{"id":66863,"date":"2026-02-20T10:07:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T10:07:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/?p=66863"},"modified":"2026-02-20T10:07:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T10:07:15","slug":"new-australian-themed-coffee-shop-opens-in-sheffield-city-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/index.php\/2026\/02\/20\/new-australian-themed-coffee-shop-opens-in-sheffield-city-centre\/","title":{"rendered":"New Australian themed coffee shop opens in Sheffield city centre"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Drop Bear cafe, an exciting new addition to Sheffield&#8217;s coffee scene, offers traditional Aussie drinks and cuisine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Drop Bear Caf\u00e9\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iCZ6uLcGuDY?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Drop Bear officially opened its doors on the 6th of February, and is located on Howard Street near Sheffield Hallam University. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alex Moore, Director of Drop Bear and the popular HYGGE cafes, said: &#8220;We have a passion for providing cost effective coffee and new ideas to the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Sheffield has grown a lot in recent years and we think it would be a good addition to have more local businesses provifing quality products.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alex also discussed his plans to be a regional operator, with plans to open more sites in Leeds and Manchester in the future. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drop Bear Cafe has been introduced by the team behind popular HYGGE chain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":847,"featured_media":66864,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21,82,1],"tags":[1790,761,174,1694,38],"class_list":["post-66863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-top-story","category-uncategorised","tag-australia","tag-cafes","tag-food","tag-food-and-drink","tag-sheffield"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - 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