I friggin LOVE Starbucks but I can't afford that shit every day. So I tried a few things and figured out I can make a near-perfect copy of their iced pumpkin spice latte with 3 ingredients.
1 - you're gonna need some cold-brew coffee, or it won't taste as close. You can ice over your regular brew, but it tastes a little funky.
2 - Coffeemate brand pumpkin spice flavor coffee creamer liquid. They have it in sugar free too, so you don't have to feel like a total fatty.
3 - ice.
Brew the coffee. Pour it into your mug or cup , leaving about 1/2 of the cup empty. Dump in as much creamer as you think you're gonna need. You may have to screw this up a few times before you get it just right. You may also hate the taste of pumpkin spice if you fuck it up too much the first time. Fair warning. Start small. Once you've got the right combo of coffee and creamer, dump in some ice, enough to bring the coffee mix to the top of the cup. Bam.
Now if you have to be all exact, squirt some whipped cream on the top and sprinkle cinnamon or nutmeg, or whatever the hell they use at Starbucks. Ta-da. You're welcome.
And before you send me hate mail, yes I realize you still have to buy stuff in order to make these. But even if you buy the cold-brew from Starbucks to brew at home, between the coffee and the creamer, you're only spending about $15, which will make dozens of iced lattes. So you just outsmarted Starbucks by like $100 if you're a venti junkie like me.
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