Five Brooklyn Coffee Bean Shops

If you're a fan of coffee, then you will want to try out a coffee shop. These stores provide a large range of whole beans from all across the globe. They also sell unique kitchenware and trinkets.

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

Porto Rico Importing Co.

Veteran coffee seller who is a specialist in international brews, loose teas, and a wide selection.

When you step into this old-fashioned West Village shop, the aroma of freshly coffee beans fills your nostrils. The shelves are packed with jars and sacks filled with dark brown beans, along with coffee-making equipment, tea accessories, and sugar.

Porto Rico, originally opened in 1907 by Italian immigrant Patsy Albonese. Greenwich Village at the time was experiencing an influx of Italian immigrants, who set up 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 renowned in the present, that even the Pope would drink it.

Today, Porto Rico sells 130 varieties of beans from all over 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 provides wholesale distribution to 350 restaurants in NYC and Brooklyn.

Peter Longo, the current president and owner of the business, grew up above his family's bakery on Bleecker Street where his father was the owner of Porto Rico. He continues to operate the shop in the same way as his father and grandfather.

Sey Coffee

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

Sey's focus on buying micro-lots or whole harvests, from single farmers has earned it 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 handpicked at peak ripeness, floated to get rid of any imperfections, then dry fermented for a period of 36 hours before being dried on the farm. The result is a cup that has hints of the melon and berry.

Sey's dedication extends beyond its shop to improve the overall health of staff and farmers, and customers. It utilizes composts and biodegradable disposables to keep waste from the landfills. This helps reduce greenhouse gases as well as nourish the soil. It also removes gratuities. This allows baristas to concentrate on their craft and help sustain their livelihoods.

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 dedicated staff. Their honest and innovative approach to providing a superior coffee experience has earned them a loyal fan base not just in their local area but all over the world.

La Carba has a rigorous process to find their perfect beans, going through hundreds of different varieties every year to locate the ones that are perfect for their tastes. They then medium roast coffee beans them very light, adjusting the desired flavor profile. This gives their coffees a brighter taste and clarity.

The East Village store, which opened in the month of October last year it has been praised for its top 10 coffee beans-quality pour-overs and baked goods that are overseen by Jared Sexton. He previously worked at Bien Cuit, Dominique Ansel, and other coffee establishments.

The shop employs a 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 revealed that La Cabra serves 250 different coffees per day and has typically seven or eight different varieties available at any time.

The Plant Coffee Roasting Plant Coffee

The Roasting Plant is the only multi-unit retailer of coffee which roasts on-site and brews to order with every cup of coffee roasting and brewed according to your preferences in less than minutes. It is a search engine for the highest quality specialty beans that are sourced directly providing customers with the choice and quality.

Their roaster on site is a fluid bed machine that is distinct from the classic drum machines used in UK coffee shops. The beans are blown in a heated container with high-speed and circulating air. This keeps the beans suspended and ensures a consistent roasting speed.

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 down as you sipped and subtle aromas of citrus fruit were detected.

The coffee that has been roasted is whisked to the Eversys super-automatic brewing equipment and it is brewed to your requirements in just a few minutes. Customers can pick from nine single origins as well as various blends.

Parlor expensive coffee beans

Parlor Coffee was founded in 2012 behind a barbershop, with a single group espresso machine. It has since developed into a burgeoning coffee roastery, whose beans can be found in great cafes and restaurants as well as home brewers across the city. Parlor is dedicated to sourcing high-quality beans from around the globe each of which has endured a laborious journey before getting into the hands of its roasters.

In their own words according to their own words, they "have a relentless passion for craft and a conviction that good coffee should be available to anyone." They achieve this by putting their home-like space on a residential street--think compost bins, chalkboards handmade up-cycled items, and low-frills deco.

They medium roast coffee beans their own blends (there were six at the time I was there) and single-origins. However, they also host cuppings on Sundays, which are open to the public. Think of it like a tasting room for breweries. You can smell and taste the ground beans, ranging from chocolaty to earthy (one was almost tomato-like!). They're a bit off the beaten path, but is worth a visit.