WORLD'S LARGEST COFFEE POT
Abu Dhabi is home to the largest Coffee Pot in the world. At over 850ft high it towers over many of the surrounding buildings, but what is truly remarkable is that it is in full working order!!
Every morning around 250,000 gallons of freshly brewed coffee is pumped into the pot which is kept at a constant 96C by giant underground burners. The original hydraulic system used to tip and pour out the coffee was found to be both expensive and impracticable. Spillages created coffee floods and although colossal napkins proved effective in soaking up the coffee they couldn’t prevent the widespread coffee staining to buildings over a vast area. The problem was finally solved by a network of tiny taps placed around the base of the behemothic brewing device and now around 100,000 people come the pot, every day, to collect their coffee. |