Five Brooklyn Coffee Bean Shops

If you're a coffee connoisseur, then you will want to go to a coffee bean shop. These stores offer a wide range of whole beans from all over the world. These stores also sell unique trinkets, kitchenware, and other things.

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

Porto Rico Importing Co.

Veteran coffee retailer specializing international brews, as well as a variety of loose teas

The aroma of freshly roasting beans fills the air as you enter this West Village shop. Open sacks of dark-brown beans are stacked on the shelves along with sugar jars, coffee-making equipment and tea accessories.

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 opened businesses to meet their culinary needs. Albanese named the shop after the popular Puerto Rican coffee near me she imported and sold - a beverage that was so popular at the moment, even the Pope would drink it.

Today, Porto Rico sells 130 varieties of beans from all over 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 on Bleecker Street, where his father was the owner of Porto Rico. He continues to run the business in the same way like his father and grandfather.

Sey Coffee

Sey Coffee, a coffee shop and roaster is located along Grattan Street, in Morgantown. This neighborhood, located in Brooklyn's Bushwick district, is located on Grattan Street. Co-founders Tobin Polk and Lance Schnorenberg, both 33 started roasting in a fourth-floor loft across the street from their new shop in 2011 under the name Lofted Coffee (with local clients including Greenpoint's Budin and Soho cart service Peddler).

Sey's decision to buy micro-lots, or even whole harvests, from single farmers has earned him the respect of New York City coffee enthusiasts. Last year, they made a six-bag micro-lot purchase of Danilo Dones Sitio Catucai 785 from Brazil's Espirito Santo region. The beans were picked at their peak ripeness, floated to eliminate any defects and then dried fermented for about 36 hours before being dried on the farm. The result is a coffee that is fragrant with hints of fruit and melon.

Sey's goal of holistically improving the quality of life for staff, growers and customers extends beyond the shop. It makes use of biodegradable plastics and composts, keeping waste out of the landfill and converting it into substances that reduce harmful greenhouse gases and nourish soil. It also does away with gratuity, which puts baristas into a position to provide their livelihoods as well as encourage them to concentrate on their craft.

La Cabra

La Cabra, a modern specialty-coffee company, was founded in Aarhus in Denmark in 2012. They began with a small shop and a team of dedicated employees. Their open and creative approach to providing an exceptional coffee experience earned them a following not only in their own town but all over the world.

La Carba follows a strict procedure to find their perfect beans. They scour through hundreds of varieties every year to find those that best meet their standards. Then, they roast them in a light style then dial the roast to create their desired flavor profile. This gives their coffees more clarity and a better taste.

The East Village store opened last October, with a minimalist and sleek design. It's been praised worldwide by coffee brands aficionados for its exacting pour-overs and baked goods that are overseen by head baker Jared Sexton, who's previously worked at Bien Cuit and Dominique Ansel.

The shop is equipped with the La Marzocco Modbar, and the cups, plates and bowls are crafted by Wurtz ceramics, a father and son studio in Horsens. In a recent interview with Atlanta Coffee Shops, General Manager Ian Walla reveals that La Cabra serves approximately 250 different varieties of coffee each year, and usually has seven or eight varieties available at any given point.

The Roasting Plant Coffee

The Roasting Plant is the only multi-unit coffee retailer which roasts on-site and brews according to your preferences, with each cup of coffee roasted and brewed according to your requirements in less than an hour. It scour countries far and far to find the finest, directly sourced specialty beans, offering customers choice and high-quality.

The on-site roaster employs fluid bed technology which is a bit different to traditional drum-type machines found in most UK coffee shops. The beans are blown inside a heated container with high-speed and circulating air. This keeps the beans in suspension and allows for a constant roasting rate.

I tried the Sumatran coffee and it was a rich cup with a velvety mouthfeel, dark chocolate scent was evident and the coffee began to cool while you sipped and subtle aromas of citrus fruit were detected.

The coffee that has been roasted is transported to the store's Eversys brewing machines that are super-automatic and can be you can have your coffee brewed to your specifications in under a minute. Customers can select from a selection of nine single origin choices and a variety of blends.

Parlor coffee bean shop Coffee

Parlor Coffee was founded in 2012 in a barbershop equipped with a single group espresso machine. It has since developed into a flourishing coffee roastery, and its beans are available in top cafes, restaurants, and home brewers all over the city. Parlor Coffee is committed to finding the highest quality beans that have all undergone a long journey before arriving at its roasters.

According to their own words according to their own words, they "have an unrelenting passion for craft and believe that good coffee should be available to everyone." They do just this with their earthy streetscape that is a mix of residential and commercial. Think compost bins, chalkboard welcome hand-made up-cycled goods, and a minimally-decorated space.

They roast their own blends (there were six at the time I was there) and single-origins. But they also hold cuppings on Sundays, which are accessible to the public. Think of it like a brewery tasting room--you can smell and taste the ground beans, ranging from chocolaty to earthy (one was very tomato-like!). They're a bit away from the main roads, but worthwhile to visit.