There is something inexplicably pleasing about warming yourself with a fresh cup of coffee while watching the morning frost melt off the grass. A change of season hits us on the most human level – our senses. Our base instinct is to notice change and nothing animates our senses more than the shift of seasons. The sun hangs lower in the sky, the breeze sharpens, the leaves alter their stain and our senses are awakened from the idle heat of summer. Despite the rush, the back-to-school buzz, the full schedules – our most human part of us remains in tact. It is that part which triggers the search for familiarity amidst change. Small or large, we all seek those comforts, those auspices of yesteryears. And for most of us, it is in something as simple as a flavor, a taste, a texture, a smell.

Each year, our fall blend is tailored for the alighted days of shortened sun and the crisp cool breeze that brings it. Staving the new chill in our bones, Otoño lends a cozy hand with its notes of baking spice and melted molasses. Embroidered with just enough acidity to give lift, it beguiles our senses with its steady assurance of warmth. A sort of homage to all of the delightful baking that erupts in kitchens everywhere when autumn arrives. And hopefully, an auspice for our most human self while we greet the change.