I'll Drink this Pumpkin Spice Latte Before Labor Day, But Only Because Demons Are Making Me - McSweeney's Internet Tendency
I see that pumpkin spice lattes are back. There have been news stories, opinion pieces, and articles about the drink in magazines and on websites. Also, the demon Dagon has invaded my dreams to give me a gentle reminder that even though it's still summer, it's time for me to prove my allegiance by drinking one. But I'm not falling for it this year. Not before late September at least. We're surviving wave after wave of historic heat. It's 107 degrees outside! I've been drinking iced coffee since April and switching back sounds terrible. Dagon can make me wake up thirsty, but he can't make me drink. Walking past the coffee shop on my way to work, I see that they have leaned in. A sign out front says, IT'S NOT TOO EARLY , in big bubbly letters, and there's an image of a pumpkin spice latte, tall and orange, surrounded by falling maple leaves and cute little gusts of wind, beckoning to me. It gets my attention, but I'm strong. I keep walkin...