A perfect pumpkin spice latte

Pumpkin Spice Everything!!

Lover of all things coffee and pumpkin spice!

I love coffee, pumpkin pie, fall colours, warm scarves, comfy sweaters and boots. Basically I love all things FALL. When I can have those thing together - especially coffee and pumpkin spice - I am one happy mamma! I know, I definitely am the stereotype and I don't care!! I am a mom, I live in leggings and I can't survive without my coffee!! Nor am I offended by all the funny memes floating around the Internet making fun of my demographic. 

I am here to tell you though how to make a perfect pumpkin spice latte without leaving the comfort of your own home. It is inexpensive, simple and delicious. There has been a lot of controversy about the Starbucks Pumpkin Spice Lattes (which I most definitely enjoy). I read that Starbucks was petitioned to change their recipe and add actual pumpkin to the latte. Is this true? Is there actually pumpkin floating around in my delicious coffee? I honestly did not/do not care if there is no real pumpkin in my coffee! Can we not just enjoy a treat once in a while and not worry about it? I guess if I drank these lattes three times a day year round we would have a definite cause for concern but a seasonal treat?

The argument that a pumpkin spice latte is terrible for us is surely true, though I do not have any quantified scientific proof to support my claim. I feel I can safely say that a latte full of artificial sugary pumpkin spice goodness and covered in whip cream is probably not the best thing for my body!! But I didn't think we were fooling anyone! I mean, if it is too good to be true...  If you do not enjoy the pumpkin spice goodness then move on or go enjoy something somewhere else but please leave my pumpkin spice latte alone!! 

Is moderation a thing of the past? We are so bombarded with content on social media that we no longer know which way is up or down or left or right! We are constantly sharing and telling conflicting information. I cannot keep up and I am done trying.  I do know, however, that I am most likely doing it all wrong and screwing up my children along the way but I can't worry about that right now, as I have not yet had my coffee today and in this house not a lot happens until mamma has some caffeine pulsing through her veins. 

Homemade Know-Off Delicious Pumpkin Spice Latte:

• 1 shot of espresso or a shot of strong coffee (the choice is yours)
• grab some pumpkin spice from the spice isle in your grocery store and sprinkle that shit all over your coffee. I add about 1/2 tsp in mine.
• 1/2 tsp of brown sugar - no rules here either just sweeten it to your liking
• steamed milk - froth it if you want. I like to froth the shit out of my milk
• Add as much (or none) whip cream as you would like. If you prefer cool whip or Redy whip that too is a personal preference that I will leave up to you to experiment with.

ENJOY!
Much love and strong coffee,
​Melanie
​p.s. I have no idea what the fat or calorie content is or how bad it is for me but I'm sure it's bad!

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