Costa Coffee will be rolling out integrated hot and cold self-serve Costa Express machines this summer, which it claims is a world first.

More than 1,100 machines will be available across England, Scotland and Wales following a successful trial in Bristol last summer.

The supplier has launched the new machines as iced coffee continues to grow in popularity, now accounting for one in five global coffee purchases.

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To drive interest in the new machines, Costa Express has launched a limited-edition Ice Salted Caramel Frappé as part of its Summer of Ice promotional activity.

Nick Orrin, Costa Express director UK & Ireland, said: “The technology used in these state-of-the-art machines is nothing short of a gold-standard level of innovation – a world’s first for the self-service coffee machine industry. What’s more, we are giving our customers what they have been asking for from us – their favourite crafted coffee, personalised for how they want it and when they want it.”

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