There’s a new rhythm to the days in Chattanooga: chilly enough in the mornings to cradle a hot mug, warm enough by afternoon to switch to an iced pumpkin chai. Here are a few drinks local baristas recommended and a few other tempting options to try this fall.
Most drinks can be ordered hot or iced.
Oaks Coffee House
2916 Silverdale Road
— Employee recommendation: Figgie smalls is a cappuccino with brown sugar fig syrup and a brown sugared rim.
— Also try: Chai chai slide is an iced chai latte with maple pecan cold foam and candied pecan dust.
— Other syrups: Brown sugar, maple pecan and pumpkin spice
Cadence Coffee Co.
11 E. Seventh St.
— Employee recommendation: Autumn mist is a hot cinnamon spice tea made with special honey and steamed milk.
— Also try: Buttermont, a latte made with a sweet toffee nut and maple syrup, and the Gilmore, a creamy iced chai topped with pumpkin spice cold foam and a drizzle of caramel
Mean Mug
114 W. Main St.; 205 Manufacturers Road, Suite 109; 2090 Hamilton Place Blvd., Suite 106
— Employee recommendation: Dubai mocha latte
— Also try: Pumpkin spice latte; pumpkin spice chai brew; and cinnamon and hazelnut white hot chocolate
Together Cafe
801 S. Orchard Knob Ave.
— Employee recommendation: Sweater weather latte, butterscotch and pumpkin spice
— Also try: Fall in love latte, white chocolate, pumpkin spice and whipped cream; simply fall chai, caramel, apple and chai; and hello pumpkin cold brew, caramel and pumpkin spice cold foam
Trail Town Coffee
225 Broad St.
— Employee recommendation: Apple crumble latte has caramel and apple syrup with cold foam and brown sugar cinnamon sprinkles.
— Also try: Campfire cold brew, brown sugar cinnamon and dark chocolate with toasted marshmallow cold foam; the great pumpkin latte, pumpkin and white mocha with cinnamon sprinkles; pumpkin pie dirty chai, dirty chai with pumpkin cold foam and brown sugar cinnamon sprinkles; and blueberry London fog
Fall-themed drinks to cozy up with at Chattanooga coffee shops
Be Caffeinated
1263 E. Third St.
— Employee recommendation: Oat milk cream pie latte, white chocolate, toasted marshmallow, Irish cream, cinnamon and nutmeg
— Also try: Pumpkin spice latte, pumpkin, white chocolate, cinnamon and nutmeg; and Honeycrisp hug, caramel apple butter and caramel cold foam
Sleepyhead Coffee
735 Broad St., Suite 104; 2602 E. Main St.
— Employee recommendation: Banana bread latte
— Also try: Pumpkin spice latte, s’mores latte, caramel apple latte and maple brown latte
Contact correspondent Dasia Williams at life@timesfreepress.com.