Sir, – Garrett O'Carroll (Letters,June 30th) is right! But the 12oz americano exists only because the coffee scene is dominates by US chains — the Americans are hopeless parochial in their units and would die of fright if you mentioned millilitres or degrees Celsius.
The pint survives because our heroic MEPs defended it as part of “our” unique heritage. – Yours, etc, CON O’ROURKE Sandymount, Dublin 4.