Coffee Bean Shop Isn't As Difficult As You Think

Five Brooklyn Coffee Bean Shops

If you're a lover of coffee, then you will want to try out a coffee bean shop. These shops provide a variety of whole beans from around the globe. They also have unique trinkets and kitchenware.

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

Porto Rico Importing Co.

Veteran coffee seller who is a specialist in international brews, loose teas, and a variety.

The scent of freshly roasted beans fills the air when you enter this West Village coffeee shop. Open bags of dark-brown beans are displayed on the shelves alongside sugar jars, Coffee Bean shop coffee-making equipment and tea accessories.

Porto Rico, originally opened in 1907 by Italian immigrants Patsy Albonese. At the time, Greenwich Village was seeing an large influx of Italian immigrants who opened establishments to cater to their dietary needs. Albanese named her shop after the famous Puerto Rican coffee she imported (and sold) the beverage was so famous at the time that even the Pope was a fan.

Porto Rico offers 130 different kinds of beans, including those from around the world at three locations, including Bleecker Street, Essex Market, and online. Porto Rico also roasts their own beans and provides wholesale distribution for 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 was the owner of Porto Rico. He continues to operate the shop in a similar way to his father and grandfather.

Sey Coffee

It is located on Grattan Street in Morgantown, Brooklyn's Bushwick neighborhood, Sey Coffee is both a cafe and a roaster. Co-founders Tobin Polk and Lance Schnorenberg, both 33, started roasting in a fourth-floor loft just around the corner from 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 buying micro-lots, or even whole harvests, from farmers who are one has earned it the acclaim of New York City coffee enthusiasts. In the past, Sey bought a six-bag micro lot of Danilo Dones Sitio Catucai from Brazil's Espirito Santo region. The beans were picked at their peak of ripeness and steamed to remove any imperfections. They were then dried on the farm after a 36-hour dry fermentation. The result is a coffee that has hints of berry and melon.

Sey's focus on holistically improving the well-being of growers, staff and customers extends beyond the retail store. It uses composts and biodegradable disposables to ensure that waste is kept out of the landfills. This helps reduce greenhouse gases and nourish the soil. It also does away with gratuity, a move that places baristas in the position to support their livelihoods as well as encourage them to concentrate on their art.

La Cabra

La Cabra, a modern specialty-coffee company, was founded in Aarhus in Denmark in 2012. They started with a small store and a committed staff. Their honest and creative approach to delivering an extraordinary coffee experience earned their acclaim not just in their home town, but globally.

La Carba has a rigorous process for finding their perfect beans, scouring through hundreds of different varieties every year to find ones that are perfect for their tastes. They roast them in a light manner, dialing the roast to create their desired flavor profile. This gives their coffees more clarity and a better taste.

The East Village store, which opened in October last year, has been praised for its top-quality pour-overs and baked goods, which are overseen by Jared Sexton. He previously worked at Bien Cuit, Dominique Ansel and various coffee establishments.

The shop utilizes the La Marzocco Modbar and the cups plates and bowls are crafted by Wurtz ceramics, a father and son studio in Horsens. In a recent interview with Atlanta Coffee Shops, General Manager Ian Walla reveals that La Cabra serves approximately 250 different types of coffees each year, and usually 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 roasts and brews coffee on site. Each cup is brewed and roasted according to your specifications in less than an hour. It searches countries far and across the globe for the highest-quality, directly sourced specialty beans, offering customers choice and high-quality.

Their onsite roaster uses 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 green beans in suspension and allows roasting to happen in a steady manner throughout the machine.

I tried the Sumatran coffee and it was 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 evident.

The coffee is transported to the store's Eversys super-automatic brewing equipment and the coffee is brewed according to your preferences in just a few minutes. Customers can select from a selection of nine single origin choices and a range of blends.

Parlor Coffee

Parlor Coffee was founded in 2012 behind a barbershop, with a single group espresso machine. It has since morphed into a bustling coffee roastery, whose coffee beans are available in top cafes as well as restaurants and home brewers all over the city. Parlor is committed to procuring high-quality coffee beans from around the globe Each one has endured a laborious journey before reaching the roasters.

The owners, who self-described as "passionate about their craft and believe that great coffee should be accessible to everyone," have created a environment that is simple with chalkboards, compost bins, recycled handmade products, and low-frills decor.

They roast and brew their own blends and single-origins (there were six at the time I was there) They also offer cuppings on Sundays, which are open to the public. Imagine it as a brewery tasting area where you can taste and smell the beans that are ground. They range from earthy to chocolatey (one was almost like tomato!). They're off the beaten track but are well worth a trip.