Pumpkin spice tea,,have drank many cups from different suppliers and it is amazing at how different the ingredients are in each ones particular brand

If there was a Satan, pumpkin spice is its spawn.

it's that time of year!

Apparently the primary issue with the potentially negative health effects of the pumpkin spice latte is actually about an ingredient in the caramel coloring, 4-Methylimidazole, which the FDA has approved as safe for consumption and as I can tell those who claim it's dangerous spout psuedo-scientific nonsense.
[fda.gov]

What's the problem with people buying seasonal products that are artificially scarce anyways? If people want to spend their hard-earned money to drink it, who are we to say what they can and can't put in their bodies if it isn't hurting the rest of us? No one is forced to buy these products, it is everyone's personal choice to or not.

If some entity existed that decided what people can and can't eat, what makes everyone assume that spam would not be the main diet of Americans? It was invaluable for military use, so if the government had anything to say about it why would they chose to distribute more expensive products, or make pumpkin spice lattes available year round?
[defensemedianetwork.com]

You're kidding me.

It's August, right?

Why the hell are people thinking about pumpkin anything in August?

This is all of a piece with putting out Xmas ornaments in stores the week before Halloween and shit like that. And the way sports seasons now go year round.

I remember when the World Series was in October and football started in September. And hockey was a winter sport. I never paid much attention to basketball, honestly, but I'm pretty sure it didn't run 10 months of the year.

This is why I hate "progress".

I like coffee, I have yet to walk into Starbucks and purchase anything especially coffee.

Meh.
The sheeple are gonna do what the sheeple are gonna do.

Telling them it's unhealthy is wasted effort.
They don't care. They like it.

Don't you just love the way marketing works?

This is fucking hilarious: ...because we need the food manufacturers on whom we rely to provide us with products that take public health just as seriously as they do their profits. I mean, how adorably naive is that?

I wonder how many of us have eaten actual pumpkin. Like, cut into slices, cleaned, and baked. Or cunked up on stew, also very good. With whatever seasonings (sweet or savory). I think I'll start a poll.

I don't like pumpkin anything, even pie. A quick search of the Internet found no pumpkin spice edible underwear. The market is ripe for an entry there because nothing says Thanksgiving like pumpkin flavored underwear.

I don't have a Starbuck's nearby. I don't drink flavored coffee and do not like pumpkin. So all is well over here in the orchards.

In my opinion this is an important lesson on how 'mercan capitalism works and it's sole purpose.

Never had one, never will - pop consumer trash.

I love pumpkins so much. Just seeing them makes me happy. But I don't want to eat them in any form

And.... the Hormel "product" isn't even Spam. The original recipe is good, tastes nothing like Hormel "spam".... and if you're not a vegetarian, an excellent source of protein.

I'll take my organic pumpkin-spice yogurt, but that's about it (and maybe a pumpkin donut in a moment of weakness).

Yeah heavily processed shame