Coffee made with UK-grown beans

Coffee beans grown at the UK's Eden Project have been turned into enough coffee for just 20 cups! This week Eden Coffee, carefully nurtured in the giant greenhouse biomes at the Eden Project in Cornwall, was revealed to the world at Fifteen Cornwall, part of the chain of restaurants launched by Jamie Oliver to help disadvantaged youngsters. While Fifteen tries to source as much of its menu locally as possible, locally grown coffee is certainly going a step further, and this was probably the first cup professionally made out of beans produced in the UK. However, the Eden coffee crop only produced a handful of Arabica cherries - 200g (7oz) worth, which turned into only about 150g of beans - enough for about 20 cups.

It is perhaps not surprising that coffee has been produced in this part of the world. An increasing number of products normally associated with warmer climates are already being grown in the south-west, and tea has been grown at Tregothnan, an estate near Truro, for some time. Tregothnan Tea is stocked at some of London's most prestigious food halls.