Where is best fall coffee, drink in Lubbock? Here are our thoughts - Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

The two newsrooms teamed up this year instead of running separate reviews, sending A-J reporters Alana Edgin and Mateo Rosiles, KTTZ's Samantha Larned and Brad Burt, and A-J fall intern Hailey Stromberg out to taste test. Even with temperatures sitting in the 90s that week, the group hit the road anyway, proving fall in Lubbock runs on menu changes more than actual weather. They call themselves the Fall Coffee Review Team, and this marks a return trip for the annual taste test.

For neighbors who treat pumpkin spice season as a countdown clock, this matters more than the thermostat does. Coffee shops around town roll out seasonal drinks whether or not the heat cooperates, and a mobile truck like Blue Bird Coffee shows how much of that scene now moves around the city instead of sitting in one storefront. Kick'n Koffee's Woodrow Road spot gives South Lubbock another stop on the list alongside the newer mobile options.

If you're chasing the unofficial Fall Flavor of 2026, this crew already started the legwork. Nobody in Lubbock waited for a cold front to call it fall. They just waited for a new menu board.