Pumpkin Hollow Chai Black Tea

Warm pumpkin spice meets smooth Ceylon black tea in a cozy, medium-bodied seasonal blend—comforting straight from the cup and especially inviting as a tea latte.

The Experience

If you love the aroma of pumpkin spice but still want to taste black tea underneath it, Pumpkin Hollow Chai offers a simple, approachable take on the fall favorite.

The blend begins with pure Ceylon black tea, which provides enough body and gentle briskness to balance the warming pumpkin spice flavor. Spanish safflower petals add flashes of autumnal color throughout the dark leaves.

The result is warm, aromatic, and medium-bodied rather than excessively rich. Drink it straight, and the Ceylon tea remains more apparent; add milk and the pumpkin spice becomes rounder and creamier, transforming the same blend into an easy seasonal tea latte.

One important distinction: despite “Chai” in the name, Pumpkin Hollow isn't constructed like a traditional masala chai with whole cardamom, ginger, cinnamon, and cloves. Its ingredient list is much simpler: Ceylon black tea, safflower petals, and pumpkin spice flavoring.

That makes it a good choice for someone who wants the cozy flavor of pumpkin spice without the more assertive spice structure of traditional chai.

Tasting Notes

• Top: Pumpkin spice • Warm aromatics
  
• Mid: Smooth Ceylon black tea
  
• Finish: Warming • Gently sweet • Lingering spice
  
• Body: Medium

Why You’ll Love It

Choose Pumpkin Hollow Chai if you enjoy pumpkin-spice flavors, seasonal teas, or tea lattes, but don't necessarily want the intense cardamom, ginger, and clove profile of a traditional chai. It's particularly versatile because preparation changes its personality.

• Straight, it remains recognizably a flavored black tea, with the Ceylon base providing structure underneath the spice.
• With milk, the spice softens and the cup becomes richer and more dessert-like.
• As a tea latte, it moves closest to the creamy pumpkin-spice experience many customers associate with autumn café drinks—but with brewed tea as the foundation.

Tea & Ingredients

Tea Type: Flavored Black Tea
Base Tea: Ceylon Black Tea
Flavor Profile: Pumpkin Spice • Warming • Aromatic
Ingredients: Pure Ceylon black tea, Spanish safflower petals, pumpkin spice flavoring
Caffeine: Yes
Body: Medium

How to Brew

For a good starting point, use approximately 1 heaping teaspoon per 8 oz / 237 ml of water at 212°F / 100°C and steep for approximately 3–4 minutes.

For your first cup, try it straight before adding milk or sweetener. This makes it easier to identify how much of the cup comes from the Ceylon black tea and how much comes from the pumpkin spice flavor.

For a stronger cup intended for milk or a Pumpkin Hollow Tea Latte, use more tea rather than dramatically extending the steeping time. Oversteeping black tea can increase astringency without necessarily giving you the richer flavor you're looking for.

Make It a Tea Latte

Pumpkin Hollow is especially well suited to milk because the creamy texture rounds out the warming spice. Brew the tea stronger than you would for drinking straight, then combine it with warmed or frothed milk. Sweeten to taste if desired. You will find it richer and creamier than the straight infusion while retaining the structure of brewed Ceylon black tea underneath. For our full Pumpkin Hollow Tea Latte recipe, visit the recipe section of our website.

Perfect For

Pumpkin Hollow Chai is made for cool mornings, autumn afternoons, sweater-weather weekends, Thanksgiving gatherings, seasonal brunches, and anyone who waits all year for pumpkin-spice season. Pair it with pumpkin bread, cinnamon rolls, apple pie, pecan pastries, ginger cookies, snickerdoodles, maple desserts, or a simple butter cookie.

For a less sweet pairing, try it alongside toasted nuts or a mild cheese—the savory contrast can make the warming spice more noticeable.

Is Pumpkin Hollow a Traditional Chai?

Not exactly—and knowing the difference helps you choose the right tea. The word chai simply means “tea” in several languages, while what many American customers call “chai” generally refers to masala chai, the South Asian tradition of preparing tea with spices and commonly milk and sweetener.

• Traditional masala chai recipes vary tremendously by household and region, but ingredients such as cardamom, ginger, cinnamon, cloves, and black pepper are common.
• Pumpkin Hollow takes a different approach. Its listed ingredients are: Ceylon black tea + Spanish safflower petals + pumpkin spice flavoring. 

If you're looking for whole spices and the assertive character of masala chai, one of our traditional-style chai blends will be the better choice. If you're looking for pumpkin spice over a straightforward black-tea foundation, Pumpkin Hollow is designed for exactly that.

Packaging: Our loose teas are sold by the ounce and packaged in food-grade resealable bags.

Explore Our Chai & Spiced Black Teas

Pumpkin Hollow emphasizes pumpkin spice, while our other spiced teas let you explore how coconut, citrus, chocolate, and traditional chai spices change the experience.

Pumpkin Hollow Chai Black Tea (This Tea)
Pumpkin spice • Warming • Ceylon black tea
→ Best for: pumpkin-spice lovers looking for an approachable seasonal black tea that's especially good as a latte

Coconut Spiced Chai Black Tea
Coconut • Cardamom • Cinnamon & ginger
→ Explore this next if: you want to move from pumpkin spice toward recognizable whole chai spices with a sweeter coconut accent

Orange Cinnamon Spice Black Tea
Orange • Cinnamon • Naturally sweet
→ Explore this next if: cinnamon is your favorite part of the autumn spice profile and you'd like it paired with bright citrus

Chocolate Chai Black Tea
Chocolate • Chai spice • Rich
→ Explore this next if: you enjoy Pumpkin Hollow as a latte and want to take spiced black tea in an even more dessert-inspired direction

Kama Sutra Spiced Chai Black Tea
Warm spice • Full-bodied • Aromatic
→ Explore this next if: you're ready to move from seasonal pumpkin spice toward a more spice-driven chai experience