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> I don't know why we don't simply make those match up.

There are already so many units called the "cup".

If we do anything along those lines, perhaps we instead define a new unit, the 'mug', that is equal to exactly two US coffee cups (12 US ounces, 1.5 US cups, 1.44 UK cups, 2.4 lungos, 0.75 Starbuckses) of coffee.

Related: https://xkcd.com/927/




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