# Ask the Starbucks barista anything! (Part Deux)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-starbucks-barista-anything-part-deux/476513>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 10, 2008, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-starbucks-barista-anything-part-deux/476513 "2008-12-10T04:54:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![zweisamkeit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zweisamkeit/32/4360_2.png) [@zweisamkeit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zweisamkeit)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2008, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-starbucks-barista-anything-part-deux/476513/61 "2008-12-13T15:36:42Z")

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> [@Morelin](#):
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> I don’t know about anyone else, but I can barely finish the tall, and that’s if I don’t order food. I just can’t drink that much liquid in one sitting. I end up throwing away a cold hot drink or lukewarm cold one.

Me too. Also, coffees are a treat and I’m eating pretty well; it might only save 70 calories, but that’s still 70 cals I won’t have to drink.

I prefer my beverages to be small anyway. I find that the awesome flavor will get dulled and not as yummy when you have a lot of it, so my philosophy is that I’d rather have a small amount that I savor all of instead of a larger one that is a bit meh halfway through.

Plus, like she said: I hate lukewarm drinks and I’m a sipper, so I get cold drinks even with a tall.

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**Author:** ![ChrisBooth12](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e95f7d/32.png) [@ChrisBooth12](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChrisBooth12)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2008, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-starbucks-barista-anything-part-deux/476513/62 "2008-12-13T21:26:38Z")

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> [@lorene](#):
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> I’m your boring “Coffee of the day, black, no sugar” person, but I was at Starbucks with a friend of mine who oredred one of those new Vivianno thingies. When she did, she asked them to give her the “extra” in a separate cup. It seems like the recipe makes a certain amount and it’s only sold in one size, despite the fact that the recipe makes more than will fit in that cup. Evidently, the extra is tossed unless the customer requests it specifically.
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> That seems pretty wasteful. The barista that day said that the reasoning was that the nutritional value of the entire recipe would drive customers away (i.e., too many calories and fat grams) and so they only sell the amount that would come to 250 calories.
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> Is this true? That seems odd and, as I said, wasteful.

With any drink your bound to have a little extra. In our blended drinks we do have a little extra left over. This is a good thing. If it came out perfectly even we would have no room for a little spill because it would come up short. The Vivannos are made with orange juice, milk, a banna and protein powder. They are very filling. I don’t think anyone would want a venti and since they come in their own cups i think that was also a factor that starbucks didnt want 6 different types of cold cups which may not be used to often

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