15 Gifts For The Coffee Bean Shop Lover In Your Life

Five Brooklyn Coffee Bean Shops

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

Some of these shops offer subscriptions for their coffee beans. Others sell the beans in bulk at their retail locations.

Porto Rico Importing Co.

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As you enter this old-school West Village shop, the scent of freshly roasting beans fills the air. Unopened bags of dark brown beans line the shelves, along with sugar jars, coffee-making equipment and tea accessories.

In 1907, the first time it was opened, Porto Rico was founded by Italian immigrant Patsy Albanese. Greenwich Village at the time was witnessing a surge of Italian immigrants, who established businesses to satisfy their dietary needs. Albanese named the shop after the popular Puerto Rican Coffee she imported and sold - a beverage that was so popular in the present, coffee bean shop that even the Pope would drink it.

Porto Rico offers 130 different varieties of beans, which includes those from around the globe located in three locations including Bleecker Street, Essex Market and online. The company roasts its own beans and offers wholesale distribution for 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 still runs the shop in the same way to his father and grandfather.

Sey Coffee

Sey Coffee, a coffee roaster and shop is located along Grattan Street, in Morgantown. This neighborhood, located in Brooklyn's Bushwick district is situated on Grattan Street. Tobin Polk, Lance Schnorenberg and their co-founders of 33 years, began roasting coffee in the loft 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 focus on buying micro-lots, or even entire harvests, from single farmers has earned it the praise of New York City coffee enthusiasts. In the past, they made a six-bag micro-lot purchase of Danilo Dones Sitio Catucai 785 from Brazil's Espirito Santo region. The beans were picked at the peak of ripeness, and steamed to remove any defects. They were then dried on the farm following a 36-hour dry fermentation. The result is a blend with hints of berry, lemongrass, and melon.

Sey's mission extends beyond the shop to improve the overall health of staff and growers, and customers. It utilizes biodegradable disposables as well as composts, keeping waste out of the landfill and converting it into agents that reduce harmful greenhouse gas emissions and feed the soil. It also eliminates gratuity. This allows baristas to concentrate on their work and support their livelihoods.

La Cabra

La Cabra, a modern specialty coffee brand, 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 a truly exceptional coffee experience earned them a following not only in their hometown but all over the world.

La Carba follows a strict process to find their perfect beans. They go through hundreds of varieties each year in order to find the ones that best meet their ideals. They roast them lightly, adjusting their desired flavor profile. This results in a brighter taste and clarity.

The East Village store opened last October with a sleek, minimalist design. It's 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 utilizes the La Marzocco Modbar as well as the cups, plates, and bowls are custom-designed by Wurtz ceramics, a father-and-son studio located in Horsens. In a recent Q&A session with Atlanta Coffee Shops, General Manager Ian Walla reveals that La Cabra serves about 250 different varieties of coffee each year, and usually has seven or eight varieties available at any given time.

The Plant Coffee Roasting Plant Coffee

The Roasting Plant is the only multi-unit retailer of coffee which roasts on-site and brews to order, with every cup of coffee roasting and brewed according to your preferences in less than minutes. It searches countries far and wide for the highest-grade specialty beans, which are directly sourced that offer customers a variety and quality.

The roaster they have on site is a fluid bed machine, that is distinct from the traditional drum machines commonly found in UK coffee shops. The beans are blown in an enclosed box that is heated and has high-speed air, which is circulated. This keeps the beans suspended and allows for a constant roasting speed.

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

The coffee shop is transported to the Eversys super-automatic brewing systems and you can have your coffee brewed to your specifications in under a minute. Customers can select from nine single origins as well as various blends.

Parlor Coffee

Parlor Coffee was founded in 2012 in a barbershop with a single espresso machine. It has since evolved into a flourishing coffee roastery, and its beans can be found in great cafes, restaurants, and home brewers throughout the city. Parlor Coffee is committed to procuring the highest-quality beans, that have gone through a long journey before they reach its roasters.

The owners, who self-described as "passionate about craft and believe that a good cup of coffee should accessible to everyone," have created a space that is grounded and filled with chalkboards. There are compost bins, up-cycled hand-made products, and a minimalist interior.

They roast their own blends (there were six when I was there) and single-origins, but they also host 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 are a mix of earthy and chocolate (one was almost like tomato!). They're off the beaten track and is worth a visit.