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Five Brooklyn Coffee Bean Shops

If you're a lover of coffee and you're looking for a place to shop, then you'll need to go to a coffee bean shop. These stores offer a wide assortment of whole beans from all over the world. These stores also sell unique trinkets, kitchenware and other things.

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 is a specialist in international brews, loose teas and a variety.

The aroma of freshly roasting beans fills the air when you walk into this West Village shop. The sacks of dark brown beans line the shelves, along with jars of sugar, coffee-making equipment as well as tea accessories.

In 1907, the first time it was opened, Porto Rico was founded by Italian immigrants Patsy Albanese. Greenwich Village at the time was experiencing an influx of Italian immigrants, who established businesses to cater to their food requirements. Albanese named her shop after the well-known Puerto Rican coffee she imported (and sold) - - a drink that was that was so well-known at the time that even the Pope drank it.

Porto Rico offers 130 different varieties of beans, which includes beans from all over the world 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 business was raised above the bakery of his family located on Bleecker Street where his father operated Porto Rico. He runs the shop in the same manner as his father and grandfather.

Sey Coffee

Located along 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 33-year-old co-founders began roasting coffee in an apartment on the fourth floor just across the street, in the year 2011. They called it Lofted Coffee. Local clients included Greenpoint's Budin, and Soho cart services Peddler and Peddler.

Sey's commitment to buying micro-lots, or even entire harvests, from farmers who are one has earned it the acclaim of New York City coffee enthusiasts. Last year they made a 6-bag micro-lot purchase of Danilo Dones Sitio Catucai 785 from Brazil's Espirito Santo region. The beans were harvested when they were ripe and steamed to remove any imperfections. They were then dried on the farm after a 36-hour dry fermentation. The result is a blend with hints of berry, coffee bean shop lemongrass and melon.

Sey's mission extends beyond the shop to improve the overall health of employees and growers and customers. It makes use of biodegradable disposables and composts, keeping waste out of the landfill and converting it into substances that help reduce harmful greenhouse gases and nourish soil. It also eliminates gratuity, which puts baristas in a position to sustain their livelihoods and encourage them to concentrate on their profession.

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 team of dedicated employees. Their innovative and honest method of providing an exceptional coffee experience has earned them a loyal following, not just in their home town, but worldwide.

La Carba has a rigorous method of identifying their ideal beans, by scouring through hundreds of different varieties every year to find ones that are perfect for their tastes. Then they roast them in a light manner before dialing the roast to create their desired flavor profile. This results in a brighter taste and clarity.

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

The shop is equipped with a La Marzocco modbar and the cups and plates are designed specifically for Wurtz ceramics in Horsens, a father and son studio. In a recent interview, Atlanta Coffee Shops General Manager Ian Walla revealed that La Cabra serves 250 different types of coffee per day and typically has seven or eight coffees available at any given time.

The Plant Coffee Roasting Plant Coffee

The Roasting Plant, a multi-unit retailer of coffee, coffee bean shop roasts and brews coffee on site. Each cup is roasted and brewed according to your specifications within less than an hour. It searches countries far and far for the finest quality specialty beans, which are directly sourced that provide customers with a choice and high-quality.

Their on-site roaster utilizes fluid bed technology which is a bit different to traditional drum-type machines found in most UK coffee houses. The beans are blown around a heated container by high-speed air which keeps the beans in a suspended state and allows them to be roasted at a consistent rate as they travel through the machine.

I tried the Sumatran coffee and it was very rich with velvety mouthfeel. Dark chocolate from the fragrance was present, and the coffee began to cool down as you sipped the coffee. The subtle scents of citrus fruit were detected.

The roasted coffee is then whisked to the store's Eversys super-automatic brewing systems and brewed to your specification in under a minute. Customers can pick from nine single origin options and a wide range of blends.

Parlor Coffee

It was founded in 2012 in the back of a barbershop equipped with a single-group espresso machine, Parlor Coffee has become an energizing roastery whose coffees are available at top restaurants, cafes and home brewers in the city. Parlor Coffee is committed to finding the highest quality beans that have all undergone a long journey before arriving at its roasters.

The owners, who self-described as "passionate about their craft and believe that great coffee should be available to everyone," have created a space that is grounded, with chalkboards, 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 host cuppings on Sundays, which are open to the public. Think of it like the tasting room of a brewery. You can smell and taste the beans, ranging from chocolaty earthy (one was almost tomato-like!). They're away from the tourist trail however, they're it's worth the trip.