Do you judge people who obsess over pumpkin spice? (2 Viewers)

[CapitalCitySaint]

See that’s the thing - I want to run up to middle of October then pop it in to neutral and coast to March
This early Xmas stuff just gives so much momentum that we just plow through the best months

I feel like in the south, fall & spring are the best seasons so I feel you on that.

While I do enjoy almost constant pleasant weather here, I do miss seasons and the changes that come with having more defined seasons.

 

[Optimus Prime]

Starbucks customers claim their Pumpkin Spice Lattes tastes different this year

“Mine didn’t taste like pumpkin at all,” one TikTok user claimed

www.independent.co.uk

 

[Madmarsha]

 

[Madmarsha]

Starbucks customers claim their Pumpkin Spice Lattes tastes different this year

“Mine didn’t taste like pumpkin at all,” one TikTok user claimed

www.independent.co.uk

So there's less pumpkin in the pumpkin? I'm intrigued.

 

[boutrous]

So there's less pumpkin in the pumpkin? I'm intrigued.

I thought the same thing about my pumpkin beer this year.

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

So there's less pumpkin in the pumpkin? I'm intrigued.

Sounds like a punkin spiced latte to me

 

[parlorcitysaint]

God will judge the blasphemers...

 

[Paul]

So there's less pumpkin in the pumpkin? I'm intrigued.

That’s what happens when those pumpkin bastages cheat on their spouses with the young spinach and kale.

 

[woohoosaint]

I love pumpkin spice...

 

[Madmarsha]

 

[Paul]

Perhaps Josh Brolin and some others could use it in the “Sun Up Your Buttocks” thread, over there ————>

 

[Optimus Prime]

Good deep dive article
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Pumpkin spice season, which officially began the last Tuesday of August when Starbucks released its fall drinks menu, is not the same as fall. It’s more about the idea of fall.

During pumpkin spice season, there are no cold rainy days, or uncomfortable family gatherings. Instead, all is crisp air, fuzzy sweaters, leaf piles, college football, bonfires, Taylor Swift albums and an overwhelming feeling of coziness. Scandinavians have hygge; Americans have pumpkin spice.

It’s such a lovely idea that other coffee shops and grocery stores, in a quest to beat Starbucks at its own game, have started rolling out their pumpkin spice products earlier and earlier in August.

The 7-Eleven pumpkin spice latte launched this year on 5 August, which, in the northern hemisphere, is still indisputably summer……

During the fiscal year that ended on 30 July 2022, Americans purchased more than $236m in pumpkin-spice-flavored grocery items, according to the market research firm Nielsen IQ, a 24% increase over the previous year. This accounting doesn’t include the myriad pumpkin spice household items like scented candles and dog shampoo or dishes and drinks in restaurants and coffee shops.

Amazon declined to share how many pumpkin spice products it sells, but a keyword search turned up more than 138,000 items.

These include not just cookies and pie filling (the two most popular applications of pumpkin spice), but also breakfast cereal, granola bars, hot chocolate, pet treats, baby food, beer, ramen, Goldfish crackers and Spam……

Pumpkin spice lovers aren’t just willing to buy more, they’re also willing to pay more. In a 2020 study of 40 grocery items across six retailers, MagnifyMoney, a personal finance site owned by Lending Tree, discovered an average 8.8% “tax” on pumpkin spice items. (Trader Joe’s was the worst perpetrator, with an average pumpkin spice markup of 17.6%.) But if sales are any indication, shoppers don’t care……

Dog treats, deodorant, Spam: why does America sell 138,000 pumpkin spice things?

It’s gone from a Starbucks flavor to a whole season. We crunch the numbers on the taste that became an industry

www.theguardian.com

 

[Optimus Prime]

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[GeauxWhoDats]

I was in Target this weekend with the wife. Saw this and went to go wait in the car. Some people want to watch the world burn.

 

[Paul]

I was in Target this weekend with the wife. Saw this and went to go wait in the car. Some people want to watch the world burn.

I’m with you, sir. It’s terrifying.