7 Delicious Fall Teas That Aren’t Pumpkin Spice Lattes You Need To Try

Are you sick of pumpkin spiced lattes taking over your fall tea season? Maybe you’re just looking for a change from spiced teas for fall or perhaps you were never a fan of spiced teas to begin with (like me!)?

Well look no further, this is the list for you!

I mean, why are autumn teas always spiced anyways? Fall doesn’t own cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, or cardamom flavours… do they?

To me, the best teas for fall aren’t spiced at all. Enjoy these vibrant autumn brews without a spice in sight! Plus I even threw in a few with added health benefits to get you through those colder months!

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Autumn Inspired Mugs To Add To Your Collection

You need to drink your fall teas in style! I absolutely LOVE this subtle pumpkin shaped mug from Anthropologie. I mean nothing screams fall more than drinking from a ceramic pumpkin! 

If you want to get into Halloween vibes, check out this spooky DavidsTea colour changing mug.

For a more classy fall tea affair, set the mood with Jera Mugs from Anthropologie.

The Best Fall Tea Hack: Add Honey To Your Tea

Drinking tea in the fall is, of course, all about enjoying fall tea flavours you didn’t want to look at over the summer. But teas for fall are also about staying healthy.

That’s why one of my favourite fall tea hacks is to add honey to my tea. It’s especially nice in my morning cup of black tea, but it can be added to any tea on this list.

Honey is perfect for pairing with tea. It acts as a natural sweetener, boosts your immune system, and I especially love it for soothing a scratchy throat (which makes it a nice alternative to cough drops). 

And don’t worry, honey becoming toxic in tea is just a rumour.

The Best Fall Teas That Aren’t Spiced

1. Non-Spiced Apple Tea

There’s no denying that apple screams fall. The only problem is, with apple tends to come cinnamon.

Lucky for you, I’ve found apple teas that aren’t spiced for fall at all! They’re hard to come by, but they do exist if you know where to look!

Let’s be real, fall just wouldn’t be the same without an apple inspired tea.

2. Cranberry Apple Fall Tea That Isn’t Spiced

One of my all time favourite apple fall teas is Bigelow’s Cranberry Apple. This blend is a hidden autumn tea gem in my mind.

Cranberry is also a very significant fall flavour. Think about your traditional Thanksgiving meal: turkey with a side of… cranberry sauce!

Cranberry and apple creates such a refreshing and soothing tea blend for fall. Plus, I can’t get over that rich red colour when brewed!

This blend is a bit harder to come by in Canada, so whenever I travel to the states I stock up at the grocery stores. It’s really that good. The Metropolitan Tea Company also sells a loose tea cranberry apple blend (check it out here). 

3. Non-Spiced Caramel Teas For Fall

Another predominant fall flavour is caramel. It also goes hand in hand with apples (candied apples anyone?).

Plus, is there anything more comforting than caramel? Especially warm caramel!? It’s warm, it’s smooth, sweet, and absolutely delicious.

You can make this autumn tea as simple or as complicated as you like. The easiest is to buy a non-spiced caramel blend, like this one from Tealyra.

Another option is to buy a caramel syrup to add to your tea. I love pairing a caramel syrup with black tea for added sweetness (it’s also really good in coffee!). If you want a caffeine free option, add it to a rich red rooibos tea. 

The hardest method is to actually make your own caramel tea from scratch using sugar. You get a decadent caramel milk tea with cozy written all over it! Check out the recipe here.

4. Ultimate Black Autumn Tea: Pu’Erh

If you’re looking for the perfect black tea for fall, Pu’erh is the one for you. It’s a fermented black tea, and it’s honestly like nothing you’ve ever tried before.

The best way to describe it is as the Guinness of teas. It’s quite a bit darker and heavier than black tea, with much stronger and earthy notes. Understand why you don’t really want to be drinking this tea during the summer now!?

You can buy it on Amazon here.

But Pu’erh comes with a caveat that I have to warn you about. It does tend to smell a bit like manure… It doesn’t taste like manure, but the smell can be off-putting at the start. Needless to say, Pu’erh can definitely take a bit of getting used to. 

Did I mention that Pu’erh also has some badass health benefits associated with it? Black tea is already healthy for you, but the fermentation process heightens all of its benefits. It’s kind of a beast in the tea world!

P.S. Looking for a tea inspired book to cozy up with this fall? Check out The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane which is actually inspired by Pu’Erh tea growers.Check it out on Amazon here and find more tea inspired book here.

5. The Perfect Green Tea For Fall: Hojicha

Hojicha is my new obsession. It’s a roasted green tea that is absolutely delicious and a perfect fall tea that isn’t spiced at all!

Green tea isn’t exactly what you think of when you picture teas for fall. It’s light and fresh, making it a more obvious choice during the spring and summer. 

But because the leaves are roasted, Hojicha has a wonderfully rich nutty and caramel taste.

The un-steeped leaves also really remind me of little tree branches. 

There are two types of Hojicha you can buy: tea leaves, or powder (like matcha).

P.S. With the powder, you can make Hojicha tea lattes in the fall. Now what’s more comforting than that!? I even love adding some vanilla extract or mint tea to those lattes!

Keep in mind Hojicha is a green tea so it does still contain small amounts of caffeine.

6. Herbal Orange Chaga Autumn Tea

If you want a truly unique autumn tea, chaga tea is the one for you! The chaga mushroom brews a vibrant orange colour… Looks like fall to me!

The taste isn’t too bad either considering it’s tea made from a mushroom. The tea is surprisingly really sweet, and it reminds me of drinking a hot apple cider. 

Chaga tea is generally also quite healthy for you to drink. It boosts your immune system and was actually used as a natural remedy for centuries. But you do have to be aware of some risks associated with drinking chaga tea if you’re diabetic or on blood thinners.

7. Healthy Yellow Turmeric Tea

PSA! I had no idea it was turmeric… I always thought it was tumeric (I was missing an ‘R’)… anyone else?

If you’re missing your spiced fall teas, try turmeric tea! You’re using the actual spice to make tea, how cool is that!?

I’ll admit, it was very strange to get on board with turmeric tea at first. It involves a lot of different flavours that I’m not really used to from tea. But on top of being a spice, it’s also vibrant yellow, and is insanely healthy for you (read about some of those benefits in my post here).

You can buy prepackaged turmeric tea (like Traditional Medicinals on Amazon here), although I’ve noticed they’re often blends with other more spiced flavours (like ginger and cinnamon) so make sure to read those ingredients!

Alternatively, you can also make your own blend using ground turmeric (see the recipe here). I recommend buying higher quality turmeric (like this organic turmeric on Amazon) than what you would normally use for cooking.  

To make turmeric tea, take turmeric powder and add boiling water to it. It’s that easy.

To offset the spice, you can also add lemon and honey to taste. But a favourite to combine with turmeric tea is black pepper. Sounds odd, but it’s kind of important!

Pepper aids in the digestion of the curcumin in turmeric, which is the reason for all the health benefits (it also gives turmeric its’ bright yellow colour).

You can even add some milk to turn it into a latte. Or another popular blend is to mix it with matcha powder!

Bonus! Upgraded Hot Toddy (Sans Spice!)

A classic hot toddy is lemon, honey, a cinnamon stick, with whiskey and hot water. There’s no denying that this is the ultimate comfort drink for fall.

You have the immune boosting power of the honey and lemon, with the comfort of whiskey (which we all know is why we’re drinking it in the first place!).

But this is a list of non-spiced fall teas after all, so I’ve upgraded the classic hot toddy recipe to include tea and zero spice!

You’re already using hot water, so all you need to do is swap the cinnamon stick for a bag of tea. Alcohol (especially whiskey) goes really well with black tea.

I like using a bag of Red Rose black tea for this, but I’m sure it would work with any black tea. Make sure to not let it steep for too long otherwise it will be really strong. I also like using black tea too because whiskey tends to make me a tad sleepy!

I don’t use a high quality black tea, or a high quality whiskey because you’re mixing it with other ingredients. 

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