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Pumpkin convert | yumchaa

Halloween is almost upon us and when you think of Halloween, you think of pumpkins. While I do love carving them, I hate eating this mushy vegetable or so I thought till I tried pumpkin bread at yumchaa at Camden Lock in London.    Pumpkin bread with Chilli Chilli Bang Bang tea I think spices are the flavour of autumn. At this time of year, I love making apple pies and crumbles with lots of cinnamon so I decided to try pumpkin bread as it is also full of spice. In the UK, putting pumpkin in desserts is less common so I was intrigued to see how it would taste. I was pleasantly surprised, the pumpkin bread was quite dense yet smooth and packed full of flavour from the cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger. To continue the spice theme, I had a pot of the amusingly named Chilli Chilli Bang Bang, a rooibos tea with a kick of ginger, red peppercorns, red thistle and cinnamon. The spices in the tea were very warming without being overpowering. Maple glazed spiced pumpkin mu