page_title: Heladería Coromoto
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Heladería Coromoto / History
caption_attribution_description: English: The Full Range Of Heladería Coromoto's Ice-Cream Flavours.
context_page_description: Heladería Coromoto, commonly known as Coromoto, is an ice cream parlor in Merida, Venezuela, known for offering a Guinness World Record of 860 flavors. Coromoto was established by Manuel da Silva Oliveira, who began his ice cream career at well-established ice cream firms, before founding the store in a bid to create more appealing ice cream flavors. Coromoto sells 60 different ice cream flavors in accordance with factors such as the weather. Lonely Planet Venezuela calls Coromoto a popular tourist destination.
context_section_description: Heladería Coromoto was founded in 1980 or 1981 by Manuel da Silva Oliveira, an immigrant from Portugal. Prior to that, Oliveira served as a worker for "the big ice-cream companies". Wanting to create ice cream flavors that would appeal more to consumers, he broke out and started Coromoto. The parlour started out with four common flavors, vanilla, strawberry, chocolate, and coconut, however when its avocado favour, launched for its novelty value, became a hit, he started experimenting. By the time, he created flavour No. 593 called "Chipi Chipi", after its ingredient a saltwater shellfish, the Guinness Book incorporated his name in their book.  In 2006, the shop opened its first franchise, "Coromoto" at Portimão on the southern coast of Portugal and 185 miles south of capital Lisbon. It is opened by his eldest son, also named Manuel Da Silva Oliveira, and Oliveira thereafter divides his time between Venezuela and Portugal.
  For unknown reasons, Oliveira no longer patrons the store; Jose Ramirez manages the store.
caption: Full range of Heladería Coromoto's ice-cream flavours in 2006.
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