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Coffee and exercising

Coffee and exercising

In an ideal world we would all have healthy bodies and love the time to simply enjoy a deliciously made freshly brewed coffee. Sadly, the world just isn’t that co-operative, we all have to rush around doing what we can to exercise and drink our coffees on the go. So, when is the best time […]
Delay your morning coffee by an hour?

Delay your morning coffee by an hour?

When you wake up, all bleary eyed and confused after tossing and turning all night, do you immediately dive into a freshly brewed cup of coffee to perk you up? Yes? Well, then according to sleep and health scientists you’re doing it all wrong. Apparently you should leave the cup of coffee out of your […]
Found: Climate defying coffee

Found: Climate defying coffee

In recent years fears have been expressed for the future of coffee growing around the world in the face of climate change, but the rediscovery of a rare species of coffee could secure the future of the drink. Coffea stenophyllia from West Africa had not been seen in the wild since 1954, but a recent […]
Manna from Heaven

Manna from Heaven

Imagine ordering your morning coffee and instead of it being handed over to you by a friendly smiling Barista was dropped from the sky by a buzzing drone. Well, that’s the situation in the Irish town of Oranmore where a pilot project is delivering coffees, pizzas and nappies to residents. The project, called Manna, as […]
You’ll be surprised how long a discarded plastic bottle takes to get to the sea.

You’ll be surprised how long a discarded plastic bottle takes to get to the sea.

Here at UKVending we take our environmental responsibilities very seriously and comply with all the latest and most stringent regulations, but around the world this is, sadly, not always the case. Plastic pollution is rife and a recent scientific study by the University of Exeter proved the point. The study lead, Emily Duncan, asked the […]
Want a healthy heart? Brew me a cup of builders!

Want a healthy heart? Brew me a cup of builders!

Good news. Just one cup a day of strong brewed tea could help lower your blood pressure and lower your risk of heart disease. That is the result of a study conducted by Cambridge, Reading and California Universities who discovered that a diet rich in flavanol, a nutrient found in tea and red wine could […]
Tea world records

Tea world records

Here at UKVending we love our tea, coffee, and hot chocolate, but some people around the world clearly love them more. We just had a look at some of the weird and wonderful things mentioned in the Guinness World Records when it comes to tea and here are some of the best we discovered. Most […]
Keep hydrated this summer

Keep hydrated this summer

Did you know that everyday all of us lose around 2.5 litres of water and it is vitally important for our overall health to replenish this in our bodies every single day? This is why hydration is so important, particularly now that we are in the summer months when we use even more water to […]
Coffee in the grounds

Coffee in the grounds

Here at UKVending we love finding interesting and useful ways to recycle and be good to the planet and ourselves, so we were delighted to find yet another wonderful use we can put coffee grounds to: protecting our potatoes and crops from insects and other critters. Scientists, farmer and small time growers have for years […]

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