Last month, I noticed that the local Target store got in a
few Autumn/Winter teas from Harney & Sons.
Harney & Sons is one of those brands that you can’t go wrong with
(or so I thought). They’re always so
delicious and well balanced. Two teas instantly got my attention and promptly made their way into my shopping
buggy. This is one of them. It’s described as being “Herbal Red Bush with
Pumpkin and Spices”. This sounded like
the perfect autumn tea to be enjoyed with cool weather, pumpkin candles burning,
and your typical pumpkin cakes and sweets.
Upon opening it, you smell this lovely cinnamon and pumpkin
aroma. Boy was I excited. That excitement dwindled once I steeped it
and took my first sip. To say I was
disappointed was an understatement. You
can barely taste any of the pumpkin. It
tastes like rooibos with some spices added.
But the rooibos is the most prominent note in this tea. Now, I do enjoy rooibos, but I didn’t buy
Pumpkin Spice just to receive rooibos.
It’s like that moment when you bite into a chocolate chip cookie only to
find that it is oatmeal raisin. You may
not hate oatmeal raisin, but you were biting into what you thought was
something completely different. And I
really feel that pumpkin goes better with chai than rooibos, but that may just
be my preference.
I would definitely not recommend this. What I would recommend is Twining Pumpkin
Spice Chai. It’s a delicious blend that
you can actually taste pumpkin in and it’s a staple for me during these autumn
months. Plus, it’s cheaper!
Trust issues… I now have them with Harney & Sons.
