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Let’s Head Over to Germany:
There is a Cloud in Berlin That Rains Tequila
The cloud is programmed to dispense tequila.
Clouds in sky usually just shower us
with water through a process called
precipitation. Now, there is a cloud that
generates raindrops of alcohol – tequila to
be exact. turning it into a thick fog, which goes
into a plastic container where it mixes
with vapour to form a cloud. And voila!
The condensed water falls as separate
raindrops of tequila.
Though it doesn’t hover in the sky together
with the nimbus clouds. It only exists in the
Urban Spree art gallery in Berlin. For someone who hates to wait, note that
it will take a while before your shot glass
gets filled with alcohol below the cloud.
But the guests of the art gallery should
get the idea: go to Mexico for more tequila
in a sunny vacation. Plus, having to taste
alcohol from an unusual cloud is already an
exceptional experience.
According to the ad agency LAPIZ on
behalf of the Mexican tourist board, its
purpose is not to get the art visitors drunk,
but to pull in crowds of tourists from
Europe and lead them to the tequila-loving
nation of Mexico.
The cloud is programmed to dispense
tequila when it is raining outside in a bid to
tempt to Germans to sunnier places – no
other than Mexico. “Forget the winter, have
a taste of Mexico,” the Mexican tourist
board suggests.
It works by using special humidifiers that
vibrate tequila at an ultrasonic frequency
Urban Spree invites the Germans in a
weeklong display of the cloud, “Forget your
umbrella, rain boots, and coat and come
by Urban Spree to unwind and add some
happy to your winter. Prost!” The tequila
from the cloud can be tasted for free.
After USA, Germany is the second largest
importer of Mexican tequila, which should
explain why the alcoholic rain pours there.
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