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Five Brooklyn best coffee Bean Shops

If you're a coffee connoisseur, then you will want to visit a coffee bean shop. These stores provide a large selection of whole beans from all over the world. They also sell exclusive trinkets, kitchenware, and other things.

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

Porto Rico Importing Co.

Veteran coffee shop that specializes in international brews, loose teas and a selection.

The aroma of freshly roasted beans fills the air when you enter this West Village shop. The sacks of dark brown beans are displayed on the shelves alongside sugar jars, coffee-making equipment as well as 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 experiencing an influx Italian immigrants, who established businesses in order to meet their food needs. Albanese named the shop after the popular Puerto Rican Coffee she imported and sold - a drink that was so famous in the moment that the Pope would drink it.

Today, coffee bean shop Porto Rico sells 130 varieties of beans from around the globe at three locations in New York City including their Bleecker Street location, Essex Market and online. Porto Rico 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. He continues to run the shop in the same manner like his father and grandfather.

Sey Coffee

Sey Coffee, a coffee roaster and shop 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 33-year-old co-founders started roasting coffee in the loft on the fourth floor, just across the street 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 whole harvests, from single farmers has earned it the acclaim of New York City coffee enthusiasts. 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 harvested at their peak of ripeness and then floated to eliminate any defects. They were then dried on the farm after a 36-hour dry fermentation. The result is a coffee that is a little fruit and melon.

Sey's commitment extends beyond its shop to improve the overall health of staff and farmers, as well as its customers. It utilizes composts and biodegradable plastics to keep waste from landfills. This helps reduce greenhouse gas emissions and also nourish the soil. It also reduces gratuity. This allows baristas to concentrate on their work and to earn a living.

La Cabra

La Cabra is a modern specialty coffee company that was founded in Aarhus, Denmark in 2012. It began with a tiny shop and a dedicated team. Their open and creative approach to delivering a truly exceptional coffee experience has earned them a following not only in their home town, but globally.

La Carba follows a strict procedure to find their perfect beans. They search through hundreds of varieties each year in order to find the ones that best coffeee meet their ideals. Then, they roast them in a light style then dial them in to achieve their desired flavor profile. This gives the coffees a more vibrant taste and clarity.

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

The shop uses the La Marzocco modbar and the plates and cups are designed by Wurtz ceramics in Horsens, the son and father studio. In a recent interview Atlanta Coffee Shops General Manager Ian Walla revealed that La Cabra serves 250 different coffees every day and usually has seven or eight different varieties available at any time.

The Roasting Plant Coffee

The Roasting Plant is the only multi-unit retailer of coffee which roasts on-site and brews to order with each cup of coffee being roasted and brewed according to your requirements in less than one minute. It is a search engine for the finest specialty beans that are directly sourced, giving customers choice and quality.

The roaster they have on site is a fluid bed machine, which is different from the classic drum machines used in UK coffee shops. The beans are blown in the heated box using high-speed air, which is circulated. This keeps the beans suspended and ensures a consistent roasting speed.

I tried the Sumatran Coffee and it was velvety and rich with a smooth taste. Dark chocolate was evident in the aroma. As you sip the coffee, there were subtle citrus fruit flavors.

The roasted coffee will be whisked into the Eversys Super-Automatic Brewing Machines, and brewed to your preferences in less than a minute. Customers can choose from nine single origins as well as different blends.

Parlor Coffee

Founded in 2012 in the back of a barbershop with an espresso machine that was single-group, Parlor Coffee has become a burgeoning roastery whose beans are found at great restaurants, cafes and home brewers across the city. Parlor Coffee is committed to finding the finest quality beans, which have gone through a long journey before arriving at its roasters.

The owners, who self-described as "passionate about craft and believe that good coffee should be available to everyone," have created a environment that is simple, with chalkboards, compost bins, up-cycled handmade products, and a minimalist interior.

They roast their own blends (there were six when I was there) and single-origins. However, they also hold cuppings on Sundays that are open to the public. Think of it like the tasting room of a brewery. You can smell and taste the ground beans, from chocolaty to earthy (one was very tomato-like!). It's a little off the beaten path but it's worth the drive.