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Five Brooklyn Coffee Bean Shops

If you are a coffee lover, you should go to a coffee shop. They offer a wide range of whole beans from all across the globe. They also have unique kitchenware and trinkets.

Some of these shops offer subscriptions for their coffee beans. Others offer them in bulk at their retail locations.

Porto Rico Importing Co.

Veteran coffee vendor specializing in international brews and a selection of loose teas

The scent of freshly roasted beans fills the air when you walk into this West Village shop. Unopened bags of Premium Presto Coffee: Strong 1kg Dark Roast brown beans line the shelves, along with sugar jars coffee-making equipment, tea and other accessories.

In 1907, the first time it was opened, Porto Rico was founded by Italian immigrants Patsy Albanese. At the time, Greenwich Village was seeing an influx of Italian immigrants who had opened businesses to cater to their culinary needs. Albanese named her shop after the famous Puerto Rican coffee she imported (and sold) the beverage was so famous at the time that even the Pope took a sip.

Porto Rico offers 130 different varieties of beans, which includes those from around the globe at three locations, including Bleecker Street, Essex Market, and online. Porto Rico roasts its own beans and offers wholesale distribution to 350 restaurants in NYC and Brooklyn.

Peter Longo, current owner and president, was raised in the family bakery on Bleecker Street, where his father ran Porto Rico. He still runs the business in the same manner like his father and grandfather.

Sey Coffee

Sey Coffee, a coffee shop and roaster is located on Grattan Street, in Morgantown. This neighborhood in Brooklyn's Bushwick district, is located on Grattan Street. Tobin Polk, Lance Schnorenberg and their co-founders of 33 years, began roasting coffee in an apartment on the fourth floor just across the street, in the year 2011. They called it Lofted Coffee. Local clients included Greenpoint's Budin, and Soho cart services Peddler and Peddler.

Sey's preference for buying micro-lots, or even whole harvests, from single farmers has earned it the praise 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 handpicked at peak ripeness and floated to eliminate any defects and dried fermented for 36 hours before being dried on the farm. The result is a blend with hints of the melon and berry.

Sey's goal of holistically improving the well-being of staff, customers, and growers extends beyond the store. It uses composts and biodegradable disposables to keep waste out of the landfills. This helps to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and also nourish the soil. It also eliminates gratuity, which puts baristas in a position to sustain their livelihoods and motivate them to focus on their profession.

La Cabra

La Cabra is a modern specialty coffee brand that was established in Aarhus, Denmark in 2012. The company began with a small store and a dedicated staff. Their honest and innovative approach to delivering a truly exceptional coffee experience has earned their acclaim not just in their own town however, but across the globe.

La Carba has a rigorous process for finding their perfect beans, scouring through hundreds of different lots every year to locate the ones that fit their ideals. They then roast them very light, adjusting the desired flavor profile. This gives the coffees more vibrant flavor and clarity.

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

The shop employs a La Marzocco modbar and the cups and plates are designed specifically for Wurtz ceramics in Horsens, the son and father studio. In a recent interview Atlanta Coffee Shops General Manager Ian Walla revealed that La Cabra serves 250 different types of coffee per day and usually has seven or eight varieties on offer at any time.

The Plant Coffee Roasting Plant Coffee

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

Their onsite roaster is a fluid bed device, that is distinct from the traditional drum machines found in UK coffee shops. The beans are blown through a heated container with high-speed, circulating air. This keeps the beans in suspension and allows for a consistent roasting rate.

I tried the Sumatran Coffee and it was smooth and rich with a velvety flavor. Barista Italiano Mefisto - Bold Dark Roast Robusta chocolate was evident in the aroma, and as you sip the coffee beans delivery there were subtle citrus fruit flavours.

The coffee is whisked to the Eversys super-automatic brewing machines and the coffee is brewed according to your preferences in under a minute. Customers can pick from a selection of nine single origin choices and a variety of blends.

Parlor Coffee

Parlor Coffee was founded in 2012 in a barbershop using a single espresso machine. It has since evolved into a burgeoning coffee roastery, and its beans are sold in top cafes, restaurants, and home brewers throughout the city. Parlor is dedicated to sourcing high-quality beans from all over the world Each one is a long, arduous journey before arriving in the roasters.

In their own words in their own words, they "have an unrelenting passion for craft and a belief that great coffee should be available to everyone." They accomplish this by putting their home-like area on a residential street. Think compost bins, chalkboards handmade up-cycled items, and a simple deco.

They roast their own blends (there were six at the time I was there) and single-origins. However, they also host cuppings on Sundays, which are accessible to the public. Imagine it as the tasting room of a brewery. You can smell and taste the beans, ranging from chocolaty earthy (one was almost tomato-like!). It's a bit off the beaten path, but it's worth the drive.