I think if I lived in a time when there was only the one serving size of coffee available, that is regular, or medium – as was certainly the case prior to the 80s – I’d need to buy two cups each time.

While I’m all for large and larger serves of coffee, I can’t say the same for the way some of the coffee-shop-chain places embellish their coffees… supersized servings of coffee with dollops of whipped cream has got to be asking for trouble.

When our parents ordered a coffee two decades ago, they weren’t given as many size options – a standard cup of joe was eight ounces, the size of a small coffee cup. Nowadays, most of us feel like we don’t get our money’s worth unless the cup is at least twelve ounces; it’s not unusual to see thirty-two ounce coffee cups, four times the size they used to be. When made into a mocha, the morning coffee has as many calories as a full meal.