恶人谷

The official Starbucks size naming scheme mixes pretentious use of Italian, and lies. The correlation goes roughly like this:

"Tall", which in the context of a drink seems synonymous with "large",
"Grande", which of course is Italian for "big", and
"Venti", which means "twenty," which is the number of ounces.

Originally, in their "home town" of Seattle, they offered Short and Tall, but as tastes for their excellent coffee grew, they introduced Grande, and then Venti, and removed the original Short from the menu. I think Short is still available from under the counter, and used for things like to-go espresso.

In other words, the lowest advertised size denomination at Starbucks is referred to by a terminology that implies "large". They've shifted the scale completely up! There isn't even "medium" any longer! Surely the apocalypse is nigh...

tiffany wrote:我小人之心的说，我怎么觉得这是给人一个说隔蓝得双香草拿铁加奶油而显示其人有文化而且舌头够利索的机会呢？

Knowing wrote:自从蚕说了那句话以后，我没别的想法，就是很想吃碗奎元馆的虾爆鳝。