Interested in spicing up your coffee routine in this sweater weather? Look no further than our rundown of the national coffee chains that are coming in hot (and iced) with plant-based seasonal beverages this fall. Read on to learn where to enjoy your next autumn beverage!
Which Coffee Shops Are Making Seasonal Drinks with Plant-Based Milk as the Default?
The coffee shops below are serving seasonal drinks with oat milk by default, making compassionate, sustainable options more accessible!
Gregorys
Gregorys is the place to go for both classic and creative fall drink flavors. Whether a straightforward oat milk PSL (that’s pumpkin spice latte), a regular or blended Smashing Pumpkin (cold brew, oat milk, vanilla, and pumpkin spice), or the Carda’mama, the newest espresso drink featuring a tahini-mocha sauce and oat milk, there is something for every palate. Bonus: Grab yourself a vegan pumpkin muffin while you’re there!
Starbucks
The Starbucks fall beverage lineup includes two pecan options this year, the Pecan Oatmilk Cortado and the Pecan Crunch Oatmilk Latte, both made with espresso, oat milk, pecan syrup, and a pecan crunch topping (order the latte without cold foam to make it dairy-free).
Stumptown Coffee
Stumptown recently released their new seasonal coffee flavors, including a salted maple latte and pumpkin spice latte, and they are served with oat milk by default. If you are interested in something other than coffee, the Black Sesame Matcha Latte is also made with oat milk. As a bonus, they have a vegan toasted-marshmallow whipped cream topping!
Peet’s
For something a little different from the classic fall flavors, head over to Peet’s for their Cardamom Citrus Cold Brew Oat Latte. This iced latte blends cold brew concentrate, oat milk, and a spiced cardamom-citrus syrup for a delicious and refreshing treat.
Bluebottle Coffee
Bluebottle coffee cuts straight to the point with their Fall Latte, an oat milk latte with orange blossom and black cardamom.
What About Other Coffee Shops with Plant-Based Customizations?
These coffee shops don’t have seasonal drinks that are plant-based by default, but they make it easy to customize your beverage by removing syrups with dairy or swapping in delicious plant-based milk without an added charge.
Dutch Bros
While none of their seasonal sips come dairy-free by default, you can order a coffee with sugar-free pumpkin flavor and oat milk for a dairy-free pumpkin coffee.
Whole Foods Market
At Whole Foods Market’s coffee bar, you can customize your pumpkin spice coffee or latte with any plant-based milk available!
Caribou
Caribou has one iced espresso shaker this year that can be made plant-based! Try the Honeycrisp Apple Caramel Espresso Shaker, made with real Honeycrisp apples and oat milk (hold the caramel sauce to make it dairy-free). Note that if you order a drink from Caribou that does not come with plant-based milk by default, they charge extra to customize with plant-based milk unless you order through their rewards app!
7 Brew
7 Brew’s seasonal drinks are served with dairy-free syrups! Get creative with their thousands of flavor combinations, or stick with their new fall drinks, including the Cinnamon Roll Mocha (brown sugar cinnamon and white chocolate syrups), Pumpkin Roll Shake (brown sugar cinnamon, white chocolate, and pumpkin pie syrups), and the Pumpkin Blondie (vanilla, caramel, and pumpkin pie syrups).
Which Coffee Shops Are the Worst for Seasonal Plant-Based Drinks?
Bluestone Lane
Bluestone Lane continues to charge extra for plant-based milk, including in their seasonal drinks, and offers no plant-based seasonal beverages this fall.
Biggby Coffee
Biggby Coffee has launched new fall flavors, but none of them come with plant-based milk by default, AND they still charge more to substitute plant-based milk. So it’ll cost you extra at most locations to choose the kinder, more sustainable plant-based milk option.
Tell Bluestone Lane and Biggby Coffee to stop falling behind and join the hundreds of coffee companies that have ditched the plant-based milk upcharge.
