Starbucks Drink Sizes Explained: Short to Trenta
Starbucks sizes have Italian-sounding names that don't follow small, medium and large. Here's what each one holds, and the less obvious part: how size changes what's in your drink.
Every size at a glance
| Size | Hot | Iced |
|---|---|---|
| Short | 8 fl oz (236 ml) | – |
| Tall | 12 fl oz (354 ml) | 12 fl oz (354 ml) |
| Grande | 16 fl oz (473 ml) | 16 fl oz (473 ml) |
| Venti | 20 fl oz (591 ml) | 24 fl oz (709 ml) |
| Trenta | – | 30 fl oz (887 ml), select iced drinks |
Short isn't on most menu boards, but you can usually ask for it with hot drinks. Trenta is only for certain cold drinks such as iced coffee, cold brew and refreshers.
Two Ventis, two sizes
A hot Venti is 20 ounces; an iced Venti is 24. The iced cup is bigger because part of it is ice. So an iced Venti isn't simply "more drink" than a hot one; it's more cup.
Shots don't scale evenly
For most hot espresso drinks, a Tall gets one shot and a Grande gets two, and a hot Venti still gets two. The extra four ounces are milk. That's why a hot Venti latte has about the same caffeine as a Grande:
| Hot Caffè Latte, 2% milk | Shots | Caffeine (mg) | Calories |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tall | 1 | 75 | 150 |
| Grande | 2 | 150 | 190 |
| Venti | 2 | 150 | 250 |
Standard recipe, US menu. How we calculate.
Standard recipe, US menu. Values are from our 2026.10 dataset, checked against Starbucks’ official source on 2026-10-15. How we calculate.
Iced Ventis usually get an extra shot, and Americanos add shots at every size, so check the specific drink.
How size changes calories
In milk drinks, calories climb with size because milk is most of the drink. Flavoured drinks also usually get one more pump of syrup per size step. Sizing down is one of the easiest ways to cut calories and sugar while keeping the same drink, and the calculator's "Make it lighter" panel suggests it when it makes a real difference.
Try any drink at every size in the Starbucks drink calorie calculator.
