What do they mean ?
2007-05-27 08:39:35 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Non-Alcoholic Drinks
Venti means 20 -- as in 20 oz
and Grande means grand or large
edit: and they're Italian words
2007-05-27 08:47:39 · answer #1 · answered by Ashy 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's just lifted from Italian
Tall cup = small size = 12 oz
Grande cup (meaning big cup) = medium size = 16 oz
Venti cup (means 20 cup) = large size = 20 oz
Venti ice cup = 24 oz
and it was actively chosen to make Starbucks stand out from other coffee places. It's more fun and attractive to customers, certain ones at least. If you don't like it, it's no big deal, we're (I work at Starbucks) still human behind the green apron, so feel free to say small, large, or medium.
I want to say that it's not exactly starbucks unique to use italian terms. The word Latte itself is Italian for milk, so a Cafe Latte is Italian for a coffee flavored milk drink, mocha latte is mocha flavored milk.
2007-05-27 19:39:55 · answer #2 · answered by antsam999 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Couldn't find any definition on Venti, but Grande means large.
2007-05-27 08:45:27 · answer #3 · answered by FireBug 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
heh they call the small a tall so you don't feel so bad handing over 4 bucks for a shot glass of coffee...Its all marketing and ego, probably along the lines of why they call the cashiers and employees baristas, when all they do is push buttons on the coffee machine...when i worked in fast food, everyone i knew at starbucks would look down on me even though i was making more money and had better hours...aparently part of starbucks training program is to remind their employees that they're better than everyone else heh but maybe thats jus me (sorry, ranting :-P)
2016-05-19 01:55:12 · answer #4 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
personally i think its a marketing thing... "tall" sounds like ur getting more than "small", and "grande" sounds like it has more than "medium", same for vente. since the prices for the coffee r so high starbucks doesnt rele want how much coffee u rele get to b obvious... also i think the italian names appeals to the often trendy and arguable pretentious clientele that starbucks markets to
2007-05-27 10:38:35 · answer #5 · answered by Matthew L 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Italian for the size of coffee
2007-05-27 08:53:14 · answer #6 · answered by jizlepuff 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
so they can charge 6 bucks for a large (grande) coffee.
2007-05-27 08:48:10 · answer #7 · answered by beth l 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is probaly a diff. language like french or something 2 make it sound fancy and for them 2 b different fomr everyone else
2007-05-27 08:53:24 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was since they were founded and gives a European feel.
2007-05-28 14:00:13 · answer #9 · answered by LostAgain? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To make it seem fancy and foreign =)
2007-05-27 08:55:50 · answer #10 · answered by Song 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋