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really drinking milk with a splash of coffee

Lots of people do this. It's called a latte. Or for hipsters, a "flat white". Or any mocha-frappa-chino equivalent has a lot of milk and cream in it.

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flat white and latte are 2 different drinks.

Similar amounts of milk prepared differently. It’s still not the difference between a cup full of milk and a splash of milk.

Thats exactly what a hipster coffee drinker would say.

Google says a flat white doesn’t have milk foam. So 1/3 less ingredients than a latte. A latte, cappuccino, and macchiato all seem way more similar. I’m here to argue that coffee is more normcore than hipster.

1/3 milk foam is not equivalent to 1/3 milk.

12 oz of milk though? My research says a latte contains about 6oz. Fraps probably contain less (mostly ice).

A Starbucks Venti is 20oz (hence the name)

When you steam milk for latte the volume almost doubles so that probably 9 -10 oz milk, still not insignificant but not 20oz.

Venti hot is 20oz - Venti cold is 24oz

They come in a bucket if you go to Starbucks

There is also a "short" version, but you have to explicitly ask for it. It's not on the standard size menu

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