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Who Invented the Pumpkin Spice Latte?
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Who Invented the Pumpkin Spice Latte?

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RenƩ Ostberg
RenĆ© Ostberg is an associate editor at Encyclopaedia Britannica. 
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Thereā€™s something about the spice profile in a classic pumpkin spice latteā€”a concoction of espresso, steamed milk, and a mix of cinnamon, ginger, cloves, or nutmeg. Each year Americans guzzle about 20 million Starbucks pumpkin spice lattes. The coffee chain debuted the drink in October 2003, but it wasnā€™t until 2015 that the PSL (as fans of the beverage call it) contained any actual pumpkin. Originally, its creators (an espresso development team headed by Starbucks...

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