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GLOBAL TEA PRODUCTION

GLOBAL TEA PRODUCTION

Here at UKVending we love our tea, especially the full bodied and delicious Yorkshire Teas we have in our vending machines, so it’s nice to know that there is no shortage of tea in the world. Global tea production we have discovered has more than doubled in the last twenty years. This year there is […]
WOULD YOU PAY 5p FOR A CUP TO SAVE THE PLANET ?

WOULD YOU PAY 5p FOR A CUP TO SAVE THE PLANET ?

So would you? Coffee, tea, hot chocolate and soft drinks are all served up to us in cheerfully coloured and helpfully specially treated cups that keep the drink warm and our hands suitably comfortable; but the cost to planet Earth is huge. Worldwide numerous campaigns are, if you pardon the pun, heating up the cause. […]
Five reasons you should be drinking coffee

Five reasons you should be drinking coffee

​​​Coffee acts as a stimulant and improves the function of the central nervous system Your risk of suffering from depression is lowered by up to 34 percent according to research conducted by Harvard University. If you drink two cups of decaffeinated coffee a day because of the level of antioxidants stimulate the production of the […]
So who was Earl Grey?

So who was Earl Grey?

Before we start down this road let’s put one thing straight to bed, there definitely was a man called Earl Grey. Some people believe it was a Victorian marketing man’s idea, but sadly PR and marketing guys was a product of the 20th and not the 19th Century. One thing we can be assured of […]
What biodegradable coffee cups tell your customers

What biodegradable coffee cups tell your customers

Offering biodegradable cups says that your business wants to: √ Protect the planet’s resources Your biodegradable coffee cups are made of renewable resources – plants that re-grow! Even the inner lining is made of bio-plastic, a plastic that’s made from corn. Regular paper cups are different – they’re lined with oil-based plastic. Oil is finite […]
Scientists

Scientists

Scientists: it’s always interesting to see a reaction when you start a blog post with the word scientist closely followed by the word research. Scientists from Edinburgh University have, it appears conducted some research that seems to confirm what we at UKVending have long suspected. Some people’s DNA is more switched on to coffee than […]
Five reasons you should be drinking coffee

Five reasons you should be drinking coffee

Coffee acts as a stimulant and improves the function of the central nervous system   Your risk of suffering from depression is lowered by up to 34 percent according to research conducted by Harvard University. If you drink two cups of decaffeinated coffee a day because of the level of antioxidants stimulate the production of […]
Which Nation loves coffee the most

Which Nation loves coffee the most

Italians love coffee…well duh! Well actually they don’t love it as much as some other nations around the globe do. In fact the Italians don’t even feature in the top ten consumers of coffee, something that we at UKVending find remarkable. So which nation is the number one? Well let’s tease you with that little […]
MACMILLAN COFFEE MORNING

MACMILLAN COFFEE MORNING

 ​​Every year since 1990 MacMillan Cancer Support has been staging one of Britain’s most successful and seemingly simple fundraising enterprises the famous MacMillan Coffee Morning. The idea is stunningly simple, buy a coffee and a cake and donate the money you would have spent on a treat for yourself to the charity. Since 1990 £138 […]

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