I continued my quest for Habersham’s best pumpkin spice latte in Clarkesville today as I trekked my way across the county. The service I received at Grains of Grace was wonderful, and I was excited to try the first iced coffee I’d ever gotten from a local coffee shop’s drive-through window.
This PSL wasn’t quite as creamy as the one I tried at Starbucks, but it was close. It was warm enough today to warrant an iced coffee, and with the level of sweetness and creaminess I got from the drink, it felt a little more like a thin milkshake than an iced latte.
That being said, it was a good milkshake.
Aesthetics-wise, this PSL wins by a mile. The photo doesn’t do the layering of coffee, cream and pumpkin-y goodness justice, and the clear-cup-black-staw combo was simple and chic. And while the aesthetics of an iced coffee might be a strange thing to critique, after my Solo cup coffee experience, it was hard not to appreciate.
I’d rate the Grains of Grace pumpkin spice latte at 4/5. Even though this wasn’t necessarily my kind of drink, I can recognize that it might be the ideal PSL for someone else. The latte was well-made and had a great flavor, but for someone who was looking for a mid-day coffee rather than a dessert, it didn’t quite hit the mark for me.
