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Coffee shops ain’t nothing new

Coffee shops ain’t nothing new

On the modern day high street, a revolution of coffee shops has transformed high streets the world over, but coffee shops are nothing new. In the Middle East in medieval times coffee was drunk in the ubiquitous public coffee houses – qahveh khaneh – which sprang up in villages, towns and cities across the Middle East and […]
Coffee: We owe it all to goats!

Coffee: We owe it all to goats!

Here at UKVending, as you might expect, we love the rich satisfying taste of coffee, but how did we all around the world become hooked on the delicious drink? Well, surprisingly we owe it all to a group of Ethiopian goats in the 16th Century. Way back then a goat herder noticed that his flock […]
Six signs you maybe drinking too much coffee

Six signs you maybe drinking too much coffee

Here at UKVending we love our coffee, and we clearly want you to enjoy our range of deep, delicious and varied selections of coffee from our vending machines, but knowing when you drink too much coffee, or of anything else is also very important. So, we have come up with the six signs that you’re […]
The chocolate battle of the sexes

The chocolate battle of the sexes

In the battle of the sexes, one sex loves chocolate the most: Women. But not by that much. In a recent study it was found that 91 per cent of women love eating chocolate as opposed to 87 per cent of men. But while men like the taste of chocolate as a treat, it has […]
Pakistan and tea

Pakistan and tea

It is something of a terrible understatement to say that Pakistan has had a terrible 2022. Disastrous flooding has left large swathes of the country under water and there is a rise in the number and severity of waterborne diseases. Now the people of the country are being asked to make another major sacrifice in […]
Why we put milk in tea

Why we put milk in tea

Did you think that we put milk in our tea to flavour it, then you’d be wrong? Well, now it might actually be true but originally putting cold milk into tea was necessary because of the very fine delicate nature of 17th and 18th century China cups that simply couldn’t withstand the heat of the […]
Now is the time to order your coffee logs

Now is the time to order your coffee logs

Now is the time to be thinking about the coming winter and if you have a log burner maybe it’s also time to consider an alternative to burning wood logs. Have you ever thought of Coffee Logs? UK Vending has teamed up with bio-bean, an award-winning clean technology company who have created unique solutions to […]
Today is National Sandwich Day

Today is National Sandwich Day

If you are like thousands of others up and down the country who choose their meal -time sandwich from the selection in a vending machine today is your day because it is officially National Sandwich Day. We thought it might be interesting to see what are the United Kingdom’s favourite sandwich fillings. The top five […]
Coffee: the heart of the matter

Coffee: the heart of the matter

Your heart’s not in it, as the old saying goes, but when it comes to coffee, your heart could be the organ of the body that is most driving you to make your coffee choice. New research from Australia seems to indicate that our favoured type of coffee is genetically fixed to reflect our heart’s […]

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