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pumpkin spice is wrong (self.starbucksbaristas)
submitted by tabootha_jadee
has anyone else opened a bottle of the pumpkin spice syrup yet? the consensus at my store is that it’s horrid and needs to be recalled.
Wiseart-22 37 points 11m ago
Yes! It’s like hella runny and it tasted a lot different than last year
tabootha_jadee [OP] 7 points 11m ago
it’s super runny!! i don’t understand why it’s SO different this year
Victoriamarie03 26 points 11m ago
Please don’t say that I’ve been looking forward to my psl chai all year… 😔😔😔😔 I’m sorry I am one of those people
tabootha_jadee [OP] 3 points 11m ago
i’m so sorry bestie best of luck
Victoriamarie03 1 points 11m ago
I’m fighting someone if it doesn’t taste correctly ;-;
PiscesQueen24 24 points 11m ago
Tastes sweeter , kinda like a perfume
Necessary_Low939 18 points 11m ago
Man I haven’t gotten it yet but they’re changing the ingredients?! Just like the caramel brûlée sauce last year ? Why? This makes me sad and I don’t even like pumpkin spice.
tabootha_jadee [OP] 3 points 11m ago
they tweak the recipes every year but some just don’t need it i stg
Necessary_Low939 2 points 11m ago
I think they just wanna use cheaper ingredients to save money. They have been cutting corners real heavily after the pandemic and honestly it’s sad…
tabootha_jadee [OP] 2 points 11m ago
that’s genuinely despicable. they have more than enough money and they’ll lose it if they cut corners on annual classics like pumpkin spice
Necessary_Low939 3 points 11m ago
Yes. Last time I googled they were a 25 billion dollar company… now they’re 31.39 billion we are talking about billion not million. Just how many years does it take to even earn one billion? Even Kylie Jenner needs help to become a millionaire
mossygreentree13 16 points 11m ago
i literally thought they changed the recipe or something i’ve been around for 3 pumpkin seasons and this one is the weirdest taste
tabootha_jadee [OP] 3 points 11m ago
they tweak it every year but it’s BAD this season
spookyboi13 11 points 11m ago
i tried it- definitely sweeter, less rich and spiced... but idk i found it still good. gonna try adding the topping (normally i skip it) to see if that helps
tabootha_jadee [OP] 2 points 11m ago
lmk if it helps
mossygreentree13 11 points 11m ago
I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST ME ITS SO BAD
tabootha_jadee [OP] 3 points 11m ago
SERIOUSLY. WHO LET THAT RECIPE WIN
Nearby-Philosophy-25 9 points 11m ago
I used to love PSL but the last two years they’ve tasted off!! The batch we have at my store is even worse!
tabootha_jadee [OP] 2 points 11m ago
it’s literally awful. idk why but i’m gonna feel awful serving it to people
TrueEuphoria21 7 points 11m ago
We have it in the back but haven’t touched it since going to test it out tomorrow.
tabootha_jadee [OP] 1 points 11m ago
good luck
fuwaldah 5 points 11m ago
Tastes the same as it has every year.
eggospoptart 4 points 11m ago
I thought I was crazy thinking it tasted different, deffo too sweet :(
darkwolf523 4 points 11m ago
Haven’t touched it
JunipherStar 3 points 11m ago
Yeah honestly it doesn’t taste the same as it has in previous years. I made an iced chai with pumpkin cold foam and a pumpkin frappuccino and they both tasted off.
tabootha_jadee [OP] 2 points 11m ago
it also looks different?? way more yellow - i legit thought the iced psl was a paradise drink
blasianbarbie 3 points 11m ago
omg ok ive been telling other partners that its crazy sweet this year & theyre looking at me like im crazy 😭
tabootha_jadee [OP] 1 points 11m ago
110% not crazy
aShyVixen 2 points 10m ago
Yes it sucks SMH they should have just made it vegan like the one in the UK which was amazzzzzing when I visited London. Idk why they insist on making the US PS sauce so bad cause cheaper ingredients. It's alllll about money. QuaIity down and they don't care.
AlectoBlood43 2 points 11m ago
If it's not broke, don't fix it.
ventiflatwhite 2 points 11m ago
Took some pumps home Friday night for my morning coffee. Saturday morning came around and the PS destroyed my stomach!
anderdanders 2 points 11m ago
It gave me acid reflux???? never had that issue before but notes of cinnamon were burning my fucking chest
uwumoment 2 points 11m ago
it’s way too yellow/orange and doesn’t taste spicy enough for my tastes, it just tastes like a pumpkin reminiscent white mocha sauce
Jadehatake 2 points 11m ago
I wouldn’t be surprised if they changed the recipe a bit. They did the same thing with hazelnut when they brought it back. The hazelnut we have now tastes like butterfingers compared to the hazelnut we had before
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platonicbae 2 points 11m ago
tastes like grass
awkward_cat_man_ 2 points 11m ago
Someone at my store said it tastes like acid
tabootha_jadee [OP] 2 points 11m ago
i wouldn’t say they’re wrong
shesallglowedup 2 points 11m ago
The consistency is definitely more runny but it tastes 🔥
peachiez_ 1 points 11m ago
haven’t tried it yet but i’m sure my store will be testing it all this week. this does not make me any more excited for psl season :’)
tabootha_jadee [OP] 1 points 11m ago
i’m a certified pumpkin hater (all pumpkin, not just psl) but i try it every year just in case and holy COW i want to burn it with fire this year
Delicious-Image-9882 -5 points 11m ago
i heard that they put more carrot in it than normal, that’s how it gets the orange color
Sarah-himmelfarb 3 points 11m ago
The orange color comes from pumpkin purée, it’s on the ingredients list
tabootha_jadee [OP] 2 points 11m ago
the weird thing is that it’s wayyyy more yellow this year. we put the correct pumps in and it looks like the paradise drink
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