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Champagne tower

A popular gag at parties, for which at least ten glasses are required. The Coupe glass mould is ideal for this. Champagne purists claim that this is the only sensible use for this glass shape. For these ten glasses, you need two standard bottles of champagne( sparklingwine) or a magnum. Six glasses are arranged in a circle on a flat surface, with the edges of the glasses touching. Then three more glasses are placed in a triangular shape as a second level.

Champagner-Pyramide: Pyramide, Flûte, Coupe

The last glass is positioned exactly in the centre of the triangle. Now slowly and steadily overfill the top glass until the six glasses on the bottom level are also filled. It is advisable to practise the procedure with water beforehand. Of course, there have always been record attempts in this context, which are described in the "Guinness Book of Records". The last three attempts yielded the following results:

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