Is it just me or is there something different about the pumpkin spice? It used to be my favorite drink, but when I tasted it this time around it was awful. Has the syrup been destroyed by cheap old Starbucks?
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Why does the pumpkin spice suck this year?
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Posted 3 years ago #
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To be honest, Pumpkin Spice Lattes never tasted like pumpkin to me. It taste even worse when you mix it with espresso. I was only ever able to drink it if it was mixed with chai.
Posted 3 years ago # -
Pumpkin Chai is the best!!
Posted 3 years ago # -
Add an additional 2 pumps and it'll taste like last years.
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I prefer my Pumpkin flavor in an Ale or Porter!
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Mmmm, Pumpkin-Chai sounds delish. I have to have a short with only one pump, though, as I'm still diabetic! LOL.
The other day, just for fun, I ordered a short eggnog latte. The smell coming off that drink nearly made me puke! Does anyone else think it smells sort of like turpentine? Tentatively, I sipped it. Not too bad but I'm not so sure that espresso and eggnog are a winning combination.
The caramel brulee was pretty good, with soy.
Posted 3 years ago # -
expiredcoffee....The pumpkin spice lattes probably suck for the same reason(s) the eggnog lattes do. lol. The eggnog lattes are my personal fave. However, this year, as you mentioned, I noticed that there was something different. Some years ago they used to use more of the actual eggnog right out of the carton. They's steam it then add a very small amount of steamed milk then add the expresso. But now they use some 1/2 ****ed watered down eggnog concoction that just isn't the same. End result is obvious.
Posted 3 years ago # -
I would ask for the eggnog latte with straight eggnog and not mixed with 2 %, skim or soy. My SM bought some eggnog from Whole Foods that had nutmeg mixed in and it is delish!
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Egg Nog from Whole Foods?? Wow, that must have been expensive!
Posted 3 years ago # -
It's the nearest grocery store!
Posted 3 years ago # -
i thought the exact same thing. it was amazing last year, tastes like burnt plastic now.
Posted 3 years ago # -
For at least two or three years the recipe has called for a mixture of eggnog and nonfat milk, so whatever the difference is this year, that's not it.
Posted 3 years ago # -
Try mixing eggnog and whole milk.
Posted 3 years ago # -
eggnog and rum.
Posted 3 years ago # -
Rum would help so many of us get through the day lol.
Sometimes when I ask customers if they want room in their coffee for milk, they'll say "rum?" Yeah, you wish lady...you and me both hahaPosted 3 years ago # -
Rum "would" help? You mean rum "does" help us!
Posted 3 years ago #
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