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Five Brooklyn Coffee Bean Shops If you're a coffee lover, then you will want to go to the coffee shop. They offer a wide selection of whole beans from all across the globe. They also offer unique trinkets and kitchenware. Some of these shops offer subscriptions to their coffee beans. Others offer large quantities of coffee beans at their retail locations. Porto Rico Importing Co. Veteran coffee seller who specialises in international brews loose teas and a variety. As you enter this quaint West Village shop, the aroma of freshly roasted beans fills your nose. Open sacks of dark-brown beans line the shelves, along with sugar jars, 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 experiencing an influx of Italian immigrants, who established businesses in order to meet their food requirements. Albanese named her shop after the famous Puerto Rican coffee she imported (and sold) which was so famous at the time that even the Pope took a sip. Porto Rico offers 130 different varieties of beans, including those from around the globe 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 and Brooklyn. Peter Longo, the current president and owner of the company was raised above his family's bakery on Bleecker Street where his father operated Porto Rico. He continues to run the business in the same manner as his grandfather and father. Sey Coffee It is located on Grattan Street in Morgantown, Brooklyn's Bushwick neighborhood, Sey Coffee is both an espresso bar and a coffee roaster. Tobin Polk, Lance Schnorenberg and their co-founders of 33 years, began roasting coffee in the loft on the fourth floor just around the corner 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 whole harvests, from single farmers has earned him 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 harvested at their peak ripeness and steamed to remove any imperfections. They were then dried on the farm following a 36-hour dry fermentation. The result is a cup with hints of berry and melon. Sey's goal of holistically improving the wellbeing of employees, customers and growers extends beyond the walls of the shop. It uses composts and biodegradable plastics to keep waste out of landfills. This helps reduce greenhouse gases and nourish the soil. It also eliminates gratuity, a move that places baristas in the position to provide their livelihoods and encourage them to focus on their art. La Cabra La Cabra, a modern specialty coffee company, was founded in Aarhus in Denmark in 2012. The company began with a small shop and a team of dedicated employees. Their honesty and ingenuity to providing a unique coffee experience has earned them a following not only in their home town but all over the world. La Carba follows a strict method to select their best beans. They search through hundreds of varieties each year to select the beans that best meet their standards. Then they roast them in a light manner, dialing them in to achieve their desired flavor profile. This gives the coffees a greater clarity and a more vibrant taste. The East Village store, which opened in the month of October last year, has been praised for its top-quality pour-overs and baked goods, overseen by Jared Sexton. He previously worked at Bien Cuit, Dominique Ansel as well as other coffee establishments. The shop employs a La Marzocco modbar, and the plates and cups are designed specifically for Wurtz ceramics in Horsens, a father and son studio. In a recent Q&A interview with Atlanta Coffee Shops, General Manager Ian Walla reveals that La Cabra serves approximately 250 different coffees a year, and usually has seven or eight varieties available at any given point. The 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 roasting and brewed to your specifications in less than minutes. It searches the world for the highest-quality specialty beans that are directly sourced offering customers a the choice and quality. Their on-site roaster is a fluid bed device, which is different from the traditional drum machines found in UK coffee shops. The beans are blown about in a heated box by high-velocity air, which keeps the beans in a suspended state and allows roasting to happen at a consistent rate throughout the machine. I tried the Sumatran coffee and it was delicious with a an enveloping mouthfeel, dark chocolate aromas were present and the coffee started to cool as you sip, subtle flavours of citrus fruit were evident. gourmet coffee beans Coffeee roasted coffee is then whisked to the store's Eversys super-automatic brewing machines and you can have your coffee brewed to your specifications in less than a minute. Customers can select from nine single origins and different blends. Parlor Coffee Parlor Coffee was founded in 2012 behind a barbershop, equipped with a single group espresso machine. It has since grown into a bustling coffee roastery, whose beans are sold in top cafes restaurants, cafes, and home brewers all over 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 getting into the hands of its roasters. The owners, who are self-described as “passionate about craft and believe that good coffee should be accessible to everyone,” have created a place that is a bit more grounded, with chalkboards, 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 host cuppings on Sundays that are open to the public. Imagine it as a tasting room where you can taste and smell the beans that are ground. They vary from earthy to chocolaty (one was almost like tomato!). It's a little off the beaten track, but worth the trip.