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Can you drink a 31-ounce JUG of coffee?

By Monica Laliberte

Published: 2011-01-18 10:24:00
Updated: 2011-01-18 16:50:09

Posted: January 18, 2011

Apparently, many people can. Today, Starbucks is rolling out the GINORMOUS cup of coffee in North Carolina and 13 other states.

Although I guess we can hardly call it a cup!

I’m trying to give up my addiction to having just one cup a day. Although admittedly, it’s probably more like 12 ounces than just 8. But I can’t imagine even CARRYING a container so large it fits 31 ounces, let alone DRINKING it! Can you?

Not to mention the cost of that daily cup of coffee. It’s only 50 cents more than the 20-ouncer, but it’s all too expensive for me!

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already have..and its not actually as much as you think....(size wise)...price is def steeper than it needs to be for any of their drinks!
Click to view my profile wonbyone74
January 18, 2011 4:44 p.m.
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"The new size is seven ounces larger than the current Venti and will be used exclusively for iced coffee, iced tea and lemonade beverages, the company said in a press release."
Click to view my profile snowl
January 18, 2011 4:05 p.m.
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I may be more alert, but I'd be running to the ladies room so often I don't think I could get my work done :-) And how many calories in one of those bad boys????
elliesmom
January 18, 2011 4:02 p.m.
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This size is for ICED drinks only.
Click to view my profile snowl
January 18, 2011 3:19 p.m.
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Not and keep it hot!!!
aquamarine46
January 18, 2011 1:03 p.m.
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One of my college professors would drink only 1 cup of coffee a day; he had the biggest mug I had ever seen. By today's standards, it was a pretty average sized mug.
Not Now
January 18, 2011 12:32 p.m.
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