96 Tasting Notes
I decided that this tea would be the perfect partner for my Sleepy Hollow marathon today. First I tried it as a latte with warm, frothed vanilla almond milk and a sprinkling of pumpkin pie spice but that was a disaster. I lack the skills to make a proper tea latte – the tea is always weak and the flavours are not highlighted but minimized. Perhaps someone gives lessons on the art of the tea latte?
Now I am drinking it straight and it has lovely flavour. Pumpkin is one of my favourite flavours. I buy extra sugar-free pumpkin syrup in the fall so I can make my own pumpkin spice lattes year round. I love pumpkin bread, pumpkin pie, pumpkin cake – pumpkin pasta too! So it’s no surprise that this is good tea for me. I’m very sad I missed out on the Pumpkin Patch and Pumpkin Cheesecake flavours this past fall. I hope they bring them back for 2015. If anyone has any other pumpkin teas they’d recommend, please comment!
Flavors: Candy, Cinnamon, Nutmeg, Pumpkin, Pumpkin Spice, Spices, Sweet, Vanilla
I used this tea today to make a delicious smoothie from Vega. Because of the cold weather, I made mine hot. The consistancy was really thick, so I added an extra cup of unsweetened vanilla almond milk. It’s not quite a latte like they claim but it’s a great breakfast smoothie full of greeny goodness.
Here’s the recipe, which you can also find on the MyVega website:
With two preparation options, this matcha avocado smoothie can double as a latte during the colder months. Either blend with ice for a cool green tea treat, or warm the almond milk and enjoy as a green tea latte with a protein, greens, and vitamin boost.
Ingredients
1 cup almond milk
¼ avocado
2 tsp matcha
1 serving Vega One French Vanilla
A few drops of peppermint extract
Preparation
Hot: Warm almond milk. Blend with ingredients until frothy.
Cold: Add ice and blend until smooth.
Flavors: Creamy, Grass, Green, Mocha, Seaweed, Smooth
Ah, avocado in smoothies. I’ve yet to try that. Does the flavour go well with the others, or do you add it more for the healthy fat and fibre content?
I thought the flavours went well together. It is supposed to be very healthy. I have trouble eating avocados because of the high fat content, but my stomach seemed okay with them blended, which is another plus. I have to blend a lot of green veggies because of digestive issues.
I had an old sample of this tea kicking around, so I thought I’d try it. I don’t know if somehow the tea went bad (in its little sealed aluminum pouch), but the first few sips tasted like blueberries that had gone off. I couldn’t drink any more than that.
Flavors: Blueberry, Sour
I’ve had this tea for a long time but never tried it. It’s a nice, simple black tea with just the right amount of sweetness. I didn’t taste the other flavours, like cinnamon, but I do have a cold. Recommended for people who like sweet black tea. No more messing about with sugars/sweeteners!
Flavors: Sugar, Sweet
I make no claims to being a latte expert, but I usually do 50/50 water and milk. Steep the tea strong in the water, add to warmed milk, a fair bit of sugar and then into the blender to froth it all. Not everything works well as a latte, but I find this method more often than not works well for me.
Della Terra’s Grandma’s Pumpkin Pie is worth checking out.
Sounds like a good plan, minus the sugar! Do you think Splenda or Stevia would work as well?
Thanks for the Della Terra’s rec. I’ve been seeing that name around so I’ll go check it out.
I have a pretty strong aversion to stevia and I don’t think I’ve ever tried Splenda, but if you usually use those as sweeteners and they don’t spoil the flavour of your tea I don’t see why they wouldn’t work.
I usually don’t sweeten my tea, so maybe just the milk?