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Five Brooklyn Coffee Bean Shops

If you are a coffee enthusiast, you must visit a coffee shop. These shops offer a variety of whole beans from all over the world. They also sell unique kitchenware and trinkets.

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

Porto Rico Importing Co.

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

The aroma of freshly roasted beans fills the air when you enter this West Village shop. The shelves are stacked with jars and sacks filled with dark brown beans, along with coffee-making equipment, tea accessories and sugar.

Porto Rico, originally opened in 1907 by Italian immigrants Patsy Albonese. Greenwich Village at the time was experiencing an influx Italian immigrants, who opened businesses to cater to their food needs. Albanese named the shop after the popular Puerto Rican Coffee she imported and sold - a beverage that was so popular in the present, that even the Pope would drink it.

Porto Rico offers 130 different varieties of beans, including those from around the world, at three locations, including Bleecker Street, Essex Market, and online. Porto Rico roasts their own beans and offers 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 run the shop in the same fashion as his father did and grandfather.

Sey Coffee

Located along 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 located across the street 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 preference for buying micro-lots, or even whole harvests from single farmers has earned it the praise of New York City coffee enthusiasts. The last time Sey was in the market, he purchased a six-bag micro lot of Danilo Dones Sitio Catucai from Brazil's Espirito Santa region. The beans were harvested when they were ripe and then floated to eliminate any imperfections. They were then dried on the farm following a 36-hour dry fermentation. The result is a coffee with hints of berry melon and lemongrass.

Sey's commitment goes beyond its shop to improve the overall well-being of staff and growers, as well as its customers. It utilizes composts and biodegradable products to keep waste out of the garbage dumps. This helps to reduce greenhouse gases and helps nourish the soil. It also prevents gratuities. This lets baristas concentrate on their work and to earn a living.

La Cabra

La Cabra is a modern specialty coffee brand that was established in Aarhus, Denmark in 2012. It started with a small shop and a team of dedicated employees. Their innovative and honest approach to providing a superior coffee experience has earned them a devoted fan base not just in their hometown but all over the world.

La Carba has a rigorous procedure for locating their ideal beans, scouring through hundreds of different varieties every year to find ones that fit their ideals. Then, they roast them in a very light manner then dial the roast to create their desired flavor profile. This gives the coffees a more vibrant flavor and deals clarity.

The East Village store opened last October with a sleek minimalist design, and has been praised by coffee enthusiasts for its scrumptious 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 a La Marzocco modbar, and the plates and cups are designed specifically for Wurtz ceramics in Horsens, which is a father-son studio. In a recent interview Atlanta Coffee Shops General Manager Ian Walla revealed that La Cabra serves 250 different coffees a yea and typically has seven or eight varieties available at any given moment.

The Roasting Plant Coffee

The Roasting Plant is the only multi-unit retailer of coffee that roasts on-site and brews on demand, with every cup of coffee being roasted and brewed to your specifications in less than a minute. It searches the world wide for the highest-grade, muabanthuenha.com directly sourced specialty beans, offering customers choice and quality.

The on-site roaster employs fluid bed technology that is a bit different to the drum-type machines commonly found in many UK coffee houses. The beans are blown around a heated box by high-velocity air, which keeps the beans suspended and allows roasting to happen in a steady manner as they move through the machine.

I tried the Sumatran Coffee and it was incredibly rich and velvety with a velvety taste. Dark chocolate was evident in the aroma. And as you sip the coffee there were subtle citrus fruit flavours.

The coffee that has been roasted is whisked to the Eversys super-automatic brewing equipment and brewed to your specification within less than a minute. Customers can pick from nine single origins and various blends.

Parlor coffee gifts

In 2012, the company was established in the back of a barbershop with one espresso machine in a single group, Parlor Coffee has become a rapidly growing roastery whose beans are available at top restaurants, cafes and home brewers across the city. Parlor is committed to procuring high-quality coffee beans from all over the world Each one has been through a long and difficult journey before reaching the roasters.

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

They roast and create their own blends and single-origins (there were six while I was there) Also, they have 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 beans, ranging from chocolaty to earthy (one was very tomato-like!). It's a bit away from the main roads, but it's worth the drive.