--- title: McDonald's McCafe Pumpkin Spice Latte Is Back description: McDonald's is officially bringing its McCafe Pumpkin Spice Latte back to stores nationwide for the first time in three years on Aug. 31. canonical: https://time.com/4448856/mcdonalds-mccafe-pumpkin-spice-latte/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-08-11T19:41:39.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:35:24.064Z og:title: McDonald's McCafe Pumpkin Spice Latte Is Back to Fulfill Your Fall Coffee Needs og:description: Autumn is coming og:url: https://time.com/4448856/mcdonalds-mccafe-pumpkin-spice-latte/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: McDonald's McCafe Pumpkin Spice Latte Is Back to Fulfill Your Fall Coffee Needs twitter:description: Autumn is coming twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # McDonald's McCafe Pumpkin Spice Latte Is Back to Fulfill Your Fall Coffee Needs > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Aug 11, 2016 7:41 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Aug 11, 2016 7:41 PM UTC [McDonald’s](http://time.com/money/4394989/mcdonalds-all-day-breakfast-menu-changes/) is officially bringing its McCafe [Pumpkin Spice](http://time.com/4300695/pumpkin-spice-cheerios/) Latte back on Aug. 31, giving PSL enthusiasts the chance to satisfy their [fall coffee cravings](http://time.com/4269554/starbucks-pumpkin-spice-lattes-k-cups/) earlier than ever. The fast food giant will be offering the cinnamon-y sweet beverage in stores nationwide for the first time in three years starting later this month. Introduced in 2013, the Mickey D’s latte is made “with a blend of freshly brewed 100 percent Rainforest Alliance Certified espresso and creamy steamed milk infused with a combination of warm spices and flavors of pumpkin pie,” [Delish reports](http://www.delish.com/food/news/a40181/mcdonalds-pumpkin-spice-latte/). > [](https://twitter.com/Smith1Kaylee/status/763098933543305216) It will be available roughly one week prior to the day Starbucks’ version of the infamous seasonal coffee drink made its 2015 debut, Sept. 8. \[h/t [Delish](http://www.delish.com/food-news/a48649/mcdonalds-releasing-pumpkin-latte-before-starbucks/)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4448856/mcdonalds-mccafe-pumpkin-spice-latte/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4448856/mcdonalds-mccafe-pumpkin-spice-latte/"},"headline":"McDonald's McCafe Pumpkin Spice Latte Is Back to Fulfill Your Fall Coffee Needs","datePublished":"2016-08-11T19:41:39.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:35:24.064Z","description":"Autumn is coming","url":"https://time.com/4448856/mcdonalds-mccafe-pumpkin-spice-latte/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Food & Drink","Mcdonald's","Coffee","pumpkin spice latte","pumpkin spice"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4448856/mcdonalds-mccafe-pumpkin-spice-latte/","name":"McDonald's McCafe Pumpkin Spice Latte Is Back to Fulfill Your Fall Coffee Needs"}}]}] ```