Sheffield made its name on cutlery and steel, and several of its coffee shops occupy former cutlery works. Foundry Coffee Roasters roasts inside Cutlery Works, a food hall in Neepsend. Tamper pours in Sellers Wheel, where razor blades and pen knives were made from 1862, and Marmadukes bakes its sourdough in a former delivery office. Among the coffee shops in Sheffield are two local roasters, a multi-roaster bar, three independent cafés pouring Caravan, Ozone and Origin, and an Italian deli open since 2003 with a house blend from West Yorkshire.
Foundry Coffee Roasters, Neepsend and the city centre
Foundry Coffee Roasters was established in Sheffield in 2012 and roasts only single-origin coffees. There are no blends on its list, which it sees as the commodification of specialty coffee. The roastery is in Cutlery Works, the food hall in Neepsend, with a coffee shop in the same hall, and a second Foundry coffee shop is in Cambridge Street Collective, the food hall in the city centre. The range is split into Comfort coffees, with toffee, caramel and chocolate notes, and Adventure coffees, chosen for fruit and unusual processing. Every coffee has its own data sheet with region, variety, process and, when there is one, its Q score. Rocko Mountain, a natural Ethiopian, has been on the list almost every year for over a decade. Foundry has been a Real Living Wage employer since 2018 and has offset its carbon emissions since 2020.
Smith Street Coffee Roasters, Hope Works
Brothers Trev and Dave founded Smith Street in 2014. They had been running a tapas bar in Sheffield; after a trip to Australia they sold it, bought a Giesen roaster and named the business after Smith Street in Melbourne’s Collingwood. The roasts stay light to medium. Dark Peak, a Brazil and Ethiopia espresso blend, has won Great Taste awards in five different years, The Don is a seasonal espresso that changes four times a year, and the Funk Delicious range holds the fermented lots. The coffee shop is inside the roastery at Hope Works, with several espressos, a daily batch brew, V60s of anything in the range, nitro coffee and the full range of beans on the shelves. From April to December it also opens on the second Saturday of each month for Saturday Sessions, with samples of new coffees and pastries from local bakers. The team teaches barista and home-brewing courses.
2323, the theatre district
2323 is a multi-roaster coffee bar in the city centre. The coffee programme changes every few weeks and draws on roasters from across Europe and beyond: Datura from Paris, Module, A Matter of Concrete, DAK, Nomad, Sey, Mirra and Zennor have all been on the bar in 2026. It also releases collaboration coffees, a natural Wush Wush from Finca Sacapo in Ecuador with Mirra in May 2026 and a zero-fermentation washed lot from Alo Village with Datura in September, both on the bar and on the retail shelf. Drinks come in frosted crystal glassware by Arno Glass, and 2323 is the brand’s only UK stockist.
Marmadukes, the city centre and Banner Cross
Clare and Tim Nye, from Bakewell in the Peak District, opened Marmadukes in August 2012 in a 19th-century townhouse in the theatre district. The family still runs it, now across three cafés. Cambridge Street is the coffee flagship, where Head of Coffee Tom keeps guest roaster espressos, batch filter and hand brews on the menu; the room, designed by 93ft, won the Small Project Award at the Sheffield Design Awards in 2022. The Sorting Office, the former South West Delivery Office in Banner Cross, holds a 60-seat café and the sourdough bakery and pastry kitchen that supply all three. The house coffee is bespoke and seasonal: Edition 3 is Maraba, a natural Red Bourbon from Kazunga Charles in Rwanda, sourced with the producer through Origin.
Steam Yard, the Devonshire Quarter
Steam Yard opened in January 2014 in a courtyard in the Devonshire Quarter. Caravan, from London, is on espresso and filter, “our good friends and house roaster”. The shop runs its own small supply co bakery, which now bakes for other coffee shops across the city as well, and the counter carries salt beef bagels on Best Boy Bagels and croissants from Lovely Rita’s Bakehouse. Its sister shop, Corner Store, a neighbourhood coffee shop and bakery, turned five in October 2026 and pours Caravan alongside guest roasters.
Tamper Coffee, Sellers Wheel
Natalie and Jon Perry founded Tamper in 2011 to bring Kiwi café culture to Sheffield; Jon is a New Zealander, and the idea came from their time in the cafés of Auckland. The coffee is from fellow Kiwis Ozone. Tamper is in Sellers Wheel, a grade II listed building from 1862 in the Cultural Industries Quarter, a short walk from the station, where John Sellers & Sons once made razor blades and pen knives; the red brick walls and vaulted ceilings are still there. The kitchen cooks seasonal, Australasian-inspired breakfast and lunch, the bar is fully licensed, and tables can be booked online.
Bragazzi’s, Heeley Bottom
Bragazzi’s opened in 2003 and belongs to Matteo Bragazzi, whose father came to London from Italy and made a business of selling food. The bet that started it was placed outside a bar in Fiano Romano in 2002, over a shakerato with his brother Dino. It is a café, delicatessen and shop, with Italian goods bought directly from suppliers in Italy, a deli counter of DOP cheeses and cured meats, and sandwiches of DOC cheese, salami and preserved vegetables. The coffee is a house blend curated by Bragazzi’s and roasted by Dark Woods Coffee in West Yorkshire.
What you need to know about Sheffield specialty coffee
Which Sheffield coffee shops roast their own coffee? Foundry roasts at Cutlery Works in Neepsend and Smith Street at Hope Works. Both have a coffee shop in the roastery building, and Foundry has a second café at Cambridge Street Collective.
Which roasters do the other cafés serve? 2323 rotates roasters from across Europe and beyond, Steam Yard pours Caravan from London, Tamper serves Ozone, Marmadukes sources its house coffee through Origin and adds guest espressos at Cambridge Street, and Bragazzi’s house blend is roasted by Dark Woods in West Yorkshire.
Where is the coffee in Sheffield city centre? 2323 and Marmadukes’ original café are neighbours in the theatre district, Marmadukes Cambridge Street and Foundry’s Cambridge Street Collective café are in the Heart of the City, Steam Yard is in the Devonshire Quarter and Tamper is in the Cultural Industries Quarter.
Where is the brunch? Tamper’s kitchen cooks Australasian-inspired breakfast and lunch, Marmadukes makes everything in house with bread from its own bakery, and Bragazzi’s is built around Italian sandwiches.
Where can you learn about coffee? Smith Street runs Professional Barista and Brewing Better Coffee At Home courses, and its Saturday Sessions pour samples of the newest coffees.
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