Pumpkin Chai [duplicate]

I had this one the other day when I went into the store. I decided to live life on the edge a little and get this in latte form…

I had high hopes for Pumpkin Chai cause 1. I LOVE pumpkin and 2. Chai ain’t half bad either.

I also liked that the smell really reminded me of Glitter & Gold. It almost smelled identical and you could easily mistake one for the other if you had a blindfold on.

Sad to say that I was a little disappointed with the latte. There was waaaayyy too much milk. It really took over the tea and all I could taste was dairy. I did get a hint of a chai aftertaste but I definitely could not taste any pumpkin in there at all.

This was the first time I had a latte at DT and I’m wondering if all their lattes are made super milky or if mine just happened to be that way?

I am a bit of a pumpkin spice season hater, but my boyfriend loves pumpkin spice, and so off I went to get him this tea…. and discovered that I liked it quite a bit myself.

As with most of the David’s Tea purchases I’ve made, I find that I need quite a bit of leaf in the bag to get the tea to my liking, but once you add some milk and a dash of sugar, this becomes a comforting, spicy, caramel-pumpkin-nutmeg-flavored cup. One of my new favorite fall teas.

The loose leaf is so colourful and autumnal. Unlike most chais it isn’t just black tea and spices — it is predominantly pumpkin!

I bought 100g but I can easily see myself coming back for more over the next few months!

EDIT: As of 2017, the taste is different somehow. Sweeter. I like it far less than last year’s. Hopefully they didn’t change the recipe. :(

I’m a tea newbie, and this was a wonderful place to start. Its subtle flavor was excellent, and while I didn’t taste a whole lot of pumpkin, it had an amazing vanilla-like aroma. Going to be a staple in my cupboard, that’s for sure.

This is my absolute favourite tea. I only drink teas straight and it is just the right amount of sweetness for me.

This is one of my autumn favourites. I usually pick up a tin of this when it starts to get cool in September. To me it tastes like pumpkin pie with a smooth chai finish. I usually drink this with a splash of milk. This one is a staple in my tea stash.

This was pretty good.

It’s alright… it’s not as sweet as I was hoping.
It has a smokey aroma that I’m not too fond of. The straight tea tastes alright, but again a bit too smokey for me.

Turned it into a latte, and it’s passable but I wouldn’t buy this again. Smokey aroma and slightly smokey cardboard taste.

This is the 2014 version please be advised! It was a lovely little pumpkin spike cake tea. It had a full creamy mouth feel and such an authentic flavour. It was a surprising treat! I really enjoyed it. I believe it came from Marzipan in one of my first transactions with her. She really is the most terrific person, in case you weren’t aware. :0)

Day #4 of tea!

Finally, a black tea, haha. This one is a classic DT offering I think, and a solid flavoured chai. It isn’t my favourite, and I don’t go gaga over it when it shows up in the fall collection, but I do enjoy a mug of it every now and again . Clearly, since I saved some of my stash to add to the advent calendar.