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Starbucks is set to launch its fall menu on August 26, 2025, highlighted by the return of the iconic Pumpkin Spice Latte, celebrating its 20th anniversary. The menu also features new additions like the Pecan Oatmilk Cortado and the returning Pumpkin Cream Cold Brew and Iced Pumpkin Cream Chai Tea Latte.
Starbucks has rolled out its fall menu for 2025 with the items, including the immensely popular Pumpkin Spice Latte, available beginning Tuesday, August 26. Starbucks is bringing back its iconic Pumpkin Spice Latte, the seasonal beverage credited with kicking off the pumpkin spice craze.
A new Pecan Oatmilk Cortado will arrive at Starbucks cafés tomorrow, marking the start of the autumn drink season at the country's biggest coffee chain. It's joined by the Pumpkin Spice Latte, of course, along with a slew of other pumpkin-themed treats to spice up your workweek.
"More than 20 years ago, Starbucks introduced the Pumpkin Spice Latte (PSL), which sparked a global cultural phenomenon, and quickly became Starbucks most popular seasonal beverage of all time," the coffee giant said in a news release.
The return of the PSL has become an annual rite of late summer since Starbucks introduced the drink. Over the last two decades, customers have looked forward to the PSL's return.
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Starbucks news menu revealed
Starbucks says PSL is its most popular seasonal beverage- available hot, iced or blended. The drink is made with real pumpkin flavor, pumpkin-related spices (including cinnamon, nutmeg and clove), Starbucks Signature Espresso and steamed milk and is topped with whipped cream and pumpkin pie spices.The Pumpkin Cream Cold Brew is also back this year, crafted with Starbucks Cold Brew sweetened with vanilla syrup, topped with pumpkin cream cold foam and a dusting of pumpkin spice to create a perfectly balanced sip.
Also returning is the fan-favorite Iced Pumpkin Cream Chai Tea Latte which is inspired by customer and barista customizations; this creamy fall beverage pairs a rich blend of spiced chai notes with pumpkin cream cold foam and a dusting of pumpkin spice. The common thing among these drinks is that- all of these beverages are made with real pumpkin.
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What else is on the Starbucks fall menu?
Also featured on Starbucks' fall menu is Pecan Crunch Oatmilk Latte, a new Pecan Oatmilk Cortado, Italian Sausage Egg Bite on the food side of things. Returning food items include the Pumpkin Cream Cheese Muffin and the Raccoon Cake Pop.The Pecan Crunch Oatmilk Latte is back, featuring Starbucks Blonde Espresso, oatmilk, notes of pecan, rich brown butter and holiday baking spices. The iced version includes a layer of vanilla sweet cream cold foam on top. Customers can also add a pecan twist to any iced beverage by customizing it with Pecan Cold Foam.
Starbucks introduced the Cortado earlier this year, a coffee drink crafted with three ristretto shots of Blonde Espresso and topped with steamed milk. (Ristretto shots are smaller but more concentrated than regular espresso.) One of the current variations on the menu is the Brown Sugar Oatmilk Cortado.
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A look at Starbucks' Pumpkin Spice Latte rise
The seasonal Pumpkin Spice Latte has returned to Starbucks menus in the U.S. and Canada.Starbucks' most popular seasonal beverage, Pumpkin Spice Latte has been sold hundreds of millions of times since the espresso drink's 2003 launch.100: The number of Starbucks stores that first tested the Pumpkin Spice Latte in Vancouver and Washington back in 2003. It rolled out nationwide the very next year.
79: Markets where Starbucks offered the PSL in 2024, out of the 85 it operated in at the time. Today, Starbucks has expanded into 88 markets worldwide.
$36.2 billion: Starbucks' net revenue in fiscal year 2024, which ended last September. For comparison, back in 2003—the PSL's debut year—the company made just $4.1 billion.
33.8%: The jump in pumpkin spice mentions on U.S. menus between fall 2014 and fall 2024, according to Technomic.
4: The key spices in McCormick's famous Pumpkin Pie Spice blend: cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and allspice.
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2022: The year “pumpkin spice” officially made it into the Merriam-Webster Dictionary. The entry notes that “pumpkin pie spice” is a much rarer phrase.
3: The PSL was the third seasonal drink Starbucks ever launched, following the Eggnog Latte and Peppermint Mocha.
Sept. 8, 2015: The on-sale date of the PSL that year—though Starbucks has been nudging the release earlier ever since.
24%: The boost in U.S. Starbucks foot traffic on Aug. 22, 2024—the day the PSL returned—compared with the previous eight Thursdays, according to Placer.ai.
45.5%: The foot traffic spike in North Dakota on PSL launch day in 2024, the highest of any state. Mississippi saw the smallest increase, at just 4.8%.
42,000: The number of members in the Leaf Rakers Society, a private Facebook group Starbucks launched in 2018 for fans who want to celebrate fall all year long.
Source: EconomicTimes
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