Five Brooklyn Coffee Bean Shops

If you're a coffee connoisseur, coffee bean shop then you will want to visit a coffee bean shop. These shops offer a variety of whole beans from all over the globe. These stores also offer unique trinkets, kitchenware, and other products.

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

Porto Rico Importing Co.

Veteran coffee shop that specializes in international brews and a variety of loose teas

When you enter this old-school West Village shop, the scent of freshly coffee beans fills your nostrils. Open sacks of dark-brown beans line the shelves alongside jars of sugar as well as coffee-making equipment and tea accessories.

The first restaurant opened in 1907, Porto Rico was founded by Italian immigrants Patsy Albanese. Greenwich Village at the time was witnessing an influx of Italian immigrants, who established businesses to meet their food needs. Albanese named her shop after the renowned Puerto Rican coffee she imported (and sold) the beverage was so popular that even the Pope drank it.

Porto Rico offers 130 different varieties of beans, which includes beans from all over the world in three locations, including Bleecker Street, Essex Market and online. Porto Rico roasts its own beans and provides wholesale distribution to 350 restaurants in NYC and Brooklyn.

Peter Longo, current owner and president, Coffee Bean Shop grew up in the family bakery on Bleecker Street, where his father ran Porto Rico. The business is still run by the business in the same way to his father and grandfather.

Sey Coffee

Located along Grattan Street in Morgantown, Brooklyn's Bushwick neighborhood, Sey Coffee is both a cafe and a roaster. Tobin Polk, Lance Schnorenberg and their co-founders, who are 33 years old, started roasting coffee in a loft on the fourth floor, just across the street 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 been praised by knowledgeable New York City coffee aficionados. 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 harvested at their peak of ripeness and then floated to eliminate any defects. They were then dried on the farm after a 36-hour dry fermentation. The result is a coffee gift with hints of berry melon and lemongrass.

Sey's dedication extends beyond its shop to improve the overall well-being of staff and farmers, as well as customers. It utilizes biodegradable disposables as well as composts, preventing waste from landfills and turning it into agents that reduce harmful greenhouse gases as well as nourish soil. It also does away with gratuity, which puts the baristas in a position to sustain their livelihoods and encourage them to concentrate on their profession.

La Cabra

La Cabra is a modern specialty coffee company that was founded in Aarhus, Denmark in 2012. It started with a small shop and a committed team. Their honest and innovative approach to providing a superior coffee experience has earned them a devoted fan base not just in their hometown and across the globe.

La Carba has a rigorous method of identifying their ideal beans, searching through hundreds of different varieties each year to identify the ones that match their ideals. They roast them light, adjusting the desired flavor profile. This gives the coffees a more vibrant flavor and clarity.

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

The shop is equipped with the La Marzocco modbar and the cups and plates are designed by Wurtz ceramics in Horsens, an artist-run by a father and son. In a recent Q&A interview with Atlanta Coffee Shops, General Manager Ian Walla reveals that La Cabra serves about 250 different coffees a year, and usually has seven or eight coffees available at any given moment.

The Plant Coffee Roasting Plant Coffee

The Roasting Plant is a multi-unit retailer of coffee roasts and brews its coffee on the spot. Each cup is brewed and roasted according to your specifications in less than one second. It is a search engine for the highest quality specialty beans that are directly sourced to give customers the option of choice and quality.

The roaster they have on site is a fluid bed machine which is different from the classic drum machines used in UK coffee shops. The beans are blown around in a heated box by high-velocity air that keeps the beans suspended and allows them to be roasted in a steady manner as they move through the machine.

I tried the Sumatran Coffee and it was velvety and rich with a rich and velvety taste. Dark chocolate was evident in the aroma. As you sipped the coffee you could taste subtle citrus fruit flavours.

The coffee that has been roasted will be transferred to the store's Eversys Super-Automatic Brewing Machines, and brewed to your specifications in less than one minute. Customers can select from nine single origins and various blends.

Parlor Coffee

Founded in 2012 in the back of a barbershop equipped with one espresso machine in a single group, Parlor Coffee has become a growing roastery, whose beans can be found in top cafes, restaurants and home brewers in the city. Parlor is dedicated to procuring high-quality coffee beans from all over the world, each of which has endured a laborious journey before reaching the hands of its roasters.

In their own words the owners "have an unstoppable passion for craft and a conviction that good coffee should be available to anyone." They accomplish this with their earthy area on a residential street. Think compost bins, chalkboards, handmade up-cycled products and a minimalist deco.

They roast and make their own blends and single-origins (there were six when I was there) However, they also hold cuppings on Sundays, and are open to the public. Think of it like a tasting room for breweries. You can smell and taste the beans, ranging from chocolaty earthy (one was very tomato-like!). They're away from the main roads however, they're is worth a visit.