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'Get your sweaters ready': Vancouverites react to return of pumpkin spice lattes

Happy PSL day to those who celebrate!
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Starbucks revealed the return of the pumpkin spice latte to its menu on Aug. 24, 2023, and most Vancouver locals are excited at the popular fall drink. Some say that August is too soon for pumpkin spice flavoured drinks.

It isn't pumpkin spice latte (PSL) season until Starbucks says it is.

This year, the popular coffee chain unveiled the return of the fall drink to Canadian and U.S. Starbucks menus on Aug. 24, with many pumpkin spice fans proclaiming the date as "pumpkin spice latte day."

Canadian coffee favourite Tim Hortons also launched its seasonal pumpkin spice menu on Aug. 24. 

Most Vancouverites joined in on celebrating the fall equinox of coffee shops, sharing their excitement at the onset of all things autumn and pumpkin spice on social media. 

"Everyone wake [up] it's pumpkin spice latte day," one local tweeted. "Got my first whiff of pumpkin spice today. Get your sweaters ready," another chimed in.  

Some, however, think that August is too soon to bring back the fall drink. 

One simply doesn't get all the PSL hype.