Dubai claims title of 'Largest Cup of Tea in the World'
At least 138 chefs belonging to different restaurants prepared 5,000 litres of milky tea.
DUBAI (Web Desk) – Dubai made history by serving ‘largest cup of tea in the world’ at the Global Village.
Bader Anwahi, CEO of Global Village, said: “Tea drinking is an integral part of our culture in the UAE. We are proud of achieving this new record...”
At least 138 chefs belonging to different restaurants prepared 5,000 litres of milky tea, which was placed in a 3.66-metre cup with a top rim diameter of 1.42 metres.
The ingredients used were 155kg of tea powder, 300kg of milk powder, 380kg of sugar, 7.5kg of cloves, 155kg of ginger, 47kg of cinnamon sticks and 47kg of cardamom powder.
The chefs were a part of the UAE’s Culinary Guild and led by Chef Uwe Micheel, President of Emirates Culinary Guild.
Micheel told Gulf News: “We have been here since 9am and finished at around 3pm. We used the best ingredients to prepare the tea. We had 70 cooking stations and had 500 sets of recipes. We had to maintain the temperature of 80 centigrade.
“We were initially going to make 4,500 litres of tea but since we had the ingredients for 5,000 litres, we ended up going for it.” According to Micheel, that quantity of tea is enough to fill 55,000 cups.
People at the Global Village were given the tea free of cost. The tea cup will remain on display until February 1.
Kevin Southam, the adjudicator of the event from the Guinness World Records, who made the announcement, said: “There’s a lot more planning [needed] than people realise for an event like this. There was someone from the municipality who was checking how the tea was made, making sure that everything was clean and the tea was drinkable.”
The past record was held by China who made at least 4,050 litres of tea.
