Want to give up sleep and weigh 400lbs? Then look no further!
Thanks to Starbucks, it appears that super-sizing is coming to a café near you. Prepare yourself for the Trenta. At a whopping 31 ounces (916 ml), this monster is reserved for iced drinks only and is now the largest size the chain offers. It will cost 50 cents more than its “little” brother, the 20oz Venti. Starbucks currently offers the supersized cup in 14 states and plans to serve it nation wide in just a few months.
The roll-out began on Tuesday, January 18th in 14 states: Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, Nevada, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas and Virginia. Can’t wait to overload on caffeine? Don’t worry. The Trenta should be available in all Starbucks locations by May 3rd.
If 31 ounces of coffee seems like a lot, that’s because it is. It’s nearly a liter of coffee. In fact, as the National Post in Canada pointed out, the Trenta cup holds more liquid than the average capacity of the human stomach (around 900 ml).
No doubt, there will be people who flock to it, but there’s a cost to consider and it isn’t just in jitters or heart palpitations. There are (gasp) calories in those drinks -lots of them. Starbucks has said that unsweetened Trenta drinks will have less than 230 calories (the average 12oz soda has 150) but its sweetened drinks are another story.
The Starbucks website hasn’t been updated to include nutritional facts for the Trenta, but a look at 20 oz drinks is a pretty good indicator of how bad these juggernauts will be for your waist and derrière. The 20 oz Iced Caramel Macchiato has 330 calories and it isn’t event the worst offender. That coveted spot is claimed by the 20 oz Iced Peppermint White Chocolate Mocha which comes loaded with 400 calories.
Can Americans drink 31 ounces of caffeination? Undoubtedly, but should they?
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