Every January Britain celebrates National Soup month. Remember that UKVending has a range of delicious and nutritious soups available from our vending machines. We thought you’d like to know a little more about soups so here are ten fun facts about soups. The earliest archaeological evidence for the consumption of soup dates back to 6000 […]

Astronauts could soon be feasting on freshly baked space cakes thanks to a prototype oven being developed for upcoming space missions by NASA. The purpose built cooker is the work of NanoRacks in partnership with Zero G Kitchen, a company that creates appliances for microgravity use in long haul space flights. It is believed that […]

Ahead of this year’s Farnborough Airshow there is much talk about how the airline industry globally can combat waste. New Zealand’s national carrier Air New Zealand seems to have come up with a rather nifty way of dealing with the problem by allowing passengers to actually consume the waste, in a manner of speaking with […]

Ever wondered how tea is drunk in Russia? Well it is, as you might expect in Russia, taken very seriously. In early January the Russian Orthodox Church stages a traditional feast on the 6th January. Hot Tea from the samovar is used to keep everyone warm while Kissel is toasted. But what tea do they […]

Tea plants need at least 50 inches of rain a year. The United Kingdom drinks about 165 million cups of tea a day, or 62 billion cups per year Most of the world’s tea is grown in mountain areas 3,000-7,000 feet above sea level and between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn. […]