Something Is Brewing in October: Your Fall Tea Subscription Box Preview
The October questions start the minute September's box lands, and I give everybody the same answer: my fall tea subscription box for October is coming together, and I am keeping what is in it quiet until the 1st.
What I will tell you is what October is honoring, because that part I want you to know before you decide whether to join us. I built this month around 4 things, and every one of them is something I have sat with at my own kitchen table.
The short version: October's teas stay a surprise until the 1st. Here is what I can say now.
- It honors Breast Cancer Awareness Month, cozy season, Halloween and harvest, and fall gatherings.
- Members get the full reveal by email on October 1.
- Order by the 12th to start with October's box.
- Every box holds 3 teas, 12 sachets, a cookie, sugar cubes, cards and a game.
- Your seat at the monthly virtual tea party comes with it.
What Is the October Tea Box Honoring?
October's box honors 4 things: Breast Cancer Awareness Month, fall cozy season, Halloween and harvest, and fall gatherings. That is the frame for the month, and it is the frame I keep coming back to when I am choosing blends.
September was about comfort and culture. October is about warmth with a little mischief in it. Fall officially arrived on September 22 this year, and here in San Antonio that means the evenings finally stop punishing us and people start saying yes to plans again. That is my favorite thing about October. Everybody comes back to the table.
Halloween and harvest, in the same breath
Those two belong together, and not just on my calendar. The festival Halloween grew out of, Samhain, marked the end of the harvest and the turn into winter. The costumes and the carved lanterns came later. Underneath the candy, October has always been a gathering month, and a month for remembering people.
Why I Am Honoring Breast Cancer Awareness Month Quietly
Because there is a difference between honoring something and decorating with it. I am not going to tell you that a cup of tea does anything at all about breast cancer, because it does not, and you deserve better than that from me.
What tea does is give somebody a reason to sit down with you. Most of us know a woman who is in treatment, or past it, or waiting on a call she cannot stop thinking about. She does not need a pink ribbon from me. She needs 20 minutes where nobody asks her how she is doing in that voice.
If you want to do something real this month, the National Breast Cancer Foundation lists the dates and the ways to take action, including October 13 for metastatic breast cancer and October 16 for National Mammography Day. And before you buy anything pink, read what people living with breast cancer think about the month. So October in this box shows up as warmth, not as a ribbon. Book the appointment. Then go call her.
When Do You Find Out What Is Inside?
October 1. That is when the reveal email goes out to members, with the blends, the theme name and the answer keys to September's word search and crossword.
I do not publish the teas before the box ships, and I keep landing in the same place on that: opening it is half of what you are paying for. When you already know what is coming, the box turns into a delivery. When you do not, it turns into a small event on an ordinary afternoon.
That is not just me being stubborn. Looking forward to something good can lift your mood before it ever arrives, and having one nice thing on the calendar is not a small thing in a hard season. I know that firsthand. My own tea habit started in the hollow, healing space after my divorce. First it was just the warmth of a cup in my hands, and then my kids started pulling up chairs.
What Is Inside Every Fall Tea Subscription Box?
The contents never change, only the blends do. So even before the reveal, you know exactly what is arriving. Here is the split.
| What changes every month | What never changes |
|---|---|
| The theme, and what the month honors | 3 mini tea boxes, 4 sachets each, 12 cups in total |
| The 3 blends I pick | 1 featured tea, 1 seasonal favorite, 1 customer-loved classic |
| The recipe card and the tea facts card | A cookie, individually wrapped, not gluten-free |
| The game or activity | Sugar cubes and reflection cards |
| The occasional surprise I do not announce | Your seat at the monthly virtual tea party |
Everybody receives the same box that month. No swaps, no substitutions, no picking around it, which sounds bossy until you realize it is the reason people end up loving a blend they would never have chosen in a shop.
The monthly virtual tea party is the part I would not give up. Last Monday of the month, we brew the same tea at the same time and we talk. It is about 75 minutes, and it is the difference between a box on your porch and people who know your name.
What Direction Is October Going In?
Pink-adjacent and harvest. That is as much as you are getting from me, and even that is a direction rather than a list.
If you want to guess, I am leaning toward the floral and the tart on one side and the spiced and the sweet on the other. Hibiscus is tart and ruby red, good hot or iced. Rose Garden is soft and floral, and it is what I pour when I want a table to feel gentle. Then there is the other end of October, the part that smells like a kitchen in the afternoon, which is where Apple Pie and the rest of my fall tea collection live.
Am I saying those are in the box? I am saying that is the weather I am working in. Warm and fuzzy, not heavy autumn.
How Do You Get October's Box?
Order by the 12th. That is the last day to start with October's box, and anything after that rolls you into November, which is its own kind of month around here.
The Tea Blossom monthly tea subscription is $26.00, it auto-renews, and you can skip a month, pause or cancel from your account any time before the next billing date. Shipping is calculated at checkout, and every box is packed and shipped from Cibolo, Texas.
People buy it for somebody else all the time, and October is a good month for that. Ship it to her address and the box goes to her, while the billing and the skipping stay with you. If you want to see what one of these months looks like when it lands, I wrote up everything that went into the September box.
And if you are anywhere near San Antonio, October has one more date for you. The Tea Blossom, my tea room, opens Saturday, October 10 at 614 McCullough Ave. Come let me pour for you in person.
Something is brewing in October. Watch your inbox on the 1st, and if you are not a member yet, the 12th is your date. Join the Tea Blossom Club here and I will see you at the virtual tea party on the last Monday of the month. If you would rather just read along for now, The Steeping Chronicles is my letter, with a sweet side and a real side. Who will you invite to your table?
Questions People Ask About the October Tea Subscription Box
When is the order cutoff for the October tea box?
The 12th of the month. Order on or before October 12 and you start with October's box. Order after the 12th and your first box is November's. After that it runs on the same rhythm every month for as long as you stay subscribed, and you can skip or cancel from your account.
What teas are in the October subscription box?
Not published yet. Members get the reveal by email on October 1, with the blends and the theme name. Every month of this fall tea subscription box holds 3 blends in the same 3 roles: 1 featured tea, 1 seasonal favorite and 1 customer-loved classic, for 12 sachets in total.
How much is the monthly tea subscription?
$26.00 a month, with shipping calculated at checkout. It auto-renews, and you can skip a month, pause or cancel from your customer account any time before your next billing date. Cancelling stops future billing and shipments and does not affect a box that has already been charged or shipped.
Can I give the tea subscription as a gift?
Yes, and people do. Ship it to her address and the box goes to her each month, while the billing and any skip, pause or cancel stay in your account. It is a good option when you want to send something more than once without having to remember to send it.
Do I have to be a member to see the October preview?
The full reveal on October 1 goes to members by email. The direction is public, which is what this post is: Breast Cancer Awareness Month, cozy season, Halloween and harvest, and fall gatherings. If you join on or before the 12th, you get October's box and the emails that come with it.
What is the monthly virtual tea party?
A live online gathering on the last Monday of every month, and your subscription includes a seat. Members brew the same tea at the same time, swap stories and tea facts, and talk for about 75 minutes. It is the part that makes this a club rather than a delivery.
How does the October box honor Breast Cancer Awareness Month?
Through warmth, not a ribbon. The month shapes the tone and the direction of the blends, and I make no health claim about tea, because tea does not treat or prevent cancer. If you want to act on the month, the National Breast Cancer Foundation lists ways to help, including National Mammography Day on October 16.