Five Brooklyn Coffee Bean Shops

If you're a coffee enthusiast, you should go to a coffee shop. These shops offer a broad assortment of whole beans from all across the globe. They also have unique trinkets and kitchenware.

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

Porto Rico Importing Co.

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

When you enter this old-fashioned West Village shop, the scent of freshly roasting beans fills your nostrils. Open bags of dark-brown beans line the shelves alongside jars of sugar, coffee-making equipment as well as 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 satisfy their dietary needs. 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 Coffeee 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 for 350 restaurants in NYC, Brooklyn and Brooklyn.

Peter Longo, the current president and owner of the company was raised on the top floor of his family's bakery located on Bleecker Street where his father was the owner of Porto Rico. He continues to run the business in the same way as his father and grandfather.

Sey Coffee

Sey Coffee, a coffee shop and roaster is located along Grattan Street, in Morgantown. This Brooklyn neighborhood, in the Bushwick district, is located on Grattan Street. Co-founders Tobin Polk and Lance Schnorenberg, both 33 started roasting in the fourth-floor loft located across the street from their new location 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, and even whole harvests, from single farmers has earned it the praise of New York City coffee bean shop 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 carefully picked at peak ripeness and removed by flotation to eliminate defects, then dry fermented for coffeee Beans a period of 36 hours before being dried on the farm. The result is a coffee with hints of berry, lemongrass and melon.

Sey's dedication extends beyond its shop to improve the overall wellbeing of staff and farmers, as well as customers. It uses biodegradable disposables and composts, keeping waste out of garbage and converting it into substances that help reduce harmful greenhouse gases as well as nourish soil. It also does away with gratuity, which places baristas in the position to help sustain their livelihoods as well as encourage them to focus on their craft.

La Cabra

La Cabra is a modern specialty coffee company that was founded in Aarhus, Denmark in 2012. The company began with a small store and a dedicated staff. Their innovative and honest method of providing an exceptional coffee experience has earned them a devoted following not just in their local area but all over the world.

La Carba follows a strict procedure to identify their ideal beans. They search through hundreds of beans each year in order to find beans that match their ideals. They roast them light, adjusting the desired flavor profile. This gives their coffees a brighter taste and clarity.

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

The shop uses the La Marzocco Modbar, and the cups, plates and bowls are made by Wurtz ceramics, a father-and son studio in Horsens. In a recent Q&A interview with Atlanta Coffee Shops, General Manager Ian Walla reveals that La Cabra serves approximately 250 different coffees per year, and typically has seven or eight varieties available at any given time.

The Plant Coffee Roasting Plant Coffee

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

Their on-site roaster utilizes fluid bed technology which is quite different from the classic drum-type machines used in most UK coffee houses. The beans are blown through a heated box with high-velocity air that is circulated. This keeps the beans in suspension and allows for a constant roasting rate.

I tried the Sumatran coffee and it was delicious with a a velvety mouthfeel, dark chocolate scent was present and the coffee started to cool while you sipped delicate citrus flavours fruit were detected.

The coffee that has been roasted is transported to the store's Eversys super-automatic brewing equipment and brewed to your specification in less than a minute. Customers can choose from a selection of nine single origin choices and a wide range of blends.

Parlor Coffee

Parlor Coffee was founded in 2012 in a barbershop with a single group espresso machine. It has since developed into a bustling coffee roastery, whose coffee beans are available in top cafes as well as restaurants and home brewers in every city. Parlor is committed to sourcing the highest-quality beans around the globe Each one has been through a long and difficult journey before arriving in the hands of its roasters.

The owners, who self-described as "passionate about coffee and believe that a good cup of coffee should be available to everyone," have created a space that is down-to earth, with chalkboards, compost bins, recycled handmade products, and minimal decor.

They roast and brew their own blends and single-origins (there were six on the menu when I was there) Also, they do cuppings Sundays, which are open to the public. Imagine it as a brewery tasting room where you can taste and smell the beans as they are roasted. They vary from earthy to chocolatey (one was similar to tomato!). It's a bit off the beaten path but worth the journey.