Five Brooklyn Coffee Bean Shops

If you're a fan of coffee You'll want to check out a coffee shop. They offer a wide selection of whole beans from all over the world. They also offer unique kitchenware and trinkets.

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

Porto Rico Importing Co.

Veteran coffee vendor specializing in international brews as well as a range of loose teas

The aroma of freshly roasting beans fills the air once you walk into this West Village shop. The shelves are filled with jars and bags of 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 witnessing an influx of Italian immigrants, who had opened businesses to satisfy their dietary needs. Albanese named her shop after the popular Puerto Rican coffee she imported (and sold) which was that was so well-known at the time that even the Pope was a fan.

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 also roasts their 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 above the bakery of his family on Bleecker Street where his father was the owner of Porto Rico. He continues to run the business in the same manner as his father and grandfather.

Sey Coffee

Sey good coffee Beans, a coffee roaster and shop is located on Grattan Street, in Morgantown. The neighborhood, which is part of Brooklyn's Bushwick district is located on Grattan Street. Tobin Polk, Lance Schnorenberg and their co-founders, who are 33 years old, started roasting coffee in a loft on the fourth floor just around the corner in 2011. They called it Lofted Coffee. Local clients included Greenpoint's Budin and Soho cart services Peddler and Peddler.

Sey's preference for buying micro-lots, or even whole harvests, from single farmers has earned it the respect of New York City coffee enthusiasts. In the past, 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 the peak of ripeness, and then floated to eliminate any imperfections. They were then dried on the farm after a 36-hour dry fermentation. The result is a blend with hints of berry, lemongrass and melon.

Sey's goal of holistically improving the wellbeing of growers, staff and customers extends beyond the retail store. It makes use of biodegradable disposables and composts, keeping waste out of garbage and converting it into substances that help reduce harmful greenhouse gases and enrich the soil. It also eliminates gratuity, a move that puts baristas in a position to provide their livelihoods as well as encourage them to focus on their craft.

La Cabra

La Cabra, a modern specialty coffee brand, was founded in Aarhus in Denmark in 2012. The company began with a small store and a team of dedicated employees. Their open and creative approach to providing an exceptional coffee experience has earned their acclaim not just in their hometown but all over the world.

La Carba follows a strict procedure to find their perfect beans. They go through hundreds of varieties each year in order to select the beans that best fit their ideals. Then, they roast them in a light manner before dialing them in to achieve their desired flavor profile. This gives their coffees an enhanced taste and clarity.

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

The shop utilizes a La Marzocco modbar and the plates and cups are designed by Wurtz ceramics in Horsens, the son and father studio. In a recent interview Atlanta Coffee Shops General Manager Ian Walla revealed that La Cabra serves 250 different coffees per day and has typically seven or eight varieties on offer at any given moment.

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 each cup of coffee being roasted and brewed according to your requirements in less than one minute. It searches the globe for the highest-quality specialty beans that are directly sourced, giving customers the choice and quality.

The on-site roaster employs fluid bed technology which is quite different from the drum-type machines that are commonly used in the majority of UK coffee houses. The beans are blown around in the heated box by high-speed air that keeps the beans suspended and allows roasting to happen in a steady manner as they travel through the machine.

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

The coffee that has been roasted will be whisked into the Eversys Super-Automatic Brewing Machines to be brewed according your specifications in under a minute. Customers can select from nine single origin options and a variety of blends.

Parlor Coffee

Parlor Coffee was founded in 2012 in a barbershop using a single espresso machine. It has since morphed into a bustling coffee roastery, and its beans are sold in top cafes as well as restaurants and home brewers across the city. Parlor Coffee is committed to procuring the highest quality beans that have gone through a long journey before reaching its roasters.

The owners, who self-described as "passionate about coffee and believe that great coffee should be accessible to all," have created a space that is down-to earth with chalkboards, compost bins, up-cycled handmade products, and low-frills decor.

They medium roast coffee beans and create their own blends as well as single-origins (there were six at the time I was there) They also offer cuppings on Sundays, which are open to the public. Imagine it as a tasting room, where you can taste and smell the beans that are ground. They range from earthy to chocolatey (one was similar to tomato!). They're a bit away from the tourist trail, but well worth a trip.