Five Brooklyn Coffee Bean Shops

If you're a coffee connoisseur You'll want to check out a coffee bean shop. These shops sell a range of whole beans from all over the globe. They also sell unique kitchenware and trinkets.

Some of these shops offer subscriptions to their premium coffee beans beans. Others offer the beans in bulk at their retail stores.

Porto Rico Importing Co.

Veteran coffee seller who is a specialist in international brews, loose teas, and a variety.

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

Porto Rico, originally opened in 1907 by Italian immigrants Patsy Albonese. Greenwich Village at the time was witnessing an influx of Italian immigrants, who had opened businesses to meet their food needs. Albanese named her shop after the popular Puerto Rican coffee she imported (and sold) - - a drink that was so popular that even the Pope drank 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 roasts its own beans and offers wholesale distribution to 350 restaurants in NYC and Brooklyn.

Peter Longo, the current owner and president of the business was raised over his family's bakery on Bleecker Street where his father operated Porto Rico. He continues to operate the shop in a similar way as his father and grandfather.

Sey Coffee

It is located on Grattan Street in Morgantown, Brooklyn's Bushwick neighborhood, Sey Coffee is both a roaster and coffee beans shop shop. Co-founders Tobin Polk and Lance Schnorenberg, both 33 started roasting in a fourth-floor loft just around the corner at their new location in 2011 under the name Lofted Coffee (with local clients including Greenpoint's Budin and Soho cart service Peddler).

Sey's focus on buying micro-lots or whole harvests, from single farmers has earned it the respect of New York City coffee enthusiasts. Last year, they made a six-bag micro-lot purchase of Danilo Dones Sitio Catucai 785 from Brazil's Espirito Santo region. The beans were picked when they were ripe and steamed to remove any imperfections. They were then dried on the farm following a 36-hour dry fermentation. The result is a cup that is a little melons and berries.

Sey's commitment extends beyond its shop to improve the overall health of employees and growers and customers. It utilizes biodegradable disposables as well as composts to keep waste out of garbage and converting it into substances that help reduce harmful greenhouse gases and nourish soil. It also eliminates gratuity, a move that puts baristas in a position to support their livelihoods and inspire them to concentrate on their profession.

La Cabra

La Cabra, a modern specialty coffee company, was established in Aarhus in Denmark in 2012. It began with a tiny store and a committed staff. Their open and creative approach to providing an exceptional coffee experience earned their acclaim not just in their home town but all over the world.

La Carba follows a strict process to find their perfect beans. They scour hundreds of varieties every year to find those that best meet their standards. Then they roast them in a light manner and dial them in to achieve their desired flavor profile. This results in clearer and more vibrant taste.

The East Village store opened last October with a sleek, minimalist design. It's been praised by international coffee aficionados for its exacting pour overs and baked goods overseen by head baker Jared Sexton, who's previously worked at Bien Cuit and Dominique Ansel.

The shop is equipped with the La Marzocco modbar, and the plates and cups are custom-designed at Wurtz ceramics in Horsens, the son and father studio. In a recent Q&A session with Atlanta Coffee Shops, General Manager Ian Walla reveals that La Cabra serves approximately 250 different coffees a year, and typically has seven or eight varieties available at any given time.

The Plant coffee beans uk Roasting Plant Coffee

The Roasting Plant is the only multi-unit retailer of coffee which roasts on-site and brews to order with every cup of coffee being roasted and brewed according to your requirements in less than a minute. It searches far and far to find the finest specialty beans that are directly sourced, offering customers choice and high-quality.

The roaster on site uses fluid bed technology, which is quite different from the drum-type machines that are commonly used in the majority of UK coffee shops. The beans are blown about in an enclosed box heated by high-speed air which keeps the beans suspended and allows them to be roasted in a steady manner as they move through the machine.

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

The roasted coffee will be taken to the store's Eversys Super-Automatic Brewing Machines, and brewed to your preferences in under a minute. Customers can pick from nine single origins and various blends.

Parlor Coffee

Parlor Coffee was founded in 2012 in a barbershop with a single group espresso machine. It has since grown into a flourishing coffee roastery, and its beans are sold in top cafes, restaurants, and home brewers all over the city. Parlor Coffee is committed to sourcing the highest quality beans that have all undergone a long journey before reaching its roasters.

According to their own words the owners "have an unstoppable passion for craft and a conviction that good coffee beans coffee should be accessible to everyone." They achieve this by putting their home-like streetscape that is a mix of residential and coffee beans near me [from Elearnportal] commercial. Think compost bins, chalkboards handmade up-cycled items, and a minimally-decorated space.

They roast and create their own blends as well as single-origins (there were six on the menu when I was there) They also hold cuppings on Sundays, and are open to the public. Imagine it as a tasting area where you can smell and taste the beans in the ground. They range from earthy to chocolatey (one was almost like tomato!). They're a bit away from the main roads but are well worth a trip.