The Solution to Your Pumpkin Spice Latte Craving (but Without Coffee)

The one thing that sets Coffee Bean apart from other coffee shops is its homemade powders in french vanilla, dutch chocolate, white chocolate, and hazelnut. The company uses the vanilla powder in its pumpkin spice latte, and the sweet flavor really comes through and blends well with the pumpkin sauce seasoned with nutmeg, cinnamon, and cloves.

The real star, however, is the eye-catching topping of honey cinnamon sprinkles. These crunchy, glittery bits of sugar rest on the frothy foam and taste like the buttery coating you'd find on cinnamon sugar toast. We want to order regular lattes with these sprinkles! Overall, the latte is a touch too sweet for our liking and left us with a bit of an artificial aftertaste. There's one way to offset this. Even if you're not dairy-free, we recommend ordering this drink with almond milk because the nuttiness rounds out the sweetness and enhances the spiced flavors.

If you're more in the mood for a Frappuccino-like beverage over a hot one, opt for the Pumpkin Ice Blended. It's made with the same pumpkin syrup and vanilla powder as the hot version, and it's blended with espresso and ice before being topped with whipped cream and those must-have sprinkles. The sweetness of this drink makes it more of a dessert than a breakfast, but sometimes it's OK to eat dessert first thing in the morning, right?

The Coffee Bean's pumpkin chai latte is made with freshly brewed chai tea rather than a premade syrup or powder, and it makes all the difference. Comforting, aromatic, and caffeinating, this latte beats out the pumpkin spice latte in our opinion, because it tastes like true pumpkin pie. An added bonus is it comes with the honey cinnamon sprinkles, too.