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Five Brooklyn Coffee Bean Shops

If you're a coffee connoisseur You'll want to go to a coffee bean shop. These shops provide a variety of whole beans from around the globe. These stores also sell unique trinkets, kitchenware and other products.

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

Porto Rico Importing Co.

Veteran coffee shop that specialises in international brews loose teas, and a wide selection.

When you step into this old-school West Village shop, the aroma of freshly coffee beans fills your nostrils. The sacks of dark brown beans line the shelves, along with jars of sugar, coffee-making equipment and tea accessories.

The first restaurant opened in 1907, Porto Rico was founded by Italian immigrants Patsy Albanese. At the time, Greenwich Village was seeing an large influx of Italian immigrants who had opened businesses to serve their culinary requirements. Albanese named the shop after the popular Puerto Rican Coffee she imported and sold - a beverage that was so popular in the present, that even the Pope would drink it.

Porto Rico offers 130 different varieties of beans, which includes those from around the world located in three locations including Bleecker Street, Essex Market, and online. Porto Rico roasts their own beans and offers wholesale distribution to 350 restaurants in NYC, Brooklyn and Brooklyn.

Peter Longo, the current owner and president of the business, grew up above his family's bakery located on Bleecker Street where his father was the owner of Porto Rico. He still runs the shop in the same fashion as his father did and grandfather.

Sey Coffee

Sey Coffee, a coffee roaster and shop is located on Grattan Street, in Morgantown. This neighborhood, located in Brooklyn's Bushwick district, is located on Grattan Street. Co-founders Tobin Polk and Lance Schnorenberg, both 33 started roasting in a fourth-floor loft just around the corner 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 purchasing micro-lots, or even whole harvests from a single farmer has been praised by knowledgeable New York City coffee aficionados. 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 hand-picked at peak ripeness, floated to get rid of any imperfections, then dry fermented for a period of 36 hours before being dried on the farm. The result is a cup that is fragrant with hints of the melon and berry.

Sey's commitment to holistically improving the wellbeing of staff, growers and customers extends beyond the walls of the shop. It makes use of biodegradable disposables and composts, preventing waste from landfills and converting it to substances that help reduce harmful greenhouse gases as well as nourish soil. It also eliminates gratuity, which puts the baristas in a position to sustain their livelihoods and motivate them to focus on their art.

La Cabra

La Cabra is a modern specialty coffee business that was founded in Aarhus, Denmark in 2012. They started with a small store and a dedicated team. Their honest and innovative approach to providing a superior coffee experience has earned them a devoted fan base not just in their hometown but also around the world.

La Carba has a rigorous process to find their perfect beans, by scouring through hundreds of different varieties each year to identify the ones that fit their ideals. Then, they roast them in a light manner before dialing them in to achieve their desired flavor profile. This gives the coffees more vibrant flavor and clarity.

The East Village store, which opened in October last year it 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 is equipped with the 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 with Atlanta Coffee Shops, General Manager Ian Walla reveals that La Cabra serves about 250 different coffees a year, and typically has seven or eight varieties on offer at any given point.

The Plant Coffee Roasting Plant Coffee

The Roasting Plant is the only multi-unit coffee retailer that roasts its own coffee and brews to order with each cup of coffee roasting and brewed to your specifications in less than one minute. It scour the globe for the highest-grade specialty beans that are sourced directly providing customers with choices and high-quality.

The on-site roaster employs fluid bed technology which is quite different from the drum-type machines commonly found in the majority of UK coffee houses. The beans are blown through an enclosed box that is heated and has high-speed, circulating air. This keeps the beans suspended and allows for a constant roasting rate.

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

The roasted coffee beans bulk buy will be transferred to the store's Eversys Super-Automatic Brewing Machines and brewed according to your specifications in under a minute. Customers can pick from nine single origins as well as various blends.

Parlor Coffee

Parlor Coffee was founded in 2012 behind a barbershop, with a single espresso machine. It has since developed into a flourishing coffee roastery, whose beans can be found in a variety of great cafes as well as restaurants and home brewers in every city. Parlor Coffee is committed to finding the highest rated coffee beans quality beans that have been through a lengthy journey before arriving at its roasters.

The owners, who self-described as "passionate about craft and believe that a good cup of coffee should accessible 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 and brew their own blends and single-origins (there were six while I was there) They also do cuppings Sundays, which are open to the public. Imagine it as a brewery tasting area where you can smell and taste the beans as they are roasted. They are a mix of earthy and chocolate (one was similar to tomato!). It's a bit off the beaten path, but worth the trip.