A new Guinness World Record has been set for the largest coffee cup by Vinacafe Bien Hoa, the biggest coffee producer in Vietnam, with the aim of the record to promote Vietnamese coffee worldwide.The stainless steel structure was constructed by more than 100 people and is 1.53 meters tall, with a diameter of 2.33 meters.
Weighing in at 1,197 kilos, the cup contained 3,604 litres of coffee made with 801 kilos of instant coffee powder and 4,000 litres of boiled water.
It was unveiled on 15 December 2007, during the great offering ceremony in honour of the ancestors at Tao Dan Cultural Park in Ho chi Min, where the 30,000 cups of coffee within the cup were shared.
On the 30thMarch, the world’s largest cup began its national journey from Ho Chi Min city across Vietnam, with a scheduled stop in Hanoi, on the 8th of April, where Guinness World Record adjudicator, Lucia Sinigagliesi, accredited the record and presented a certificate to a Vinacafe representative.
The day after the cup went back on the road to its final destination, the Kings Hung Temple on the holy land in the Phu Tho province in occasion of the very special day of the anniversary of King Hung’s death.
Vinacafe, together with TV plus, organised a magnificent event which started in December 2007 and ended the 9th of April 2008. It was marked by the soul of a country where 50 per cent of the fast developing population is under 30 years of age, as a result of the relatively recent Vietnam War, yet is still attached to the ancient beliefs and symbolic religious meanings of the past.
