Drank for Mastress Alita’s ‘favourite pie flavour’ prompt (yes I am months behind), but again I’m cheating because I’m from the UK and have never had a (US style) pumpkin pie. Not only that, but the only sweet pie I have had is apple, and I’m not a massive fan of that, or pie in general actually as I’m not a big lover of pastry. That being said I love the idea of pumpkin pie, and have been desperate to try it for a long time now!
This isn’t my favourite pumpkin spice tea – that honour belongs to DAVIDsTEA’s Pumpkin Chai – but it does have a special place in my heart since it tastes like actual pumpkin/squash/it’scarrotreally, and not just a generic blend of spices with ‘pumpkin’ slapped on the label for no reason like a lot of other teas do. I made a pot of this and drank it a few different ways, all of which were enjoyable. My favourite way to drink it was black with a little brown sugar added, which brought out the pumpkininess even more. The spices grew stronger with each cup, and started to overpower the pumpkin note, so I think in the future I will stick to brewing it one cup at a time. The cinnamon and clove are most prominent of the spices, with a little ginger kick towards the end of the sip. Drinking with milk added mutes the pumpkin quite a bit, but it’s still enjoyable with milk and sugar. Milk and no sugar is my least favourite way to drink this though, it becomes just a generic chai and loses its special quality that way. Plain this is a tasty, pumpkin-heavy chai. Rating based on drinking it black with an added pinch of brown sugar, which turns it into Autumnal heaven.
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Are you able to easily find canned pumpkin in the UK? Pumpkin pie is one of the few traditional Thanksgiving dishes I can pull off without ruining :)
It’s not common in the UK, but I think you can buy it online, though it’s quite expensive! I’ve never considered making my own! I should give it a go ^^
With most brands here, a basic pie recipe is on the label of the can and that’s what I use: pumpkin, evaporated milk, egg, sugar, and cinnamon/cloves/nutmeg. Dump into a crust and bake!
Sweet potato pie could be another option.
@gmathis – thank you! I will definitely give that a try. It sounds delicious!
@Lexie – actually I have had sweet potato pie before, but a savoury one! I have a tea with sweet potato in it too, I never thought of using that for the prompt.
Are you able to easily find canned pumpkin in the UK? Pumpkin pie is one of the few traditional Thanksgiving dishes I can pull off without ruining :)
It’s not common in the UK, but I think you can buy it online, though it’s quite expensive! I’ve never considered making my own! I should give it a go ^^
With most brands here, a basic pie recipe is on the label of the can and that’s what I use: pumpkin, evaporated milk, egg, sugar, and cinnamon/cloves/nutmeg. Dump into a crust and bake!
Sweet potato pie could be another option.
@gmathis – thank you! I will definitely give that a try. It sounds delicious!
@Lexie – actually I have had sweet potato pie before, but a savoury one! I have a tea with sweet potato in it too, I never thought of using that for the prompt.