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Five Brooklyn Coffee Bean Shops

If you're an avid coffee drinker, then you must visit a coffee shop. These stores provide a large range of whole beans from all across the globe. These stores also sell unique trinkets, kitchenware, and other things.

Some of these shops offer subscriptions for their coffee beans. Some shops sell these 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 old-school West Village shop, the scent of freshly roasting beans fills your nostrils. The shelves are filled with jars and bags of dark brown beans, with coffee-making equipment, tea accessories, and sugar.

Porto Rico, originally opened in 1907 by Italian immigrant Patsy Albonese. At the time, Greenwich Village was seeing an influx of Italian immigrants who opened businesses to meet their culinary requirements. Albanese named her shop after the renowned Puerto Rican coffee she imported (and sold) the beverage was that was so well-known at the time that even the Pope drank it.

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

Peter Longo, current owner and president, was raised in the family bakery on Bleecker Street, where his father ran Porto Rico. The business is still run by the business in the same manner as his father and grandfather.

Sey Coffee

Sey Coffee, a coffee shop and roaster is located on Grattan Street, in Morgantown. This Brooklyn neighborhood, in the Bushwick district, is located on Grattan Street. 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 dubbed it Lofted Coffee. Local clients included Greenpoint's Budin, and Soho cart services Peddler and Peddler.

Sey's focus on buying micro-lots, or even entire harvests, from single farmers has earned him the respect 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 carefully picked at peak ripeness and Coffee brands floated to remove defects and then dried fermented for 36 hours before being dried on the farm. The result is a coffee with hints of berry melon and lemongrass.

Sey's commitment extends beyond its shop to improve the overall health of employees and growers as well as customers. It utilizes biodegradable disposables as well as composts, preventing waste from garbage and converting it into agents that reduce harmful greenhouse gases and enrich the soil. It also reduces gratuity. This lets baristas concentrate on their work and earn a living.

La Cabra

La Cabra is a modern specialty coffee business that was founded in Aarhus, Denmark in 2012. It began with a tiny store and a dedicated team. Their honest and innovative approach to providing an exceptional coffee experience has earned them a loyal following not just in their hometown but also around the world.

La Carba has a rigorous procedure for locating their ideal beans, searching through hundreds of different varieties every year to find ones that fit their ideals. They roast them in a very light manner before dialing the roast to create their desired flavor profile. This gives their coffees clearer and more vibrant taste.

The East Village store opened last October with a sleek and minimalist design. It has been praised by global 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 uses a La Marzocco modbar, and the plates and cups are custom-designed at Wurtz ceramics in Horsens, Specialty Coffee a father and son studio. In a recent interview with Atlanta Coffee Shops, General Manager Ian Walla reveals that La Cabra serves around 250 different coffees a year, and usually has seven or eight coffees available at any given moment.

The Roasting Plant Coffee

The Roasting Plant is the only multi-unit retailer of coffee that roasts its own coffee and brews on demand, with every cup of coffee roasted and brewed according to your preferences in less than a minute. It searches the world for the highest-quality specialty beans that are sourced directly, giving customers the choice and quality.

Their onsite roaster is a fluid bed device, that is distinct from the classic drum machines used in UK coffee shops. The beans are blown about in an enclosed box heated by high-speed air, which keeps the green beans suspended and allows roasting to happen in a steady manner throughout the machine.

I tried the Sumatran Coffee and it was smooth and rich with a rich and velvety taste. Dark chocolate was evident from the aroma. And as you sip the coffee you could smell subtle citrus fruit aromas.

The coffee that has been roasted will be transferred to the store's Eversys Super-Automatic brewing Machines, and brewed to your preferences in less than one minute. Customers can select from nine single origins as well as a variety blends.

Parlor Coffee

In 2012, the company was established in the back of a barbershop with one espresso machine in a single group, Parlor coffee gift set has become a burgeoning roastery whose beans are available at top restaurants, cafes and home brewers across the city. Parlor is committed to sourcing high-quality beans from all over the world Each one has had to endure a lengthy journey before it reaches the roasters.

The owners, who are self-described as "passionate about craft and believe that a good cup of coffee should be accessible to all," have created a space that is grounded, with chalkboards, compost bins, up-cycled handmade products, and minimal decor.

They roast and create their own blends as well as single-origins (there were six when I was there) However, they also offer cuppings on Sundays, which are open to the public. Imagine it as a tasting area where you can smell and taste the beans as they are roasted. They vary from earthy to chocolaty (one was almost like tomato!). They're off the beaten path but are is worth a visit.