Pumpkin Pie Cocoa Tea

Yesterday was cold and cloudy in central Maine and I wanted something comfy to drink. My go-to beverage is tea, but I wanted something more. I started hunting around my kitchen, first coming up with the cocoa and tea. The Abuelita hot chocolate has a good zing of spice to (cinnamon) and is of course already sweetened. But then I decided to add a good dash of my magical pumpkin spice blend (every spice has a purpose in witchcraft) but because it also has cinnamon in it, I didn’t want it to be overpowering, so I decided to add a heaping spoonful of puréed pumpkin.

I heated the chocolate tablet in a cup of milk in a saucepan, then blended in the spices and pumpkin. I then brewed my tea in a gaiwan (a special tea pot used in traditional Chinese tea brewing where you brew tea rapidly and repeatedly. I’ll go over it in detail someday) I put two brews in that way, stirred it with a frother, then drizzled a lil salted caramel Torani (it’s basically flavored simple syrup) for just a little boost of sweet, because that’s what I was craving. It was magnificent! If you want a sweet treat, this hit the spot.

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