The New Starbucks Trenta Cup Is Bigger Than Your Stomach
To satisfy the unquenchable gullets of America's brand-name coffee drinkers, Starbucks will introduce a 916ml Trenta cup. That's more than the average capacity of the human stomach, and enough caffeine to stand in for a defibrillator.
Of course, it's not much—if any—different from a Big Gulp or any movie theater's large beverage container. But for some reason coffee's just that much more insidious. You'll be able to sample one for yourself when the Trenta rolls out nationwide by May 3rd. [Image credit: National Post via Laughing Squid]
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Your version of Internet Explorer is not supported. Please upgrade to the most recent version in order to view comments.Half of each "Venti" sized drink consists of ice, its nowhere near 591 ml. ReplyTommy Five promoted this comment
So the stomach actually expands to over 2.5x its normal size when you are eating and drinking. Thats why you can handle Thankgiving Dinner or a food eating competition without blowing your stomach.On another note, I love coffee and love Starbucks. I only wish they sold black coffee in a larger size too! Reply
Big deal, it's only a 32 oz (ish) cup. I easily drink a 32 in one sitting. Heck, a Burger King MEDIUM is a 32. Reply
Starbucks is the McDonalds of the coffee world and I have little appreciation for both. A real "Carmel Macchiato" isn't anything near what they've trained you to believe. Reply
Just be careful of future heart failure. Before there was Starbucks, my grandfather used to drink several thermos-fulls of coffee per day, amounting to something like 30 cups of coffee. Later in life, his doctor attributed his heart pains to the coffee and told him to stop. He dropped down to 3 cups per day and the pain went away! Then he decided it was just a coincidence and started drinking 9 cups per day, but the pains returned, and since then he's been on 3 cups per day, and thank G-d, still ticking. These new Starbucks things, FYI, are about 4 cups. Reply
We just need Morgan Spurlock to make a movie about it and things will go right back to normal. Reply
Damn. Next they'll release the Quaranta, and before we know it, everyone will be buying the Starbucks Cento, which is a full two-liter bottle of coffee!-IMP ;) :) Reply
Starbucks is the only thing that keeps me going most days...BTW, my previous Starbucks (in Connecticut) had Trenta about 6+ months ago. Thought it was already nationwide... Reply
I've drank a two liter of soda more than once.Anyone who can't drink one liter of something has the stomach of a six-year-old girl. Reply
Starbucks, Starsucks!! The crappiest coffee out there! I hate it and then some, so their new gimmick won't convince me to go back there!Can't beat Tim Horton's coffee!! The best there is! Reply
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OK it's official: I can't go to Starbucks anymore. I'm one of those people who can't bring themselves to use companies' dumb-ass names for their products. So when I go to Starbucks I order a "small coffee", "medium coffee", or "large coffee", depending on how asleep I am and how far I expect to wander from the nearest bathroom. Because Starbucks has three sizes, this works for me...never yet found a counter worker (you won't catch me calling them barristas, either) who couldn't immediately figure out that when I order a 'medium' that's a 'grande' in marketing-speak. But now, will a 'medium' be a grande, or a venti???? Aaah, fork it...I'm goin' to Peet's. They sell coffee in English. ReplyEdited by DeeDawg at 01/17/11 5:54 PM
This only matters if you've eaten. If you haven't, then your pyloric sphincter will not close and will allow the drink to pass directly to your small intestine for quick absorption. This is also why eating before consuming alcohol slows and lessens intoxication. Replystan_i_am promoted this comment
By the time someone gets halfway through their trenta sized order of coffee, the drink is going to be cold already. Why would anyone who even remotely cares about the taste of their coffee get one of these? Wait...Why would anyone who even remotely cares about the taste of their coffee go to Starbucks in the first place? ReplyKrackato-ATOMIC COLLIDER! promoted this comment
Damn, 916ml?? Bottle of wine is 750ml.Couldn't imagine drinking that much coffee -- but then again, I couldn't imagine drinking ANY coffee because coffee sucks! Reply
Well at least they're staying consistent now. Tall, Big, 20, 30. Unless the next measure is Green then we're good. Reply
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