Dunkin Donuts Pumpkin Spice Latte

I’ve been meaning to try the Dunkin Donuts pumpkin spiced latte for a while.  The DD’s near my school has a special on lattes in the evening, which is a great deal for a before-class treat. Yesterday, while I was hanging out with some friends I finally pulled the trigger.

Ordering the drink was a lot more complicated than I expected it to be. Gone are the days of Dunks lattes coming from a reconstituted powder mix. Now I had to answer “hot or iced,” “what kind of milk” and “with or without sugar.” (I was particularly confused by the sugar question because I think the flavor mix already includes sugar…?) Anyway, I was impressed with the customization options. Other than requesting decaf (I always get decaf), I tried to stick as close to the standard PSL as I could. I asked for a hot latte, “regular” milk, and no additional sugar. “Just make it yummy.”

The resultant latte was yummy, but only very subtly flavored. I didn’t detect any spiciness, and only the slightest hint of pumpkin-ness. It’s hard to describe the flavor of the drink, other than to say that the pumpkin spice somehow enhanced the milky-ness of the latte. It had more of a round nom-nom-nom flavor than a basic latte (sorry for using such technical terms).

It’s possible that my tastebuds are starting to get burnt out after all these PSLs and that’s why I didn’t taste much flavor in this latte. And barista error is always a possibility. But, still I wouldn’t say it was a bad experience, just that I wouldn’t want this to be my one pumpkin spice latte for the year. It was kind of boring.

Location: Dunkin Donuts in the Transportation Building

Price: under $2.50

Calories: 230

Room Temp Flavor: Drank it too fast to find out

Pumpkin Rating: un-carved pumpkin painted white