Five Brooklyn Coffee Bean Shops

If you are a coffee enthusiast, you should consider visiting a coffee shop. They offer a wide selection of whole beans from around the world. They also offer unique trinkets and kitchenware.

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

Porto Rico Importing Co.

Veteran coffee beans for sale retailer specializing international brews and a variety of loose teas

When you enter this traditional West Village shop, the scent of freshly coffee beans fills your nostrils. The shelves are filled with jars and bags of dark brown beans, with tea-making equipment, cafe coffee beans accessories, and sugar.

In 1907, the first time it was opened, Porto Rico was founded by Italian immigrant Patsy Albanese. At the time, Greenwich Village was seeing an increasing number of Italian immigrants who had opened businesses to meet their culinary requirements. Albanese named the shop after the popular Puerto Rican Coffee she imported and sold - a beverage that was so well-known that at the time, even the Pope would drink it.

Porto Rico offers 130 different kinds of beans, including those from around the world, at three locations, including Bleecker Street, Essex Market, and online. The company roasts its own beans and offers wholesale distribution to 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 ran Porto Rico. He still runs the business in the same way as his father and grandfather.

Sey Coffee

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

Sey's reliance on micro-lots -- or even whole harvests from single farmers earned it the praise of knowledgeable New York City coffee aficionados. In the past they made a six-bag micro-lot purchase of Danilo Dones Sitio Catucai 785 from Brazil's Espirito Santo region. The beans were hand-picked at peak ripeness and floated to get rid of any imperfections and then dried fermented for 36 hours prior to 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 staff, customers, and growers extends beyond the store. It makes use of biodegradable plastics and composts to keep waste out of garbage and converting it into substances that help reduce harmful greenhouse gases as well as nourish soil. It also eliminates gratuity, which puts baristas into a position to help sustain their livelihoods and motivate them to focus on their craft.

La Cabra

La Cabra, a modern specialty speciality coffee beans company, was established in Aarhus in Denmark in 2012. It started with a small shop and a dedicated staff. Their honest and innovative method of providing an exceptional coffee experience has earned them a loyal following, not just in their home town, but worldwide.

La Carba follows a strict procedure to identify their ideal beans. They go through hundreds of lots each year to find the ones that best fit their ideals. Then, they roast them in a very light style then dial them in to achieve their 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 international coffee enthusiasts for its scrumptious pour-overs and baked goods, which 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 plates and cups are designed by Wurtz ceramics in Horsens, an artist-run by a father and son. In a recent interview with Atlanta Coffee Shops General Manager Ian Walla revealed that La Cabra serves 250 different coffees every day, and has usually seven or eight varieties available at any time.

The Plant Coffee Roasting Plant coffee beans manchester

The Roasting Plant is a multi-unit coffee retailer, roasts and brews its coffee on the spot. Each cup is brewed and roasted according to your specifications within less than seconds. It searches the world for the finest specialty beans that are directly sourced, giving customers the choice and quality.

Their on-site roaster utilizes fluid bed technology that is a bit different to the drum-type machines that are commonly used in many UK coffee houses. The beans are blown in a heated container with high-speed and circulating air. This keeps the beans in suspension and ensures a consistent roasting rate.

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

The coffee that has been roasted is transported to the store's Eversys super-automatic brewing equipment and the coffee is brewed according to your preferences in less than a minute. Customers can choose from nine single origins as well as various blends.

Parlor Coffee

The company was founded in 2012 at the back of a barbershop equipped with an espresso machine with a single group, Parlor Coffee has become a rapidly growing roastery whose beans are found at great cafes, restaurants and home brewers all over the city. Parlor is dedicated to procuring high-quality coffee beans from all over the world Each one has been through a long and difficult journey before reaching the hands of its roasters.

In their own words the owners "have an unstoppable passion for craft and a conviction that good coffee should be accessible to anyone." They do just that with their down-to-earth street space, which includes compost bins, chalkboard welcome handmade up-cycled products, and low-frills deco.

They medium roast coffee beans their own blends (there were six when I was there) and single-origins. However, they also hold cuppings on Sundays that are open to the public. Think of it like 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 worth the journey.