A new Black Sheep Coffee shop has now opened in the city centre of Oxford.
It had a cafe in George Street, and has moved into the unit where Edinburgh Woollen Mill traded for many years before it shut.
Black and white balloons to celebrate the opening have been put up around the entrance of the unit on the corner of High Street and St Aldate's.
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In 2013, co-founders Gabriel Shohet and Eirik Holt decided to quit their jobs on the same day and 'rid the world of average-tasting coffee'.
The George Street branch opened in 2019 when the chain had 29 branches across the capital and four in Manchester and has now closed.
Black Sheep Coffee replaced the Ratio cafe in George Street when it shut.
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Black Sheep Coffee's website said in 2019: "Combining a passion for coffee and a mission to take down the big corporate chains, Black Sheep have preserved the independence of the brand by harnessing support and funding from their own customers and those who believe in the values of the company."
Sourcing the first specialty-grade 100 per cent Robusta coffee, the founders went against market trends and became the ‘Black Sheep’ of the coffee world, continuing that ethos throughout the brand.
Branches in the capital include those in Shoreditch, Goodge Street, Chancery Lane, Canary Wharf, and Bank.
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A poster went up ahead of the opening at the former woollen mill shop on the corner of St Aldates and High Street to say the new cafe is 'coming soon' and advised customers to #leavetheherd'.
The unit has been vacant since 2020, when the clothing business went into administration.
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