A cuppa what?

[digitaldiscipline]

Okay, this has been bugging me (mpeace got this full-force via YM the other day) for a while. . .

You know how big a goddamned "cup" of coffee, according to coffee pot manufacturers? SIX OUNCES.

So, a pseudo-poll:

How big is everyone's handiest coffee/tea slurping container:

- 6oz
- 8-10oz
- 10-12oz
- 12-16oz
- 16-24oz
- 24-32oz
- 32oz (or IV drip, you addict)

I discovered the arbitrary "6oz = 1 cup" thing today by observation - K gets a single 16 oz cup, slightly underfilled, and I get two (likewise) out of 8.5 "cups" according to our trusty Braun.

Comments

[hellsop.livejournal.com]

My favorite mug is in the 10oz range someplace, but the cups I get from the gas station (in Wisconsin or Minnesota, PDQ is the Gas Station Of Choice for thier actually excellent coffee) are 22oz. So, for me, a "serving" is about 20oz.

There's a coffee place in Madison that does do 32oz styro cups, though....

[katyakoshka.livejournal.com]

32oz. Styrafoam. Cup.

Of the holy drink for the hours of the daystar?

Then again... That would be pure hell to attempt to consume while driving. Especially in a stick-shift. Oy.

[hellsop.livejournal.com]

They'll serve them at the drive-through too. The cups come with a fairly tight-fitting styro lid as well, so heat retention is good, but it doesn't have a hole for a straw...

[katyakoshka.livejournal.com]

I'm just thinking... where do you put that? I mean, it's just going to go flying! And then, a tight-fitting lid don't mean squat.

Then again, I drive a stick shift and drink from large ceramic mugs while driving on winding SoCal suburban roads over steep hills, so perhaps I shouldn't speak.

[hellsop.livejournal.com]

The cup fits in the average "big gulp" cupholder, since it's not any bigger than the giant 44oz soda cups. I know they make window-mounted cupholders for those.