Pumpkin spice season is here: Coffee shops embrace fall with seasonal drinks
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Starting Aug. 26, Starbucks returned the Pumpkin Spice Latte to menus, made with real pumpkin, cinnamon and nutmeg. The PSL launched more than two decades ago and became the company's most popular limited-time beverage, helping create a worldwide seasonal pumpkin-spice craze. Pumpkin spice has become a defining fall flavor across coffee shops and grocery retailers, evoking cozy, sweet comfort. Reactions vary: some celebrate the season while others find the drinks too sweet or arriving too early. Trader Joe's has offered a pumpkin spice chardonnay, and Bay Area shops, including Peet's, are rolling out pumpkin lattes and pumpkin chai.
More than two decades ago, Starbucks launched the PSL, kicking off a worldwide seasonal craze and quickly becoming the company's most popular limited-time beverage. Since then, pumpkin spice became the most popular ingredient in drinks for beverage shops that indicates a cozy sweet comfort in the chilling autumn breeze. Some people consider it the best, most delicious time of the year.
Starbucks: Pumpkin Spice Latte: pumpkin, Starbucks Signature Espresso, steamed milk, and spices like cinnamon and nutmeg, finished with whipped cream and pumpkin pie spices. It's available hot, iced or blended. Pecan Oat milk Cortado: pecan flavors, three ristretto shots (short shots of Starbucks Blonde Espresso Roast) and steamed oat milk. Iced Pumpkin Cream Chai: blend of black tea infused with cinnamon, other spices and milk, topped with a pumpkin cream cold foam and pumpkin spice topping.
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