 is made with espresso roast, pumpkin spice flavoured sauce and steamed milk, topped with whipped cream and pumpkin pie spices. You can also swap out the milk for a milk alternative of your choice and opt for vegan cream. Not to be left in the dust, Greggs has released its own version of the much sought-after beverage. Their version is made up of ground coffee, pumpkin spice flavour syrup, steamed milk and finished off with a whipping of cream and a sprinkle of spiced sugar. If you're not a fan of cow's milk you can choose soy milk instead but there is no cream alternative. Determined to find out who should be crowned the winner, I tried a PSL from both chains for the first time ever to see what I thought. I roped in fellow reporter Ariane Sohrabi-Shiraz to help and we took into consideration taste as well as cost to determine the winner. A word of warning: I don't drink coffee. While I grew up in a coffee-loving household, I had my first cup of Joe last year… and it was a mocha. Needless to say, I was nervous heading into this taste test. That being said, there was also a level of excitement, as I knew how popular the Starbucks version has become since the chain introduced the latte some 20 years ago. Putting the cup to my lips, I was going in with high expectations. With two pumps of espresso in the tall drink, I was anxious about the taste as well as what it would do to my energy levels. While the cream had pretty){kind=link}
Pumpkin Spice Lattes have become synonymous with autumn and can now be purchased at both Greggs and Starbucks. We tried both to determine which one wins on taste and value
Don’t let the current heatwave fool you, autumn is right around the corner, which also means the long-awaited return of the Pumpkin Spice Latte. Starbucks officially brought back the seasonal favourite to its menu today, September 7, even though some keen shoppers have been able to get their hands on it early.
If you’ve never tried one before, the Pumpkin Spice Latte (or PSL for short) is made with espresso roast, pumpkin spice flavoured sauce and steamed milk, topped with whipped cream and pumpkin pie spices. You can also swap out the milk for a milk alternative of your choice and opt for vegan cream.
Not to be left in the dust, Greggs has released its own version of the much sought-after beverage. Their version is made up of ground coffee, pumpkin spice flavour syrup, steamed milk and finished off with a whipping of cream and a sprinkle of spiced sugar. If you’re not a fan of cow’s milk you can choose soy milk instead but there is no cream alternative. Determined to find out who should be crowned the winner, I tried a PSL from both chains for the first time ever to see what I thought. I roped in fellow reporter Ariane Sohrabi-Shiraz to help and we took into consideration taste as well as cost to determine the winner.
A word of warning: I don’t drink coffee. While I grew up in a coffee-loving household, I had my first cup of Joe last year⦠and it was a mocha. Needless to say, I was nervous heading into this taste test. That being said, there was also a level of excitement, as I knew how popular the Starbucks version has become since the chain introduced the latte some 20 years ago. Putting the cup to my lips, I was going in with high expectations. With two pumps of espresso in the tall drink, I was anxious about the taste as well as what it would do to my energy levels.