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If you’re like me, you get seriously excited the first time you see that the Pumpkin Spice Latte is coming back around. It’s like the Labor Day of the culinary world. An unequivocal sign that fall is here. Of course, Starbucks has had the monopoly on the PSL. They’ve been serving up that delectable drink for almost 20 years.
But other franchises eventually got on board the PSL train and started offering their own versions of pumpkin drinks. And in the modern age of DIYers, a lot of people started making them at home. I don’t know about you, but I just can’t get the one I make at home taste as good as the Starbucks one. Well, there’s a reason for that.
The Starbucks Pumpkin Spice Latte has more fat, sugar and salt than you’d probably allow yourself to put into one cup at home. It’s easy to drink all that up when it’s delivered as a single drink out a drive thru window. Today.com once reported that a 16-oz PSL at Starbucks contained 18 grams of fat and 50 grams of sugar!
……What happened? Sorry I fainted. But seriously, that’s your whole day’s worth of sugar allowance. In one 16-ounce drink. Yikes!
So we CAN make our sacred Pumpkin Spice Latte at home. It just takes a combination of milk, coffee, pumpkin puree, and pumpkin pie spices. How you sweeten it is where the calories can add up. Some people use plain old sugar. Others get creative with agave or maple syrup. And don’t get me started on all the fancy extras like vanilla bean or homemade caramel.
But what about those of us who want to branch out from the Starbucks PSL and don’t have the time (or patience) to make one at home? Well, there are many other places in Las Vegas where you can find pumpkin drinks that might become your new favorite. Here are a few. We even threw a couple non-coffee pumpkin drinks in there for the caffeine-free weirdos…I mean people.
–Wendy Rush, 96.3KKLZ Las Vegas
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There are two Madhouse Coffees in the Las Vegas area. This one is on the corner of Pebble and Eastern and has a delicious assortment of food as well! And the staff is always super pleasant.
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Oh man, these guys have more than just the standard PSL. They also offer Pumpkin White Mocha, Pumpkin Chai and Pumpkin Matcha! You can’t go wrong with any of them, and you can go very right with all three.
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These guys use real pumpkin in their drinks. Ask for one hot, iced or blended. Delicious! Find them at Maryland Pkwy and Pebble.
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A decadent spin on the traditional pumpkin spice latte is DB’s Caramel Pumpkin Brulee Cold Brew. Available in Breve or Freeze as well. There’s usually a line at Dutch Bros but it’s so worth it for this drink.
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This one has a little different of a flavor because it combines a hint of vanilla bean to the pumpkin.
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One of the best parts of this shake is the candied pumpkin seeds on top! This is only seasonal so it’ll be gone soon.
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You know I’m gonna throw a Freddy’s plug in here. Because their stuff is amazing. And the Pumpkin Pie Concrete is no exception. It’s not technically a drink since it’s thick enough to eat with a spoon, but it has a whole piece of pumpkin pie in there! Soooooo good.
October 26 is National Pumpkin Day so celebrate with a pumpkin drink! Cheers!
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Hi there! It’s Wendy. Your resident queen of repurposing. You know I’m always looking for ways to give things a second life. And one thing I love as much as reusing things…is coffee. Oh sweet coffee. If only our coffee intake counted as water consumption. I’d be the most hydrated person on the planet! But throwing away those coffee grounds everyday? I found myself wondering if I could reuse those little brown crystals of happiness for something other than waking me up in the morning. As it turns out, there are lots of ways to reuse coffee grounds. From pest-deterring to skin-softening, there are so many things that can be done with old coffee grounds. Now THAT is incentive to clean out those little K-Cups. And bonus….cleaning them out means you can recycle them as well.
And if you’re a tea-drinker, well there are lots of things you can do with your used tea as well. Some things you can leave the tea in the bag for, others require loose-leaf tea. If that’s the case, you can just open the bag and lay the leaves out to dry. Careful though, tea leaves stain so don’t do this on a delicate surface.
So here you go…9 things you can do with used tea leaves and coffee grounds.
Some breeds of plants love acid and will benefit from coffee grounds. Use them as mulch for plants like roses, azaleas and hydrangeas, which will thrive from the nutrients released into the soil.
Ants don’t like coffee? I knew those guys were sketchy. Sprinkle coffee grounds around an area that has ants and it will make them go the other way. Word on the street is that it also deters snails and slugs.
If you sprinkle your still-damp coffee grounds in the fireplace before you clean it, it will quell those crazy ashes and elimate the cloud of dusts we all love.
Grab some orange peels and mix them up with coffee grounds. Now put them around your plant roots in the garden and it will keep kitty away.
Unlike those shady ants, carrots LOVE coffee. Mix dried coffee grounds with carrot seeds before you plant them and watch your carrots thrive.
If your skin feels like a dry lakebed, coffee can help! Make a homemade scrub from coffee grounds, coconut oil and a touch of brown sugar, and your skin will be soft and smooth. Be careful not to use too much coffee at one time because the grounds are hard on your drains.
Coffee grounds have natural abrasion, so put some in a pan before you scrub it and watch those dried-on food parts vanish. Just remember not to dump too many grounds down the drain!
Bug bites and minor burns, even sunburns, don’t have to ruin your day. Just place some cool tea bags on those bad boys for instant relief.
Dried tea leaves have odor-reducing qualities. Spread them in the litter box or anywhere else you have stinky smells and watch that unpleasantness disappear. It works in the fridge, on your cutting board, even your hands after cutting garlic. The last two can be done with wet tea bags as well as dried leaves.
***BONUS this is great for carpets that have pet odor. Crush the dried tea leaves lightly and let them sit on the carpet for about ten minutes, then vaccum up! It freshens your carpet AND your vaccum.
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