Five Brooklyn Coffee Bean Shops

If you're an avid coffee drinker, then you must visit a coffee shop. These stores provide a large assortment of whole beans from all over the world. They also sell unique trinkets and kitchenware.

Some of these shops offer subscriptions to their coffee beans uk beans. Some shops sell coffee beans in bulk.

Porto Rico Importing Co.

Veteran coffee vendor specializing in international brews, as well as a variety of loose teas

When you step into this old-school West Village shop, the scent of freshly roasting beans fills the air. The sacks of dark brown beans are displayed on the shelves alongside sugar jars as well as 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 influx of Italian immigrants who set up businesses to meet their culinary requirements. Albanese named her shop after the renowned Puerto Rican coffee she imported (and sold) the beverage was so famous at the time that even the Pope consumed it.

Today, Porto Rico sells 130 varieties of beans from All Day Espresso Blend: Strong Full-Bodied Beans over the globe at three locations in New York City including their Bleecker Street location, Essex Market and online. Porto Rico also roasts their own beans and provides wholesale distribution for 350 restaurants in NYC, Brooklyn and Brooklyn.

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

Sey Coffee

The shop is located along Grattan Street in Morgantown, Brooklyn's Bushwick neighborhood, Sey Coffee is both an espresso bar and a coffee roaster. Co-founders Tobin Polk and Lance Schnorenberg, both 33, started roasting in a fourth-floor loft located across the street 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 even whole harvests from single farmers has earned it the acclaim 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 harvested at their peak ripeness and then floated to eliminate any defects. They were then dried on the farm after a 36-hour dry fermentation. The result is a cup with hints of berry lemongrass and melon.

Sey's dedication extends beyond its shop to improve the overall wellbeing of growers and staff, as well as customers. It makes use of biodegradable plastics and composts to keep waste out of landfills and converting it to substances that reduce harmful greenhouse gases as well as nourish soil. It also does away with gratuity, which puts baristas in a position to sustain their livelihoods and motivate them to concentrate on their craft.

La Cabra

La Cabra is a modern specialty coffee company that was founded in Aarhus, Denmark in 2012. They began with a small shop and a dedicated team. Their honest and innovative approach to providing a superior coffee experience has earned them a devoted following not just in their hometown and across the globe.

La Carba has a rigorous procedure for locating their ideal 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 greater clarity and a more vibrant taste.

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

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 Q&A with Atlanta Coffee Shops, General Manager Ian Walla reveals that La Cabra serves approximately 250 different coffees per year, and typically has seven or eight different varieties available at any given point.

The Roasting Plant Coffee

The Roasting Plant, a multi-unit coffee retailer roasts and brews the coffee on site. Each cup is brewed and roasted according to your specifications within less than seconds. It searches the globe for the highest-grade specialty beans that are directly sourced to give customers the option of the choice and quality.

Their onsite roaster uses fluid bed technology which is quite different from traditional drum-type machines found in the majority of UK coffee houses. The beans are blown around in a heated box by high-velocity air which keeps the beans suspended and allows them to be roasted at a consistent rate throughout the machine.

I tried the Sumatran Coffee and it was velvety and rich with a rich and velvety taste. Dark chocolate was evident from the aroma and as you sip the coffee, there were subtle citrus fruit flavours.

The roasted coffee will be transferred to the store's Eversys Super-Automatic Brewing Machines, and brewed to your preferences within less than a minute. Customers can pick from nine single origin options and a range of blends.

Parlor Coffee

In 2012, the company was established in the back of a barbershop, complete with an espresso machine that was single-group, Parlor Coffee has become a growing roastery, whose beans are found at great cafes, restaurants and home brewers in the city. Parlor is committed to sourcing high-quality beans from across the globe, each of which has had to endure a lengthy journey before reaching the roasters.

The owners, who self-described as "passionate about their craft and believe that great coffee should be available to everyone," have created a environment that is simple and filled with chalkboards. There are compost bins and up-cycled products, and minimal decor.

They roast their own blends (there were six when I was there) and single-origins. However, they also have cuppings on Sundays that are open to the general public. Think of it like the coffee bean shop tasting room of a brewery. You can smell and taste the beans, from chocolaty to earthy (one was almost tomato-like!). They're a bit away from the tourist trail but are well worth a trip.