The Glade 4.0

LOS ANGELES, Jan 16 (Reuters) - Starbucks Corp (SBUX.O) 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 Jan. 18 and in California on Feb. 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 (MCD.N), 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).

Facism is not a school of thought, it is a racial slur.

Who the hell wants bad, over brewed coffee made from the rejected, burnt beans that weren't good enough for Great Value pre-ground coffee at Wal-Mart?

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Facism is not a school of thought, it is a racial slur.

You mean the kind of people that shop at Hot Topic?

19 Yet she became more and more promiscuous as she recalled the days of her youth, when she was a prostitute in Egypt. 20 There she lusted after her lovers, whose genitals were like those of donkeys and whose emission was like that of horses.

Facism is not a school of thought, it is a racial slur.

Hmmmms ...

Now I know where to start the Zombie Apocalypse.

There coffee is awful. That said, I drink it all the time, because... it's everywhere.

I like your graphic, Shel.

Beverages in order of related snobbery:
Wine
Coffee
Everything else

Beverages in order of related snobbery:
---> Whiskey
Wine
Coffee
Everything else

Facism is not a school of thought, it is a racial slur.

I brought a single-serve french press and small airtight canister to work so I wouldn't have to choose between Starbuck's and Dunkin' Donuts coffee.

Heh, thanks. How'd you know I was about to post here?

It was in need of a correction.