Not the Swedish Coffee House Mafia on Spotify you were expecting

How would you react if our dear beloved Queen would one day declare it illegal to drink coffee? Well, rest assured it will never happen in Great Britain, but it did happen in 1746 in Sweden when King Gustav III banned coffee believing it to be dangerous for the health of Swedes everywhere. Gustav III […]

Trouble sticking to your diet? Try sniffing chocolate

It might seem like a dieter’s idea of torture to sit down to a salad while being exposed to the tempting aroma of chocolate. But instead of luring you to break your healthy eating regimen, seductive smells could actually help you stick to it, a study suggests. An international team of researchers carried out five […]

When do you reach for that quick snack?

Twelve minutes to four in the afternoon. That is the surprisingly precise answer to the question of when most British workers reach for a snack to perk themselves up at work. The second most common time is mid-afternoon. The finding comes from a survey of 2000 people, which also found that Britons were divided over […]

What’s the cutest way to recycle plastic bottles?

Here at UKVending we take our recycling very seriously. We are members of the Rainforest Alliance and we are always looking for better ways to protect the environment both inside our warehouse and the wider community too. So, it came as a pleasant surprise when we discovered what we think must be one of the […]

5 interesting facts about drinking straws

We’ve all used them from time to time to drink hot or cold drinks, but they are much more than simple drinking straws. Today is National Drinking Straw Day in the US so we thought we’d have a look at five interesting facts about drinking straws. The oldest drinking straw was very expensive. Discovered in […]

Happy New Year

From all at UK Vending have a fabulous and prosperous 2023.

Imagine going without a coffee for 13 years!

Well, that was what happened in the Middle East in 1511 when coffee drinking was banned by the Meccan governor Khair Beg. He was an unpopular leader who was fearful that people were always plotting against him. He believed that people meeting in coffee houses to drink coffee would plan his downfall and removal from […]

A Happy and Merry Christmas to all

Ever wanted to baptise your coffee? It’s been done already!

To some the act of drinking a perfect cup of coffee is almost a religious affair. The smooth richness of the drink turning a bad day into a wonderful one. But, perhaps that is a modern day viewpoint because in the suspicion laden world of the middle ages coffee was met with great suspicion and […]