Five Brooklyn Coffee Bean Shops

If you're an avid coffee drinker, then you should consider visiting a coffee shop. These shops provide a variety of whole beans from all over the world. These stores also offer unique trinkets, kitchenware and other items.

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

Porto Rico Importing Co.

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

The scent of freshly roasted beans fills the air as you walk into this West Village shop. The sacks of dark brown beans line the shelves, along with sugar jars, coffee-making equipment and tea accessories.

Porto Rico, originally opened in 1907 by Italian immigrants Patsy Albonese. At the time, Greenwich Village was seeing an increase in Italian immigrants who had opened businesses to serve their culinary needs. Albanese named the shop after the popular Puerto Rican Coffee she imported and sold - a drink that was so renowned in the moment that 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. The company roasts its own beans and offers wholesale distribution to 350 restaurants in NYC and Brooklyn.

Peter Longo, the current president and owner of the business was raised on the top floor of his family's bakery 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 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, started roasting in a fourth-floor loft across the street from their new location 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, or even whole harvests, from farmers who are one has earned him the respect of New York City coffee bean company enthusiasts. In the past, Sey bought a six-bag micro lot of Danilo Dones Sitio Catucai from Brazil's Espirito-Santo region. The beans were harvested at their peak ripeness and floated to remove any imperfections. They were then dried on the farm following a 36-hour dry fermentation. The result is a blend with hints of berry, lemongrass and melon.

Sey's commitment goes beyond its shop to improve the overall well-being of employees and growers as well as its customers. It makes use of composts and biodegradable products to keep waste from landfills. This helps reduce greenhouse gases and helps nourish the soil. It also eliminates gratuity, a move that places baristas in the position to help sustain their livelihoods and inspire them to focus on their art.

La Cabra

La Cabra, a modern specialty coffee brand, was founded in Aarhus in Denmark in 2012. They began with a small shop and a dedicated team. Their honest and innovative method of providing an exceptional coffee experience has earned them a loyal following not only in their own town but also around the world.

La Carba has a rigorous process to find their perfect beans, going through hundreds of different lots every year to locate the ones that are perfect for their tastes. 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 the month of October last year, has been praised for its high-quality pour overs as well as its baked goods, overseen and managed by Jared Sexton. He previously worked at Bien Cuit, Dominique Ansel as well as other coffee houses.

The shop uses a La Marzocco Modbar and the cups, plates and bowls are crafted by Wurtz ceramics, a father-and-son studio located in Horsens. In a recent interview, Atlanta Coffee Shops General Manager Ian Walla revealed that La Cabra serves 250 different coffees every day and typically has seven or eight coffees available at any time.

The Plant Coffee Roasting Plant Coffee

The Roasting Plant, 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 one second. It scour the globe for the finest specialty beans that are directly sourced offering customers a choices and high-quality.

Their on-site roaster utilizes fluid bed technology which is a bit different to the drum-type machines commonly found in most UK coffee houses. The beans are blown around a heated container by high-speed air which keeps the green beans suspended and allows roasting to happen at a consistent rate when they pass through the machine.

I tried the Sumatran coffee and it was delicious with a an enveloping mouthfeel, dark chocolate aroma was present and the coffee started to cool as you sipped delicate citrus flavours fruit were evident.

The unroasted coffee beans that has been roasted will be whisked into the store's Eversys Super-Automatic Brewing Machines and brewed according your specifications in less than one minute. Customers can choose from a variety of single origins and a wide range of blends.

Parlor coffee beans price

It was founded in 2012 in the back of a barbershop, complete with a single-group espresso machine, Parlor Coffee has become a growing roastery, whose beans are available at top cafes, restaurants and home brewers all over the city. Parlor is committed to procuring high-quality coffee beans from all over the world each of which has had to endure a lengthy journey before reaching the hands of its roasters.

The owners, who self-described as "passionate about their craft and believe that great coffee should be accessible to all," have created a environment that is simple, with chalkboards, compost bins, up-cycled hand-made items, and simple decor.

They roast and create their own blends as well as single-origins (there were six at the time I was there) They also have cuppings on Sundays that 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!). It's a bit away from the main roads, but worth the trip.