<p>The invention relates to a method of vending a hot beverage and to a portable beverage vending apparatus. The method of vending a hot beverage using a beverage vending apparatus; said apparatus comprising a portable beverage vending device and an external heating station;said portable beverage vending device comprising an insulated pressure vessel which vessel includes a liquid port; said heating station includes heating means for heating of the beverage to a temperature higher than 100 °C, and said method comprising the steps of: (i) feeding a beverage into the insulated pressure vessel through a liquid port; (ii) heating the beverage in the pressure vessel to a temperature higher than 100 °C at the external heating station, and; (iii) dispensing the hot beverage from said pressure vessel through said liquid port into desired receptacles, wherein when the pressure inside the vessel is less than atmospheric pressure, the hot beverage is dispensed through said liquid port by pneumatically pressurizing said vessel through a pneumatic port and wherein said heating station includes heating means selected from an induction heater or a surface heated at temperature greater than 110 °C.</p>
