FLAVIA AND A BRIGHTER TOMORROW

April 30th, 2008

Kenyan Dawn coffee and Malawi Garden tea are two products available from KSV for the Flavia Creation 400 drinks machine that directly support the initial producers through the ‘Brighter Tomorrow’ scheme. This social development programme provides funds to directly help producers improve the quality of their yield and therefore better the communities they live in. [...]



BORG & OVERSTROM DIRECT CHILL WATER COOLERS

April 29th, 2008

We have decided to introduce the Borg & Overstrom Direct Chill Water Cooler into our range to compliment the already popular Ultra Spa models. This new model which is a point of use water cooler (POU) which means it needs to be connected to the mains water supply rather than using heavy bottles of water. [...]



BEAN TO CUP OR BREW BY PACK

April 25th, 2008

Bean to Cup coffee machines are becoming more and more popular and in the right situation they can be the only choice, such as in the high street coffee shops where they are essential for speed however unless you have upwards of £7000.00 to spend on a high end machine and the time to clean [...]



PAPER OR CHINA CUPS

April 23rd, 2008

Amazingly we are finding that our customers are choosing Paper Cups over using China even when it is for clients to use rather than just for staff. It would seem that it is not just for the convenience factor, they also associate the paper cup with drinks from a coffee shop and see it almost [...]



FLAVIA WELLBEING DRINKS

April 21st, 2008

Not every one looks for a big caffeine boost during the day and the beauty of the Creation 400 drinks system From Flavia is you can enjoy a range of drinks which are caffeine free. The Wellbeing range of Flavia drinks meets a rising trend towards alternatives to the traditional option of caffeine charged teas [...]



FAIRTRADE SUGAR STICKS

April 17th, 2008

Just a quick reminder to all our customers present and future that we now offer Fairtrade Sugar Sticks for both White & Brown Sugar. They are convenient and hygienic to use and come packed in a case of 1 x 1000 individually wrapped sticks. Please support Fairtrade and sustainable products wherever possible, there are more [...]



COFFEE FACTS NOT FICTION

April 16th, 2008

With world coffee production set to exceed 7 million tonnes, it is second only to Oil in value as a traded commodity and almost all of it is hand picked! At least 50 countries in the world grow coffee commercially but they are all located between the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn. Brazil is the [...]



FLAVIA PLATINUM DISTRIBUTORS

April 15th, 2008

KSV were one of the first Flavia UK suppliers to be appointed by Mars Drinks as a recommended Flavia Platinum Distributor on the 1st of January 2007. Mars Drinks are part of the global Mars group of companies and Flavia is the brand name of the hot drinks system they manufacture and market to numerous [...]



A GOOD CUP OF TEA FROM A VENDING MACHINE

April 10th, 2008

Surely not I here you cry! For years now people have complained about the quality of tea from vending machines and for sure the quality can be poor. More often than not the poor experience is from the larger tradition automatic machines which either use instant tea or even when leaf tea is used the [...]