Customers arriving at a newly opened coffee shop in the city may have noticed something sinister as they turned up for their morning caffeine boost.
But what appeared to be a gory typo on a Cowley Road sign suggesting the coffee was "fleshly brewed" turned out to be an innocent mistake.
Unique Koffee may suggest the coffee served is unique but staff have joked about the sign being a human error.
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The cafe’s business partner Silvie Beranova described the mishap as a “funny story.”
“I am Czech, so we gave the job to an English person to do and then it went wrong,” she said.
“We tried to get hold of the person who made it for us.
“We are in the process of fixing it but we just wanted to open.
“At the end of the day people who come here will hear my accent and think I spelled it incorrectly. But it’s Ok. I’m happy to take the blame.”
Ms Beranova said the sign would be corrected to read “freshly brewed coffee” by next week.
Unique Koffee opened on Saturday (December 9) and aims to bring something new to Cowley Road, which is one of the most vibrant areas of Oxford.
Ms Beranova said: “We are not trying to be expensive because we want it to be a nice place for everyone to come. Especially as you have Oxford students.
“We have free Wi-Fi and students can come and be comfortable.
“It’s a cafe for everyone.”
The cafe serves a range of sandwiches and breakfast dishes, including its “signature” porridge served with cacao, hot butter and seasonal fruit – a specialty from the Czech Republic.
Kevin Dalton, a satisfied customer who was enjoying a cup of tea in the windowsill when the Oxford Mail visited, said the cafe was unique to the area.
He said: “I came in the other day and had breakfast – it was fantastic.
“It’s bringing something different to Cowley Road and it’s a great location.
“You can see everything go by.”
Unique Koffee took over the premises at 125 Cowley Road in November after Karak Cafe closed earlier this year.
It came just several months after a fire broke out at the building when a saucepan of cake glaze was accidentally left on the cooker.
Three fire crews responded to the incident in July and closed the road while they evacuated the flat above and extinguished the burning mixture.
Karak Cafe owner Mohammed Omer said at the time: “I was shocked about the whole thing.”
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