Five Brooklyn Coffee Bean Shops

If you're a lover of coffee and you're looking for a place to shop, then you'll need to visit a coffee bean shop. They offer a wide selection types of coffee whole beans from all over the globe. They also sell unique trinkets, kitchenware and other items.

Some of these shops offer subscriptions to their coffee beans. Some shops offer them in large quantities.

Porto Rico Importing Co.

Veteran coffee seller who concentrates on international brews, loose teas and a selection.

When you enter this quaint West Village shop, the aroma type of coffee freshly roasted beans fills your nose. The shelves are filled with jars and bags of dark brown beans, along 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 increase in Italian immigrants who opened businesses to cater to their culinary requirements. Albanese named the shop after the famous Puerto Rican Coffee she imported and sold - a drink that was so popular in the moment that 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 its own beans and provides wholesale distribution to 350 restaurants in NYC and Brooklyn.

Peter Longo, current owner and president, coffee bean shop was raised in the family bakery on Bleecker Street, where his father ran Porto Rico. He still runs the shop in the same way like his father and grandfather.

Sey Coffee

Sey Coffee, a coffee roaster and shop, is located along Grattan Street, in Morgantown. This neighborhood in Brooklyn's Bushwick district is situated 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 around the corner, in the year 2011. They named it Lofted Coffee. Local clients included Greenpoint's Budin and Soho cart services Peddler and Peddler.

Sey's commitment to buying micro-lots or whole harvests from single farmers has earned it the respect of New York City coffee enthusiasts. Last year, Sey purchased a six-bag micro lot of Danilo Dones Sitio Catucai from Brazil's Espirito Santo region. The beans were carefully picked at peak ripeness, floated to remove defects, then dry fermented for 36 hours prior to being dried on the farm. The result is a cup that is a little berry and melon.

Sey's dedication extends beyond its shop to improve the overall wellbeing of staff and growers, and customers. It utilizes composts and biodegradable products to ensure that waste is kept out of landfills. This helps to reduce greenhouse gases and helps nourish the soil. It also does away with gratuity, which puts baristas into a position to sustain their livelihoods and inspire them to concentrate on their art.

La Cabra

La Cabra, a modern specialty coffee company, was established in Aarhus in Denmark in 2012. It began with a tiny shop and a committed team. Their honest and innovative approach to delivering a truly exceptional coffee experience has earned them a following that was not only in their hometown, but globally.

La Carba has a rigorous process for finding their perfect beans, searching through hundreds of different varieties every year to locate the ones that are perfect for their tastes. They roast them light, adjusting the desired flavor profile. This gives their coffees more clarity and a better taste.

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

The shop employs the La Marzocco Modbar as well as 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 Shops, General Manager Ian Walla reveals that La Cabra serves approximately 250 different varieties of coffee each year, and typically has seven or eight varieties available at any given time.

The Roasting Plant Coffee

The Roasting Plant is the only multi-unit retailer of coffee that roasts on-site and brews on demand, with each cup of coffee being roasted and brewed to your specifications in less than minutes. It searches the world for the highest-grade specialty beans that are directly sourced to give customers the option of choice and quality.

Their onsite roaster is an automatic fluid bed machine that is distinct from the traditional drum machines found in UK coffee shops. The beans are blown around a heated box by high-velocity air that keeps the beans suspended and allows them to be roasted at a consistent rate as they travel through the machine.

I tried the Sumatran Coffee and it was smooth and rich with a velvety taste. Dark chocolate was evident from the aroma and as you sip the coffee you could detect subtle citrus fruit flavours.

The coffee that has been roasted is transported to the Eversys brewing machines that are super-automatic and can be it is brewed to your requirements in just a few minutes. Customers can pick from a variety of single origins and a variety of blends.

Parlor Coffee

Parlor Coffee was founded in 2012 behind a barbershop, using a single espresso machine. It has since grown into a flourishing coffee roastery, and its beans can be found in great cafes, restaurants, and home brewers all over the city. Parlor Coffee is committed to finding the highest-quality beans, which have been through a lengthy journey before they reach its roasters.

In their own words according to their own words, they "have a relentless passion for craft and a belief that great coffee should be available to everyone." They do just that with their down-to-earth area on a residential street. Think compost bins, chalkboard welcome hand-made up-cycled goods, and a minimally-decorated space.

They roast and brew their own blends and single-origins (there were six at the time I was there), but they also have cuppings on Sundays that are open to the public. Think of it like an artisanal tasting room in which you can smell and taste the beans, ranging from chocolaty to earthy (one was almost tomato-like!). They're off the beaten track but are worthwhile to visit.