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RSPB Cymru has been working in partnership with the ethical coffee company Best Coffee Beans to ensure that the coffee they serve in their new Environmental Educational and Visitor centre at Newport Wetlands is as environmentally sound as the reserve itself.

Opening on the Sunday 9 March, the Newport Wetland centre will be a welcoming gateway into the beautiful reserve, with its mix of habitats and stunning wildlife, which forms part of the vast low lying land which stretches along the northern edge of the River Severn between Cardiff and Chepstow.

At the heart of the centre will be the coffee shop, where visitors will be able to relax with a unique triple certified espresso coffee which is Soil Association certified, Fairtrade certified and Rainforest Alliance certified; making it good for visitors, good for coffee producers and good for the planet.

"We wanted to source products for our coffee shop which cause the minimum damage to the environment and fitted with the aims of our centre while still tasting great!" says the RSPB Catering and Retail Manager Daniel Baxter; ‘This will be an ongoing priority across everything we source as we go forward.’

‘This is an exciting partnership for us. This espresso is blended from beans produced by small farms in the Rainforests of Honduras, Shade grown farms of Brazil and Papua New Guinea.’ says Best Coffee Beans Director Paul Siddall. ‘Just like Newport Wetlands, many of the farms grow their coffee amongst other trees and are a natural habitat for sometimes unique and rare wildlife.’