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'Roasted Replica' rises from the Ashes

Recognising the legendary 'roasting' skills of fans and players alike during the passionate Ashes contest, Costa has created the world's first life-size Ashes urn made entirely from coffee beans, dubbed the 'Roasted Replica'.

Costa baristas make every coffee skillfully by hand, using focus, timing and precision to serve up the best quality coffee. Handmade to perfection is key to how coffee is made at Costa; which is why they challenged artist Richard Glover to re-create the famous urn by hand using coffee beans.

The fragile process took the equivalent of a Test match to complete (five full days) and consists of hundreds of carefully selected roasted Costa Coffee beans of all shapes and sizes.

Phil Tufnell, who never got his hands on the real thing himself during his playing days, couldn't wait to cradle the tasty replica: "Getting my hands on this impressive work of art is very exciting, and although I can't guarantee it, I'll do all I can not to drop it!"

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