It is a pumpkin spice world in the autumn, or so the song goes, and La Colombe enters the arena with their own seasonal variant. Problems, however, arise before we even crack open the can; the label is shrink wrapped on, and there is a silly piece of plastic on the top to narrow the flow of sips. What is going on here? Outside of the silly artifices, the design is hardly reminiscent of fall outside of some orange and the world's smallest pumpkin.
Reduced fat milk is the first ingredient, bringing three grams of fat along. Yet your palate is clean as soon as the elixir splashes your palate, and is free of any lardaceous coating once the sip is swallowed. The texture is smooth but thin, a flimsy fluid that flies over your mouth with no body or weight, like drinking skim coffee milk. Pumpkin spice is a potent, nuanced blend of nutmeg, cinnamon, some allspice and a pinch of cloves, alongside a slight hint of roasted squash. Or at least that is what I think of the flavor indication. Not so much with La Colombe, a severely underseasoned mix that resembles raw pumpkin and some old pre-grated nutmeg, the kind you find in a rusted tin in the back of your cabinet. There is no warmth to the holiday brew, a promise broken from the moment the liquid first hits your tongue. I guess I should be equally disappointed that there is absolutely zero coffee taste either, but then again, has any PSL, that is "pumpkin spice latte" for those unaware, ever tasted like coffee?
We have 120 milligrams of caffeine, which is a good amount for a nine ounce serving. The buzz is pretty decent, lasting two hours, a steady kick that will be instantly familiar to anyone who regularly drinks these kind of potables. To end, La Colombe Pumpkin Spice Draft Latte does not taste like pumpkin, spice, or pumpkin spice.
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