Five Brooklyn Coffee Bean Shops

If you're a coffee connoisseur You'll want to visit a coffee bean shop. These stores provide a large assortment of whole beans from all across the globe. They also have unique trinkets and kitchenware.

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

Porto Rico Importing Co.

Veteran coffee seller specializing in international brews and a selection of loose teas

When you step into this old-fashioned West Village shop, the scent of freshly coffee beans fills your nostrils. The shelves are lined with jars and bags of dark brown beans, with tea-making equipment, coffee accessories and sugar.

Originally opened in 1907, Porto Rico was founded by Italian immigrants Patsy Albanese. At the time, Greenwich Village was seeing an influx of Italian immigrants who had opened businesses to meet their culinary needs. Albanese named her shop after the renowned Puerto Rican coffee she imported (and sold) - - a drink that was that was so popular at the time that even the Pope took a sip.

Porto Rico offers 130 different varieties of beans, Coffees [Cf58051.Tmweb.Ru] which includes those from around the world in three locations, including Bleecker Street, Essex Market and online. The company roasts its own beans and provides wholesale distribution for 350 restaurants in NYC, Brooklyn and Brooklyn.

Peter Longo, current owner and president, was raised in the family bakery on Bleecker Street, where his father was the owner of Porto Rico. He still runs the shop in a similar way to his father and grandfather.

Sey Coffee

Sey Coffee, a coffee shop and roaster 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 2011. They dubbed it Lofted Coffee. Local clients included Greenpoint's Budin, and Soho cart services Peddler and Peddler.

Sey's focus on purchasing micro-lots, or even whole harvests from a single farmer has earned it the praise of discerning New York City coffee aficionados. Last year, Sey purchased a six-bag micro lot of Danilo Dones Sitio Catucai from Brazil's Espirito-Santo region. The beans were picked at peak ripeness and sale removed by flotation to eliminate defects and dried fermented for 36 hours before being dried on the farm. The result is a blend with hints of berry, lemongrass and melon.

Sey's commitment goes beyond its shop to improve the overall well-being of growers and staff, and customers. It uses composts and biodegradable plastics to ensure that waste is kept out of landfills. This helps reduce greenhouse gases and nourish the soil. It also removes gratuities. This lets baristas concentrate on their work and support their livelihoods.

La Cabra

La Cabra, a modern specialty coffee company, was established in Aarhus in Denmark in 2012. The company started with a modest store and a committed staff. Their honest and innovative approach to providing an outstanding coffee experience has earned them a devoted fan base not just in their local area but also around the world.

La Carba has a rigorous method of identifying their ideal beans, by scouring through hundreds of different lots each year to identify the ones that are perfect for their tastes. They then roast them very light, adjusting the desired flavor profile. This results in an enhanced taste and clarity.

The East Village store, which opened in the month of October last year it has been praised for its premium pour-overs as well as its baked goods, which are overseen by Jared Sexton. He previously worked at Bien Cuit, Dominique Ansel, and other coffee establishments.

The shop utilizes a La Marzocco Modbar and the cups plates, and bowls are custom-designed by Wurtz ceramics, a father-and son studio located in Horsens. In a recent Q&A interview with Atlanta coffee drinks Shops, General Manager Ian Walla reveals that La Cabra serves around 250 different coffees per year, and usually has seven or eight different varieties available at any given moment.

The Plant Coffee Roasting Plant Coffee

The Roasting Plant is the only multi-unit retailer of coffee that roasts its own coffee and brews to order, with every cup of coffee being roasted and brewed according to your preferences in less than one minute. It is a search engine for the highest-quality specialty beans that are sourced directly offering customers a choices and high-quality.

The roaster they have on site is a fluid bed machine, which is different from the traditional drum machines that are used in UK coffee shops. The beans are blown inside the heated box using high-speed air, which is circulated. This keeps the beans suspended and ensures a consistent roasting rate.

I tried the Sumatran coffee and it was very rich with an enveloping mouthfeel, dark chocolate from the fragrance was present. The coffee began to cool as you sipped delicate citrus flavours fruit were evident.

The roasted coffee will then be taken to the store's Eversys Super-Automatic brewing Machines to be brewed according your specifications in under a minute. Customers can choose from nine single origins and a variety blends.

Parlor Coffee

Founded in 2012 in the back of a barbershop, complete with a single-group espresso machine, Parlor Coffee has become a growing roastery, whose beans are available at top cafes, restaurants and home brewers across the city. Parlor is dedicated to sourcing high-quality beans from around the globe Each one has been through a long and difficult journey before it reaches the hands of its roasters.

The owners, designlight.co.kr who are self-described as "passionate about craft and believe that great coffee should be accessible to everyone," have created a space that is down-to earth with chalkboards, compost bins, up-cycled hand-made items, and simple decor.

They roast and brew their own blends and single-origins (there were six while I was there), but they also have cuppings on Sundays that are open to the public. Think of it as a tasting room for breweries. You can smell and taste the beans, from chocolaty to earthy (one was almost tomato-like!). They're a bit off the beaten path and is worth a visit.