Pumpkin Spice Latte season is creeping into August

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What could be better to fight off the sweltering, late summer humidity than ... a pumpkin spice latte? Well, probably several things, but you'll at least soon have the opportunity to include the infamous Starbucks beverage among your options as August winds down.

Yes, the controversial drink will reportedly be back on the market in less than 3 weeks. Starbucks employees told Business Insider that the Pumpkin Spice Latte will be ready to order on its earliest annual launch date ever, August 27. That's weeks away from September 23, when fall actually starts.

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Tim O'Donnell

Tim is a staff writer at The Week and has contributed to Bedford and Bowery and The New York Transatlantic. He is a graduate of Occidental College and NYU's journalism school. Tim enjoys writing about baseball, Europe, and extinct megafauna. He lives in New York City.