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How To Make a Pumpkin Spice Latte Without Spending Money at Starbucks

ByMaxwell Shukuya, cheapism.com

The pumpkin spice latte's cultural relevance and staying power — this year, it turns 20 — can be explained by a simple fact: It’s the most popular seasonal beverage at Starbucks.

Flavor aside, our only gripe with the pumpkin-flavored drink is that it costs around $6 for 16 ounces. Order that once a week from August until the end of January (when Starbucks usually stops selling it), and you’ve spent over $100 on PSLs alone. The more frugal approach — something we always advocate at Cheapism — would be to make your pumpkin spice latte at home. It’s easier than you think.

What Is the Pumpkin Spice Latte?

Pumpkin spice predates Starbucks by more than 200 years, with the first-known American cookbook featuring a nutmeg, mace, and ginger-infused “pompkin” pie recipe in 1796. But the blend we know today didn’t arrive on the scene until the 1930s, when McCormick & Company and Thompson & Taylor released pumpkin pie spice mixes.

Around seventy years later, the pumpkin spice latte of contemporary fame was born at Starbucks’ headquarters. According to the company, Peter Dukes, FINISH READING HERE

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