Five Brooklyn Coffee Bean Shops

If you're an avid coffee drinker, then you should visit a coffee shop. These shops provide a variety of whole beans from around the globe. They also offer unique kitchenware and trinkets.

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

Porto Rico Importing Co.

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

The scent of freshly roasted beans fills the air once you walk into this West Village shop. The shelves are lined with jars, sacks and dark brown beans, coffeee with tea-making equipment, coffee bean coffee 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 established businesses to cater to their food needs. Albanese named the shop after the famous Puerto Rican Coffee she imported and sold - a beverage that was so popular at the moment, even the Pope would drink it.

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

Peter Longo, current owner and president, grew up in the family bakery on Bleecker Street, where his father was the owner of Porto Rico. He runs the shop in the same manner as his grandfather and father.

Sey Coffee

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

Sey's preference for buying micro-lots, and even whole harvests from single farmers has earned him the respect of New York City coffee enthusiasts. In the past they made a 6-bag micro-lot purchase of Danilo Dones Sitio Catucai 785 from Brazil's Espirito Santo region. The beans were picked at their peak ripeness and then floated to eliminate any defects. They were then dried on the farm following a 36-hour dry fermentation. 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 employees and growers and customers. It makes use of biodegradable plastics and composts, keeping waste out of the landfill and converting it into substances that reduce harmful greenhouse gases and nourish soil. It also removes gratuities. This allows baristas to concentrate on their work and support their livelihoods.

La Cabra

La Cabra is a modern specialty coffee brand that was established in Aarhus, Denmark in 2012. They started with a small store and a dedicated staff. Their honest and innovative method of providing an exceptional coffee experience has earned them a loyal following not just in their home town but also around the world.

La Carba has a rigorous procedure for locating their ideal beans, scouring through hundreds of different varieties each year to identify the ones that are perfect for their tastes. They then roast them very light, adjusting the desired flavor profile. This results in more clarity and a better taste.

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

The shop uses the La Marzocco modbar, and the plates and cups are designed by Wurtz ceramics in Horsens, the son and father studio. In a recent interview with Atlanta Coffee Shops, General Manager Ian Walla reveals that La Cabra serves around 250 different varieties of coffee each year, and typically has seven or eight coffees available 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 roasting and brewed to your specifications in less than an hour. It is a search engine for the highest-grade specialty beans that are directly sourced, giving customers the option of choice and quality.

Their onsite roaster uses fluid bed technology which is quite different from the classic drum-type machines used in the majority of UK coffee shops. The beans are blown in an enclosed box that is heated and has high-speed air that is circulated. This keeps the beans in suspension and allows for a constant roasting speed.

I tried the Sumatran Coffee and it was smooth and rich with a velvety flavor. Dark chocolate was evident in the aroma. And as you sipped the coffee you could detect subtle citrus fruit aromas.

The roasted coffee will be taken to the store's Eversys Super-Automatic Brewing Machines and brewed according your preferences within less than a minute. Customers can pick from nine single origins as well as a variety blends.

Parlor Coffee

Parlor Coffee was founded in 2012 in a barbershop using a single espresso machine. It has since evolved into a flourishing coffee roastery, with beans that can be found in a variety of great cafes as well as restaurants and home brewers in every city. Parlor is committed to sourcing the highest-quality beans across the globe Each one has had to endure a lengthy journey before getting into the roasters.

According to their own words according to their own words, they "have an unrelenting love of craft and a belief that great coffee should be accessible to anyone." They achieve that by creating a simple streetscape that is a mix of residential and commercial. Think compost bins, chalkboards handmade up-cycled products, and a simple deco.

They roast their own blends (there were six when I was there) and single-origins, but they also host cuppings on Sundays that are open to the general public. Think of it like an artisanal tasting room in which you can smell and taste the ground beans, from chocolaty to earthy (one was very tomato-like!). It's a little off the beaten track, but worth the trip.