Five Brooklyn Coffee Bean Shops

If you're a coffee connoisseur and you're looking for a place to shop, then you'll need to check out a coffee bean shop. These shops offer a variety of whole beans from all over the globe. These stores also sell unique trinkets, kitchenware, and other items.

Some of these shops offer subscriptions for their coffee beans. Some shops sell them in large quantities.

Porto Rico Importing Co.

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

The scent of freshly roasted beans fills the air when you walk into this West Village shop. Open bags of dark-brown beans are displayed on the shelves alongside jars of sugar coffee-making equipment, tea and other accessories.

The first restaurant opened in 1907, Porto Rico was founded by Italian immigrant Patsy Albanese. At the time, Greenwich Village was seeing an increase in Italian immigrants who set up establishments to cater to their dietary needs. Albanese named the shop after the popular Puerto Rican Coffee she imported and sold - a drink that was so renowned that at the time, even the Pope would drink it.

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

Peter Longo, the current owner and president of the company was raised above his family's bakery on Bleecker Street where his father was the owner of Porto Rico. The owner continues to run the business in the same manner as his father and grandfather.

Sey Coffee

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

Sey's preference for micro-lots or even whole harvests from single farmers has been praised by discerning New York City coffee aficionados. In 2011, Sey purchased a six-bag micro lot of Danilo Dones Sitio Catucai from Brazil's Espirito-Santo region. The beans were picked at their peak 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 blend that has hints of fruit and melon.

Sey's dedication to holistically improving the wellbeing of staff, growers and customers extends beyond the store. It makes use of biodegradable disposables and composts, keeping waste out of garbage and converting it into substances that reduce harmful greenhouse gases and nourish soil. It also prevents gratuities. This allows baristas to focus on their craft and support their livelihoods.

La Cabra

La Cabra, a modern specialty-coffee company, was founded in Aarhus in Denmark in 2012. The company began with a small store and a dedicated staff. Their innovative and honest approach to providing an exceptional coffee experience has earned them a devoted following not just in their own town but also around the world.

La Carba has a rigorous process for finding their perfect beans, searching through hundreds of different lots every year to find ones that match their ideals. They roast them in a light manner and dial them in to achieve their desired flavor profile. This gives the coffees a greater clarity and a more vibrant taste.

The East Village store, which opened in October last year and has been praised by critics for its top-quality pour-overs and baked goods, which are overseen by Jared Sexton. He previously worked at Bien Cuit, Dominique Ansel and other coffee establishments.

The shop employs a La Marzocco Modbar and the cups plates and bowls are crafted by Wurtz ceramics, a father and son studio in Horsens. In a recent interview with Atlanta Coffee Shops, General Manager Ian Walla reveals that La Cabra serves around 250 different types of coffees each year, and typically has seven or eight varieties on offer at any given time.

The Roasting Plant Coffee

The Roasting Plant is the only multi-unit coffee retailer that roasts on site and brews to order with each cup of coffee roasted and brewed according to your preferences in less than one minute. It searches the world wide for the highest-grade specialty beans, which are directly sourced providing customers with choice and high-quality.

Their onsite roaster uses fluid bed technology, which is quite different from the drum-type machines commonly found in the majority of UK coffee shops. The beans are blown through a heated box with high-velocity and circulating air. This keeps the beans in suspension and allows for a consistent roasting speed.

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

The roasted coffee is then whisked to the store's Eversys super-automatic brewing equipment and the coffee is brewed according to your preferences in just a few minutes. Customers can pick from nine single origin selections and a wide range of blends.

Parlor Coffee

Parlor Coffee was founded in 2012 behind a barbershop, with a single group espresso machine. It has since morphed into a flourishing Lavazza Dek Decaf Coffee Beans Bundle - 3x500g roastery, whose coffee beans can be found in a variety of great cafes and restaurants as well as home brewers all over the city. Parlor Coffee is committed to sourcing the highest quality beans that have gone through a long journey before reaching its roasters.

In their own words the owners "have an unrelenting passion for craft and believe that good quality coffee beans coffee should be accessible to everyone." They do just this with their earthy streetscape that is a mix of residential and commercial. Think compost bins, chalkboard welcome hand-made up-cycled goods, and a simple deco.

They roast and make their own blends and single-origins (there were six when I was there), but they also offer cuppings on Sundays, which are open to the public. Think of it like a tasting room for breweries. You can smell and taste the beans, from chocolaty to earthy (one was very tomato-like!). They're away from the tourist trail but are worthwhile to visit.