Five Brooklyn Coffee Bean Shops

If you're a coffee lover then you'll want to visit a coffee bean shop. These shops offer a variety of whole beans from all over the world. They also sell unique trinkets, kitchenware and other products.

Some of these shops offer subscriptions to their coffee beans. Some shops offer the beans in bulk.

Porto Rico Importing Co.

Veteran coffee vendor who concentrates on international brews, loose teas, and a variety.

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

Porto Rico was first opened in 1907 Porto Rico was founded by Italian immigrants Patsy Albanese. Greenwich Village at the time was experiencing an influx Italian immigrants, who had opened businesses to meet their food needs. Albanese named her shop after the famous Puerto Rican coffee she imported (and sold) which was so famous at the time that even the Pope was a fan.

Porto Rico offers 130 different kinds of beans, including beans from all over the world located in three locations including Bleecker Street, Essex Market and online. The company also roasts their own beans and offers wholesale distribution to 350 restaurants in NYC, Brooklyn and coffee bean shop Brooklyn.

Peter Longo, the current owner and president of the business was raised over his family's bakery on Bleecker Street where his father operated Porto Rico. The owner continues to run the business in the same manner as his father and grandfather.

Sey Coffee

Sey Coffee, a coffee roaster and shop is located on Grattan Street, in Morgantown. This Brooklyn neighborhood, in the 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. The name was Lofted Coffee. Local clients included Greenpoint's Budin, and Soho cart services Peddler and Peddler.

Sey's focus on buying micro-lots or whole harvests, from single farmers has earned him the respect of New York City coffee enthusiasts. In the past they made a 6-bag micro-lot purchase of Danilo Dones Sitio Catucai 785 from Brazil's Espirito Santo region. The beans were carefully picked at peak ripeness and removed by flotation to eliminate defects and then dried fermented for 36 hours before being dried on the farm. The result is a cup that is fragrant with hints of berry and melon.

Sey's focus on holistically improving the well-being of employees, customers and growers extends beyond the walls of the shop. It uses composts and biodegradable products to ensure that waste is kept out of the landfills. This helps to reduce greenhouse gases as well as nourish the soil. It also does away with gratuity, which puts baristas into a position to help sustain their livelihoods and encourage them to concentrate on their profession.

La Cabra

La Cabra, a modern specialty coffee brand, was founded in Aarhus in Denmark in 2012. They began with a small shop and a team of dedicated employees. Their honest and creative approach to delivering a truly exceptional coffee experience earned their acclaim not just in their home town however, but across the globe.

La Carba follows a strict procedure to find their perfect beans. They scour through hundreds of varieties every year in order to select the beans that best fit their ideals. They then roast them very light, adjusting the desired flavor profile. This gives their coffees a brighter taste and clarity.

The East Village store, which was opened in October of last year it has been praised for its excellent pour overs as well as its baked goods, 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 custom-designed at Wurtz ceramics in Horsens, which is a father-son studio. In a recent interview Atlanta Coffee Shops General Manager Ian Walla revealed that La Cabra serves 250 different types of coffee per day, and has usually seven or eight varieties available at any time.

The Plant Coffee Roasting Plant Coffee

The Roasting Plant is a multi-unit coffee retailer roasts and brews its coffee on the spot. Each cup is roasted and brewed according to your preferences in less than an hour. It searches the world for the highest quality specialty beans that are directly sourced, giving customers the choice and quality.

Their on-site roaster is a fluid bed device, which is different from traditional drum machines commonly found in UK coffee shops. The beans are blown in a heated box with high-velocity air that is circulated. This keeps the beans in suspension and ensures a consistent roasting speed.

I tried the Sumatran coffee and it was delicious with a an enveloping mouthfeel, dark chocolate scent was present and the coffee started to cool down as you sipped, subtle flavours of citrus fruit were detected.

The coffee that has been roasted will be transferred to the Eversys Super-Automatic Brewing Machines, and brewed to your specifications in less than a minute. Customers can pick from a selection of nine single origin choices and a variety of blends.

Parlor coffee gifts

It was founded in 2012 in the back of a barbershop with an espresso machine that was single-group, Parlor Coffee has become a rapidly growing roastery whose beans are sold at top restaurants, cafes and home brewers all over the city. Parlor Coffee is dedicated to sourcing only the highest-quality beans, which have all been through a long journey before arriving at its roasters.

According to their own words in their own words, they "have an unstoppable passion for craft and a belief that great coffee should be accessible to anyone." They achieve that by creating a simple streetscape that is a mix of residential and commercial. Think compost bins, chalkboards hand-made up-cycled goods, and a minimally-decorated space.

They roast and create their own blends and single-origins (there were six when I was there) Also, they do cuppings Sundays, which are open to the public. Think of it like a tasting room for breweries. You can smell and taste the beans, from chocolatey to earthy (one was very tomato-like!). It's a little off the beaten path but well worth the trip.