Fall is the time of year when people want to snuggle up by the fire and drink a warm, soothing beverage. However, it’s not quite time to bring out the hot chocolate. Save that for the cold days, the snowy days, the ‘Why do I live in Minnesota?’ days. Should you bring out the Pumpkin Spice instead?

Freshman Megan Dolan said she approves of pumpkin spice fall drinks. When she was younger, her grandmother made cookies with Pumpkin Spice Hershey Kisses in the middle, which got her used to liking the spice.

If you are a Starbucks lover, Starbucks has been offering pumpkin spice drinks since Sept. 8. Now, you might not have wanted to wait that long to consume the cinnamon-y sweet beverage that is a Pumpkin Spice Chai Tea Latte, a Pumpkin Spice Hot Chocolate or whatever mixture your mind concocts, so you went to Caribou Coffee because the spiced drinks started up on Aug. 25.

“I like the Pumpkin White Mocha from Caribou,” sophomore Jasmine Ural said. She mentioned that she goes to Caribou not only for the location convenience, but also because she thinks their drinks are better than Starbucks.

If you are one of the 63.5 percent of Orono’s student body that doesn’t like pumpkin spice, then you have some options. Hot chocolate is the go to of all warm beverages, according to Top Inspire.

“I prefer to drink only vanilla, chocolate, or caramel type drinks,” junior Zoe Winger said, on if she had to choose a warm beverage besides hot chocolate.

However, if the bubbling, chocolatey, marshmallow on top drinks reminds you too much of the pains of winter, drink apple cider, a chai latte, or a white chocolate drink instead.

An Orono senior said that a Pumpkin Spice latte is fine, but nothing like a pumpkin frappe sparks his interest. Even so, he would not go out of his was to get either of those seasonal drinks because he would rather indulge in a caramel latte.

Senior Gustavo Gutierrez said he doesn’t care for any Pumpkin Spice drinks, but when he was younger he would eat pumpkin soup along with other pumpkin delights.

Pumpkin spice does not just appear in fall drinks. Sometimes it can be found in items such as pumpkin bars, pumpkin pies–which on average the U.S. consumes 50,000,000 of on Thanksgiving–and pumpkin soup, according to Allspice.