Five Brooklyn Coffee Bean Shops

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

Some of these shops offer subscriptions to their coffee beans to buy beans. Others offer large quantities of coffee beans at their retail stores.

Porto Rico Importing Co.

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

As you enter this quaint West Village shop, the aroma of freshly roasting beans fills your nostrils. Open bags of dark-brown beans line the shelves alongside sugar jars as well as coffee-making equipment and tea accessories.

Porto Rico, originally opened in 1907 by Italian immigrant Patsy Albonese. At the time, Greenwich Village was seeing an influx of Italian immigrants who established businesses to serve their culinary needs. Albanese named her shop after the famous Puerto Rican coffee she imported (and sold) which was so famous at the time that even the Pope was a fan.

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 their own beans and offers wholesale distribution for 350 restaurants in NYC, Brooklyn and Brooklyn.

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

Sey Coffee

Sey Coffee, a coffee roaster and shop is located along Grattan Street, in Morgantown. The neighborhood, which is part of Brooklyn's Bushwick district is situated 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 preference for buying micro-lots or whole harvests from single farmers has earned it the praise 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 handpicked at their peak ripeness, removed by flotation to eliminate defects and dried fermented for 36 hours before being dried on the farm. The result is a blend that is a little berry and melon.

Sey's focus on holistically improving the health of employees, customers and growers extends beyond the shop. It makes use of composts and biodegradable disposables in order to keep waste out of the garbage dumps. This helps reduce greenhouse gases as well as nourish the soil. It also does away with gratuity, which places baristas in the position to help sustain their livelihoods as well as encourage them to concentrate on their profession.

La Cabra

La Cabra, a modern specialty coffee company, was founded in Aarhus in Denmark in 2012. They began with a small shop and a dedicated staff. Their honest and creative approach to delivering a truly exceptional coffee experience has earned them a following that was not only in their own town however, but across the globe.

La Carba follows a strict procedure to find their perfect beans. They go through hundreds of varieties each year in order to find beans that meet their standards. They roast them light roast coffee beans, adjusting the desired flavor profile. This gives their coffees more clarity and a better taste.

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

The shop employs a 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 interview with Atlanta Coffee Shops General Manager Ian Walla revealed that La Cabra serves 250 different types of Strong Coffee Beans (Https://Matzen-Worm-2.Technetbloggers.De) per day and typically has seven or eight varieties available at any time.

The Roasting Plant Coffee

The Roasting Plant is the only multi-unit coffee retailer that roasts on site and brews to order with every cup of coffee roasted and brewed to your specifications in less than a minute. It searches countries far and far for the finest quality specialty beans that are directly sourced providing customers with choice and quality.

The on-site roaster employs fluid bed technology, which is quite different from the classic drum-type machines used in most UK coffee houses. 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 ensures a consistent roasting speed.

I tried the Sumatran coffee and it was rich with a velvety mouthfeel, dark chocolate scent was evident and the coffee began to cool while you sipped, subtle flavours of citrus fruit were detected.

The roasted coffee is then whisked to the store's Eversys brewing machines that are super-automatic and can be you can have your coffee brewed to your specifications in under a minute. Customers can select from a variety of single origins and a range of blends.

Parlor Coffee

Parlor Coffee was founded in 2012 behind a barbershop, using a single espresso machine. It has since morphed into a burgeoning coffee roastery, and its beans can be found in great cafes as well as restaurants and home brewers in every city. Parlor Coffee is committed to finding the highest rated coffee beans-quality beans, that have all been through a long journey before arriving at its roasters.

According to their own words the owners "have a relentless passion for craft and a conviction that good coffee should be available to anyone." They accomplish this by putting their home-like street space, which includes compost bins, chalkboards handmade up-cycled products, and a minimally-decorated space.

They roast and brew their own blends and single-origins (there were six at the time I was there) They also do cuppings Sundays, which are open to the public. Think of it like a tasting room for breweries. You can smell and taste the beans, from chocolaty to earthy (one was almost tomato-like!). It's a bit off the beaten path, but it's worth the drive.