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Five Brooklyn Coffee Bean Shops If you are an avid coffee drinker, then you should go to a coffee shop. These stores offer a wide range of whole beans from all across the globe. They also have unique trinkets and kitchenware. Some of these shops offer subscriptions to their coffee beans. Others offer coffee beans in bulk at their retail stores. 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 scent of freshly roasting beans fills the air. The shelves are lined with jars and bags of dark brown beans, 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. At the time, Greenwich Village was seeing an influx of Italian immigrants who had opened businesses to meet their culinary needs. Albanese named the shop after the popular Puerto Rican Coffee she imported and sold – a beverage that was so renowned in the moment that the Pope would drink it. Porto Rico offers 130 different kinds of beans, including beans from all over the world located in 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, the current owner and president of the business, grew up above his family's bakery on Bleecker Street where his father was the owner of Porto Rico. He continues to operate the business in the same way as his father and grandfather. Sey Coffee Sey Coffee, a coffee shop and roaster is located on Grattan Street, in Morgantown. The neighborhood, which is part of 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 across the street from their new location in 2011 under the name Lofted Coffee (with local clients including Greenpoint's Budin and Soho cart service Peddler). Sey's commitment to buying micro-lots, or even entire harvests, from farmers who are one has earned it 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 the peak of ripeness, and then steamed to eliminate any imperfections. They were then dried on the farm after a 36-hour dry fermentation. The result is a coffee that is a little melons and berries. Sey's mission extends beyond the shop to improve the overall health of staff and farmers, as well as its customers. It uses composts and biodegradable plastics to keep waste from landfills. This helps to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and also nourish the soil. It also removes gratuities. This lets baristas concentrate on their craft and to earn a living. La Cabra La Cabra, a modern specialty coffee brand, was founded in Aarhus in Denmark in 2012. The company began with a small store and a committed staff. Their honest and innovative method of providing an exceptional coffee experience has earned them a devoted following, not just in their local area but all over the world. La Carba has a rigorous method of identifying their ideal beans, scouring through hundreds of different lots every year to locate the ones that are perfect for their tastes. They then roast them very lightly, adjusting their desired flavor profile. This gives their coffees a brighter taste and clarity. The East Village store opened last October with a sleek minimalist design, and has been praised by international coffee aficionados for its exacting pour-overs and baked goods overseen by head baker Jared Sexton, who's previously worked at Bien Cuit and Dominique Ansel. The shop employs the La Marzocco Modbar as well as the cups, plates, and bowls are custom-designed by Wurtz ceramics, a father-and son studio in Horsens. In a recent interview, Atlanta Coffee Shops General Manager Ian Walla revealed that La Cabra serves 250 different coffees every day and usually has seven or eight varieties on offer at any time. The Roasting Plant Coffee The Roasting Plant is the only multi-unit coffee retailer that roasts on site and brews to order, with every cup of coffee roasting and brewed to your specifications in less than minutes. It searches far and across the globe for the highest-quality specialty beans, which are directly sourced that offer customers a variety and quality. Their roaster on site is a fluid bed device, that is distinct from the traditional drum machines that are used in UK coffee shops. The beans are blown into the heated box using high-speed, circulating air. This keeps the beans in suspension and ensures a consistent roasting speed. I tried the Sumatran coffee and it was rich with a velvety mouthfeel, dark chocolate from the fragrance was present and the coffee started to cool down as you sipped delicate citrus flavours fruit were evident. The roasted coffee is then whisked to the store's Eversys super-automatic brewing equipment and it is brewed to your requirements in under a minute. Customers can choose from nine single origins as well as various blends. Parlor Coffee It was founded in 2012 in the back of a barbershop, complete with an espresso machine that was single-group, Parlor Coffee has become a burgeoning roastery whose beans are sold at top restaurants, cafes and home brewers in the city. Parlor is committed to procuring high-quality coffee beans from all over the world each of which has had to endure a lengthy journey before getting into the roasters. The owners, who are self-described as “passionate about coffee and believe that great coffee should be available to everyone,” have created a place that is a bit more grounded and has chalkboards, compost bins, up-cycled hand-made products, and low-frills decor. They roast their own blends (there were six at the time I was there) and single-origins. However, Coffeee hold cuppings on Sundays, which are open to the public. Imagine it as a tasting room, where you can taste and smell the beans that are ground. They are a mix of earthy and chocolate (one was almost like tomato!). They're away from the tourist trail but are worthwhile to visit.