A WEAVERHAM mum-to-be is bringing coffee, cake and culture to Northwich.

Abda Obeid-Findley, 25, has launched a café with a twist in the town centre.

Abda, in Crown Street, offers teas and coffees from across the world, as well as freshly-baked cakes and fusion food.

The coffee shop is also an exhibition space where local artists can display their work and budding creatives can learn new skills.

Originally from Sudan, linguist Abda studied Spanish and Italian at Royal Holloway where she met her husband Benjamin, and said the café reflected her biggest passions in life.

She said: “There are two ways that you really get to understand a culture – through language and through food.

“I’ve been lucky to live abroad and in every place I’ve visited I’ve seen the unique culture’s heart and soul re?ected in the country’s drink and food.

“Food and drink is a universal language. If you visit someone’s home you’ll usually be offered a cup of tea or coffee, but each culture has a different way of making or presenting it.

“I wanted to bring a multicultural flavour to my café.”

The linguist has always wanted to work in the food industry, and in 2014 set up a home bakery making Arabic pastries and desserts.

From here the idea of opening a café grew, and when she moved to Northwich two years ago she began looking for business premises.

She said: “When I saw the saw the shop on Crown Street I knew it was the perfect space to include everything I wanted to do.

“I wanted to create cultural spaces within the café, so there’s a Latin American corner and an African space with low seating, as well as the more standard provision you’d get in a café.

“Upstairs we have a large exhibition space where we will be displaying the work of local artists, as well as running art and craft workshops.”

With 15 types of tea, a variety of coffee blends, and freshly-baked bread and cakes which she gets up at 4am to make, Abda is hopeful the independent premises will offer the town something a little different.

She said: “I’m looking forward to introducing people to new food and drink and building multicultural and creative community in the town.”