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Seismic shift in the way we treat plastic

Seismic shift in the way we treat plastic

Whether it has been led by Sir David Attenborough’s thought provoking Blue Planet TV show or whether we all have simply had enough of seeing waste plastic there is a seismic shift in the way we treat plastic occurring right now. The wider backlash against the tide of plastic is part of a global trend […]
Five of the most common myths about drinking coffee

Five of the most common myths about drinking coffee

  Everyone has some and they’re only too pleased and eager to tell anyone who would listen. They will come up to you and tell you the ‘facts’ about coffee and what it does to the human body. Sadly their facts are more often than not myths or downright lies. Here are five of the […]
Penny Universities?

Penny Universities?

Here at UKVending we love to look back at the long history that coffee and tea have had on our culture in the United Kingdom and we recently discovered something called the Penny University. A first we thought nothing of it until we looked deeper and discovered a link to coffee houses of the 1650’s. […]
How much coffee do you drink in a year?

How much coffee do you drink in a year?

You may think you’ve got your coffee habit under control but some people truly love the sweet and tasty beverage because annually here in the United Kingdom us coffee drinkers guzzle down 676 cups of coffee each and every year. Research into the nation’s coffee drinking habits has revealed the extent of our caffeine craving […]
Heavyweight mug anyone?

Heavyweight mug anyone?

How heavy is your mug? Well here at UKVending we love research that makes your enjoyment of your tea all that much better and we found this one and thought we just must share this new study’s research. It appears that the taste of your favorite tea tastes better in a mug than in a […]
Our taste for chocolate is older than you think

Our taste for chocolate is older than you think

If you thought the chocolate bar or hot chocolate you’re enjoying right now is a relatively modern thing, you’d be completely wrong. In fact, you’re even more wrong than you thought as new research has pushed back the time line of when humans started to enjoy chocolate back over 5,000 years ago. New botanical evidence has […]
Cheese tea anyone?

Cheese tea anyone?

Here at UKVending we like to have a full picture of the world’s tastes in tea but there is one we suspect may take some time becoming mainstream here in the United Kingdom, cheese tea! Yes, cheese tea. In the United States, where else huh? They have developed a taste for taking an ordinary cup […]
Tea remains one of the best things for good health

Tea remains one of the best things for good health

Tea, has for centuries been seen as a great way to calm down after a stressful situation, but now according to new research it could be an essential part of everyone’s daily routine as it is claimed it could be crucial to a long, healthy life. The Tea Advisory Panel (TAP) have brought together under […]
Seven of the most common myths about drinking coffee

Seven of the most common myths about drinking coffee

  Everyone has some and they’re only too pleased and eager to tell anyone who would listen. They will come up to you and tell you the ‘facts’ about coffee and what it does to the human body. Sadly their facts are more often than not myths or downright lies. Here are six of the […]

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