10 Things We All Love About Coffee Bean Shop

Five Brooklyn Coffee Bean Shops

If you're an avid coffee drinker, you should visit a coffee shop. They offer a wide selection of whole beans from around the globe. They also offer unique trinkets and kitchenware.

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

Porto Rico Importing Co.

Veteran coffee retailer specializing international brews as well as a range of loose teas

As you enter this old-fashioned West Village shop, the aroma of freshly roasting beans fills the air. The shelves are packed with jars and sacks of dark brown beans, with coffee-making equipment, tea accessories, and sugar.

In 1907, the first time it was opened, Porto Rico was founded by Italian immigrants Patsy Albanese. Greenwich Village at the time was experiencing an influx Italian immigrants, who established businesses to meet their food requirements. Albanese named the shop after the popular Puerto Rican Coffee she imported and sold - a beverage that was so renowned at the moment, even the Pope would drink it.

Today, 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. The company roasts its own beans and provides wholesale distribution to 350 restaurants in NYC and Brooklyn.

Peter Longo, current owner and president, grew up in the family bakery located on Bleecker Street, where his father was the owner of Porto Rico. He still runs the business in the same manner as his father and grandfather.

Sey Coffee

Sey Coffee, a coffee roaster and shop is located along Grattan Street, in Morgantown. The neighborhood, which is part of Brooklyn's Bushwick district is situated on Grattan Street. Tobin Polk, Lance Schnorenberg and their co-founders of 33 years, began roasting coffee in an apartment on the fourth floor, just across the street, in the year 2011. They named it Lofted Coffee. Local clients included Greenpoint's Budin and Soho cart services Peddler and Peddler.

Sey's commitment to buying micro-lots, or even whole harvests, from farmers who are one has earned it the respect of New York City coffee enthusiasts. Last year, Sey purchased a six-bag micro lot of Danilo Dones Sitio Catucai from Brazil's Espirito-Santo region. The beans were harvested at the peak of ripeness, and then steamed to eliminate any imperfections. They were then dried on the farm after a 36-hour dry fermentation. The result is a coffee that is fragrant with hints of fruit and melon.

Sey's dedication to holistically improving the wellbeing of staff, customers, and growers extends beyond the retail store. It utilizes biodegradable disposables as well as composts, preventing waste from landfills and turning it into substances that help reduce harmful greenhouse gases and enrich the soil. It also does away with gratuity, a move that puts baristas in a position to provide their livelihoods and motivate them to focus on their craft.

La Cabra

La Cabra is a modern specialty coffee brand that was established in Aarhus, Denmark in 2012. The company began with a small shop and a committed team. Their honest and creative approach to providing an exceptional coffee experience earned their acclaim not just in their home town but all over the world.

La Carba has a rigorous procedure for locating their ideal beans, by scouring through hundreds of different varieties each year to identify the ones that meet their standards. They then roast them very lightly, adjusting their desired flavor profile. This gives the coffees greater clarity and a more vibrant taste.

The East Village store opened last October with a sleek and minimalist design. It has been praised 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 employs a La Marzocco Modbar, and the cups, Allpress Coffee Beans plates, and bowls are custom-designed by Wurtz ceramics, a father/son studio located in Horsens. In a recent Q&A with Atlanta Coffee Shops, General Manager Ian Walla reveals that La Cabra serves approximately 250 different coffees per year, and usually has seven or eight different varieties available at any given moment.

The Plant Coffee Roasting Plant Coffee

The Roasting Plant is the only multi-unit retailer of allpress coffee beans (http://xilubbs.xclub.tw/space.php?uid=539810&do=Profile) that roasts its own coffee and brews to order with every cup of coffee roasted and brewed according to your preferences in less than a minute. It is a search engine for the finest specialty beans that are sourced directly to give customers the option of choices and high-quality.

Their roaster on site is a fluid bed machine, which is different from traditional drum machines that are used in UK coffee shops. The beans are blown through a heated container with high-speed and circulating air. This keeps the beans in suspension and ensures a consistent roasting speed.

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

The coffee is whisked to the store's Eversys super-automatic brewing systems and brewed to your specification in under a minute. Customers can choose from a variety of single origins and a variety of blends.

Parlor cafe coffee beans

In 2012, the company was established in the back of a barbershop, complete with an espresso machine with a single group, Parlor Coffee has become a burgeoning roastery whose beans are sold at top cafes, restaurants and home brewers all over the city. Parlor Coffee is committed to procuring the finest quality beans, which have all undergone a long journey before arriving at its roasters.

The owners, who self-described as "passionate about craft and believe that good coffee should accessible to everyone," have created a space that is down-to earth with chalkboards, compost bins, recycled handmade products, and low-frills decor.

They roast their own blends (there were six at the time I was there) and single-origins, however they also hold cuppings on Sundays that are open to the public. Imagine it as an artisanal tasting room in which you can smell and taste the beans, ranging from chocolaty to earthy (one was very tomato-like!). They're a bit off the beaten path but are it's worth the trip.