Colored leaves fall from the trees, the crisp breeze chills your face, and pumpkins are carefully placed around people’s front doors. What better way to kick off the beginning of fall than with a Pumpkin Spice Latte from Starbucks?
Every year, millions of people look forward to the drop of the Starbucks fall menu. From Pumpkin Cream Cold Foam to an apple croissant, Starbucks never disappoints with its limited seasonal food and drinks.
As an iced chai lover, I have been looking forward to the Iced Pumpkin Cream Chai, a classic on the fall menu. The buttery pumpkin cold foam, the hint of cinnamon –there’s nothing not to love about this drink.
The Starbucks 2025 Fall Menu features 19 items total, Ten are brand new to the menu, and nine are returning favorites.
Besides the Iced Pumpkin Cream Chai, I tried the Iced Pecan Crunch Oatmilk Latte, the famous Pumpkin Spice Latte, the Iced Pumpkin Cream Coldbrew, and the Pumpkin Cream Cheese Muffin.
If you favor a sweet taste more than a bitter coffee taste, I would definitely recommend the Iced Pumpkin Cream Chai over any of the other drinks.
If you are in need of caffeine, the Pumpkin Spice Latte is more balanced when it comes to the level of sweetness and bitterness.
The Iced Pumpkin Cream Coldbrew has a pumpkin cream cold foam and hint of pumpkin spice. This drink did not impress me. None of the flavors stood out to me and it just tasted like black coffee.
The Iced Pecan Crunch Oatmilk Latte featured oatmilk and pecan flavors and was also topped with vanilla sweet cream cold foam. This drink was good, although there was not a very seasonal flavor to it, and it tasted like a plain vanilla oatmilk latte.
The Pumpkin Cream Cheese Muffin is exactly what it sounds like: a pumpkin muffin with cream cheese filling. This is not a bad thing, though. The muffin is classic and seasonal at the same time, letting the pumpkin flavor stand out.
After looking forward to the menu all year, I am happy to say I was not disappointed. The featured items remained classic and seasonal, and my favorites came back just how I expected them to.
