Barista makes 420 cappuccinos in 60mins to break World record

The record achieved by Liza was attempted on Bribie Island, Queensland, to mark the opening of a new

QUEENSLAND (Web Desk) – Liza Thomas, a barista, engraved her name in the Guinness World Record by making 420 cappuccinos in an hour, seven coffees per minute.

The record achieved by Liza was attempted on Bribie Island, Queensland, to mark the opening of a new café at Bribie Island’s RSL Club, called Social Café. 

According to official website, one of the most famed coffee drinks out there, the cappuccino is an espresso-based coffee drink that originated in Italy, and is traditionally prepared with hot milk and steamed-milk foam.

In recent years the Antipodeans have garnered the reputation for being quite the coffee connoisseurs, known for their independent artisan coffee shops and laying claim to inventing the trendy ‘flat white’ drink.

The Returned and Services League of Australia (RSL) is a support organization for men and women who have served or are serving in the Defence Force and promotes itself as ‘a place to gather in friendship, graze from each other’s plates without thought and to share in the love of good food, good wine and even better company’.

In-line with the guidelines, Liza used a commercially available and manufactured coffee machine with a maximum of four espresso shots used at the same time.

She also had to make sure that she synchronized the preparation of her simultaneous cups of cappuccino across the hour, successfully filling 420 cups sized at a minimum of 142 ml (5 oz).

As well as maintaining concentration across the hour, which is no mean feat for such a repetitive task, Liza’s attempt had the added pressure of taking place in public, with fellow colleagues and café goers watching her every move and enjoying the cappuccinos which were given away as she made them.

Last year the largest cup of coffee and largest coffee tasting event were both achieved in Honduras.