Five Brooklyn Coffee Bean Shops

If you're a lover of coffee, then you will want to visit the coffee shop. These shops offer a variety of whole beans from around the globe. They also sell unique kitchenware and trinkets.

Some of these shops offer subscriptions for their coffee beans. Others sell coffee beans in bulk (jejucordelia.Com) at their retail locations.

Porto Rico Importing Co.

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

The scent of freshly roasted beans fills the air once you enter this West Village shop. The shelves are stacked with jars, sacks and dark brown beans, along with tea-making equipment, coffee accessories and sugar.

In 1907, the first time it was opened, Porto Rico was founded by Italian immigrant Patsy Albanese. Greenwich Village at the time was experiencing an influx of Italian immigrants, who opened businesses to meet their dietary needs. Albanese named her shop after the renowned Puerto Rican coffee she imported (and sold) - - a drink that was so popular that even the Pope was a fan.

Porto Rico offers 130 different varieties of beans, which includes 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, the current owner and president of the company, grew up above the bakery of his family located on Bleecker Street where his father operated Porto Rico. The business is still run by the shop in a similar way as his father and grandfather.

Sey Coffee

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 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 decision to buy micro-lots or whole harvests, from single farmers has earned it the acclaim of New York City coffee enthusiasts. Last year, Sey purchased a six-bag micro lot of Danilo Dones Sitio Catucai from Brazil's Espirito Santo region. The beans were harvested when they were ripe 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 melons and berries.

Sey's dedication to holistically improving the well-being of staff, customers, and growers extends beyond the store. It makes use of biodegradable plastics and composts, keeping waste out of landfills and converting it to agents that lower harmful greenhouse gases and nourish soil. It also eliminates gratuity, a move that puts baristas into a position to provide their livelihoods as well as encourage them to concentrate on their art.

La Cabra

La Cabra is a modern specialty coffee company founded in Aarhus, Denmark in 2012. They started with a small store and a committed staff. Their innovative and honest approach to providing a superior coffee experience has earned them a devoted following, not just in their local area and across the globe.

La Carba has a rigorous procedure for locating their ideal beans, searching through hundreds of different varieties every year to locate the ones that are perfect for their tastes. They roast them lightly, dialing in their desired flavor profile. This results in an enhanced taste and clarity.

The East Village store opened last October with a sleek, minimalist design. It's been praised by global 500g coffee beans lovers for its precise 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 the La Marzocco modbar, and the cups and plates are designed by Wurtz ceramics in Horsens, which is a father-son studio. In a recent Q&A interview with Atlanta Coffee Shops, General Manager Ian Walla reveals that La Cabra serves about 250 different coffees a year, and usually has seven or eight different varieties available at any given time.

The Plant Coffee Roasting Plant Coffee

The Roasting Plant, a multi-unit retailer of coffee, roasts and brews its coffee on the spot. Each cup is roasted and brewed according to your specifications within less than an hour. It searches far and across the globe for the highest-quality, directly sourced specialty beans providing customers with choice and quality.

Their on-site roaster utilizes fluid bed technology that is quite different from the drum-type machines that are commonly used in the majority of UK coffee shops. The beans are blown around a heated box by high-velocity air that keeps the beans suspended and allows roasting to happen at a consistent rate as they move through the machine.

I tried the Sumatran coffee and it was delicious with a smooth mouthfeel, dark chocolate scent was present, and the coffee beans unroasted began to cool while you sipped, subtle flavours of citrus fruit were detected.

The roasted coffee will be poured into the Eversys Super-Automatic Brewing Machines and brewed according your preferences in less than a minute. Customers can select from nine single origins as well as a variety blends.

Parlor Coffee

In 2012, the company was established in the back of a barbershop, complete with one espresso machine in a single group, Parlor Coffee has become an energizing roastery whose coffees are available at top cafes, restaurants and home brewers across the city. Parlor is dedicated to sourcing top-quality beans from across the globe each of which has endured a laborious journey before it reaches the hands of its roasters.

According to their own words in their own words, they "have an unstoppable passion for craft and believe that good coffee should be available to anyone." They do just that with their down-to-earth area on a residential street. Think compost bins, a chalkboard welcome hand-made up-cycled goods, and low-frills deco.

They roast their own blends (there were six when I was there) and single-origins, however they also host cuppings on Sundays, which are accessible to the public. Think of it as an artisanal tasting room in which you can smell and taste the ground beans, from chocolatey to earthy (one was almost tomato-like!). They're off the beaten track but are worthwhile to visit.