As summer comes to an end, people are beginning to crave their favorite fall activities. This could be apple picking, decorating pumpkins, or accessorizing with fun scarfs and hats. Of course, a change in season also signifies a change in food and drinks.
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While much of the country is still in a heat wave, people are already pumped about the Starbucks Pumpkin Spice Latte. People's enthusiasm for the now infamous PSL has many people wondering: Is the Starbucks PSL vegan? Is there a way to order the PSL dairy-free? The answer is complicated.
In the past, across the board, the PSL from Starbucks has not been vegan-friendly. This has been because the sauce used to flavor the drink was not vegan, and the drink can't really be made without it. So while you could still swap out your milk for almond milk, for example, the drink wouldn't necessarily be vegan. But now, that's changing.
For PSL fans in the United Kingdom, Netherlands, France, Austria, and Switzerland, you can order the drink 100 percent vegan. Unfortunately, for those of us in the United States, the PSL is still not vegan-friendly. Or at least, not straight off of the menu.
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However, the U.S. market does offer two new vegan drinks. The drinks are the Almond Protein Blended Cold Brew and the Cacao Protein Blended Cold Brew, which both come vegan automatically. The Almond Protein Blended Cold Brew contains almond milk, coffee, almond butter, a banana and date blend, and plant-based protein. The Cacao Protein Blended Cold Brew is similar, containing plant-based protein powder, the banana-date blend, cacao, and coconut milk.
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Why is the PSL sauce not vegan-friendly here in the U.S.? The base of the drink is already mixed, and includes condensed milk. While Starbucks baristas work a lot of magic, they can't actually take the condensed milk out. If you just want to lower how much dairy you consume, you can have your PSL made with an almond or coconut milk, but the sauce itself will still have a bit of dairy.
There is a hack you can try if you truly are craving the pumpkin goodness. Bustle reached out to Starbucks, who passed on the tip. Apparently, you can request the Pumpkin Spice mix (which is in fact vegan) to be added onto your plain or vanilla latte. Just make sure you choose a non-dairy milk, like soy, almond, or coconut. The Pumpkin Spice topping contains nutmeg, ginger, gloves, and cinnamon, which is what gives it that fall flavor. So while it's not exactly the famed PSL, it's pretty close.
Unfortunately, its star ingredient, the pumpkin spice sauce, contains dairy. We've done a significant amount of sleuthing, but even the most experienced barista cannot offer a secret hack to get around this dilemma—you simply can't make a Pumpkin Spice Latte at Starbucks without the chain's pumpkin spice sauce.
Try the Vegan Pumpkin Spice Latte on our “secret menu” below, or ask your barista to veganize the Pumpkin Cream Cold Brew by making a custom plant-based milk cold foam and adding pumpkin spice topping to it. Be sure to ask for it without any pumpkin spice sauce, and enjoy.
Peet's has reliably served PSL-starved vegan patrons for years with this iconic beverage. It's made with espresso, your dairy-free steamed milk of choice, and a vegan-friendly pumpkin syrup that's reminiscent of pumpkin pie.
All your pumpkin spice dreams are coming true right now! You can't rely on Starbucks to give you a vegan pumpkin spice latte but I sure can deliver. I recently discovered you can get an oat milk pumpkin spice latte at Peet's Coffee.
These vegan-friendly syrups can be added to any beverage for a hint or a tidal wave of sweet flavoring. They include Cinnamon Dolce, Vanilla, Brown Sugar, Hazelnut, Peppermint, Raspberry, Toffee Nut, Caramel, and Sugar-free Vanilla.
No, the Starbucks pumpkin spice latte is not vegan. A lot of Starbucks drinks can be made vegan by simply switching out the dairy milk for one of the plant-based milk options but that doesn't work for the pumpkin spice latte. The pumpkin spice sauce that they use contains condensed milk.
Without whipped cream and with almond milk, you can chop that count almost in half to 180 calories and make it a skinny Pumpkin Spice Latte. (And it's just as tasty as the original.)
Meet Starbucks' Newest Vegan Fall Drink, the Iced Apple Crisp Oat Milk Shaken Espresso. Starbucks' 2023 vegan fall drink lineup is here, starting with the new Iced Apple Crisp Oat Milk Shaken Espresso. pumpkin-flavored drinks—and patiently await the day when they, too, are dairy-free—it's nothing short of a must-try.
A caramel apple latte is like the sister drink to the pumpkin spice latte — but with more sweetness and less spice. The candied flavor of the caramel combines with the tanginess of apples to produce the nostalgic taste of a caramel-covered apple.
When substituted with milk alternatives (Soy Milk, Coconut Milk, or Almond Milk), the following beverages can be considered Vegan-friendly: Cappuccino (Hot / Iced) Latte (Hot / Iced) Café Au Lait.
The dairy alternative, which played a key role in the spring menu, will continue to be a highlight for fall, with the introduction of an Oatmilk Pumpkin Spice Latte. A longstanding ask from guests, Second Cup is proud to offer the vegan alternative to the highly popular fall drink, launching in cafés on September 8.
The coffeehouse chain will soon launch a vegan Phantom Frappuccino for Halloween. The Phantom Frappuccino is a black drink made with coconut milk, mango essence, and lime slime. It's topped with black dairy-free coconut whipped cream.
Hold the whipped cream and opt for your choice of plant-based milk. Make sure to keep the chestnut praline topping, which is delicious and totally safe for vegans. *Can also be ordered as an iced latte and a Frappuccino.
When ordering, you can make many drinks dairy-free by requesting one of our dairy-free milk alternatives, as long as the drink does not contain a sauce (caramel, mocha, white mocha, pumpkin) or whipped cream. Our flavored syrups do not contain dairy, but all of our sauces do.
With all of their non-dairy milk options, Starbucks' vegan drink options are almost endless! Most coffee beverages can be ordered by substituting regular milk for one of their non-dairy milk options and ordering without whipped cream.
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