enjoyed our creations thus far.

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Your last sentence totally sums up our entire ethos to flavouring tea. Thanks for the kind words and we are very happy that you have enjoyed our creations thus far.

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I grew up drinking jasmine green tea with meals, but really fell in love with tea on a trip to Britain in elementary school. My first great love was Earl Grey, and I still adore it and all its variants.

I discovered the beauty of loose leaf tea much later, when, on impulse, I picked up a few teas that were on clearance at a home store. My introduction to loose leaf teas were Masala Chai and Provence Rooibos by the Metropolitan Tea Co and an unknown brand of kukicha and gyokuro (little did I know what a precious treasure I’d stumbled onto with that.)

At the time I was lucky to live in a place with multiple tea shops and several places to have afternoon tea, which is a delight I still miss.

Tea is part of my daily ritual and a nice, affordable way to appease the collector in me.

I enjoy distinctive whites, greens and oolongs, flavoured blacks, and herbals that are heavy on the citrus, lavender or mint.

Rating rubric, to give myself some consistency:
0-15 Yuck, not even drinkable.
16-30 Disappointing, not really inclined to give it a second try.
31-45 Disappointing, but maybe there’s potential? Worth one more try, prepped differently.
46-60 Mediocre, not terrible but not memorable.
61-75 Not bad. I’ll definitely finish what I have and might buy again.
76-90 Very enjoyable. Tasty, complex, it’ll keep me coming back.
91-100 BEST! I love everything about it and I will drink it forever.

Beyond tea, I’m a sex educator, polyamory activist, and radical queer. I love backwoods camping, abstract painting, baking & cooking, nail polish, cats, ceramic sculpture, and home nesting.

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Winnipeg, MB, Canada

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