Around 5,200 cups, 780 litres of coffee and 680 litres of milk were used to produce a stunning caffeinated mosaic of Marilyn Monroe at the historic Rocks area in Sydney last Sunday. As part of Sydney’s annual Aroma festival, a group of creative artists sculptured a sultry image of Marilyn over around four hours armed only with cups of coffee. The folks have a claim with the Guinness Book of Records of it being the world’s largest coffee mosaic (see it on video). 
Over 100,000 Sydneysiders and visitors sampled their way through coffees, teas, chocolates, spices and tasty snacks as the who’s who of warm beverages promoted their various wares. The festival was split into four zones: the Latin quarter showcased the best of Central and South America, Europe highlighted the Italian and Greek passion for coffee, the Oasis adopted Turkey and its exotic culture and the Orient primarily promoted teas, chai and spices among dancing dragons and drummers. Music, dancing and street theatre rang out from all four quarters.
While people are probably still awake from overdosing on caffeine, the Aroma festival is a wonderful celebration of food, coffee, tea and music on the foreshores of Sydney Harbour.
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
The Rocks Aroma Festival and Marilyn (Sydney)
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What a fun celebration, especially with all that coffee. I can't imagine creating a sculpture with coffee cups. I'll have to visit Sydney during the Rocks Aroma Festival and see for myself.
It must have taken hours to make the mosaic of Marilyn from cups of coffee. But why Marilyn?Beautifully written, I could almost smell the coffee and spicy chai.
Incredible! What a work to put it together! *whistles*
@donna: Come and visit Sydney.
@anonymous: Four hours to build, though I don't know why they chose Marilyn.
@lifecruiser: Stunning work.
How cool to see Marliyn in a coffee glass
Now this festival is just my cup of tea (pun intended). Actually I'm a coffee freak - just the suggestion of an "Aroma" festival that centered around coffee set me jonesin' for a cuppa. And being held around the Rocks makes it doubly appealing.
@heather: An unusual choice
@barbara: It has become a really popular annual affair and rightly so.
Thanks for some quality points there. I am kind of new to online , so I printed this off to put in my file, any better way to go about keeping track of it then printing?
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