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Britons still in love with a good cuppa

Britons still in love with a good cuppa

We Brits love our tea, and to prove it’s a tradition that shows no signs of slowing down anytime soon the latest figures show we’re drinking more tea than ever. Cuppa Lovers annually, according to a new survey, use a whopping 61 billion tea bags every year. On average that is four tea bags per […]
Bio-degradable nano-fibres from coffee grounds

Bio-degradable nano-fibres from coffee grounds

Japanese recycling engineers and scientists have discovered yet another fantastic use for spent coffee grounds. In the past furniture, printer ink, clothes and other useful items have all been fashioned from the waste product of drinking coffee but now they have developed something truly extraordinary – cellulose nanofiber. What are cellulose nanofibers? Well, they are […]
Bees making a beeline for coffee

Bees making a beeline for coffee

Everyone likes a good news story about bees don’t they. Scientists at Newcastle University have recently discovered that bees like coffee and they are not alone as numerous other insects like it too. The researchers surmised that the insects are more likely to remember the location of their favourite plants if the plants nectar contains […]
Elephants and coffee?

Elephants and coffee?

Here at UKVending we have told you in the past about how civet cats who have munched on coffee beans and er, done their business, so to speak, made the world’s most expensive coffee, well it seems that the civet’s have some big competition, very big in fact, elephants. Kopi Luwak is the name of […]
An out of the world cup of coffee!

An out of the world cup of coffee!

If you’re a coffee avid, how long can you go without tasting the smooth, rich taste of a freshly brewed cup, a week?, a day, a few hours? Well, just imagine you were hooked on coffee and then blasted into space in the early days of the space programme and left hanging in orbit for […]
What do expats miss the most? Proper Tea

What do expats miss the most? Proper Tea

If you’re lucky enough to emigrate from Britain to a foreign country, what do you think you’ll miss the most? Well, a recent survey of almost 1,000 British expats has achieved a list of the items expats miss the most from the old country, and top of the list is tea, closely followed by Chocolate […]
One coffee a day keeps the virus away

One coffee a day keeps the virus away

A major US study suggests that drinking one cup of coffee a day cuts the risks of falling ill with COVID-19 by around a tenth. US scientists, who analysed the records of 40,000 British adults, think the drink protects against the virus because it contains health-boosting plant chemicals that may turbocharge the immune system. A […]
Flavia Zero Waste Boxes, ideal for any workplace

Flavia Zero Waste Boxes, ideal for any workplace

We are always being told to be more environmentally conscious and aware and it is remarkably easy to do just that, how? With one of our Flavia Zero Waste Boxes. They come in small, medium, and large sizes to perfectly match your office or work environment requirements and to use them couldn’t be simpler. Flavia […]
What’s your wake up drink in the morning?

What’s your wake up drink in the morning?

You wake up in your nice warm bed in the morning, stretch and contemplate the day ahead, but first your body is telling you it needs a revitalizing drink, but which drink is best first thing in the morning? Most experts will tell you the very first thing you should reach for is water. It […]

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