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New research reveals UK’s coffee spending habits

New research claims that the myth of millennials not being able to put down a deposit on a house because they’re spending all their money on coffee shop coffees and avocado toast is just that, a myth. Research carried out into Britain’s spending habits on behalf of car company Dacia UK found that those aged […]

Coffee trends: the ‘doughnut cup’

Coffee in an avocado. Coffee in a chocolate ice cream cone. Deconstructed coffee. It started out strangely, and honestly it’s just got worse – a bakery in Australia is doing odd and terrible things to a simple and inoffensive cup of coffee by serving it in a ‘doughnut’ cup. Now, we’re not against a doughnut. […]

UK now drinks 95 million cups of coffee a day

Have you had your first cup of coffee yet this morning? Well, you’re not alone. It seems that from being the clichéd nation of tea drinkers we once were, the UK is now officially a nation of coffee drinkers. Research carried out by the Centre for Economics and Business Research revealed that our national coffee […]

Is coffee flour the next big thing?

Here at the Wholesale Coffee Company, we’re always looking for ways of reducing waste and being kinder to the environment. That’s why we were interested to hear about a new company in the US, set up to use waste from the coffee industry. A former employee of a well-known coffee chain, Dan Belliveau was concerned […]

Customers could be buying inferior coffee, says study

A study by British researchers has revealed a possible unpalatable truth about the coffee for sale on the shelves of UK supermarkets. In around 10 per cent of cases, packets labelled 100 per cent Arabica contained a mix of inferior beans as well. The study was performed as a test for a new and more […]

UK set to have more coffee shops than pubs by 2030

Research commissioned on behalf of the 2018 London Coffee Festival has revealed that by 2030, coffee shops are set to outnumber pubs on Britain’s high streets. In the UK, we’re currently seeing around 21 new coffee shops opening every week, while a similar number of pubs are shutting their doors for the final time. With […]

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