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If I visit Starbucks they sell something called a "Venti" it's part of Starbucks attempt to change the language of coffee so that their regular customers can't
by Taniwha 12y ago
If I visit Starbucks they sell something called a "Venti" it's part of Starbucks attempt to change the language of coffee so that their regular customers can't order elsewhere.
"Venti" is of course Italian for 20, let's ignore the fact that Starbucks appear to invalidly trademarked a number, when I find myself stuck with a Starbucks in an American airport I love to ask "that's Italian for twenty, twenty what?" the usual answer is "fluid ounces" .... but "that can't be true, Italy uses the metric system, it must be litres or millilitres ..." usually they choose "litres", it is a big cup
Of course the American fluid ounce is a weird thing, different from the Imperial fluid ounce (which is exactly 1oz of water at 62F)- a strange historical thing due more to British Kings monkeying with the tax system than anything else
- Havoc 12y ago>they sell something called a "Venti" I just stick to small/medium/large and keep insisting on that. The employees inevitably cave (realistically they know exactly what I mean).
- beloch 12y agoOccasionally people blurt out "venti" in a place that isn't a Starbucks. The staff always knows that means "biggest cup we've got". Conversely, if I order an "extra large" in Starbucks they always force me to pick one of their sizes and say it's freakin' nonsense name. Also, I'm in Canada (a country that uses metric) and they list their sizes in fluid ounces.
- billpg 12y agoIs that a Canadian Starbucks thing? In English Starbucks I've never had a problem with asking for a "large" or "medium".
- kiiski 12y ago> ... it must be litres or millilitres... Why would it have to be one of those? Obviously it's centilitres; at least here in Finland that's the size of a regular drinking glass (although usually it's called "2 desilitres").