Supersize Me Starbucks!

Jeanwah

Like we don't get enough coffee drinks...
And I don't know about you all, but my belly can't handle that much liquid.

Starbucks 31-oz 'Trenta' cup size set to debut in U.S.

LOS ANGELES - Starbucks Corp will roll out its biggest drink size yet — the 31-ounce "Trenta" — in all of its U.S. coffee shops by May 3, the company said on Sunday.

The new size will be available only for iced coffee, iced tea and iced tea lemonade drinks in the United States. The Trenta is 7 ounces larger than Starbucks' "Venti" cup for iced drinks, which currently is its largest size on offer.

Drinks in the Trenta size will cost 50 cents more than similar Venti-sized iced drinks, the company said.

Seattle-based Starbucks tested the new size in several U.S. markets last year, saying it was responding to customer demand for larger cold beverages.

The Trenta size will debut in 14 states, including Virginia, Georgia, Florida, Texas, Hawaii and Arizona, on January 18 and in California on February 1.

The world's biggest coffee chain said unsweetened drinks in the new size will have fewer than 90 calories and that sweetened versions will have less than 230 calories.

McDonald's Corp, the world's biggest fast-food restaurant chain, has taken direct aim at Starbucks with frappes, fruit smoothies and espresso drinks such as lattes and cappuccino. It also has lured customers by selling 32-ounce (946.4 ml) sweet tea drinks for $1 each.

U.S. convenience stores, which have been taking on restaurant chains with an expanded selection of low-cost, quick-serve fare, for years have sold fountain drinks in large sizes, including 32 ounces and 64 ounces (1.9 L).

BH304897

And we wonder why our population is overweight?

I think starbucks ranks #2 on my worst company list right behind wal-mart

mysticweed

i read that what was formerly the largest starbucks mocha chino was higher in fat and calories than a whopper with cheese
:sick:

i bet i've had a hundred of 'em

pandora

Starbucks coffee.... I don't see the attraction

eddiec

Franchises suck. End of story.

unlost dogs

This.

Small, medium, large, extra large.

LloydXmas

unlost dogs wrote:

This.

Small, medium, large, extra large.

Being from the northeast I grew up on dunkin But I havent had a decent cup of coffee from there in two years. Every franchised store tastes different and it's usually bad. I don't know if its bad water filtration or the people who work there.

norm

Starbucks introduces the new 31 oz Trenta, which i believe is Italian for kidney failure -- Stephan Colbert

RYEzupSF

I can't wait for the day when they introduce the Big Gulp. I wonder how you say that in Italian.

That is just too much. I prefer to keep my coffee addiction in small cups.

prytocorduroy

shouldn't it be trentuno?

making america fat and dumb at the same time!

youngster

unlost dogs wrote:

This.

Small, medium, large, extra large.

:thumbup:

Dirtie_Frank

While I agree that this is stupid. I find it even more dumb to blame Starbucks. If you are dumb enough to drink this grotesque drink then you deserve what you get. Sort of like blaming guns for murder, what is next blaming spoons for getting people fat?

Brock Samson

unlost dogs wrote:

This.

Small, medium, large, extra large.

and this.....in the summer.

Prince Of Dorkness

I love Starbucks espresso. I have one every morning. Double shot, black no sugar.

Those milk shakes with whipped cream are.. well, one of those has your calories for a whole day.

know1

Nobody forces anyone to buy anything (other than our government, but that's a different thread).

This should be a non-story. I could care less if they came out with gallon jugs. If you don't want it, don't buy it.

I think people who even buy a 2 oz cup of that overpriced flavored water aren't real bright, but that's just my opinion.

mca47

It's really no different than the 2x Venti Red-Eye I often get. Venti coffee with 2 shots of espresso dumped in.

?


Oh...yeah, I"m a caffeine addict. I'm trying to cut back.

Kel Varnsen

Dirtie_Frank wrote:

While I agree that this is stupid. I find it even more dumb to blame Starbucks. If you are dumb enough to drink this grotesque drink then you deserve what you get. Sort of like blaming guns for murder, what is next blaming spoons for getting people fat?

Yea I don't see how Starbucks coming out with a bigger drink size is making people fat? By that logic, because you can buy rum in 60 ounce bottles that is making people alcoholics.

Brisk.

Only in USA.

stargirl69

pandora wrote:

Starbucks coffee.... I don't see the attraction

eddiec wrote:

Franchises suck. End of story.

Yep both right :thumbup:

haffajappa

Brisk. wrote:

Only in USA.

:shock:

zarocat

"You want the 32 oz or the large?"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uvs2g5Nj0NI