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Five Brooklyn Coffee Bean Shops If you are an avid coffee drinker, then you should go to a coffee shop. They offer a wide selection of whole beans from around the world. These stores also offer unique trinkets, kitchenware and other products. Some of these shops offer subscriptions to their coffee beans. Some shops offer them in large quantities. Porto Rico Importing Co. Veteran coffee seller that specialises in international brews loose teas, and a variety. The aroma of freshly roasted beans fills the air when you walk into this West Village shop. The shelves are filled with jars and sacks filled with dark brown beans, with coffee-making equipment, tea accessories, and sugar. Porto Rico was first opened in 1907 Porto Rico was founded by Italian immigrant Patsy Albanese. At the time, Greenwich Village was seeing an influx of Italian immigrants who established businesses to cater to their culinary needs. Albanese named the shop after the popular Puerto Rican Coffee she imported and sold – a drink that was so popular at the moment, even the Pope would drink it. Porto Rico offers 130 different varieties of beans, including those from around the globe at 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, current owner and president, grew up in the family bakery on Bleecker Street, where his father ran Porto Rico. He still runs the shop in the same way as his grandfather and father. Sey Coffee It 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, who are 33 years old, started roasting coffee in a loft on the fourth floor, just across the street in 2011. The name was Lofted Coffee. Local clients included Greenpoint's Budin, and Soho cart services Peddler and Peddler. Sey's emphasis on buying micro-lots—or even whole harvests from single farmers has been praised by discerning New York City coffee aficionados. In the past they made a 6-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 floated to eliminate any defects. They were then dried on the farm following a 36-hour dry fermentation. The result is a coffee with hints of berry lemongrass, and melon. Sey's dedication extends beyond its shop to improve the overall wellbeing of staff and growers, as well as its customers. It utilizes biodegradable disposables as well as composts to keep waste out of landfills and turning it into agents that reduce harmful greenhouse gases and nourish soil. It also reduces gratuity. This lets baristas focus on their craft and to earn a living. 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 honest and innovative approach to providing an exceptional coffee experience has earned them a devoted following not just in their local area but also around the world. La Carba has a rigorous procedure for locating their ideal beans, going through hundreds of different varieties every year to locate the ones that fit their ideals. Then, they roast them in a light style before dialing the roast to create their desired flavor profile. This gives the coffees more vibrant taste and clarity. coffee beans shop Coffeee , which opened in October last year and has been praised by critics for its premium pour-overs as well as its baked goods that are overseen by Jared Sexton. He previously worked at Bien Cuit, Dominique Ansel and other coffee establishments. The shop is equipped with the La Marzocco Modbar and the cups, plates, and bowls are custom-designed by Wurtz ceramics, a father/son studio located in Horsens. In a recent interview, Atlanta Coffee Shops General Manager Ian Walla revealed that La Cabra serves 250 different coffees every day and typically has seven or eight different varieties available at any given time. The Plant Coffee Roasting Plant Coffee The Roasting Plant is the only multi-unit retailer of coffee that roasts its own coffee and brews to order with each cup of coffee being roasted and brewed according to your preferences 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 onsite roaster uses fluid bed technology which is quite different from the drum-type machines commonly found in most UK coffee houses. The beans are blown through the heated box using high-speed air, which is circulated. This keeps the beans suspended and allows for a constant roasting rate. I tried the Sumatran coffee and it was a rich cup with smooth mouthfeel, dark chocolate aroma was present, and the coffee began to cool as you sipped and subtle aromas of citrus fruit were evident. The coffee is then be whisked into the store's Eversys Super-Automatic brewing Machines and brewed according to your specifications in less than one minute. Customers can select from nine single origin options and a variety of blends. Parlor Coffee Parlor Coffee was founded in 2012 in a barbershop with a single espresso machine. It has since developed into a burgeoning coffee roastery, whose coffee beans can be found in great cafes, restaurants, and home brewers all over the city. Parlor is dedicated to sourcing the highest-quality beans around the globe, each of which is a long, arduous journey before getting into the roasters. The owners, who self-described as “passionate about craft and believe that a good cup of coffee should be accessible to everyone,” have created a place that is a bit more grounded and filled with chalkboards. There are compost bins and up-cycled products, and low-frills decor. They roast their own blends (there were six when I was there) and single-origins. However, they also hold cuppings on Sundays, which are open to the public. Imagine it as an artisanal tasting room in which you can smell and taste the beans, ranging from chocolaty to earthy (one was very tomato-like!). It's a little off the beaten path, but well worth the trip.