Pumpkin Spice Lattes a Year Round Drink? - Page 2

Betty · 01-12-2005, 08:10 AM

Mmmmm. Pumpkin Spice Latte. Like a friends warm embrace. (sssiiiiippppp)

~MS~ · 01-12-2005, 08:15 AM

I like the Pumpkin but I can't WAIT for the new chocolate drink coming on Thursday!

Baileykat · 01-12-2005, 08:19 AM

Yeah baby! Pumpkin Spice! Not sure how that will go over when it's 105 here in the summer..but we'll manage somehow! I'm in the minority here in Tucson...They actually have to ask me if I want my lattes HOT! Lattes over ice...eeew!

And yep...the new chocolate drink comes out tomorrow...http://www.starbucks.com/retail/chanticolanding.asp

Liquid chocolate!

Baileykat · 01-14-2005, 08:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Baileykat

Yeah baby! Pumpkin Spice! Not sure how that will go over when it's 105 here in the summer..but we'll manage somehow! I'm in the minority here in Tucson...They actually have to ask me if I want my lattes HOT! Lattes over ice...eeew!

And yep...the new chocolate drink comes out tomorrow...http://www.starbucks.com/retail/chanticolanding.asp

Liquid chocolate!

Ok...tried it yesterday! It ROCKS! (Only if you seriously love chocolate will you love this drink!)

Kat and I had a free sample yesterday...it's like drinking a melted Hershey bar...no..make that a melted Godiva bar...It's not too too sweet..kinda has a "homemade" hot chocolate taste to it...They serve it in a small espresso cup...and you must sip it! But it was goooouuuuuddd!

And they make great chocolate moustaches!

Ponine · 01-14-2005, 09:42 AM

Well I dont know where I was all last year, but my barista informed me this morning, as I mourned the loss of my peppermint mocha...
that they always have peppermint syrup, and they even still have the sprinkles!

Now.. why didnt I know this last year after the holiday season?!?!?!?

I tried the pumpkin, and the ginerbread.. you can keep em.

Me? Peppermint moch.. or pepp mocha frap
Mocha frap w/ hazlenut....
hmm.. or Black tea lemonade, four valencia, two raspberry.

Claire · 01-14-2005, 11:28 AM

Well, I tried the Chantico this morning....and.....well.....how do I put it....it reminded me of that last quarter inch of sludge in the bottom of a mocha cup. It didn't taste bad at all....it's just too thick and sweet for me, with that slightly grainyish chocolatey feeling afterward. I like chocolate as much as the next gal, but I have a low sweets limit.

It's definitely for sipping. I had a hard time getting all the way through it (I had to chase each sip with a Sumatra chaser!). I think my daughters will really like it though. I'm going to bring Chloe in for a sample after preschool.

I could see sipping it, and dipping strawberries in it late at night after a movie or something, but unfortunately, my neighbor Starbucks all close at 8!

Chernabog · 01-12-2005, 11:31 AM

I think Scary Spice is much cooler than Pumpkin Spice.

Actually I do like the pumpkin spice fraps. What I do *not* like are those pesky eggnog/espresso drinks that show up around the holidays. I still think that eggnog + espresso = flavour of liquefied bacon. Don't ask me for a chemical formula.

UvaGirl · 01-12-2005, 01:17 PM

Alas, Pumpkin still hasn't made it to our shores

I did try it once, in San Francisco, but I found it to be <gasp!> a little sweet for me. Then I remembered that it's good with soy - silly me! Nevermind - I stuck to my Gingerbread lattes and totally enjoyed them. That new hot chocolate sounds amazing, btw.

blueerica · 01-12-2005, 01:49 PM

I guess that for me, I would almost rather have the anticipation and reports of which Starbucks is at. There's something to be said for a little longing. If it was there all the time, would we have been able to have such asinine, but hilariously fun, threads about pumpkin spiced lattes?

Much like everything, I relish the anticipation of something great around the corner. A brand new day. I like having something to look forward to.

Plus, I got pumpkined out in December at some point. I'm still doing gingerbread, but that's gonna slow out once the weather warms...

Claire · 01-12-2005, 02:39 PM

I mixed it up in December.....one day a peppermint mocha, the next a gingerbread, occasionally a pumpkin spice. Now I'm back on my daily (sometimes twice daily when my husband surprises me with one

) pumpkin spice soy latte. I'm so used to it now, that I haven't have a plain latte in a long, long time.....gulp.

01-12-2005, 08:10 AM	#1
Betty Kicking up my heels! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: The Silver State Posts: 3,783	Mmmmm. Pumpkin Spice Latte. Like a friends warm embrace. (sssiiiiippppp)
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01-12-2005, 08:15 AM	#2
~MS~ One Happy little Missy! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 658	I like the Pumpkin but I can't WAIT for the new chocolate drink coming on Thursday! __________________ "Sometimes Miracles Hide"
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01-12-2005, 08:19 AM	#3
Baileykat Hotel Expert! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: follow the yellow brick road and take a left Posts: 396	Yeah baby! Pumpkin Spice! Not sure how that will go over when it's 105 here in the summer..but we'll manage somehow! I'm in the minority here in Tucson...They actually have to ask me if I want my lattes HOT! Lattes over ice...eeew! And yep...the new chocolate drink comes out tomorrow...http://www.starbucks.com/retail/chanticolanding.asp Liquid chocolate!
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01-14-2005, 09:42 AM	#5
Ponine Virgin Ears Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: San Diego Posts: 2,075	Well I dont know where I was all last year, but my barista informed me this morning, as I mourned the loss of my peppermint mocha... that they always have peppermint syrup, and they even still have the sprinkles! Now.. why didnt I know this last year after the holiday season?!?!?!? I tried the pumpkin, and the ginerbread.. you can keep em. Me? Peppermint moch.. or pepp mocha frap Mocha frap w/ hazlenut.... hmm.. or Black tea lemonade, four valencia, two raspberry.
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01-14-2005, 11:28 AM	#6
Claire Shagilicious Disneyland!! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Fulfilling my destiny..... Posts: 740	Well, I tried the Chantico this morning....and.....well.....how do I put it....it reminded me of that last quarter inch of sludge in the bottom of a mocha cup. It didn't taste bad at all....it's just too thick and sweet for me, with that slightly grainyish chocolatey feeling afterward. I like chocolate as much as the next gal, but I have a low sweets limit. It's definitely for sipping. I had a hard time getting all the way through it (I had to chase each sip with a Sumatra chaser!). I think my daughters will really like it though. I'm going to bring Chloe in for a sample after preschool. I could see sipping it, and dipping strawberries in it late at night after a movie or something, but unfortunately, my neighbor Starbucks all close at 8! __________________ Miles: It tastes like the back of a fing L.A. school bus. Now they probably didn't de-stem, hoping for some semblance of concentration, crushed it up with leaves and mice, and then wound up with this rancid tar and turpentine bull**. Fin' Raid. Jack: Tastes pretty good to me.
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01-12-2005, 11:31 AM	#7
Chernabog Biophage Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: The Moon Posts: 2,679	I think Scary Spice is much cooler than Pumpkin Spice. Actually I do like the pumpkin spice fraps. What I do not like are those pesky eggnog/espresso drinks that show up around the holidays. I still think that eggnog + espresso = flavour of liquefied bacon. Don't ask me for a chemical formula.
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01-12-2005, 01:17 PM	#8
UvaGirl Somewhere beyond the sea Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 396	Alas, Pumpkin still hasn't made it to our shores I did try it once, in San Francisco, but I found it to be <gasp!> a little sweet for me. Then I remembered that it's good with soy - silly me! Nevermind - I stuck to my Gingerbread lattes and totally enjoyed them. That new hot chocolate sounds amazing, btw. __________________ Cause I'm a train wreck Waiting to happen Waiting for someone to come pick me up off the tracks
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01-12-2005, 01:49 PM	#9
blueerica Nueve Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 6,497	I guess that for me, I would almost rather have the anticipation and reports of which Starbucks is at. There's something to be said for a little longing. If it was there all the time, would we have been able to have such asinine, but hilariously fun, threads about pumpkin spiced lattes? Much like everything, I relish the anticipation of something great around the corner. A brand new day. I like having something to look forward to. Plus, I got pumpkined out in December at some point. I'm still doing gingerbread, but that's gonna slow out once the weather warms... __________________ Tomorrow is the day for you and me
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01-12-2005, 02:39 PM	#10
Claire Shagilicious Disneyland!! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Fulfilling my destiny..... Posts: 740	I mixed it up in December.....one day a peppermint mocha, the next a gingerbread, occasionally a pumpkin spice. Now I'm back on my daily (sometimes twice daily when my husband surprises me with one ) pumpkin spice soy latte. I'm so used to it now, that I haven't have a plain latte in a long, long time.....gulp. __________________ Miles: It tastes like the back of a fing L.A. school bus. Now they probably didn't de-stem, hoping for some semblance of concentration, crushed it up with leaves and mice, and then wound up with this rancid tar and turpentine bull**. Fin' Raid. Jack: Tastes pretty good to me.
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