BOSTON--Beside a windswept pier aboard the sleek "Spirit of Boston," Bostonians attempted to set a new Guinness world record for the "World's Largest Tea Party" Saturday.
The event was sponsored by Guinness as part of a publicity campaign for its new website.
Stephen Nelson, CEO of guinnessworldrecords.com, said the event was intended to reach a broad audience in a creative way.
"We want to raise community excitement about record-breaking events and promote Guinness World Records on the web," Nelson said.
Guinness hopes to stage more promotional record-breaking events throughout the country.
"We recently sponsored the 'World's Loudest Stadium Roar' at a game featuring the Patriots and Broncos," he said. "The noise level was displayed on the stadium's big screen. And we reached 128 decibels."
Nelson said he hoped Boston would be able to set a new world record, although the company has not previously tracked the "largest tea party" category.
Boston isn't the only city that has a historic penchant for tea--and record-breaking tea parties.
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