I picked up a small amount of this tea on the way home from work today. I’m a bit of a sucker for pumpkin-flavoured things, especially this time of year when it starts to get cold, damp and windy.
The smell of the brewing tea filled up the house – spicy and sweet and very autumn-y. The flavour isn’t quite cheesecake, although there’s certainly some rich, creamy notes in there courtesy of the white chocolate. There’s something that’s very strongly reminiscent of a graham cracker crust in the flavour with that same honeyed sweetness – in that regard the red rooibos base actually works really well for this tea. There are some spices but they’re rather subdued and this clearly isn’t intended to be a chai-like tea.
It sort of misses a bit where it comes to the flavours it’s trying to replicate, but it’s still a lovely tea on its own. I’m definitively buying more before it sells out.
Jillian – no idea if messages aren’t working for you on Steepster. A sign from you would be appreciated