Starbucks offers gigantic 'Trenta' - a 31-ounce cup of Coffee!

BIGDADDYMELVIN:

Way to vote up your own comment there. I went ahead and took care of that for you.

Look, let them do whatever they please if there's a market for it. Who cares, right?

Of course, that doesn't mean that people who hear this news at home should be called over sexed whiners just because they make a comment on the social implications that a 31 ounce sweet caffeinated drink has for the United States.

Not everything needs to be a partisan issue, by the way. You're part of the biggest bunch of whiners out there (that is, the idiots who think that slapping a pro-life bumper sticker on their car and complaining about "liberals" all day puts them on the "good" side of some righteous battle). The truth is, nobody really cares what you think, or what I think, for that matter, and by screaming your opinion at people all you've done is taken what could have been a discussion and turned it into a shouting match.

Forget the fact that it's exactly this kind of thing that is destroying democracy, and just try to judge it objectively. It's just not constructive, and it kind of makes you look like a jerk.

Then nobody will buy in the test market and Starbucks will be proved wrong. I think that size for cold drinks in Arizona, though, is dead on the mark.

...Since Italians are world-renowned coffee snobs, Starbucks uses Italian for whatever it can get away with.

Venti = 20 = 20oz
Trenta = 30 = 30oz

It's pretty simple, actually. If they really wanted to get serious, they'd just switch over to metric.

This language reminds me of a language talked about in many of Robert Heinlein's books that he calls Galacta a romance based universal language that sounds like Spanish and Italian.

& even though its more expensive than that McCafe bullshit excuse for a macciato, you can't beat the quality of some starbucks drink. If your getting just coffee thats one thing, but Starbucks knows there way around delicious drinks & you can get them non fat or with skim milk. A venti nonfat caramel macciato is around 200 calories which isn't too bad if you need the energy :). Not all McDonalds offer the low fat or skinny option that because they want there customers to get fat.

Buy from local coffee roaster and mom and pop shops. Don't support Starbucks or McDonalds.....yuk.

Nope not me.

They're like people who pay for bottled water most of which comes from a tap anyway. Hello, is anybody home?

they're home, they just have their head so damn far up their ass they can't think

not quite far enough. you can still see his neck

wrong. if you blame being fat on anyone but yourself or genetics you should jump off of something. its called self control. in the case of genetics, if the only people in america that were fat were fat because of their genes we would have so many fewer fat people. everyone else just needs a muzzle and an IV full of apple sauce.

o i agree, thankfully i'm not fat.

Lol.

Well, I don't disagree that people need to exercise some self control, or just exercise, for that matter.

But at the same time, the cheapest calories are the ones in crappy foods that make people fat, so it just comes down to statistics at one point.

Don't forget to give them a free puppy, too...

It would be time to get out the straight-jacket :)

Spanish isn't the only romantic language in this world.

"Trenta" is actually the *Italian* word for 30. Just as "Venti," their 20-ounce cup, means 20 in *Italian.*

Other Italian words used at Starbucks:
• Breve
• Espresso
• Caffé Latte = coffee w/ milk
• Cappuccino
• Macchiato
• Caffé Americano
• Verismo

OMG DO YOU SEE THE TREND?!

Well then the Italians must be way more annoyed than I am!

Nope; they aren't. While the Italians don't drink Starbucks because they have the real thing, the founder of Starbucks created the company with the vision of bringing the Italian Espresso Cafe to the world.

He succeeded, and he spread some of their culture in the process. They certainly aren't complaining about that aspect.

hmm... its all italian.

I was referring to the mispronunciation of the words - and I didn't realize you spoke for the whole country of Italy, I'll let my friends know they should submit any complaints for you to handle them as their union rep.

LOL; you're just trying to mock me because you're embarrassed of your own ignorance.

I do not speak for the country, though I know a few Italian Americans, have known actual Italians, and LIVED IN ITALY for a summer. I *have* discussed Starbucks with them. They don't like the coffee because their stuff is better, but they have a certain appreciation for the company.

My ignorance about what, exactly? You think I didn't know that Spanish isn't the only romance language? Or that the words used at Starbucks are based on the Italian language - I do and it doesn't matter. I simply made a comment about my point of view coming from someone that speaks Spanish and you decided to try to show everyone how much you know about Italy b/c you lived there for a summer. Whoopee. And you did it in such a way to try and make it seem like I'm the one that's self-absorbed.

Hey everyone, randallr01 is super smart and knows wayyyy more about Italy than any of us nobodies!!

It's ignorant to say that this is a perversion of a spanish word. It's also uneducated. I'm just pointing that out.

It reminds me of the time I met a woman named Stella. I told her that her name means 'star.' She grimaced, and then said rudely, "No, that's estrella," emphasizing the accent of the Spanish word. I then happily informed her that 'stella' is Italian. Ironically, she had thought I was the ignorant white boy.... but didn't I show her up!!

Ah yes, the Italians. The only other people in the world who enjoy their coffee as dark and as strong as us Cubans. Cheers to them!

Yeah, I was born in Italy, my mom is Italian, and I've spent most of my summers their since I was two years old. Most Italian people don't know about Starbucks, and the ones who do are annoyed with the way people pronounce the drinks when they order, at least in my experience.

Ya just wait till they come out with a Quarenta or Cincuenta!!!

Thank you. That's all I was saying.

Ahem - my deepest apologies - I didn't realize I needed an advanced degree in Romance Languages and Starbucksology to state an OPINION.

Nah. You said that "trenta" is a perversion of a Spanish word. That's not an opinion; it's just plain wrong (and ignorant of the fact that it's an Italian word). I'm sorry that you're embarrassed about that.

im sure that's been taken by some fictional convenience store somewhere =p haha

42 don't puss out now

whahaha

Did you mean "you're" a moron? Moron. All I was saying is that if you think you're better off at any other fast food restaurant then you don't know anything. Don't put words in my mouth asshat. And you got your entire "revelation" from the fact that Starbucks is offering a bigger cup? You must be really enlightened.

asshat. alex 2 points, sandrell -2 points. Boys we have a game!

social commentary on the current state of 'jumbo america', i suppose...

Why is this in the news at all? . . . and notice how sandrell-jenkins turned it into a political issue. Unbelievable!

hell yes. I put on a pot of coffee and by the time i'm done burning a blunt my coffee is ready and i'm out the door.

Works for me

Ok I don't like coffee all that much, but once in a blue moon, I'll go to Starbucks; where as, I would never go to McDonalds, not ever. To suggest Starbucks customers compare to the heavy set the type McDonalds gets is, in my opinion, very incorrect. Consider the price of items and the purchasing power of the customers, there is a much larger portion that are willing to pay for those artificial-flavored burgers and fries then there are that can afford Starbucks so habitually. However, my information is mostly based off observation and not actual research. So it might just come down to it being relative to regional socio-economics. In Florida, there are definitely not as many over-weight people taking trips to Starbucks, as there are going to McDonalds.

02, im just being nit-picky. Starbucks and McDonalds products are both understandably not that healthy.

period. the end. followed by more blabbering. way to go. period. the end.

what the fuck are artificially flavored fries? do you mean salted?

hahaha...voted up!

Some of it's fairtrade.

why would anyone drink coffee to relieve stress?