Food Theory: How Pumpkin Spice Killed Coffee! (Starbucks Pumpkin Spice Latte)
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When you think autumn, what drink comes to mind to fit the season? Many of you likely thought of the Starbucks PSL - or Pumpkin Spice Latte for the uninitiated. Pumpkin Spice drinks are a phenomenon of popular culture. IS it really fall if you haven't Instagrammed one of these babies? The big question, though, is actually the most obvious. How did the popularity of the Pumpkin Spice Latte happen? And more so, what does it mean for coffee culture in general?
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Writers: Matthew Patrick and Luke Barats
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I literally just got a pumkpin spice frappucino lol
nice
Pumpkin spice fappuciono
Not same
Bruh ur pinned
Epic man
"pumpkin spice refers to the spices used in pumpkin pie and doesn't actually taste like pumpkins" is the "Frankenstein was the name of the doctor not the monster" of this decade
Thought everyone knew this
@@deadeyesolo I did not unfortunately
Wait Frankenstein was the doctor??
@@myanoi1726 fun fact: in the original book, the monster was called Adam
....so it's just a chai then? (I'm not in the US so we don't get it here)
I really can't lie Mat Pat really struck on the idea of Food Theory. This show is amazing!
Yeah, but aren’t all of his shows amazing lol
I was sceptical in the beginning but it became a great content.
I know right! I love it! Food is something everyone can relate to which makes it even better.
I agree the kind of content he does and kinda of puns he makes goes well with food
I genuinely did not expect this channel to succeed like this...
2:32 The recipe change when they started putting actual pumpkin in the latte is what killed the flavor to me. It used to be SO good and I didn't care it didn't have actual pumpkin because the latte is called "pumpkin SPICE", which has always been a spice mixture used for pumpkin pies since the 1890's. For over a hundred years prior to the latte it was understood as a spice that compliments pumpkin, not a spice that is made from pumpkin.
I didn’t know that…so that’s why it tasted so off and weird to the last time I tried it! It’s heavier and sweeter than I remembered, uck. I used to love pumpkin spice latte in my college years (that was over a decade ago), so I assumed that it was my taste buds that changed.
lol this is such a pet peeve of mine. I hate when people say stuff like "But there isn't any pumpkin even in there thing" and I'm just like "there shouldn't be....? its pumpkin spice, with which to spice pumpkin....?" I never got to try a PSL before they started adding actual pumpkin and I'm a little sad about that. I might try to do so at home....?
I hate this too, like it should be ovbvious to anyone who does a home cooking throughout the year. Pumpkin spice is what you use to flavor pumpkin with. Not the pumpkin itself. Why would a pumpkin latte be something people want? Idk. The spice on the other hand tastes great, especially in eggnog and other creamy drinks
I have pumpkin spice at home and put it into coffee and didn't notice any changes in taste. I am watching to see how they made it. The smell of pumpkin pie is supposed to be an aphrodisiac for men.
@@recoveringsoul755 I thought it was the smell of bacon.
I was watching this episode with my 4 year old sister in the room, I had to get up and leave and she runs out and says “Bubba I wanna watch food theory!” I’ve never smiled so hard in my life
You're doing something right
Film Theory ruins childhoods, Food Theory makes them
@@NathanTowles yessssssssss
@@NathanTowles Game theory is older than most Fortnite players, so yeah lol
that's so wholesome
The secret ingredient: hard drugs.
I think you are forgetting some of that hard lemonade
Nothing beats drugs
Yep.
Don't do drugs kid
@@arvindgupta7674 good boi
Good to see matpat talking about the frontal lobe again without losing his mind
Pumpkin spiced lobotomy
Only the ogs remember
True, it’s making me cry, I want to see MatPat lose it :D
The sip of '87
WakkaSeta LMAO
For those who are wondering about the peppermint mocha, there is no season for it, it is year round. We keep the peppermint that is used for it year round for other drinks, the only thing we don’t have is the chocolate curls that goes on top of the whipped cream. So if the chocolate crumbles matter to you that much, then that is when you should be worried about it running out
As a Brit I've never understood the collective freakout about PSL. On the other hand, I'm now super curious about strawberry cream cake & "cheesy" drinks! #thanksMatPat
What does being a Brit have to do with it? Starbuckses are just as common here as they are in the States, and Pumpkin Spice dominates the autumnal menu here, too. Your ignorance of PSL has nothing to do with your national identity.
@@febotroilo7225 I'm aware it's on the seasonal menu but was referring to the popularity, not its availability.
@@febotroilo7225 it kinda does. The PSL may be a huge trend for you in the US, but it's just not as popular in other countries, especially countries who don't have autumn or Thankgiving-esque holidays to speak of. Here in the Philippines, PSL is never spoken of. The Philippines is a tropical country, and everyone's way too obsessed with 3-in-1 coffee, which is the immortal trend here. I literally never heard of the PSL until I saw this video. I asked my parents about it, and they've never heard of the PSL until I told them. That's how obscure PSL is here. Sometimes nationality *does* have an effect on our "ignorance". It's like how cheese is trending here. You might not understand the trend, but we do, and the products created by it are insanely good.
P.S. Yes, we do have Starbucks here, but it is expensive for us to afford to buy regularly. Besides, why buy an expensive cup of coffee when you can buy a coffee packet that gives you a similar experience for almost a hundredth of the price? Coffee packets are all the rage here, and everyone's shameless about it.
@@adlirez The same happens in the rest of America (the actual one). Since we're closer to the Equator we don't really care much for seasons, so in my case I had never heard about that beverage until now.
People: FRAUD! PUMPKIN SPICE LATTES DON'T HAVE PUMPKIN!
Me: That's why it's called *Pumpkin Spice* Latte, Pumpkin Spice does not have pumpkin either!
But you have to admit it's kind of cute when, all these years later, people still act like they've made some amazing observation about the lack of pumpkin.
Thank you! It's what you use to season a pumpkin pie, or really any fall dessert. Pumpkin SPICE
Pumkin and spice! i.e. pumpkin pie 🥧 latte
You know, I never tried anything with Pumpkin Spice and such because I don't like pumpkins lol.
Well thanks for the clarification. I'll try some Pumpkin Spice this year
Well you can read it both ways and where I live, pumpkin spice is not a thing but adding spice to pumpkin is, so reading it with that devide is not that wierd
So the best selling type of coffee are the ones who taste the least like coffee.
hmmmm understandable
It's like how chocolate doesn't really taste like cocoa.
Or how sweet milky drinks are tastier than milk by not being bitter
@Gustavo Wadas Lopes , milk isn’t bitter though...
You remind me of an anime :/
@@nikarthur9996 yeah milk is just.....creamy water? It tastes alot better than it sounds 😅
First Pumpkin Spice, then Salted Caramel, and now Lotus Biscuits
Flavours that someone realised would taste good as a general flavour and sets off a taste bud revolution in every corner of the edible market
For anyone curious, the "cheese" added to the drinks mentioned near the end of the episode are very much cream cheese/cheese cake-like... not like sharp cheddar or anything 😂
I wanted a sharp cheddar coffee drink
Short answer: Starbucks practically made an energy drink
Long answer: Your brain is stupid and will do anything to get instantly rewarded
Brain: Is literally the only confirmed organism that can self-actualise
One boi with a keyboard:
Not stupid
Easily trickable
Still dont regret buying a frap tho
Troler it’s okay to be stupid alright?
if you think about your brain and how your brain is making you think about itself and how your brain gave itself two names, the brain and your name... IT'S ALL TOO META!
The only reason I know this exist is because my dad said, “It’s fall, you know what that means?” And my older brother excitedly chirped, “PUMPKIN SPICE LATTE SEASON!” And my dad was so disappointed, “no... I raised a failure, it’s football season.”
And I still bring that up every fall
Is he... you know...
e
My dad's same reaction when i said it's LGBT month :'(
Emraküll ughhh i hate that parents can hurt their kids so casually
Imapuppy your brother was right.
My friend once said “I don’t care that I’m basic. Popular things are popular because they’re good.” That really stuck with me.
And not necessarily true at all
I mean antisemitism is worryingly popular,does that mean it's good?
I'm actually allergic to pumpkins, so I figured out the hard way that the latte does in fact now have pumpkin in it. I was one of the few people that was actually sad the pumpkin spice latte now has actual pumpkin in it. 😂
I'm deathly allergic to nutmeg, so I can't have any at all
As a Starbucks barista, I can confirm that the most popular drinks are the ones that don't taste a lot like coffee. Seriously, it's to the point where part of what I ask when I am helping someone find a drink is "do you like the taste of coffee or not?"
Is caramel latte count?
@@L16htW4rr10r Carmel lattes won't be as sweet as a Caramel Macchiato, especially if you get it upside down or iced.
This is why I go to dutch bros I swear if you don't like the taste of coffee don't drink it. Starbucks just makes it taste like chocolate milk god I'm gonna be sick. Too much sugar.
I don't. Hence why I don't mind occasionally drinking Starbucks.
@@roseb2854 In my country, its a bit weird. Sometimes Caramel latte is sweeter than caramel macchiato. But in other coffee shop, it will be the opposite. X,D
Other than that, Starbucks coffee is perfect for me. My stomach acid didn't act up when I drink. When I drink caramel latte from a coffee shop in Melbourne (not Starbucks), my stomach acid hurts my stomach so much that I basically binge eating and drinking that day because I can't stop feeling hungry. Never again...
"coffee is a weird drink" *shows picture of Nightmare BB*
What is Nightmare BB
bb? As in jacksepticeye's cat?
@@screwtapee nightmare balloon boy
@@screwtapee WAIT HOW DO YOU NOT KNOW WHO THAT IS??? DONT YOU WATCH GAME THEORY?? wow. go watch the five nights at freddys videos on game theory.
@Mr.Social Distancing ah ok, I did recognize him I just haven't seen those initials talking about him in a very long time.
The sense of smell is amazing (taste will always be my favorite tho). There was this one odor remover spray my mom would use back I'd say about....7 years ago, and that's what the house would smell like, it had a VERY distinct smell to it. She got it again for the first time in years. Stepping inside all I could think of was when I was playing Minecraft on an august evening, where the sun was shining warm beams of light inside. The days when life was simply remembering to do my homework before going into school the next day.....
love ur pfp g
@@cloudbrooks Thank you! Yours is really cute!
Coming back just to say, this is gonna be a yearly tradition to watch this video when PSL season starts, and it has, so pray for me aha.
Oh yeah. I watched this about 50 times when it came out so fully expect me to have it memorized within a week
Starbucks in Spring: “we just gotta make it to fall to survive another year”
I hate to say it but whenever I have one it cures my seasonal depression for a full 5 minutes, so props where props r due
T K I’ve literally never had one but also I don’t have seasonal depression just the regular kind
Mermaid and Unicorn Frappuccinos would like a word.
Haha
the fact that pumpkin spice kraft dinner is something that ACTUALLY exists is almost frightening
I'm scared 😳
“Almost?”
Pumpkin spice flavor Mac and cheese
Dragon Killer please spare us
WHAT
Two years after the video came out and I still have never had Starbucks in my whole life of 20 years. And never shall I fall into that rabbit hole😃
Honestly, you can make the same stuff at home without shoving yourself into debt
I know right??
tbh their coffee is not even that good, you can have better coffees at home or in local coffe shops
@@chris_em Yeah i agree :>
3:17 This definitely looks like the kind of person that goes to Starbucks every day.
Me who doesn't drink coffee anyway: "fascinating!"
Edit: leave my comment alone! I'm tired of getting notifications of people just saying "same"
Meh
I've never had a pumpkin spice latte lmao
I clicked to see the comments on this and as clicked someone like the comment 😂🤣😂
God I wish pumpkin spice only went as far as coffee. Other day at the grocery store I overheard a woman ask a worker if they had any pumpkin spice brats. The species is lost
@@superillusiveman1445 eww... who would want to put pumpkin spice on meat??
Me: has never had a pumpkin spice latte in my entire life.
Also me: “hmm interesting”
Same
Me to
Same I might try one
It's not good, the frapp is pretty good tho
I wanna try it too
I don't think I've ever had a pumpkin spice latte at Starbucks. That said, I owe a great debt of gratitude to Starbucks for making Pumpkin Spice the flavor of fall. It may only be sold once a year, but there is no scarcity in this house! Last year, we bought enough pumpkin spice tea and pancake mix that we only just ran out and this year we have added pudding to our haul. If creamer didn't go bad, we'd stock up on that too, lol.
This is one of the videos I always come back to every now and again idk why, it’s like a ritual
A Canadian walks into a cafe, and the barista asks, "Would you like a latte?"
And the Canadian responds to him "Nah, just a bit, eh."
xD
i hate this
😂😂😂
Took me a bit to get it
@@Tave247 I'm Canadian and I don't get it
I work as a Starbucks barista and this year it came out in august. The problem is the fact that we (my store) run so quick that last year we ran out before Halloween. Starbucks also changes the recipe every year so the drink never tastes the same from year to another. In addition to all that, we can add pumpkin sauce to anything so we have a latte, cappuccino, Frappuccino, iced coffee, hot coffee, cold brew, nitro cold brew, and literally whatever drink you want. On top of all that we have many different ways the specific drinks are made, like the new version this year is a cold brew with vanilla cold foam mixed with the pumpkin sauce and pumps of vanilla inside the cold brew. This comment took me almost the whole video to write and a few points I would have made matpat covered in the video (example: it’s the only drink around fall, while we have up to four drinks around winter)
Please don’t suspiciously disappear lol
So thats why i remember last year i was out with my squad of otakus and weebs and i remember the PSL tasting a little sweeter than the one i had on my road trip this year it was way more cinnamon-ny i guess
Disgusting.
Yo i would follow a blog or subreddit about this, this is weirdly so interesting
To be fair as a fellow barista the pumpkin cold foam was a thing last year as well, people are just going insane now and putting pumpkin foam on everything they can, chai's, pink drinks, I've even seen it on a frappucino. insane
I need to try a PSL now. I've never had one but now I need to see what the hype is about.
Also, I love that Game Theory, Film Theory, and Food Theory are all such bingeable content. I've been so productive in cleaning my room while leaving these theories on in the background.
I want to try that strawberry one from Japan, it looks like it would taste so good!
I love Strawberry sponge cake! 🍰
Starbucks during Fall:
Get the money printer
Dang Queeter whittle watches Matpat
ching...ching
@@milo6339 Yes i do
money printer go......BRRRRRR
“Scent is the strongest sense related to memory”
So true. Will NEVER forget the smell of a freshly open Pokémon TCG pack
Yassss
Lol
Idk about u guys but I forget about smell, I always remember the things I see, vividly remember details about the time I played at my grandmas house 12 years ago
And the smell of that one cherry candle left in my family’s Christmas decor box.
Oh no, I’M REMEBERING
Speaking of drinks, I think taking a closer look at bubble tea would also be cool... like its history, why it suddenly experienced a boom etc
I remember hearing about a startup trying to make fake coffee. As in, replicating everything about coffee without actual coffee beans. And as they were trying to hone onto the perfect coffee flavor, they tried removing the bitter compounds and they said that was the perfect coffee.
When I realize it’s already October:
Me: Was this year shorter than normal or have I lost my sense of time
Just blame it all on corona it's what everyone is doing these days anyway
Why not both?
Bit of both
ye
i took a nap and suddenly 3 months went by
Everyone and their mother: "I want a Pumpkin Spice Latte please."
Me: "Just give me a cup of whipped cream. I've had a bad day."
"give me some fucking coffee. Just. Fucking. Coffee. Nothing else.'
Respect I can't even go up to a cashier
Pulp hello
Pulp same
@@optimisticnihilist7705 you should check out the song "The Coffee Song" by Arrogant Worms.
This just mentioned everything I'm learning in this module of my college class! thank you for making studying fun!
This and the coffee episode were the only videos i've never watched, it's August and I want more Food Theory so here I am.
Breaking news: Scrooge McDuck starts a pumpkin spice latte company called DuckBucks
How about Snack Quacker's?
StarDucks
Nestle
*Starducks
After working at Starbucks for 7 years, I've stopped caring what people order. I just put it together and hand it off so i can go back to my many never written fanfics going on in my head. Basically on auto pilot unless a Karen comes in or something else distracting comes up.
Ok diaper fetishist
@@twinsodonnell1135 ... mean
same with me for Culvers, but iv only worked for 2 years and tbh the pandemic changed how I work so I have to think on my feet to get stuff right. Weather that be drive thru, shakes or setting orders.
Omg same!!!
For the love the god. In a crummy labor job.
So many unwritten fanfics to keep your head busy.
you gotta love them karens before their morning coffee
1:48 There's also a store I know of that sells pumpkin spice _CHILLI_ _MIX_ .
As someone who plays a LOT of video games (from Minecraft, to Smash Bros.) I know how absurdly powerful nostalgia can be. There are people playing older versions of those two games that are over 10 years old by now because their nostalgia for it makes them "objectively better" despite being statistically not... its crazy man.
You guys should do an episode about whether or not Ginger Ale really helps with Stomach aches.
That sounds awesome but no matter what I’ll feel better from ginger ale because of the mental reassurance.
The higher the concentration of ginger, the more it helps. It's the ginger much more than the soda that helps
They should do a food theory that debunk food facts that are false
i would live this video
Me, a Starbucks barista: let's see if he's correct.
Edit: yoooooooooo. You were right
I had to refresh just now to see the edit lol
I was the 100th like be mad at me
Hey, Mr. Barista, what the heck is the foam on the salted caramel nitro thing? That stuff is addicting. It's cocaine isnt it?
GoldenDonut 238 why would anyone be mad?
@@ddmorgan3939
1. *Ms
2. Sweet cream. It's made with vanilla, heavy cream, and whole milk
Seeing this and watching it immediately reminded me that the local coffee shop just started making their pumpkin pie frappe's and now I want one
It’s that time of year again ❤
After never consuming a Pumpkin Spice Latte in my entire life, I suddenly want a Pumpkin Space Latte. God dangit Mat Pat, this was another Starbucks marketing scheme wasn't it?
Always has been
@@nonofyourbeeswax9228 jokes on you, you don't want Starbucks ever, it kind of sucks
honestly, i love the way "pumpkin spice" flavor tastes, always have. im weird and would constantly consume fall and winter flavors tho, id drink eggnog all year
Me too!
@@nonofyourbeeswax9228 same here👌🏻
“Increases Input in Frontal Lobe”
*Flashbacks to FNAF 4 Theories*
No FOMO
God, please no my PTSD is acting up-
I LOVE when MatPat put balloon boy in the coffee like I just got done watching a game theory on fnaf
I love that my kids love you, they showed me the channel
Makes even more sense why the pumpkin spice never hit me. While I love the weather and look of autumn, I’ve never had a particularly happy memory associated with it. All of mine are with Winter, so I’m pretty much obsessed with peppermint. I use peppermint essential oils for air freshener and I gorge myself on the peppermint mocha when it comes around.
Same
I mean I love winter and I love summer. But I'm not attached to either of em scent wise
I have never had a pumpkin spice latte, might try one this year
The video plus your comment have hit me with the realization that I don't have any particularly fond memories associated with a given season because I've never been fond of socialization. Every month, every season, every major holiday involved a family get-together that I loathed... Feck, that's depressing.
I tried the pumpkin spice latte and it never grabbed me as much as the peppermint.
As someone who is passionate about the social sciences, I love how psychological these videos are. It's absolutely fascinating. And Food Theory is definitely making me think about the things that I eat and drink! I love this channel! I think it's my favorite out of all three!
I agree. I still remember from the supermarket video how he said they play music to keep you shopping longer. I went to my shop during COVID there is no music at all. They want you out in a hurry.
Food
lol i watched more videos here more than film and game theory combined.
Same
Sometimes I share these videos with my social sciences teachers...
I’ve always hated fall to me it’s starting school, cold is coming, early Christmas decorating, (if you put decorations up before thanksgiving you are a horrible person) and being expected to eat with family
Two years later still a banger
I have a theory that Starbucks intentionally misspell people's names so that they talk about it and share it on the internet 'for the meme' which then promotes publicity for them
As someone who worked at starbucks at one point: No, we're just really bad at spelling
Holy...
How common is that really, though? Granted, I only have small anecdotal evidence, but I've only ever seen it a couple of times. Even then only with less common names and usually a letter or two (like a vowel swap or a "c"/"s" replacement).
Now, I could definitely see them promoting the joke for free advertising; but it really seems more to be a thing talked about rather than witnessed. Urban legend style.
Not your theory
This isn't a new thing people complain about either 🤣 Sitcoms have made that joke for decades
I guess the other thong to help psl is the weather itself. Like in warm states it doesn't matter that much, but in colder ones there is a huge difference. In autumn I would take a long walks with my cup of coffee, and walks FOR my cup of coffee. In winter I would not go outside until my fridge is empty and I'm not in a mood to spend extra on coffee (especially around Christmas)
I remember the first time I ever had one and what I felt was like a warm comfortable loving hug I can’t explain it but I felt safe
Fun fact: since coffee is a drug, Starbucks is a pharmacy that sells snacks
edit after 7 months: oMg ThAnKs FoR tHe lIkEs (sarcasm in text form btw)
Hello I'm starbucks your friendly neighborhood drug dealer
@kenopsia aka yes it is caffeine is a type of drug they even explain it in another food theory episode
As a person who works at Starbucks, my last manager actually would remind us, when we'd get super nasty customers yelling at us about stupid stuff, that caffeine is a drug, and a lot of people are addicted and the worst customers are probably just letting the withdrawals control them. It doesn't make it okay, but it made it easier to power through when we'd get a string of people cussing us out for running out of their favorite seasonal drink
@@SylGordonI'm sorry I just wanted to make a joke
O my goodness
Jokes on you, I've never had a pumpkin spiced latte
Because starbucks in my country are really expensive
Southeast asian gang
It’s expensive in every country haha
jokes on you, i've never had starbucks-
i never had one because im too young by he words of my parents
jokes on YOU, starbucks in ALL countries are really expensive ; v ;
There is also pumpkin spice seasonings for putting in drinks and on top of desserts. There is even a local coffee/tea shop near where i am that sells it in containers that are shaped like milk cartons in school.
Wow... Four Loko takes me back! Used to drink those on smoke breaks outside the bar when I was 18-20 hahaha
Did anyone else think Japan’s special strawberry drink sounded delicious?
I am now tempted
Sold
Conversely, the cheese drinks throughout east asia right now are all awful IMO. I had hoped Asia would discover cheese in the form of blue/feta/swiss/etc., but this is worse than Kraft singles.
Yes! I have never wanted to try a drink so bad before. I love strawberries, so I can only imagine how good it would be. Though maybe not a Christmas drink in the states...summer, maybe? I hope it takes off and they think of introducing it here in the states...
It sounds like an UPGRADE from Strawberry Shortcake!
"How Pumpkin Spice Killed Coffee"
Starbucks: Y'all hear sumn?
"Pumpkin spice" does not refer to actual pumpkin, but rather the blend of spices that are commonly used to flavor pumpkin pie.
9:59 that one scene from ratatouille
“I love coffee that doesn’t taste like coffee”
“Wait... doesn’t that mean you don’t like coffee??”
“What.. nooo...”
Liking the effects but despising the taste is a very real thing. Coffee is an inherently vile beverage people have a stockholm syndrome with, because they like what it does to them.
Brewed coffee smells like acid to me. I don't understand why people like it. The only time it ever smells good is when people add extra things to it, and it still can't hide the taste. So yeah, I fully understand why people claim they like coffee yet the commercially ground and produced coffees they like are the ones that routinely try to bury the actual flavor of coffee.
I accept that people like it. Different people have different tastes. I just don't understand why they like it.
@@AlashiaTuol I love acidic things. I don't know if that has anything to do with my not as low stomach acid pH as is normal or not. I used to eat lemons like others ate oranges, as a small kid. I also ate oranges as oranges. And grape fruit.
Some people don't have saliva enzymes that are efficient in breaking down carbs while chewing, and those people usually are utterly bewildered by the fondness for bread the people with abnormally efficient saliva enzymes can have, because they don't get the same flavours nor the same brain reward effect from it. Genetic diversity is how species become more hardy to environmental changes, because if everyone were the same not only would the same resources get far more competition, but it would be so much easier for us all to die out from single issues.
@@Call-me-Al I typically love sour and acidic things too. I actually pour key lime juice on top of citrus desserts if they're too sweet, and when purchased, they often are. But coffee is like... A _bitter_ sour thing. It's hard to explain. To me it's less like edible acid and more like battery acid.
@@AlashiaTuol well, the so called "3rd wave" espressos I tried last year left me confused, wretching, and bewildered. The past half decade or maybe decade has had light roasts of coffe being the trend, which seems to taste too much like battery acid to me as espresso, while I absolutely love classic Italian style espressos. The third wave style espressos really don't seem to agree with my stomach nor taste buds. I definitely have a thing for some types of bitter flavours, though. Zucchini and Brussel sprout bitterness used to be really vile to me, but thankfully I have lost the ability to be able to taste the bitter compound in the former and the latter has been commercially bred to not be bitter these days. But even as a child I was quite fond of some types of bitter-sour, like green bell peppers, grape fruits, raw cranberries, and so on, which is why I chalk it up to genetics a lot.
Whenever I see “pumpkin” flavored items I can only think of the early fall harvest of my grandmothers pumpkin harvest, and her amazing pumpkin porridge, pumpkin soup, pumpkin Blins (a crepe like pancake), and so many other things she made out of the very pumpkins she worked hard all year round to grow. I was fortunate enough to experience food made with pumpkins; even if it came at the cost of not being able to drink overpriced and strange flavored coffee. Love you babushka.
In Soviet Russia, pumpkin grow you.
On a serious note, that's adorable.
Same here! I enjoy pumpkin food, like pancakes, soups ♡ and i am from Russia
Mmm
i love your grandmother.
It just reminds me of thanksgiving (which is my favourite holiday)
I'd like to know what happened to the Valencia Mocha. That was always my favorite, then one day, it was gone. Upsetting for a teenager who just discovered coffee drinks in the 90s.
From an Italian here, I bought a package of Starbucks coffee grounds to do with the Italian moka machine. Gotta say, I dunno if I'm doing it wrong, but Starbucks coffee genuinely tastes like "water that just got the flavor of coffee", quote from my mother who loves coffee. Probably it's because our taste buds are so used to our blends that any foreign one would taste awful. But as you've said, it's more of a cultural thing than anything else.
For Italian standards, Starbucks coffee is certainly not very impressive.
@@rookmaster7502 Exactly. But with some sugar it's decent.
There's very little coffee oil in it. It ain't great.
HOHOHOHO AS AN CANADIAN, YOUR MISSING OUT
@Antonio Medeiros this is a PRIME EXAMPLE of why you shouldn't drink while you're pregnant.
Starbucks' new slogan should be "Starbucks: We bring home the big bucks"
this deserves way more likes
Ardour lmao
yes
nice pfp
Truth in advertising too
13:35 I literally said to a coworker, at starbucks, today, "Why don't we have a cream cheese drink, like the same flavor as the Cheese Danish?"
I had no idea about this, and had one the other day and I really liked it, and I wasn't just jumping on a trend.
Who else can't wait for the "Is cereal soup" theory
I don’t eat cereal with milk
@@thisisafalseaccount105 ok Satan
Yaaaaas
@@thisisafalseaccount105 i dont eat cereal with the bowl.
@@thisisafalseaccount105 i dont eat cereal at all
"I haven't had one since last fall!"
Me: *Ya' don't say...*
My immediate thought
Oh yeah? I never even heard of it!
@@alargeredlizard3003I've heard of it, but pumpkin was never a thing for me so I always ignored it. Also Starbucks was more a social gathering thing for me so I haven't been to a Starbucks since March.
Legit, I don’t remember the last time I had it. It’s good, but not mind-blowing.
I'm not addicted to pumpkin spice stuff but I do like it to some extent and will usually get something pumpkin spice when the stuff comes out. Haven't had a PSL in years now, perhaps not since before they changed the recipe. I'll usually get some cakes or cookies but rarely from Starbucks (why wait in a long line when I can just pick something up from the local grocer).
I would love to try a strawberry cake drink! Sounds amazing!
Apples and apple cider: "im the best for the fall season"
Pumpkin spice: "oh really??"
Bro I think I saw u comment on Jayztwocents Zen3 vid lol
@@aarushshukla9023 I haven't watched that video of his yet, so probably not mine. Maybe similar name
Yes really
Apple flavor is for the beginning of fall, pumpkin is for the end of the season
I love apple cider and apples. Second Cup came out with an "Apple pie" drink. I want to try it.
Video Idea Suggestion: How to optimize your gas station self-serve Icees in the fastest time.
So I like the occasional icee, and I had a chance to pick one up at a gas station the other day. If you don't tap the glass of Icee solution against the countertop a couple dozen times before you finish filling up your cup when you finally go to take a sip of Icee goodness through your spoon straw, as you poke the surface of your beverage, you will be met with dissappointment as it deflates like a sad balloon.
So there I was, filling up a cold one at the self-serve Freeze-E machine. I was tapping the cup against the countertop to make the icee settle, letting the air bubbles escape and as I re-re-refill my icee to get the most coke-cola icee goodness I could for a dollar and a thought occured to me. "Am I doing this right? Surely there is a more optimal way of compacting the icee into the jumbo sized icee cup than filling the cup to the top and gently tapping the cup against the countertop to sift out the air bubbles." I muttered to myself as the line continued to grow behind me, each gas station patron social distancing behind me, seething with contempt.
Any chance we could get a Food Theory analysis of the packing science of frozen beverages and the mechanical dynamics behind finding the optimal sifting motion to pack even more frozen goodness into each glass?
What
I want this even though I don't have Icees
You're supposed to stagger it, pour the drink stop for 3 seconds or so and then start it again, repeat this at least 3 times
@@ennuiedstealthgamesfan621 that is roughly my method, but the freeze-E brand at the speedway I frequent has a foamy-expansion effect to it. When it leaves the nozzle, it explodes and takes a while to "settle", usually about 30 seconds and the Icee has shrunk an inch in the cup and by the time I got to my car after checkout I was holding a cup less than half full. It's mostly air unless you shake it down flat.
What's an Icee? Is it just pop? Or is it like a slushie?
Oh I’ve experienced the pumpkin spice, as I’ve worked through it! Honestly like how many people really need a pumpkin spice anything from a small southern Ohio town inside Kroger. Ughhh
Christmas Strawberry Cake Milk sounds so good, I want to try some
Theory: the reason he always says “it’s just a food theory” at the end is so he doesn’t get sued by the companies he does food theory’s on
Too bad, they will still sue him
It's just his catchphrase for all his channels
Also you can't get sued by mentioning a company in your video
Your theory is not related to food, loser.
@@conk444 @Falkyraizu @Nice Flowey hey uh, this might be a foreign concept but I think Timay was making what we call a joke.
@@harrisonhamilton5284 Don't think you're free. You are not related to food either, loser.
Matpat, is a spring counterpart to the PSL: mcdonald's shamrock shake. It's limited time, gets you feeling like celebrating st. Patrick's day, is green, and it pretty much stands alone in terms of drinks like that.
Isn't jacksepticeye the shamrock shake and matpat is the psl
there is a fall one that i like at culvers called the salted caramel pumkin concrete mixer i get at least one each year however its started to get harder for me as i have a minor dairy allergy
The only difference is that you can actually get a PSL during its limited time period. Try to get a Shamrock Shake and they'll just tell you their machine's broken XD
I only drink the Shamrock shake because I like mint things
The problem with the Shamrock shake is that you can get a mint milkshake year long at most ice cream places anyways so McDonald's Shamrock shake is honestly nothing special.
y'know, with Starbucks leaving the Scandinavian countries, this was a very fitting video for TH-cam to recommend! :D
I basically only love pumpkin spice flavored stuff because every year people at my school were allowed to bring in a treat for the class for their birthday, and mine was is in the fall so I would always bring in pumpkin spice cookies
I decided to try if Diet Coke healed spice so I may have eaten a ghost pepper..... I have never been the same
Why is this getting so many likes?
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Fun fact... this is the reason why the critic loved the ratatouille he was served. It reminded him of his mothers cooking when he was young.
This was recommended to me after I looked up when PSL season '22 started, which apparently was today.
I recently tried a pumkin spice latte and it wasn't exactly my favorite. I don't mind it and i finished it, but I won't be getting one everytime it's around. However, I will be trying it warm to see if that makes a difference.
btw, can you do a theory on how the same drink tastes both warm and cold?
TH-cam is getting really comfortable with these double 15 sec no skip ads.
I remember when I was a kiddo they didn’t even have ads
Dude if you go to the little 'i' in a circle, you can report the add and it automatically skips both of them and works every time
@@captainmeebles2571 if you abuse that power they’ll take it away. Be smart.
@@user-fv7om7qf4o thanks for the warning
Ad block pro my man
0:25 THE GUY FINALLY GOT A VOICE!! After so long...
11:55 im sensitive to coffee and like getting the drink without coffee added. I can definitely tell when the barista messed up my order and added coffee in. That bitter taste is distinctive, even covered up with spices and an insane amount of sugar
In cali, we have the cheese foam on top of teas and sweet drinks. it's not like the cheese you would use on burgers but more of a sense of cheese cake kinda.
"food is one of the simple thing i can enjoy in life"
matpat and the gang: are you sure about that?
Ha jokes on you this was there plan all along
@@kittymeowmeow8568 goddamit
"424"
Me: Thousand?
"Million"
Me: Sh00keth
Surprised me as well
Me: **laughs in tea person**
It’s been two years and it’s October. I decided to rewatch this
MatPat: talks about pumpkin spice and autumn nostalgia
Me: * laughs in middle eastern *
ahahahaha
@Reem Barrak
Don't worry your not missing out, I mean I've never had the Latte, but Pumpkin itself and Pumpkin pie really isn't the best, like I'll have the pie on Thanksgiving because of tradition but outside of that one day not the best.
What's the traditional Middle Eastern food for this time of year? Do you guys even have anything you only eat/drink in a certain season?
All we know is pain.....
maybe that's why I hate pumpkin spice latte,,, perhaps if they make hummus or falafel latte?
Same here. I certainly understand now why the PSL has become a part of American pop culture; the nostalgia factor is undeniable. Having never grown up celebrating Thanksgiving or Halloween (annually), I couldn’t quite relate. This video helps to explain in part why, when I tried Starbucks’ PSL for the first time ever, I was underwhelmed.