Five Brooklyn Coffee Bean Shops

If you're a coffee enthusiast, you should go to a coffee shop. These stores offer a wide variety of beans that are whole from all across the globe. They also sell unique kitchenware and trinkets.

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

Porto Rico Importing Co.

Veteran coffee shop that specializes in international brews, as well as a variety of loose teas

As you enter this old-fashioned West Village shop, the scent of freshly roasted beans fills your nose. The shelves are stacked with jars and sacks filled with dark brown beans, along with tea-making equipment, coffee accessories and sugar.

Porto Rico was first opened in 1907 Porto Rico was founded by Italian immigrant Patsy Albanese. Greenwich Village at the time was experiencing an influx of Italian immigrants, who set up businesses to satisfy their food needs. Albanese named her shop after the popular Puerto Rican Coffee Beans London she imported (and sold) - - a drink that was so popular that even the Pope consumed it.

Today, Porto Rico sells 130 varieties of beans from around the world at three locations in New York City including their Bleecker Street location, Essex Market and online. Porto Rico also roasts its own coffeee beans and offers wholesale distribution to 350 restaurants in NYC and Brooklyn.

Peter Longo, current owner and president, was raised in the family bakery located on Bleecker Street, where his father was the owner of Porto Rico. He continues to run the shop in the same way like his father and grandfather.

Sey Coffee

Sey Coffee, a gourmet coffee beans shop and roaster 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 the year 2011. They dubbed it Lofted Coffee. Local clients included Greenpoint's Budin and Soho cart services Peddler and Peddler.

Sey's emphasis on buying micro-lots--or even whole harvests from a single farmer has earned it the respect of discerning New York City coffee aficionados. Last year, Sey purchased a six-bag micro lot of Danilo Dones Sitio Catucai from Brazil's Espirito-Santo region. The beans were handpicked at their peak ripeness, removed by flotation to eliminate defects, then dry fermented for about 36 hours before being dried on the farm. The result is a barista coffee beans with hints of berry and melon.

Sey's mission extends beyond the shop to improve the overall health of growers and staff, and customers. It makes use of composts and biodegradable disposables in order to ensure that waste is kept out of the garbage dumps. This helps to reduce greenhouse gases and helps nourish the soil. It also eliminates gratuity. This lets baristas concentrate on their craft and earn a living.

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 dedicated team. Their honesty and ingenuity to delivering a truly exceptional coffee experience has earned their acclaim not just in their home town, but globally.

La Carba follows a strict method to select their best beans. They scour hundreds of varieties each year in order to find those that best match their ideals. Then, they roast them in a light manner before dialing the roast to create their desired flavor profile. This gives the coffees a more intense flavor and clarity.

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

The shop employs the La Marzocco Modbar and the cups, plates and bowls are 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 about 250 different coffees per year, and usually has seven or eight varieties on offer at any given point.

The Plant Coffee Roasting Plant Coffee

The Roasting Plant is a multi-unit coffee retailer, roasts and brews its coffee on the spot. Each cup is roasted and brewed according to your specifications within less than an hour. It searches the world for the highest-quality specialty beans that are directly sourced, giving customers the option of choice and quality.

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

I tried the Sumatran coffee and it was rich with velvety mouthfeel. dark roast coffee beans chocolate aromas were present, and the coffee began to cool while you sipped the coffee. The subtle scents of citrus fruit were evident.

The coffee that has been roasted is transported to the Eversys super-automatic brewing systems and you can have your coffee brewed to your specifications in just a few minutes. Customers can pick from a variety of single origins and a wide range of blends.

Parlor Coffee

Parlor Coffee was founded in 2012 behind a barbershop, with a single group espresso machine. It has since evolved into a burgeoning coffee roastery, whose coffee beans are sold 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 of which has had to endure a lengthy journey before arriving in the roasters.

According to their own words the owners "have an unstoppable passion for craft and a conviction that good coffee should be accessible to anyone." They achieve this by putting their home-like area on a residential street. Think compost bins, chalkboards handmade up-cycled items, and low-frills deco.

They roast and create their own blends and single-origins (there were six at the time I was there) Also, they do cuppings Sundays, which are open to the public. Think of it as an artisanal tasting room in which you can smell and taste the beans, ranging from chocolaty to earthy (one was very tomato-like!). It's a bit off the beaten path, but worth the trip.