Move over pumpkin spice, local coffee shops are getting creative with fall flavors
Sophia Surrett and Erica Horton present 10 autumn alternatives to pumpkin spice from local coffee shops. (Sophia Surrett/The Daily Memphian and Erica Horton/Special to The Daily Memphian)
Erica Horton
Erica Horton is a freelance writer in the Greater Memphis Area whose work has been published in various newspapers and online publications since high school. She earned her bachelor’s in Journalism and master’s in English at the University of Memphis. When she’s not reading, traveling or eating, she enjoys writing about reading, traveling and eating.
Sophia Surrett
Sophia Surrett is a University of Alabama graduate, where she received her B.A. in news media and M.A. in journalism and media studies. She has been with The Daily Memphian since July 2023, first starting as a business reporter covering various beats. Now, she covers food, restaurants, and hospitality and tourism.
Pumpkin spice season seems to start earlier and earlier each year, and we can’t say we don’t partake, but we’ve also been equally intrigued and mortified by some of the pumpkin-spice offerings lately.
Like the rising trend on social media of people asking to get their pumpkin-spice latte in a hollowed-out pumpkin.
Still, seasonal flavors often help us get into the spirit, and local coffee shops are getting very creative with their non-pumpkin options, as well.
Today, The Daily Memphian’s Sophia Surrett and Erica Horton dish on the 10 most interesting fall drinks they’d recommend, in alphabetical order by coffee shop.
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