内容摘要：Strictly Come Dancing bosses asked McCausland to take part twice, but he turned them down both times because he feared he would be out of his "comfort zone".

Strictly Come Dancing bosses asked McCausland to take part twice, but he turned them down both times because he feared he would be out of his "comfort zone".

It currently costs slightly more than premium conventional coffee. For example, to make my espresso with Atomo adds on 50 cents (38p).Atomo’s ingredients aren’t particularly high tech: date seeds, ramón seeds, sunflower seed extract, fructose, pea protein, millet, lemon, guava, fenugreek seeds, caffeine and baking soda.

Things begin with waste date seeds or pits. Rock hard, they are granulated then infused with a secret marinade of ingredients from the list above, before being roasted to create new flavours, aromas and compounds.Further ingredients then finish things off. Atomo’s caffeine is sourced from green tea decaffeination, though synthetically-made caffeine is also used to provide beanless coffee’s kick.Atomo operates a facility in southern California, where the date pits are cleaned and washed, and a second facility in Seattle where the manufacturing takes place. Current capacity is four million pounds a year, which Mr Kleitsch describes as a “rounding error” in the world of coffee production: Starbucks buys about 800 million.

As for trying Atomo, both the coffee shop espresso and the brew-at-home version tasted close enough to good coffee for me. Perhaps luckily for these companies, coffee can have many different undertones.Others have different ingredients and methods.

Over the past year the bean-free coffee products of Dutch start-up Northern Wonder, founded in 2021, has secured space on supermarket shelves in the Netherlands and Switzerland.

Roasted and ground lupin, chickpea, malted barley, and chicory are amongst the major ingredients the company works with, along with an undisclosed natural flavouring.He added that young people needed to be given more responsibility and take an active role in their community, which could reduce crime on the estates.

On Wednesday, Mayor of London Sir Sadiq Khan said: "My thoughts are with the family, friends and wider community in Stockwell following the shocking fatal shooting of a 16-year-old boy."This abhorrent violence has absolutely no place in our city. I am in close contact with police leaders – an investigation is under way to find those responsible, and local residents will see increased patrols in the local area."

The period for communities to express their views on plans for the rollout of lower speed limits in residential areas is set to be extended.Infrastructure Minister Michelle Haywood said local authorities would be given six weeks for each region, rather than the statutory two.