Pumpkin spice has never had any pumpkin in it....until now!

This Friday, our Pumpkin Spice is going into a latte at every Counter Culture Coffee training center in the country! Counter Culture has hosted Tasting at Ten events for nearly three decades. It’s free, it starts at 10 a.m. every Friday, and anyone who wants to learn (or taste!) more is welcome.

For our latte, the team is pouring Cinco de Junio, a light-roasted single origin from an organic cooperative in Las Sabanas, Nicaragua. Counter Culture tastes apple, dark chocolate, and almond in the cup. Those notes give the spices something to hold onto. Clove and dark chocolate get along well. So do apple and cinnamon.

The syrup below is what the baristas will use to build each drink: our Pumpkin Spice simmered with pumpkin puree and dark brown sugar, then finished with sweetened condensed milk. Can’t make it to a training center? Grab a bag of Cinco de Junio and a tin of Pumpkin Spice, and you can make the same latte at home.

A note from Asheville's Regional Manager, Kelli Allen (who crafted this magical syrup for us to enjoy): "Since scaling down tiny spice amounts can be tricky, this recipe yields a small batch of syrup which can be stored up to one week to satisfy your ongoing PSL needs!"