I brewed this at home on the weekend, since I had splurged on the Pumpkin Collection at the store, and arrived home Friday night with my fall tea goodies in hand. Saturday morning, I eagerly opened up the Pumpkin Patch bag and breathed in the lovely aroma. However (oh, I know, isn’t that such an awful word?!), I think I ruined the brew by adding soy milk. It certainly wasn’t “bad”, mind you, and I thoroughly enjoyed the great big oversized mug I steeped up, but it’s like the soy milk killed a lot of the more subtle spicing in the tea. It tasted like a much milder version of my beloved Pumpkin Chai. Kind of disappointing after I was so blown away when I tried the in-store sample.
In any case, I’m not adjusting the rating for now, since I know I tried it black in the store and that was how I fell in love, so I’ll try it like that again, and I may steep it a bit longer to let the spice really shine through. You’ve been warned, Pumpkin Patch!
