You would think that a drink claiming to taste like pumpkin would have actual pumpkins in it, but apparently, that hasn’t been the case for the Starbucks pumpkin spice latte – until now. The famous coffee house announced yesterday that it will be making changes to the beloved fall drink, most notably, it will now be made with real pumpkin.
In a post titled “Big News for the Pumpkin Spice Latte,” Starbucks’ Peter Dukes explains the earth-shattering changes to everyone’s favorite fall drink that has heads spinning, because surely there is nothing more important to Americans than the state of their syrupy beverages.
In addition to the *real* pumpkin, Starbucks is also ditching the caramel coloring in the drink. We guess in an effort to reassure the nation that the latte is still going to taste good, Dukes added an ingredient list to the post, just in case:
- Espresso
- Milk
- Pumpkin Spice Flavored Sauce (Sugar, Condensed Skim Milk, Pumpkin Puree, Contains 2% or Less of Fruit and Vegetable Juice for Color, Natural Flavors, Annatto (Color), Potassium Sorbate (Preservative), Salt)
- Whipped Cream (Light Whipping Cream [Cream, Mono and Diglycerides, Carrageenan])
- Starbucks Vanilla Syrup (Sugar, Water, Natural Flavors, Potassium Sorbate (Preservative), Citric Acid)
- Pumpkin Spice Topping (Cinnamon, Ginger, Nutmeg, Clove)
Mmm… delicious.
[via Starbucks]
