My oh my has that cup grown. This week Starbucks announced that they will be introducing their biggest cup size yet–the 31-ounce ‘Trenta’–on May 3, 2011. To put things into perspective for you, Trenta is 7 ounces larger than a Venti. Trenta sized cups will cost 50 cents more than their Venti brethren and there’s a catch: customers will only be able to order iced coffee and iced tea if they want to leave the shop with a Trenta in hand. Starbucks will begin the rollout in 14 states (including Virginia, Georgia, Florida, Texas, Hawaii and Arizona) on January 18, it will hit California shops on February 1, and it will make its way to all 50 states on May the third.
The National Post put together a handy chart that pits the Trenta against the other coffee cup sizes and the human stomach. Fun, startling fact: Trenta’s 916 millilter size is larger than the human stomach’s “average” 900 milliliter capacity. Uh, yikes. Look after the break to find said infographic.
Well, it’s certainly not as big as the 128 fl oz Plenta cup, but at this pace we’re well on our way.
