Seattle Met:
Since the pumpkin spice latte’s inception 11 years ago, customers have ordered more than 200 million, each topped with whipped cream and a parting shake of spices. It arrives while the summer sun still beats down hot over most of the country, but a combination of masterful marketing and a fan base with the kind of obsession usually reserved for pop stars has transformed this drink into a national harbinger of fall.
Like the Mcdonald’s McRib, this is another one of those things that mystify me about the foods we eat and crave. Granted, I’ve never had a Pumpkin Spice Latte. I prefer my coffee to simply be coffee flavoured. But the excitement of so many for this drink’s arrival is fascinating. Is it marketing generated though?
I prefer the Eggnog latte, but the Pumpkin Spice is quite good.
Pumpkin foods are some of my favorite things, especially pumpkin pie. However, these Starbucks Pumpkin spice lattes are disgusting.
Agreed. One of my fave desserts is Pumpkin Pie. But the idea of a “Pumpkin spice latte”, especially one with no actual pumpkin in it, revolts me.
Marketing doesn’t hurt, but in my experience this drink advertises itself or more accurately it’s fervent fans do. I don’t go in for sweet milky coffee, so I’ve never had one, but I have seen a few animated discussions start up over this drink. It would be foolish and possible dangerous to try to argue that it’s just a drink.
Sleep I am losing not.
Way too sweet, just like most of their other pre-mixed confection drinks.
You want to add flavor to my coffee, bring a bottle of Maker’s Mark and a teaspoon of brown sugar. Done.
i’ve tried the Pumpkin Spice thing and meh. Perhaps as a coffee less hot chocolate alternative it might be okay but it didn’t wow me as a coffee. Vanilla is about the only Latte I will get.