Five Brooklyn Coffee Bean Shops

If you're a lover of coffee, then you will want to try out the coffee shop. These shops offer a variety of whole beans from around the globe. They also have unique kitchenware and trinkets.

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

Porto Rico Importing Co.

Veteran coffee vendor who specializes in international brews, loose teas and a variety.

The scent of freshly roasted beans fills the air once you walk into this West Village shop. The shelves are stacked with jars and sacks filled with dark brown beans, along with tea-making equipment, coffee accessories, and sugar.

Porto Rico was first opened in 1907 Porto Rico was founded by Italian immigrants Patsy Albanese. At the time, Greenwich Village was seeing an large influx of Italian immigrants who established businesses to cater to their culinary requirements. Albanese named her shop after the renowned Puerto Rican coffee she imported (and sold) - a beverage so famous at the time that even the Pope took a sip.

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

Peter Longo, the current owner and president of the company was raised above the bakery of his family located on Bleecker Street where his father was the owner of Porto Rico. He runs the business in the same way as his grandfather and coffee shops father.

Sey Coffee

Sey Coffee, a coffee roaster and shop is 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 co-founders of 33 years, began roasting coffee in a loft on the fourth floor, just across the street, in the year 2011. The name was 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 single farmers has earned it the respect of highly discerning New York City coffee aficionados. Last year, Sey purchased a six-bag micro lot of Danilo Dones Sitio Catucai from Brazil's Espirito Santa region. The beans were harvested at their peak ripeness and steamed to remove any imperfections. They were then dried on the farm after a 36-hour dry fermentation. The result is a blend with hints of berry, lemongrass and melon.

Sey's focus on holistically improving the quality of life for staff, customers, and growers extends beyond the store. It utilizes biodegradable disposables as well as composts to keep waste out of landfills and converting it to agents that lower harmful greenhouse gases and enrich the soil. It also reduces gratuity. This lets baristas concentrate on their craft and support their livelihoods.

La Cabra

La Cabra, a modern specialty coffee company, was founded in Aarhus in Denmark in 2012. It started with a small shop and a committed team. Their honest and creative approach to delivering a truly exceptional coffee experience has earned them a following, not just in their home town but also around the world.

La Carba follows a strict method to select their best beans. They scour through hundreds of varieties each year in order to find the ones that best meet their ideals. Then, they roast them in a light manner before dialing the roast to create their desired flavor profile. This gives the coffees a more vibrant taste and clarity.

The East Village store opened last October with a sleek, minimalist design, and has been praised by coffee enthusiasts for Coffee Shops its scrumptious pour overs and baked goods overseen by head baker Jared Sexton, who's previously worked at Bien Cuit and Dominique Ansel.

The shop uses the La Marzocco modbar, coffee gift Set and the plates and cups are designed specifically for Wurtz ceramics in Horsens, a father and son studio. In a recent interview with Atlanta Coffee Shops, General Manager Ian Walla reveals that La Cabra serves approximately 250 different coffees a year, and usually has seven or eight different varieties available at any given time.

The Plant Coffee Roasting Plant Coffee

The Roasting Plant is the only multi-unit coffee retailer which roasts on-site and brews according to your preferences, with every cup of coffee being roasted and brewed to your specifications in less than an hour. It scour the globe for the highest quality specialty beans that are directly sourced, giving customers the choice and quality.

Their roaster on site is an automatic fluid bed machine which is different from traditional drum machines found in UK coffee shops. The beans are blown about in the heated box by high-speed air that keeps the green beans suspended and allows roasting to happen in a steady manner as they move through the machine.

I tried the Sumatran coffee and it was very rich with smooth mouthfeel, dark chocolate scent was present. The coffee began to cool while you sipped and subtle aromas of citrus fruit were evident.

The coffee is then be whisked into the store's Eversys Super-Automatic brewing Machines and brewed according to your specifications in less than one minute. Customers can choose from a variety of single origins and a variety of blends.

Parlor Coffee

Founded in 2012 in the back of a barbershop equipped with a single-group espresso machine, Parlor Coffee has become an energizing roastery whose coffees are available at top cafes, restaurants and home brewers across the city. Parlor Coffee is committed to finding the finest quality beans, which have all undergone a long journey before they reach its roasters.

The owners, who self-described as "passionate about coffee and believe that a good cup of coffee should accessible to everyone," have created a environment that is simple with chalkboards, compost bins, recycled handmade products, and a minimalist interior.

They roast their own blends (there were six when I was there) and single-origins. But they also hold cuppings on Sundays, which are open to the general public. Imagine it as a brewery tasting area--you can taste and smell the beans that are ground. They vary from earthy to chocolatey (one was almost like tomato!). They're away from the tourist trail, but worthwhile to visit.