Welcome to another edition of Food News, where we gobble up all the news that's fit for human consumption.
First up: Spicy szn.
A fun fact not a lot of people know is that our seasons are actually controlled by Starbucks now. It's true! So even though it's still a gazillion degrees out, it is officially fall, which is being rebranded as PSL, as in Pumpkin Spice Latte, which begins its limited run on Tuesday.
That's right, just ignore the smell of garbage baking in the midday sun, put on your wool hat and a good jacket and soak up that mysterious especia de calabaza. Squint just right and you will see the trees already turning a vibrant shade of orange, your tabletops already decorated with gourds. Breathe it in.
Oh, and not that it's a surprise but the PSL is roughly 4% more expensive this year than it was last year.
Moving on: Arizona iced tea. That colorful 99-cent bodega treat that hasn't raised its price since it launched in 1992 simply because the owner likes giving his customer a dang break.
But if you thought it was the product of the the Grand Canyon State, think again. As my colleague Jordan Valinsky explains, Arizona actually comes from Brooklyn (represent!), and it was almost called Santa Fe (as in, New Mexico).
The brand's founder, Brooklynite Don Vultaggio, wanted something that connoted a "warm and healthy environment."
"When I put Santa Fe on the package, it didn't look right," he said.
So he zoomed out, thinking of places near Santa Fe that would look better on a can. Arizona, with its satisfying center Z, just looked right.
My favorite bit: Vultaggio had never even been to Arizona or New Mexico, he just associated them an appealing lifestyle — "an environment and climate that made you want to grab a refreshing iced tea."
Finally, doughnut time.
Even though NASA had to call off the Artemis mission before its scheduled launch Monday morning, Krispy Kreme's Moon Doughnut mission was undeterred. In honor of the lunar launch, which will be rescheduled following technical troubles, Krispy Kreme offered up a cheesecake-flavored crème-filled pastry, dipped in a cookies-and-cream icing with swirls meant to evoke the moon's surface.
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