Lack of beans may be down to quite the opposite kind of weather conditions. Cold, wet springs can sometimes be followed by hot, dry summers when night time temperatures could exceed 15C.

Coffee imports (raw and roasted beans) reached a record high of 200,000 tons in 2022. Reference: Lee JW, Lim MC, Lim Y, Tegegn GB and Lee KS. Development of a coffee bean certified reference material ...

“Ninety-six per cent of people in the UK eat bread, and 90% of that is white bread, which in most cases contains soya. We’ve already performed some experiments and found that fava bean flour ...