I-caramel eyi-Frappuccino engama-26-ounce eyoyikekayo ngokwemigangatho esengqiqweni. ( Ifoto: Getty Images ) Okwangoku ngokungathandabuzekiyo uvile, ukuba ayikabikho isampulu, i-mini Frappuccino, i-10-ounce isiselo esinoshukela i-Starbucks ikhutshwe kule veki. Iyathengisa ngoJulayi 6 kwiivenkile ezithengisa izinto kwilizwe lonke, kwaye zincinci ii-ounces ezimbini kunexesha elide, elididayo le-Starbucks kwiziselo zalo ezili-12, kude kube ngoku lelona nani lincinci ekunikezelweni kweziselo ezibandayo. (Starbucks nayo uyathengisa ikomityi emfutshane, okanye i-8-ounce, yeziselo ezishushu, kodwa ayidweliswanga kwimenyu.) Unoko engqondweni, i-mini Frap entsha inokubonakala ngathi inguquko ethe gabalala kwabo baye bagezelwa ingqondo kwiminyaka edlulileyo- kukuthi wonke umntu-ngo-Starbucks 'onenkani kwaye uhlala ephikisana nesigama sobukhulu. Kodwa musa ukwenza impazamo: iFrappuccino encinci ayisiyiyo kwaphela.
Inyaniso kukuba, ii-ounces ezili-10 ubukhulu becala kunokuba i-Starbucks ingathanda ukuba ukholelwe. Le truism isebenza kakhulu kwi-milkshake-like simulacrum ye cappuccino efriziwe eyiFrap njengoko isenza ikomityi yekofu eshushu.
Ndiyazi ukuba i-mini Frap-equlathe malunga ne-120 yeekhalori kunye ne-24 gram yeswekile, ngokwe-AP —Inokubonakala incinci kakhulu. Ndithenge enye kwangoko namhlanje kwaye ndaziva ndithenjiwe kancinci njengoko ndandihamba nge-Eight Avenue ndinendebe ebonakala ngathi intle esandleni. Unokuziva ungonwabanga ngokucela into encinci ngokuvakalayo. Kodwa kungenxa yokuba ubhiquity we-Starbucks wenze ukuba kube nzima kwaye kube nzima ukuba bazi ukuba ngokusisiseko bathengisa ubungakanani beekomityi kwi-steroids. Ubukhulu obukhulu be-Starbucks buthengisa yi-31-ounce behemoth ebizwa ngokuba yi-trenta, kwaye akukho mntu ufuna isiselo esininzi, nokuba uyokuthenga kwiJuice Generation.
Umbhali onobuqili kodwa oqondayo uTom Scocca wafika kwindawo efanayo kwindawo ye- Iposti yebhlog yeGawker kunyaka ophelile. Xa usela ikofu enkulu kunekofu encinci, ikofu iyabanda ngaphambi kokuba uyigqibe, wabhala. Uqala ngesiphu esiqhumayo, esiphakamisayo, kwaye ngamanqanaba ngokuthe ngcembe ugqibela ngokuncancisa ingqele, iincindi ezingenancasa. Wonke umntu uyakwazi oku. Nditsho nabantu abadelela ikofu encinci baya kuvuma ukuba iziselo zabo ezinkulu ziphela kusizi.
Ukucinga okufanayo kuyasebenza kwi-Frap, enokujika ngokungathandekiyo ukuba ibe lulwelo ngexesha olifumene phakathi. (Kwaye ingqondo iyaqina!)
Kule minyaka ingama-10 idlulileyo eNew York, inani elandayo leivenkile ezikhethekileyo zekofu-umzekelo, i-Ninth Street Espresso, kunye neBlue Bottle-bezisilwa nxamnye nengcinezelo ye-Starbucks ngokuthengisa ii-coffees ezincinci. Ngamanye amaxesha baya kufikelela kuluhlu lobungakanani bendlela yokukhetha ikofu yedriphu. Ubungakanani buhlala buzii-ounces ezili-12, kuba abanini bezitolo beekhofi abanjengoKen Nye noJames Freeman bacinga ukuba awuyidingi icaffeine engaphezulu kunaleyo ihleli enye, kwaye ukuba ufuna enye, unokuthenga enye indebe.
Ewe, kunjalo, lilungelo lakho olinikwe nguThixo njengomthengi waseMelika lokutyibilikisa isiselo esininzi ngendlela othanda ngayo-okanye ubuncinci njengeevenkile zokudibanisa ziya kuvumela. Kodwa kufanelekile ukugcina engqondweni, kwixa elizayo xa ungena kwi-Starbucks kwaye ujonge phezulu kwimenyu yabo enzima, ongazidingi ngaphezulu kwee-ounces ezili-12-ubungakanani betoti yeCoke-ukwanelisa i-yen yakho i-caffeine kunye noshukela.
Kukwafanelekile ukukhumbula ukuba i-Starbucks yayinokuthiwa yi-mini Frap nantoni na. UDieci, umzekelo, oko kuthetha ishumi ngesiTaliyane. Ndicinga ukuba i-Starbucks iyayazi loo nto ukuba ibinokucaphukisa kakhulu ukunyanzelisa abathengi bayo. Kodwa banokuba nako kakuhle, kwaye kunokwenzeka ukuba besingayi kuhamba nathi ngokungaboni. Ke, abaseli bekhofi zehlabathi, balahle umbono wakho owonakeleyo wobungakanani kwaye ubone i-mini ukuba yintoni! Rhoqo.
