Sweetpea Manor Musings

The site I found that explained Starbuckese is here:

http://www.quicksilverweb.net/sbucks/sbcharts.htm


Of sizes, it says:
Sizes

Short 8 oz. The smallest size Starbucks offers, but you'll probably only get this size if you ask for it by name; anyone asking for a "small" will get a Tall, which is the smallest size for which the prices are actually on the menu. Only hot drinks can be served in the Short size.

Tall 12 oz. This is what you'll get if you ask for a "small" drink.

Grande 16 oz. This is the "medium" size. Pronounced "GRAWN-day."

Venti 20 oz. hot, 24 oz. cold. For some reason the iced Venti cups hold four more ounces; for this reason, Venti espresso drinks have an extra shot of espresso in them, and cost a few cents more than their hot equivalents. Pronounced "VENN-tee," and reportedly means twenty in Italian.

You know that bag of cookies that has the pink and white iced animal crackers along with chocolate sandwich and a chocolate chip cookie? That company that's been around for 92 years and was probably your favorite cookie when you were a kid?

They went out of business on Monday. If you want to munch down memory lane, you should go out and buy a bag while they are still on the shelves.