Artistas do Brasil (Albert Hall, Brussels)



The Artistas do Brasil collection has been designed to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the illy caffe Quality Award for Brazilian coffee growers. The result was a six cups espresso set that was released in two editions. A regular one, dated 2001 and a special edition dated 2000, that came in a tin box.

But, there is another version! On April 18th 2001, 1.000 single cups were given away to visitors in the Albert Hall in Brussels Belgium. There was nothing special about the cups (it is a random chosen cup out of a regular set), but they came in a very special package! As you can see, an inflatable air box is used to hold the single cup and saucer. Even more interesting is the fact that it also contains a certificate with an limited number (0879 in this case)! I'm afraid that many people just took the cup and threw away the package and certificate. Good thing is that this makes my find even more interesting :-)
year  2001
artist   Random out of... Maiolino, Dias, Nassar, Leirner, Silveira, Caldas
type   1 espresso cup, signed and numbered
copies  1.000 special editions
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other editions  - illy coleection, S/N - illy collection for 10° "Premio Brasil de Qualidade do Café para Espresso", S/N
- illy espresso, not S/N
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