• JilanicoOPMEnglish
    9•3 months ago

    Come to think of it, I’ve never had a pumpkin spice latte. Does it live up to the hype?

    • @[email protected]English
      16•3 months ago

      I mean, it’s basically just cinnamon, cardamom, and clove. Yeah, it’s great. One of those “ruined by its fans” things

      • JilanicoOPMEnglish
        2•3 months ago

        Well that’s a letdown. I was imagining pumpkin pie as a beverage 😋

        • @[email protected]English
          6•3 months ago

          Sorta. I mean everyone expects there to be actual pumpkin, but that’d be gross. It’s just all the stuff you add to the pumpkin in a pie to make it delicious

        • @Anyolduser
          6•3 months ago

          The magic word here is “mulling spices”. It’s the same blend used for pumpkin pie, apple cider, and a lot of different mulled wines.

          You can buy premade mulling spice mixes to give it a try, but I highly recommend finding a recipe online and tinkering with it on your own. Once you’ve got your mix dialed in you can whip up amazing apple cider all fall and winter.

        • @[email protected]
          2•3 months ago

          Caribou offers similar drinks with actual pumpkin puree if that interests you and you’re in the midwest. Hot Pumpkin Chai is pretty great on a cold day

    • @[email protected]English
      10•3 months ago

      They’re pretty good as an occasional treat. I like that it’s just a Halloween thing. I wouldn’t have one outside of the spooky season.

    • @[email protected]
      7•3 months ago

      Not great, not terrible. If you ever had the impression that Starbucks is just a coffee-themed sweet shoppe, this puts things right over the top. It turns out that if you put enough cinnamon and dairy into a burnt-tasting beverage, it’s kind of alright.

      • @[email protected]
        7•3 months ago

        Starbucks strives for consistency so they over-roast their beans to ensure the same flavour across the board. To compensate for this they saturate all of their beverages in ungodly amounts of sugar.

        Watch closely as a partner (their word for worker) makes your caramel macchiato and try to guess how much sugar is added to it.