Autumn leaves...and so does PSL

As November draws to a close, so does the 2014 lifespan of the PSL.

If you've never heard of a PSL, we'd probably like you.

If you're well aware that it stands for Pumpkin Spice Latte, but you don't care, we'd get along all right with you, too.

If you wait all year for its annual release in September, you don't feel autumnal until you've had one, and you're "friends" with it on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram (yes, that's actually possible), then our relationship with you is going to be testing.

You have but one guess as to who created the PSL, but we'll give you a clue: they're the only coffee company with enough money to coin their own words and enough media savvy middle management to teach the world their lingo.

The PSL has been plastered across billboards for more than a decade now and has sold over 200 million units.

Apparently, adding a shot of Pumpkin Spice syrup to a Latte and then topping it with cream and a sprinkle of Pumpkin Spice flavoured dust, warrants $80 million of sales each year. That should be more than enough to fight off the "you made me fat" lawsuits based on each pump of the syrup (and there are three) containing 8 grams of sugar.

Still, at least the Inland Revenue gets its fair share of the monies accrued. We all know how good Starbucks is at paying taxes.