TikTokers have been splitting opinions over a new trend that sees them taking pumpkins to Starbucks instead of regular cups. Seriously.
Whenever autumn takes over the calendar, Starbucks fans get ready for one thing – pumpkin spice lattes. PSL season, as it has become known, is pretty important to coffee lovers, and they’ll make he most of it.
Now, you may think that making the most of it would involve ordering a pumpkin spice latte every day. Well, you’d be right, but the bar has also been raised by some massive fans of the PSL phenomenon.
Over on TikTok, some Starbucks customers have been taking actual pumpkins to the coffee store and asking baristas to fill them up rather than using normal coffee cups or their thermos flasks.
PSL Season is a huge time for Starbucks.
Starbucks customers are taking pumpkins to be filled up
One TikToker has gotten over 300,000 views, showing the process of buying a pumpkin from a grocery store before heading over to Starbucks to get it filled up.
Some baristas have been excited to fulfil those requests. “Like, a real pumpkin? Ok, I want to ring you up for a tall and if its a little more than that we’ll just cover it with cool whip. This is fantastic,” one said.
Others, however, have been shutting down customers who try and order it. TikToker Kaurie Raye revealed that she had to order her coffee as normal and pour it into the pumpkin herself.
However, it isn’t just Starbucks employees who have been split over the trend. Viewers aren’t quite sure how to feel about it either.
“You can get very sick from that,” one said. “It’s such a cute idea but seems like a health hazard,” another commented. “Starbucks is gonna start a bring your own pumpkin event now,” another suggested.
It remains to be seen if Starbucks will issue a warning against bringing pumpkins to their stores. Though, for now, it seems as if its at the discretion of baristas.
