Coffee is not only a luxury food, the popular hot drink is also a record holder in many areas of life. There are numerous coffee records.
Coffee records: the bigger the better
Who would have thought that drinking coffee can obviously not only be about enjoying the moment, but also about a competition. Here the motto counts: the bigger the better. A South Korean woman has held the record for the world’s largest coffee cup since 2014. She built a cup 11 feet tall and 8 feet wide. This coffee cup has a volume of over 14,000 liters. In contrast, the largest iced coffee in the world seems rather small at just 5,600 liters. Would this iced coffee have been enough for the 8,162 visitors to the world’s largest coffee party in Cologne? The convivial coffee party came about as a result of a marketing campaign by Krüger GmbH & Co. KG in Cologne. Each visitor received a bracelet and a free iced coffee. No wonder that many visitors came together here.
With a passion for collecting the coffee record
While some are working on the next record, others are patient and simply collect objects related to coffee over the course of several years. Robert Dahl from Germany is a passionate collector of coffee pots and now owns over 45,000 copies. Even for the largest pyramid of coffee cups, you need a few cups. The largest pyramid of coffee cups contains over 23,800 cups. It is not known how many attempts were required and how many cups were broken beforehand.
Quirky things from the world of coffee
Of course, there are also some oddities with the coffee records. Or would you have thought it possible that coffee could power a car? In 2010, the English drove 337 kilometers from London to Manchester in an old VW Scirocco. Whether a “coffee break” was taken en route is not reported. In case of an emergency, they probably had enough coffee with them for a break. It is also bizarre that the fastest espresso machine actually comes from Switzerland. In 2008, this brewed 11.5 liters of espresso within one minute.
More coffee records from around the world
The enjoyment of coffee is neglected in many records. Not so with the most expensive coffee in the world. The most expensive coffee in the world comes from Singapore and costs almost 50 euros per cup. It’s no wonder that you have to really enjoy this noble drop.