This week, Sofia visits a wine vineyard in Canterbury which helps adults with learning disabilities and we explore a new spray-painting project in Maidstone.
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00:02 - Hello and welcome to Made in Kent live on KMTV.
00:22 I'm Sophia Akin and on today's show,
00:24 we'll pay a visit to a vineyard
00:26 that supports adults with learning disabilities
00:29 and it's World Plant Milk Day.
00:31 Well, my personal favorite is oat milk, but what's yours?
00:33 We'll be finding out later in the show.
00:36 And we'll be taking a look into the world of graffiti.
00:40 One local artist has taught young people in Maidstone
00:42 the wonders of graffiti done properly and legally.
00:46 There's lots to come.
00:47 But first, we'll be taking a look
00:49 into the work of graffiti, as I said.
00:51 So a popular street art known for its bold font and color.
00:55 It's a powerful method of expression.
00:57 Well, one local artist taught young people in Maidstone
01:00 the wonders of graffiti, as Henry Luck reports.
01:03 - Graffiti, a bold, explosive art
01:07 that can use anywhere as its canvas.
01:10 When done legally and with proper guidance,
01:13 it can breathe new life into your everyday environment.
01:16 Local street artist, Graham Upton,
01:20 with the help of young people around Maidstone,
01:22 look to do just that to Whatmore Park
01:25 with the new Revamp the Ramps workshop.
01:28 - I'm working with Maidstone Borough Council
01:31 to decorate the skateboard park
01:33 in some decent graffiti art,
01:35 some street art and teaching young people
01:39 how to do it responsibly as well.
01:40 So in order to get permission
01:43 to ask Maidstone Borough Council.
01:45 Yeah, and to come up with some nice designs,
01:48 take some ideas from the young people
01:50 who are down here too.
01:52 And also, yeah, teach them how to spray it properly.
01:56 - Recreational activities like this
01:59 have been set up to help those between 11 and 16 years
02:03 of age to make the most of their summer holidays.
02:06 - Yeah, I think it's really important.
02:08 We were lucky enough to get some Safer Streets funding
02:10 to run some workshops.
02:12 We did a number of street art workshops like this
02:16 on Buckland Hill with three local schools.
02:19 So it's really important to give the kids
02:21 something interesting to do in the summer holidays
02:24 and workshops like this are really vital.
02:26 So it teaches them how to do something
02:29 they might not otherwise have an opportunity to try.
02:32 - Those involved today definitely got a lot
02:34 out of the experience.
02:35 What's been your favorite part of today, Ruby?
02:38 - Just basically just learning an entire new skill
02:41 and just feeling a part of something
02:43 that's gonna be here for a very long time.
02:45 - It's just mainly been able to like actually sort of design
02:49 and sort of draw the thing on the ramp.
02:51 'Cause it's always been something I'm really interested in
02:53 but I've never actually been able to properly do it.
02:55 So it's actually been really fun.
02:58 - My mom signed me up and I like,
02:59 just like I really asked her to like sign me up
03:02 'cause I've always been really interested in art.
03:04 - Revamp the Ramps has set out to prove
03:05 that leaving your mark has the power to wow the public
03:09 when done the right way.
03:11 - Great artwork is always spotted head on.
03:14 And this caught my eye the moment I stepped
03:17 into Whatman Park this afternoon.
03:20 - Henry Luck for KMTV in Maidstone.
03:24 - Well, I'm now joined with Anne-Marie Langley
03:26 from Maidstone Borough Council.
03:28 You're the Arts and Culture Officer.
03:30 Thanks very much for joining us.
03:31 So firstly, I've got to state the obvious.
03:34 Graffiti isn't something that the council
03:36 would usually support, is it?
03:36 So tell me a little bit more about this.
03:39 - Well, we've done quite a few projects
03:41 over the last few years trying to engage younger people.
03:44 And we felt that street art, legitimate graffiti,
03:48 would be a really good way of doing that.
03:50 So this was, I think, the fourth project
03:53 that we've done with Graham,
03:55 working with young people
03:56 to do legitimate street art projects.
03:59 - And have you got any workshops planned coming up?
04:02 - We don't have any more at the moment,
04:04 but we're always looking for opportunities
04:06 where we can do more.
04:07 So if people know of a wall or an area
04:09 that they'd like to see something done on,
04:11 we're always interested in hearing about that.
04:13 And if we can get funding organised,
04:14 then absolutely, yes.
04:16 - And the children must absolutely love it.
04:18 - They do, yeah.
04:19 They're so excited.
04:20 The thought of being able to do something like that,
04:21 they would never normally have an opportunity to do it.
04:24 So yeah, they love it.
04:25 - Amazing.
04:26 Now, we saw there was a workshop
04:28 on the 2nd of August, wasn't there?
04:29 - There was.
04:30 - What did that sort of involve?
04:32 What were the children doing?
04:33 - The 2nd of August was a design workshop.
04:35 So initially, it was just getting their ideas
04:38 about some sort of skateboarding themes and words,
04:44 'cause they've like, firecracker is a skateboarding term.
04:47 There's ollies and grinds and drop-ins
04:49 and all sorts of things.
04:50 So they came up with all these different words
04:52 and some other ideas for artwork
04:54 that they might like to include.
04:57 Graham then worked with them for a bit,
04:59 learning how to do some basic street art lettering
05:03 and design and stuff.
05:04 So they had a bit of a practice with that.
05:06 And then obviously, we had the four sessions
05:09 in Whatman Park last week,
05:11 when they actually got to get hands-on with the spray cans
05:14 and learn how to use the spray paints.
05:16 And they learned sort of basic techniques of colouring in
05:19 and also about blending and some of the finer details.
05:23 And yeah, they had a really good time.
05:25 - Oh, brilliant.
05:26 So how is this done in a way that's legal?
05:30 'Cause of course, in some places,
05:31 it's actually illegal, isn't it?
05:32 So got to make sure that if people
05:33 are wanting to get involved,
05:35 make sure it's done legally.
05:36 So how can we ensure that?
05:37 - Well, I mean, from our perspective,
05:39 we've organised the event as Maidstone Borough Council.
05:42 We own Whatman Park.
05:43 So it was a legitimate exercise.
05:45 And we work with a renowned street artist
05:47 to develop the project.
05:49 And we ask young people to sign up to take part in it
05:52 so that we have their parents' permission,
05:54 they have our permission,
05:56 and it's a fully legal exercise, basically.
05:59 So yeah.
06:00 - And have you got involved with this yourself
06:03 or is it just for children?
06:04 - I have, might have had the occasional spray of the can.
06:07 Yes, it's just to have a go.
06:08 - I was gonna say, it makes me wanna get involved as well.
06:11 - It's more difficult than it looks.
06:12 - Yeah, I was gonna say,
06:13 I don't think I'm quite as artistic
06:15 as some of the work we saw pop up on the screen.
06:18 Must be a bit of an art to it.
06:20 So what have you learnt from the experience
06:22 and what have some of the children involved learnt?
06:25 - I'd like to hope that they've learnt some new skills
06:28 and they've certainly made some new friends,
06:30 particularly the group that we had last week,
06:32 you know, that they all got on so well.
06:34 And we've learnt that they can be quite a difficult age group
06:38 to engage with.
06:39 So finding the right outlets to reach out to them
06:42 and get them involved is really important.
06:44 But yeah, once they're engaged with it,
06:47 they have such a good time
06:48 and it's a really positive experience for everyone.
06:51 - I guess it's good as well to see
06:53 there's this whole sort of generation now
06:56 of children being too into technology and their phones.
06:59 So it's nice to see sort of them getting involved
07:01 in something quite artsy.
07:03 I imagine their parents are pleased as well.
07:04 - Yeah, absolutely.
07:05 And it's something that's gonna be there
07:07 for years and years, you know,
07:08 and we've put some anti-graffiti coating on it
07:10 and it sounds ironic,
07:11 but that will actually stop any illegal graffiti.
07:14 We can wash it off and that will stay looking good
07:16 for years and years to come.
07:18 And their names are on it as well.
07:20 So it's something they can look back on
07:22 and bring their children down and say,
07:23 "I did that," you know, and something they can be proud of.
07:25 - Yeah, exactly.
07:26 So how else can the council support independent artists?
07:30 It's so important to look out for those artists
07:32 that are looking to start out.
07:34 - Definitely.
07:35 We're always looking for ways that we can work
07:37 with local artists and support them
07:39 if we're delivering our own projects and events.
07:42 We advertise opportunities on our arts website
07:44 and we're very keen to work with local artists
07:46 on anything that we organise as a council.
07:49 We'll continue to do that, obviously.
07:51 We do also have a creative communities grant scheme
07:55 open at the moment.
07:57 That's for individual artists, creatives,
07:59 creative organisations.
08:01 They can apply for funding up to 2000 pounds
08:04 to put on their own event or activity
08:06 or a project like this.
08:08 So yeah, the applications open next Friday,
08:11 1st of September.
08:12 - Are there any sort of requirements
08:16 for those that might be looking to get into this?
08:18 - They do have to be Maidstone Borough-based
08:21 and we are looking for projects
08:23 that are focusing on the town centre.
08:25 So kind of on the periphery as well.
08:27 We actually got another skate park project going on
08:29 in Parkwood shortly,
08:32 which is being done by an independent artist
08:33 through the creative communities grant scheme,
08:35 which is fabulous.
08:37 But yeah, as long as they are doing an arty
08:41 or creative project, then it should be fine.
08:44 - And we don't have long left now,
08:45 but I just wanted to ask you as well,
08:46 why is it important that this happens in Maidstone?
08:48 Why did Maidstone need this boost?
08:50 - I think we've suffered a little bit lately
08:55 from lack of art things happening in the town.
08:59 There's been a lot going on,
09:02 but it's been quite under the radar.
09:04 So being able to offer these grants to people
09:07 and have these opportunities for local artists,
09:09 I think it's really important
09:10 and it raises the profile of arts and culture in the town,
09:14 which is something we as a council
09:15 are really obviously very keen to do.
09:17 - Brilliant, thank you very much for joining us today.
09:19 Really interesting to hear a bit more about that.
09:22 Now, our reporter, Gabriel Morris,
09:24 has been trying axe throwing.
09:26 Let's take a look at how he got on.
09:28 - So we're just gonna run you through
09:30 some safety procedures first.
09:32 First and foremost is an axe
09:35 is a very, very obviously dangerous weapon.
09:38 When you're holding the axe,
09:39 you essentially become the axe.
09:41 - Axe throwing, it's rising in popularity in the UK.
09:45 A new business has just opened in Maidstone
09:47 and Paul says it's fairly simple as well.
09:50 - Put your hand flat, drop your hand right to the bottom.
09:53 So your hand is at the base in a fist.
09:56 A lot of people hold it like that, it won't help.
09:59 In a fist, you're gonna extend your arm out,
10:02 try and keep it as horizontal as possible,
10:04 and then bring it back over your ear, head,
10:08 and then bring your arm back to vertical
10:11 and you're releasing there.
10:14 - Well, that's the expert.
10:15 Bring on the novice.
10:17 - So I'm gonna have a go myself now,
10:19 see if I'm any good at axe throwing.
10:21 I'm not too confident in myself.
10:23 That was so bad.
10:26 Okay, so second time lucky, let's see if I'm any better.
10:29 - Well, a few attempts later,
10:31 Paul taught me a different technique
10:34 and that's all part of the learning process.
10:36 - There we go.
10:41 Eventually, a different method.
10:42 We eventually got there.
10:44 - Anybody can do it, essentially.
10:46 If you can throw it from point A to point B,
10:50 we can teach you how to do it.
10:52 - The history of the sport is a bit of a mystery,
10:55 but some say it originates from hunter-gatherers,
10:58 others say Vikings.
11:00 But today, it's in Maidstone.
11:02 - We're creating jobs, we're creating fun,
11:05 and we're what online retailers can't do.
11:07 The whole world seems to have moved towards online shopping.
11:10 You can't throw an axe for a computer.
11:13 - Well, after 10 minutes of practice,
11:16 who's the expert now?
11:19 Gabriel Morris for KMTV in Maidstone.
11:22 - Not bad, I think I might give that a go myself.
11:25 Well, we're gonna take a quick break now.
11:27 We've got lots coming up, so please do stay with us.
11:30 I went to visit a vineyard in Canterbury earlier today,
11:33 so we'll be taking a look into that,
11:35 interviewing one of the men that works there,
11:37 as well as some of the adults there.
11:39 They support adults with learning disabilities,
11:42 so we'll be hearing a bit more about that.
11:45 All that and more coming up very soon.
11:47 I'll see you then.
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15:08 - Hello and welcome back to Made in Kent live on KMTV.
15:12 Now a Canterbury charity is urging the importance
15:15 of learning life skills and they've been transforming
15:17 the lives of adults with learning disabilities for decades.
15:21 Fifth Trust teach gardening, cooking and arts and crafts
15:24 to more than a hundred students
15:25 and they hope to help even more.
15:27 Well, I've spent the day in Canterbury finding out more
15:30 about this charity and its produce.
15:34 The Garden of England known for its plants,
15:37 vegetables and of course vineyards.
15:41 A Canterbury garden centre has been supporting adults
15:43 with learning disabilities since the nineties,
15:46 teaching skills for life to 150 students
15:50 from cooking to arts and crafts and even gardening.
15:54 Well, today they're getting their fingers green.
15:56 What do you think?
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16:04 - I like everything, water and plants and talk to them.
16:09 - It's basic life skills really,
16:13 anything from just being able to communicate
16:14 to somebody on an appropriate level,
16:16 to be able to socialise with people,
16:18 right up to being learning to be independent.
16:21 So somebody might come in and just not be able
16:24 to socialise with somebody because of a condition.
16:26 We support them in that environment to do that
16:28 where they're comfortable to be able to then be able
16:30 to socialise, build friends, build relationships,
16:33 but in a working environment so that eventually
16:37 people may be able to go on and hold down jobs
16:39 or do voluntary jobs from that.
16:41 - Fifth Trust has a range of plants and vegetables,
16:44 which are looked after by the volunteers here
16:46 who come along.
16:47 But it doesn't stop there.
16:49 It's also home to a vineyard producing still
16:51 and sparkling wines.
16:53 And this year so far, the erratic climate
16:56 has actually been a blessing for the vineyards grapes.
16:59 In many respects, the climate's been really good so far.
17:03 We had quite a mild winter.
17:06 We had a lot of rain.
17:07 We then had a lot of sun.
17:09 And then we've had a lot of rain again.
17:11 So that's actually been really good for the production
17:13 and for the sort of producing the grapes.
17:16 The worry now though is that we're just not getting
17:20 enough sunlight.
17:21 Here I am today bathed in sunlight,
17:23 but it's quite a rare occasion here in East Kent.
17:25 We do need many, many more days of bright sunshine
17:29 to really ripen the grapes up now.
17:31 - These vines here have been producing grapes for 11 years.
17:34 Now wine grapes, they can take anywhere between three
17:36 and five years until they're actually ready
17:38 to be used for wine.
17:39 But vines themselves, they can last for centuries.
17:41 So say 100, 200 years time from now,
17:44 we could see these exact vines still producing grapes
17:47 for wine.
17:48 - Well, with 1500 vines on site,
17:51 it seems wine for the coming years won't be in short supply.
17:54 Sophia Akin for KMTV in Canterbury.
17:57 Well, that's how the charity works.
18:00 Let's take a look at how the charity produces the wine
18:03 they sell at the vineyard with Peter we spoke to earlier.
18:07 - Welcome to the Ealing Valley Vineyard, Sophia.
18:09 And it's a beautiful sunny day.
18:11 And we desperately, desperately need the sunshine.
18:14 We've got a vineyard here that's about 0.7 of a hectare.
18:19 And we have about 1250 vines.
18:22 And from those 1250 vines, we get very approximately
18:26 a thousand bottles of wine a year.
18:27 It's a tiny vineyard.
18:28 We wouldn't consider ourself a commercial vineyard.
18:32 We're here because of the charity.
18:34 We inherited a vineyard,
18:36 but we've invested quite a lot more time and money in it
18:38 in recent years,
18:40 because not only are wine sales continuing to boom,
18:44 it's a great way of getting some additional income
18:47 for the charity.
18:48 And we've got in the background here is Sauvel Blanc grape.
18:52 We've got about 450 Sauvel Blanc vines.
18:56 And on the other side of the vineyard,
18:57 which we might have a look at in a little bit later,
19:00 and we've got about 750 Pinot Noir vines.
19:03 And between those two, we make,
19:05 currently we have four different types of wine.
19:08 - Amazing. Should we go in and take a look?
19:10 - Yeah, please. Let's go.
19:12 So the vines we've got here are a white grape.
19:16 So as you know, there are two main varieties,
19:20 a white grape and a black grape.
19:22 There is also a gray grape,
19:23 but we won't talk about that for now.
19:25 The Sauvel is what they call a hybrid variety.
19:30 It's been around for well over a hundred years,
19:35 but it withstands the Northern Hemisphere weather,
19:39 which is most important,
19:41 but it's also quite resistant to various diseases.
19:44 Some of the other varieties of the Pinot Noir, for instance,
19:47 can be fairly sensitive, certainly to frosts.
19:50 And we are in a little bit of a frost pocket here,
19:53 but also to other diseases.
19:54 So we have to maintain the vines 365 days a year.
19:59 A lot of people, I think,
19:59 see a vineyard with nothing going on,
20:02 don't believe anything's happening,
20:04 but there is something happening in the vineyard
20:06 pretty much every week of the year.
20:07 And what we're doing at the moment,
20:09 I mean, it seems sacrilege really,
20:10 but this little bunch here,
20:12 I've just taken off one of the vines
20:14 because it's too small.
20:16 It's not gonna ripen quick enough,
20:18 but also you can have too many bunches on a vine.
20:22 And what we're really looking for
20:23 is two good strong bunches on a cane,
20:26 or if the cane isn't quite so strong, then one bunch.
20:29 And if there are too many bunches on there,
20:31 we do take them off and we just throw them to the birds,
20:35 which is, as I say, seems like sacrilege,
20:37 but what we want is to make sure
20:38 we've got the best grapes that we're harvesting,
20:41 which will be around the end of October.
20:42 I think what we're looking at is a pretty good example
20:46 of where the bunches of grapes should be at the moment.
20:48 They are literally just coloring up.
20:51 That's maybe not so easy to understand,
20:53 but they were a very bright green a couple of weeks ago.
20:56 They're beginning to go a slightly more yellowy green now.
20:59 So we're really pleased with these.
21:01 As I mentioned before, Sofia,
21:03 we're not a commercial vineyard.
21:05 We don't sort of invest in the vines
21:08 and the regimes of looking after the vines
21:10 as a big sort of commercial vineyard would.
21:14 And you can see that by this beautifully looking,
21:17 the trunk here on the vine,
21:19 which our vines were never supported.
21:21 They were planted, they weren't supported.
21:22 They grew whichever way they wanted to.
21:24 So it's a bit unique to have a vine this shape.
21:27 You should have a straight trunk, really.
21:29 But what we've got is plenty of fruit growing on here.
21:31 Some really good bunches are beginning to form.
21:33 But what we are doing this time of the year,
21:35 we are taking off these little small bunches here,
21:38 which I mentioned previously.
21:40 We want the focus of the energy and the sunshine
21:43 going to the best bunches on here.
21:45 And we take off quite a few of the leaves,
21:48 they reduce the foliage down so that the sunshine,
21:51 just like us when we go on holiday,
21:53 the sunshine can actually get to the flesh on the grapes
21:57 and actually get them to color up and to ripen.
21:59 So that's really important at this time of the year.
22:02 - So you're now showing me the Pinot Noir grapes,
22:04 aren't you? - Yeah.
22:05 - Which is interesting 'cause they start off
22:05 a similar color to the white grapes.
22:07 - Yes, that's right.
22:08 Yeah, they all appear as fresh green grapes
22:11 when they start to fruit in sort of May time.
22:14 But then gradually over the next couple of weeks,
22:17 these will start to darken up
22:19 and become what we call black grapes.
22:21 And of course, as you know, it's sometimes confused,
22:23 but black grapes, white grapes, gray grapes, whatever,
22:26 the juice inside is all the same color.
22:28 It's kind of all clear grape juice.
22:31 But obviously what we do, we do have a sparkling rose wine.
22:36 Our harvest from last year is gonna make
22:38 a new still rose wine for us.
22:40 So what you do then is you have your black skin grapes
22:44 remain in the juice for longer to allow color penetration.
22:48 And you get the different colors of rose wine,
22:49 some really dark, dark red, and some just a light blush.
22:53 And what we're looking for this year is to,
22:56 sorry, from last year's crop is to produce
22:58 a really pale blush rose.
23:00 This year's crop will also be making a still rose for us.
23:06 So hopefully everything's going well.
23:08 We'll get a good crop this year
23:10 and we'll have a still rose wine
23:12 delivered to us next spring.
23:14 So the Pinot Noir, a black skin grape
23:17 can help us make our rose because it can give the coloration
23:20 but overall the juice together
23:22 and blended with our Sauvel Blanc,
23:24 hopefully our winemakers will produce
23:26 a really tasty wine for us.
23:28 - And now, today is World Plant Milk Day.
23:34 It's celebrated every year to raise awareness
23:37 about alternatives to using traditional milk.
23:39 In the past few years, the likes of soy milk
23:41 and oat milk have grown in popularity.
23:44 Well, let's see what the people in Rochester,
23:46 what their favorite milk is.
23:48 - I suppose we do use it in cooking quite a lot, our milk.
23:51 Coconut milk.
23:53 - Oats, almond, just coconut, yeah.
23:59 I think a lot, well, I have a lot of coconut milk
24:01 in Thai curries.
24:04 - I think that's better,
24:05 I think it's better for everyone really, yeah.
24:07 - Yeah, it's fair for everyone,
24:09 no matter whether they're vegan or,
24:11 well, just eat everything, like me.
24:13 - Do you ever drink milk that isn't from an animal?
24:16 So like almond, oat milk?
24:19 - No.
24:20 - I don't think so.
24:21 - Have you ever tried it?
24:22 - No.
24:23 - Probably, but I just can't remember.
24:24 - I do occasionally drink almond milk,
24:26 it goes nice with some drinks
24:27 but I usually just stick to normal.
24:29 - No, I haven't had much of our milk.
24:32 - Well, it's like the almond drink, almond milk.
24:34 - Oh, I do, yeah, yes, I do sometimes.
24:36 - Something that's not made from like--
24:38 - I like almonds.
24:39 - Yeah, yeah.
24:40 - Almond milk.
24:41 - Yeah.
24:42 - Yes, I do sometimes.
24:42 - Yeah.
24:43 - I just like the taste of it, it's more healthy,
24:44 it's a bit more sort of economical,
24:47 good for the environment,
24:48 we're all sort of for green living as well.
24:50 - And what would you typically drink it in,
24:52 is it like a coffee or something like that?
24:54 - Well, I like to have it in a hot chocolate
24:55 to spice things up.
24:57 - I've tried it in tea and it's not very nice in tea.
25:00 - What did you try?
25:01 - Soy milk, was it?
25:04 Possibly soy milk.
25:06 - Yeah, it's 21st century, a lot of people
25:08 are looking more to plant-based, obviously,
25:11 due to things that are happening with the environment,
25:15 so yeah, I think it's good that people have got a choice.
25:17 - I'm now doing the oatmeal, we used to do the almond,
25:20 but now we're into the oatmeal milk,
25:21 which is for the digestive system,
25:23 the stomach tolerates it better.
25:25 - Next, new research suggests that hot drink
25:28 enjoyers in Keds and the rest of the UK
25:30 now favour coffee over tea,
25:32 with 63% regularly drinking coffee
25:35 and just 59% regularly drinking tea.
25:39 Known for our love of coffee,
25:40 the age-old stereotype of Brits might need a rethink,
25:43 as 533 million packs of coffee sold in the last year,
25:47 but just 287 million packets of tea were sold,
25:50 according to data company Kantar.
25:52 Well, we even asked you, the KMTV viewers on X or Twitter,
25:56 which beverage you prefer.
25:57 53% of you told us that you also prefer coffee,
26:00 with 46% opting for tea.
26:02 Well, for me, it has to be a coffee to start the day,
26:05 but we're going to be asking one of our other reporters
26:07 who joins me now, Gabriel, what's it gotta be, coffee or tea?
26:09 - 100% coffee, Sophia, it always is coffee.
26:14 Tea has its place, but for me, it has to be a coffee,
26:17 and we're talking about milk alternatives.
26:20 If I was going to have a milk and a coffee,
26:23 it probably would be oats, but I prefer my tea
26:26 black and boring. - You prefer it black, don't you?
26:28 We're all big coffee lovers in the KMTV newsroom,
26:31 so I think on this one, we all have to agree it's coffee.
26:33 I do enjoy a cup of tea, though, I'll be honest.
26:35 Thanks, Gabriel.
26:37 Well, that's all from us here at KMTV.
26:39 You've been watching Made in Kent.
26:40 I'll see you at the same time next week.
26:42 Good night.
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