There’s nothing like the transition from the hot summer nights we sing about, to the brisk, chilly air around the newly colored falling leaves we see in the autumn. It’s fall and pumpkin spice is back in season.

Now is the season for the memes and internet jokes to come out about teenage girls and their pumpkin spice everything. Now is the season to switch from ice cold drinks to cool us down, to steaming hot coffees to keep us warm in the foggy mornings.

In honor of the start of my favorite season, today was a grande Pumpkin Cream Cold Brew.

The cold brew was just as advertised, as full of caffeine as I needed on this fine morning. And the pumpkin spiced cream was exactly what I had been waiting for. It was the taste of the beginning of the holiday season. It was the taste of not only the sugar that would keep me going for the day, but also the taste of home and family that would get me through the last few weeks before I get to see my family again.

The Pumpkin Cream Cold Brew hit all the right spots, and will be a must-have again.