Five Brooklyn Coffee Bean Shops

If you're a coffee connoisseur You'll want to try out a coffee bean shop. These shops sell a range of whole beans from all over the world. They also sell unique kitchenware and trinkets.

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

Porto Rico Importing Co.

Veteran coffee retailer specializing international brews as well as a range of loose teas

When you walk into this traditional West Village shop, the scent of freshly coffee beans fills your nostrils. The shelves are packed with jars, sacks and dark brown beans, along with coffee-making equipment, tea 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 established businesses in order to meet their food requirements. Albanese named her shop after the popular Puerto Rican coffee she imported (and sold) which was that was so popular at the time that even the Pope was a fan.

Today, Porto Rico sells 130 varieties of beans from all over the world at three locations in New York City including their Bleecker Street location, Essex Market and online. The company also roasts their own beans and provides wholesale distribution to 350 restaurants in NYC, Brooklyn and Brooklyn.

Peter Longo, current owner and president, was raised in the family bakery located on Bleecker Street, where his father ran Porto Rico. He continues to operate the shop in a similar fashion as his father did and grandfather.

Sey Coffee

The shop is located along Grattan Street in Morgantown, Brooklyn's Bushwick neighborhood, Sey Coffee is both a cafe and a roaster. Tobin Polk, Lance Schnorenberg and their co-founders of 33 years, began roasting coffee in a loft on the fourth floor, just around the corner, in the year 2011. They named it Lofted 500g coffee beans. Local clients included Greenpoint's Budin, and Soho cart services Peddler and Peddler.

Sey's focus on purchasing micro-lots, or even whole harvests from single farmers earned it the acclaim of discerning 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 picked when they were ripe 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 beans bristol with hints of berry melon and lemongrass.

Sey's mission extends beyond the shop to improve the overall well-being of staff and farmers, and customers. It makes use of biodegradable disposables and composts, keeping waste out of garbage and converting it into agents that lower harmful greenhouse gas emissions and feed the soil. It also does away with gratuity, a move that puts the baristas in a position to sustain their livelihoods and inspire them to concentrate on their craft.

La Cabra

La Cabra is a modern specialty coffee company that was founded in Aarhus, Denmark in 2012. The company started with a modest store and a dedicated staff. Their honest and innovative approach to providing a unique unroasted coffee beans Wholesale experience has earned them a following, not just in their own town however, but across the globe.

La Carba has a rigorous process for finding their perfect decaf beans coffee, by scouring through hundreds of different lots every year to find ones that are perfect for their tastes. Then they roast them in a light style and dial the roast to create their desired flavor profile. This gives the coffees a greater clarity and a more vibrant taste.

The East Village store opened last October with a sleek and minimalist design. It has been praised worldwide by coffee lovers for its meticulous pour-overs and baked goods that are overseen by head baker Jared Sexton, who's previously worked at Bien Cuit and Dominique Ansel.

The shop uses a La Marzocco modbar and the plates and cups are designed specifically for Wurtz ceramics in Horsens, which is a father-son studio. 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

The Roasting Plant is the only multi-unit retailer of coffee that roasts on site and brews according to your preferences, with each cup of coffee roasting and brewed according to your requirements in less than a minute. It scour countries far and far to find the finest specialty beans, which are directly sourced, offering customers choice and quality.

Their onsite roaster uses fluid bed technology which is a bit different to traditional drum-type machines found in most UK coffee shops. The beans are blown through an enclosed box that is heated and has high-speed, circulating air. This keeps the beans in suspension and allows for a constant roasting rate.

I tried the Sumatran Coffee and it was velvety and rich with a smooth taste. Dark chocolate was evident in the aroma. And as you sipped the coffee there were subtle citrus fruit flavors.

The coffee is then be transferred to the store's Eversys Super-Automatic brewing Machines and brewed according your preferences in less than one minute. Customers can select from nine single origin selections and a variety of blends.

Parlor amazon coffee beans

Parlor Coffee was founded in 2012 in a barbershop with a single espresso machine. It has since grown into a burgeoning coffee roastery, whose beans are sold in top cafes, restaurants, and home brewers throughout the city. Parlor is committed to sourcing the highest-quality beans all over the world each of which has endured a laborious journey before getting into the roasters.

The owners, who self-described as "passionate about their craft and believe that a good cup of coffee should be accessible to all," have created a place that is a bit more grounded and has chalkboards, compost bins, up-cycled hand-made items, and simple decor.

They roast their own blends (there were six when I was there) and single-origins, however they also have cuppings on Sundays that are accessible to the public. Imagine it as a tasting room, where you can smell and taste the beans in the ground. They are a mix of earthy and chocolate (one was almost like tomato!). It's a little away from the main roads, but worth the journey.