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Five Brooklyn Coffee Bean Shops

If you're a fan of coffee You'll want to check out the coffee shop. These shops sell a range of whole beans from all over the world. They also offer unique kitchenware and trinkets.

Some of these shops offer subscriptions to their coffee beans. Others offer coffee beans in bulk at their retail locations.

Porto Rico Importing Co.

Veteran coffee seller who is a specialist in international brews, loose teas, and a variety.

The scent of freshly roasting beans fills the air once you enter this West Village shop. Open bags of dark-brown beans line the shelves, along with jars of sugar, coffee-making equipment and tea accessories.

Porto Rico, originally opened in 1907 by Italian immigrants Patsy Albonese. Greenwich Village at the time was experiencing an influx of Italian immigrants, who had opened businesses in order to meet their culinary needs. Albanese named her shop after the well-known Puerto Rican coffee she imported (and sold) the beverage was that was so well-known at the time that even the Pope took a sip.

Today, Porto Rico sells 130 varieties of beans from around the world at three locations in New York City including their Bleecker Street location, Essex Market and online. Porto Rico roasts their own beans and provides wholesale distribution to 350 restaurants in NYC, Brooklyn and Brooklyn.

Peter Longo, current owner and president, grew up in the family bakery located on Bleecker Street, where his father ran Porto Rico. He continues to run the shop in the same way as his father and grandfather.

Sey Coffee

Sey Coffee, a coffee roaster and shop located on Grattan Street, in Morgantown. This neighborhood, located in Brooklyn's Bushwick district, is located on Grattan Street. Tobin Polk, Lance Schnorenberg and their 33-year-old co-founders started roasting coffee in a loft on the fourth floor, just around the corner, in the year 2011. They dubbed it Lofted Coffee. Local clients included Greenpoint's Budin, and Soho cart services Peddler and Peddler.

Sey's commitment to buying micro-lots, or even whole harvests from single farmers has earned it the praise of New York City coffee enthusiasts. The last time Sey was in the market, he purchased a six-bag micro lot of Danilo Dones Sitio Catucai from Brazil's Espirito Santo region. The beans were harvested when they were ripe and then floated to eliminate any imperfections. They were then dried on the farm following a 36-hour dry fermentation. The result is a cup that is a little melons and berries.

Sey's commitment to holistically improving the well-being of growers, staff and customers extends beyond the walls of the shop. It makes use of biodegradable disposables and composts, keeping waste out of landfills and converting it to agents that reduce harmful greenhouse gas emissions and feed the soil. It also does away with gratuity, a move that places baristas in the position to sustain their livelihoods and encourage them to concentrate on their profession.

La Cabra

La Cabra, a modern specialty 500g coffee beans brand, was founded in Aarhus in Denmark in 2012. It started with a small shop and a committed team. Their innovative and honest approach to providing an exceptional coffee experience has earned them a devoted following not only in their home town but also around the world.

La Carba has a rigorous procedure for locating their ideal beans, going through hundreds of different lots each year to identify the ones that match their ideals. They roast them in a light style and dial the roast to create their desired flavor profile. This gives their coffees more clarity and a better taste.

The East Village store, which opened in October last year and has been praised by critics for its top rated coffee beans-quality pour-overs as well as its baked goods that are overseen by Jared Sexton. He previously worked at Bien Cuit, Dominique Ansel, and other coffee houses.

The shop utilizes a La Marzocco modbar and the plates and cups are made by Wurtz ceramics in Horsens, the son and father studio. In a recent interview with Atlanta Coffee Shops, General Manager Ian Walla reveals that La Cabra serves about 250 different coffees per year, and usually has seven or eight different varieties available at any given point.

The Plant Coffee Roasting Plant Coffee

The Roasting Plant is the only multi-unit retailer of coffee that roasts on-site and brews to order, with each cup of coffee being roasted and brewed according to your preferences in less than a minute. It searches the globe for the highest rated coffee beans-quality specialty beans that are sourced directly offering customers a choice and quality.

Their on-site roaster utilizes fluid bed technology, which is quite different from traditional drum-type machines found in most UK coffee houses. The beans are blown around an enclosed box heated by high-speed air that keeps the beans in a suspended state and allows roasting to happen in a steady manner throughout the machine.

I tried the Sumatran Coffee and it was smooth and rich with a smooth taste. Dark chocolate was evident from the aroma. As you sip the coffee, you could smell subtle citrus fruit flavours.

The roasted coffee will be transferred to the store's Eversys Super-Automatic brewing Machines to be brewed according your preferences in less than a minute. Customers can choose from a selection of nine single origin choices and a wide range of blends.

Parlor Coffee

Parlor Coffee was founded in 2012 in a barbershop using a single espresso machine. It has since evolved to become a burgeoning roastery, and its beans are sold in top cafes as well as restaurants and home brewers all over the city. Parlor Coffee is committed to sourcing the highest quality beans that have all been through a long journey before they reach its roasters.

The owners, who self-described as "passionate about the craft and believe that great coffee should accessible to everyone," have created a environment that is simple, with chalkboards, compost bins, up-cycled hand-made products, and a minimalist interior.

They roast and create their own blends as well as single-origins (there were six when I was there) They also hold cuppings on Sundays, and are open to the public. Imagine it as a tasting area--you can taste and smell the beans in the ground. They vary from earthy to chocolaty (one was almost like tomato!). They're away from the main roads but are well worth a trip.