Five Brooklyn Coffee Bean Shops

If you're an avid coffee drinker, then you should consider visiting a coffee shop. These shops sell a range of whole beans from around the world. They also sell exclusive trinkets, kitchenware and other things.

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

Porto Rico Importing Co.

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

The aroma of freshly roasting beans fills the air as you walk into this West Village shop. The shelves are lined with jars and sacks of dark brown beans, along with coffee-making equipment, tea accessories and sugar.

Porto Rico, originally opened in 1907 by Italian immigrant Patsy Albonese. Greenwich Village at the time was experiencing an influx of Italian immigrants, who established businesses to meet their food requirements. Albanese named her shop after the popular Puerto Rican coffee she imported (and sold) which was that was so well-known at the time that even the Pope consumed it.

Porto Rico offers 130 different kinds of beans, including those from around the globe located in three locations including Bleecker Street, Essex Market and online. The company also roasts its own beans and offers wholesale distribution to 350 restaurants in NYC and Brooklyn.

Peter Longo, current owner and president, was raised in the family bakery located on Bleecker Street, where his father ran Porto Rico. The business is still run by the shop in a similar way as his father and grandfather.

Sey Coffee

The shop is located along Grattan Street in Morgantown, Brooklyn's Bushwick neighborhood, Sey Coffee is both a coffee shop and roaster. Co-founders Tobin Polk and Lance Schnorenberg, both 33 started roasting in the fourth-floor loft just around the corner from their new store in 2011 under the name Lofted Coffee (with local clients including Greenpoint's Budin and Soho cart service Peddler).

Sey's reliance on micro-lots -- or even whole harvests from single farmers has earned it the praise of highly discerning New York City coffee aficionados. Last year 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 imperfections. They were then dried on the farm after a 36-hour dry fermentation. The result is a cup with hints of berry, melon and lemongrass.

Sey's focus on holistically improving the health of staff, growers and customers extends beyond the store. It makes use of composts and biodegradable disposables in order to ensure that waste is kept out of the garbage dumps. This helps to reduce greenhouse gases and helps nourish the coffee bean shop soil. It also prevents gratuities. This allows baristas to concentrate on their craft and to earn a living.

La Cabra

La Cabra is a modern specialty coffee business that was founded in Aarhus, Denmark in 2012. It began with a tiny shop and a dedicated team. Their honest and creative approach to delivering a truly exceptional coffee experience earned them a following, not just in their own town but also around the world.

La Carba has a rigorous process to find their perfect beans, going through hundreds of different varieties every year to find ones that are perfect for their tastes. Then they roast them in a light manner and dial them in to achieve their desired flavor profile. This gives the coffees more vibrant flavor and clarity.

The East Village store opened last October, with a minimalist and sleek design. It's 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 employs the La Marzocco Modbar and the cups plates and bowls are crafted by Wurtz ceramics, a father-and-son studio located in Horsens. In a recent interview with Atlanta coffee beans online Shops, General Manager Ian Walla reveals that La Cabra serves around 250 different coffees per year, and usually has seven or eight varieties available at any given point.

The Plant Coffee Roasting Plant Coffee

The Roasting Plant is the only multi-unit retailer of coffee that 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 scour countries far and wide for the highest-grade, directly sourced specialty beans that provide customers with a choice and high-quality.

The roaster on site uses fluid bed technology that is quite different from the drum-type machines that are commonly used in many UK coffee houses. The beans are blown around in the heated box by high-speed air that keeps the beans suspended and allows roasting to happen in a steady manner throughout the machine.

I tried the Sumatran coffee and it was rich with a velvety mouthfeel, dark chocolate from the fragrance was present and the coffee started to cool while you sipped and subtle aromas of citrus fruit were evident.

The coffee that has been roasted will be taken to the Eversys Super-Automatic Brewing Machines, and brewed to your specifications in under a minute. Customers can choose from nine single origins and different blends.

Parlor Coffee

It was founded in 2012 in the back of a barbershop that had a single-group espresso machine, Parlor Coffee has become an energizing roastery whose coffees are found at great restaurants, cafes and home brewers all over the city. Parlor coffee beans online is committed to finding the highest quality beans that have all been through a long journey before they reach its roasters.

In their own words in their own words, they "have an unstoppable passion for craft and a belief that good coffee beans sale should be available to everyone." They achieve this with their earthy streetscape that is a mix of residential and commercial. Think compost bins, chalkboard welcome, handmade up-cycled products and a minimally-decorated space.

They roast and brew their own blends and single-origins (there were six on the menu when I was there), but they also hold cuppings on Sundays, and are open to the public. Think of it as a tasting room for breweries. You can smell and taste the beans, ranging from chocolaty to earthy (one was very tomato-like!). It's a bit off the beaten track, but worth the journey.