If the cooler mornings have you reaching for a sweater and a warm cup of coffee, fall has officially arrived. St. Louis coffee shops are getting in on the season with new drinks featuring pumpkin, maple, apple, chai and flavors that go well beyond the usual PSL.
Shaw’s Coffee
At Shaw’s, fall comes with a cast of woodland characters. The Oh Deer! is a pumpkin pie latte topped with whipped cream and spice, while the Maple Moose pairs brown sugar and maple with maple cold foam when served iced. Other playful options include the Nutty Squirrel, a butter pecan and hazelnut latte with candied pecans, and the Bluebird Bramble, an iced drink combining white chocolate, blueberry and maple. The menu also ventures beyond coffee with the Bunny Chai, Maple Turtle, Fizzy Worm, Foxy Chai and Owl Matcha, and iced drinks can be finished with cold foams including pumpkin, apple butter and maple. Shaw’s has been serving coffee at its Shaw Avenue location for decades, with a menu that also includes housemade baked goods and breakfast items.
5147 Shaw Ave., St. Louis, shawscoffee.com
The Living Room
Fig gets a spot on the fall menu at The Living Room, joining more familiar autumn flavors. The Fig Latte is served alongside a Pumpkin Latte with Cold Foam and Chaider, made with equal parts chai and apple cider. The neighborhood cafe and roastery also has its own beans, rotating menu and coffee classes, making it a spot to linger beyond the usual morning coffee run.
2810 Sutton Blvd., Maplewood, livingroomcoffee.com
Upshot
Upshot’s fall lineup takes a less traditional route with drinks such as the brown sugar sage cappuccino, baked pumpkin latte, Asian pear chai and cherry coffee soda. The fruit-forward options give the menu something beyond the usual pumpkin-and-spice combination, while seasonal pastries include pumpkin danishes and s’mores cookies.
Multiple locations, weareupshotcoffee.com
Goshen Coffee
Goshen’s Soulard roastery and cafe is putting a seasonal spin on both coffee and matcha. Sweater Weather combines espresso, fall spice syrup and vegan chai cold foam, while the Kettle Corn Latte uses sweetened roasted corn puree and a salted brown butter soft top. There’s also a spiced apple aerocano with cinnamon, apple cider and caramel, plus an ube honey matcha topped with ube cold foam. For home brewers, Goshen has introduced a new coffee blend with notes of baked apple, persimmon and black cherry, alongside new bakery options including an apple cinnamon scone, espresso brownie, ham and cheese croissant and sunbutter pumpkin muffin.
910 Geyer Ave., St. Louis, goshencoffee.com
Piper’s Coffee
Rather than building its fall menu around pumpkin alone, Piper’s Coffee is letting housemade syrups do the work. The Demeter features pumpkin spice syrup, The Ariadne combines cardamom and orange blossom honey, and The Hestia brings together fresh ginger syrup and housemade caramel. For a drink without coffee, Persephone mixes blood orange and pomegranate syrup with lemon and club soda.
3701 S. Kingshighway Blvd., St. Louis, piperscoffee.com
Kaldi’s Coffee
Kaldi’s is leaning into fall with four seasonal drinks, including its returning baked maple pumpkin latte, which combines real baked pumpkin, maple and cinnamon. New additions include the blackberry sage shaken espresso, toasted coconut matcha and chai protein latte, while the bakery case gets its own update with a maple walnut scone, sweet potato muffin, apple spice muffin and kitchen sink cookie. Kaldi’s says the baked maple pumpkin latte has been a fall staple for more than a decade, with pumpkin roasted in-house before it’s combined with maple and spices.
Multiple locations, kaldiscoffee.com
DD Mau
DD Mau is taking fall in an entirely different direction with drinks that build on the restaurant’s Vietnamese and Asian-inspired beverage program. Its iced chai with caramel pumpkin foam and iced matcha with pumpkin caramel syrup put a spin on two longtime cafe favorites. The shop is also serving Japanese sweet potato mousse, highlighting the naturally sweet, nutty flavor of the fall ingredient. DD Mau’s beverage menu also includes Vietnamese coffee, tea, boba, and other house drinks.
Multiple locations, ddmaustl.com
Bowood by Niche
Inside Bowood Farms, Bowood by Niche offers a garden-adjacent setting for an early-morning fall coffee. Its Morning Happy Hour runs Monday through Thursday from 8 to 10 a.m., with two seasonal drinks available during the promotion: The Cinnamocha, a combination of dark chocolate and cinnamon, and the Fall Forever, a caramel and apple butter latte. Both are $6 and are only available during Morning Happy Hour.
4605 Olive St., St. Louis, bowoodbyniche.com
Mocha Point Coffee
Mocha Point is bringing some new flavors to its fall lineup, including a caramelized banana latte made with housemade banana cream and torched brown sugar. The pumpkin cloud latte pairs housemade pumpkin syrup with pumpkin cold foam, while the pumpkin chai combines Adeni chai with pumpkin syrup and cold foam. For something outside the pumpkin category, try the Fiji apple tonic, an iced sparkling espresso with housemade apple syrup, or the maple Yemeni matcha with maple and Yemeni spices.
343 N. Main St., St. Charles, mochapointcoffee.com
Cove Cafe
Cove Cafe’s fall menu covers plenty of familiar flavors, but with a few sweeter twists. The Toasted Pumpkin combines pumpkin spice, vanilla cold brew and marshmallow crème, while the Cinnamon Roll latte brings together cinnamon bun flavor, brown sugar and cinnamon. Cookie butter makes an appearance in the Cookie Lover, and the Bear Hug pairs brown butter toffee with honey-cinnamon cold foam. A classic pumpkin latte rounds out the lineup.
6060 Telegraph Road, Suite B, St. Louis, covecafestl.com
Coma Coffee
Coma Coffee is bringing back several fall favorites while adding a handful of new drinks to the mix. Returning options include the pumpkin spice latte, rosemary brown butter latte and Hayride, a warm apple cider topped with whipped cream. New this year are the maple miso chai latte, spiced pear espresso tonic, orange cardamom matcha latte and honey pomegranate iced tea. The fall food menu extends beyond pastries with fig and goat cheese toast on Union Loafers sourdough and a Coma Slinger with vegan chili, breakfast potatoes, a sunny-side-up egg, cheddar and vegan cilantro crema. Coma began as a St. Louis coffee roaster in 2016 and now operates its cafe at University Tower in Richmond Heights.
1034 S. Brentwood Blvd., Suite 101, Richmond Heights, comacoffee.com
Toasted Coffee House
Toasted Coffee House is keeping its fall menu sweet and festive with the cookie butter latte, pumpkin cheesecake cold brew, apple crisp latte and maple toffee chai. The food menu follows suit with a spicy fig and prosciutto panini, creamy sausage and potato soup and an apple pie cinnamon roll, giving the shop options for both a quick coffee stop and a heartier fall meal.
3015 High Ridge Blvd., High Ridge, toastedcoffeehouse.square.site
Kentzo Coffee
Kentzo Coffee’s fall menu starts with an apple butter chai made with house-made apple butter syrup and Maya chai, available hot or iced, with the option to add espresso for a dirty apple butter chai. Specials include a cherry pistachio latte with cherry vanilla cold foam and Dutch cocoa, a carrot cake latte with carrot juice, brown sugar and ginger topped with cream cheese cold foam, and an orange cardamom latte with cardamom, brown sugar, cinnamon and orange. The pumpkin spice latte, made with housemade pumpkin puree syrup, brown sugar and fall spices and topped with pumpkin cold foam, will stay on the menu through Thanksgiving.
Multiple locations, kentzocoffee.com
The Annex
The Annex is keeping its fall drink lineup focused with two seasonal options: the churro chocolate cold brew and pumpkin spice latte. The churro chocolate cold brew brings cinnamon-sugar flavor to cold brew, while the pumpkin spice latte sticks with the classic combination of pumpkin and warm spices. The Webster Groves cafe also has seasonal items in its retail section that make easy gifts or a treat for yourself.
8122 Big Bend Blvd., Webster Groves, theannexstl.com
Germania Coffee Haus
Germania Coffee Haus is filling its fall menu with both returning favorites and dessert-inspired drinks. The carrot cake latte is topped with cream cheese cold foam, while the maple pecan cappuccino brings together maple and toasted pecan flavors. There’s also a cinnamon apple chai made with housemade cinnamon apple syrup, a pumpkin spice latte and a cinnamon toast crunch milkshake. Returning bourbon butterscotch and breakfast lattes round out the drink menu, and the shop is making apple cider donuts in-house and serving pumpkin scones. Germania’s new Alton location now includes a rooftop and walk-up space with views of the Clark Bridge.
Multiple locations, germaniabrewhaus.com
Lion’s Choice
While it’s not a coffee shop, St. Louis roast beef chain Lion’s Choice is getting in on the fall drink lineup with its Pumpkin Spice Mocha. Following the popularity of its orange and lemon crème shakes this summer, the chain is continuing to expand its seasonal sweets with this new pumpkin spice-inspired drink.
Multiple locations, lionschoice.com