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Keep hydrated this wintertime

Keep hydrated this wintertime

Imagine the scene: a long hot summer’s day with temperatures rising into the high 90’s. Your first thought is probably your thirst thought as you keep yourself hydrated with cooling and satisfying water. Now imagine another idea, a cold winter’s day: your first thought is probably to just stay warm and out of the Arctic […]
5 things you probably didn’t know about coffee

5 things you probably didn’t know about coffee

1. Coffee helped Olympic athletes Brazil couldn’t afford to send its athletes to Los Angeles for the 1932 Olympics, so the government sent them in a ship full of coffee which was sold on the way to finance their trip. 2. Mecca banned coffee Coffee was banned in Mecca in 1511, quite soon after its […]
Contactless coffee

Contactless coffee

In these days of social distancing and the need to get the economy back up and running in the United Kingdom, coffee houses up and down the country are trying hard to keep customers safe and satisfied with wonderful coffee’s and other beverages and also to keep their businesses going. Here is a video explaining […]
Plastic eating enzyme 6 times more effective than before

Plastic eating enzyme 6 times more effective than before

We are always being told to recycle more and use less plastic, all very admirable and desirable things to do, but it seems that Mother Nature has her own way of dealing with all the discarded plastic bottles too. Scientists in Japan have discovered a new super-enzyme that degrades the plastic bottles six times faster […]
Interesting facts about sugar

Interesting facts about sugar

Here at UK Vending we love sweet stuff and there are few things sweeter than sugar. We have a range of sugars and sugar substitutes. Have a look at our website to place your orders. Here are some interesting facts about sugar. 1 The average American eats 61 pounds of refined sugar each year, including 25 […]
Will 2020 be seen as a good year for coffee?

Will 2020 be seen as a good year for coffee?

2020 will, inevitably, go down in history as a bad year, there is no way of getting around it. COVID-19 has seen to it that businesses have suffered and, of course, people have died from a terrible disease, but it is having long lasting effects on communities all over the world, take Brazil for example. […]
Don’t boil water for the best cup of tea?

Don’t boil water for the best cup of tea?

If you’ve been making a cuppa with boiling hot water all this time…you’ve been doing it wrong. At least that is the opinion of professional food and drink taster Martin Isark. There is one thing that us Brits all agree on, the right way to make a cup of tea? Right, no wrong. There are […]
African solution to plastic bottle waste

African solution to plastic bottle waste

Here at UKVending we care about our environment and the wider environment of the planet. Core to our business is our commitment to recycling and we love it when we hear of new, creative, and innovative solutions to plastic pollution. The latest news comes all the way from the Cameroon. Around the world 1 million […]
Myths about coffee

Myths about coffee

Myth 1: It’ll keep you awake Caffeine is a well-known stimulant, but your liver will process what is in your coffee quite quickly. In fact, up to 75 percent will have passed through your system within seven hours, so don’t worry about your insomnia too much. Myth 2: Drinking coffee will dehydrate you The one […]

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