Pumpkin spice products are already in grocery stores in July
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It's either season creep or retailers don't think we're going to make it through fall so they're dumping products ahead of schedule.
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Oh, that makes sense. Do you have any seasonal spice combos?
I think various corporations are trying to make pumpkin spice a thing, but apart from that, not really.
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Vanilla, actual vanilla, is a pain in the ass to make, and almost all of the world's actual vanilla ends up in ice cream. We can synthesize the same chemicals out of, among other things, wood pulp and beaver secretions, which is why it's easier to make things vanilla flavored now.
Do you mean the vanilla bean is a pain in the ass to grow? Vanilla is really easy to make from vanilla beans. Just use alcohol to extract the vanilla
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It should just be sold all year round anyway. The hell I have to wait until October/September for things to taste like pumpkin pie? It doesn't ever actually have pumpkin in it, so it's not because of a growing season.
wrote last edited by [email protected]Yeah, this doesn't look to be Halloween-themed or anything. I have cans of pumpkin and pumpkin extract that last for years. They can do pumpkin stuff whenever.
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Vanilla, actual vanilla, is a pain in the ass to make, and almost all of the world's actual vanilla ends up in ice cream. We can synthesize the same chemicals out of, among other things, wood pulp and beaver secretions, which is why it's easier to make things vanilla flavored now.
wood pulp
This is also why barrel-aged spirits don't just taste like vanilla, they have literal vanillin in them, which is vanilla's main flavor compound.
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It should just be sold all year round anyway. The hell I have to wait until October/September for things to taste like pumpkin pie? It doesn't ever actually have pumpkin in it, so it's not because of a growing season.
wrote last edited by [email protected]I can't stand pumpkin but it, I think obviously, should be made all year. Is there some problem with production or maybe people only like the taste of it exclusively at that time of year?
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I can't stand pumpkin but it, I think obviously, should be made all year. Is there some problem with production or maybe people only like the taste of it exclusively at that time of year?
People go out of their way to buy pumpkin spice versions of products they likely would not have bought originally because the limited time nature makes them seem more enticing. And to also buy products in greater volume or more frequently than they otherwise would, to enjoy why it lasts. FOMO, basically.
Same reason why "McRib is back" keeps being a thing.
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wood pulp
This is also why barrel-aged spirits don't just taste like vanilla, they have literal vanillin in them, which is vanilla's main flavor compound.
I'm surprised whiskey aged in oak doesn't come out as bitter af due to the tannin in the wood. Is that the point of charring the barrel?
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I can't stand pumpkin but it, I think obviously, should be made all year. Is there some problem with production or maybe people only like the taste of it exclusively at that time of year?
I'll buy a pumpkin or apple cider donut once or twice when they release around September. If they were available all year, I honestly doubt I would think about it or have it anymore than that. I can't be the only one that feels that way.
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I'm surprised whiskey aged in oak doesn't come out as bitter af due to the tannin in the wood. Is that the point of charring the barrel?
IDK, TBH. Though I do think that many aged spirits are kind of bitter, especially the extra-long aged ones. Seems to depend on the oak species, too, French Oak often seems to lead to bitterer spirits (might be part of the reason why cognac often has added sugar) compared to White Oak (the standard for bourbon barrels).
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And there it will stay, until fucking Autumn.
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With more people tapping into the trend of Summerween
Summerween
Your marketers were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should.
They could've said "Thanksgummer." Count your blessings
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might as well just keep them year round at this point
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I can't stand pumpkin but it, I think obviously, should be made all year. Is there some problem with production or maybe people only like the taste of it exclusively at that time of year?
It's part of that "you're in the season of happy now think of your childhood" thing that companies just sort of dreamed up
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I saw Christmas supplies at Costco a couple days ago…
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might as well just keep them year round at this point
Has this ever happened to you?
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IDK, TBH. Though I do think that many aged spirits are kind of bitter, especially the extra-long aged ones. Seems to depend on the oak species, too, French Oak often seems to lead to bitterer spirits (might be part of the reason why cognac often has added sugar) compared to White Oak (the standard for bourbon barrels).
Or I wonder if the bitterness isn't just hidden by the overwhelming flavor of motor fuel.
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Menards has plastic skeletons out
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This is why we need seasonal regulation goddamit
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might as well just keep them year round at this point
From what I recall Starbucks used to keep Pumpkin Spice available much longer out of season than they advertised.
-I was on the pumpkin spice train before it was cool.
