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A bunch of crazy, tea-drinking northern Brits have set a new land speed record for a gasification-powered vehicle, fueled only by coffee beans. The car, which you can see in the image above alongside its engineer Martin Bacon and with the most awesome license plate in the world, is called — you guessed it — The Coffee Car, and it was created by the Teesdale Conservation Volunteers of Durham, England.

The previous gasification-powered speed record — held by some wussy Americans called “Beaver Energy” — was a mere 47mph, fueled by wood pellets. The Coffee Car averaged no less than 66.5mph and was granted a Guinness World Record in return.

But what is gasification? Good question. By introducing a controlled amount of oxygen (or steam) to the coffee beans (or any organic, carbon-based material), and by increasing the temperature of the fuel to temperatures above 700C (1292F), a fuel called syngas (synthetic gas) is produced. Syngas consists of carbon monoxide, hydrogen, carbon dioxide, and methane, and can be burned using a normal internal combustion engine — or used in fuel cells.

Basically, The Coffee Car is an attempt to show that renewable, green energy can be used to power cars — and as you can see in the BBC video clip, the performance is rather impressive. You have to put up with a car that looks a bit like the Delorean from Back to the Future — a Rover SD1, in case you were wondering — but that’s hardly a bad thing. There’s also no mention of what the syngas fuel actually smells like; does it reek of methane, or is there a slight hint of Javan roast?

With its British provenance and all, though, it’s a shame that tea (milk, no sugar) isn’t as combustible as coffee beans…

Read more about The Coffee Car, Beaver Energy, or gasification. To watch the actual land speed record, hit up the BBC.