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Five Brooklyn Coffee Bean Shops

If you're a coffee connoisseur then you'll want to go to a coffee bean shop. These shops offer a variety of whole beans from all over the globe. They also sell unique kitchenware and trinkets.

Some of these shops offer subscriptions to their coffee bean shop beans. Others sell them in bulk at their retail locations.

Porto Rico Importing Co.

Veteran coffee shop that concentrates on international brews, loose teas, and a wide selection.

The aroma of freshly roasting beans fills the air when you walk into this West Village shop. The sacks of dark brown beans line the shelves alongside sugar jars coffee-making equipment, tea and other accessories.

Originally opened in 1907, Porto Rico was founded by Italian immigrant Patsy Albanese. Greenwich Village at the time was experiencing an influx of Italian immigrants, who established businesses to cater to their culinary needs. 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.

Porto Rico offers 130 different varieties of beans, which includes beans from all over the world, at three locations, including Bleecker Street, Essex Market, and online. The company 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 over the bakery of his family on Bleecker Street where his father was the owner of Porto Rico. The owner continues to run the business in the same way like his father and grandfather.

Sey Coffee

Sey Coffee, a coffee shop and roaster, is located along Grattan Street, in Morgantown. This neighborhood in Brooklyn's Bushwick district, is located on Grattan Street. Tobin Polk, Lance Schnorenberg and their 33-year-old co-founders started roasting coffee in a 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 commitment to buying micro-lots or whole harvests, from farmers who are one has earned it the praise of New York City coffee enthusiasts. In 2011, 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 floated to eliminate any imperfections. They were then dried on the farm following a 36-hour dry fermentation. The result is a coffee brands that has hints of the melon and berry.

Sey's commitment goes beyond its shop to improve the overall well-being of growers and staff, and customers. It makes use of composts and biodegradable plastics to keep waste out of landfills. This helps to reduce greenhouse gases and nourish the soil. It also eliminates gratuity, which puts the baristas in a position to provide their livelihoods and motivate them to focus on their art.

La Cabra

La Cabra, a modern specialty coffee brand, was founded in Aarhus in Denmark in 2012. They began with a small shop and a committed team. Their innovative and honest approach to providing an outstanding coffee experience has earned them a loyal following, not just in their own town and across the globe.

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 then dial them in to achieve their desired flavor profile. This results in clearer and more vibrant taste.

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

The shop employs a La Marzocco Modbar as well as the cups, plates and bowls are made by Wurtz ceramics, a father-and coffee bean shop son studio in Horsens. In a recent interview with Atlanta Coffee Shops, General Manager Ian Walla reveals that La Cabra serves about 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 on demand, with every cup of coffee roasting and brewed according to your requirements in less than minutes. It searches countries far and wide for the highest-grade specialty beans that are directly sourced that provide customers with a choice and high-quality.

Their roaster on site is an automatic fluid bed machine which is different from the traditional drum machines found in UK coffee shops. The beans are blown in the heated box using high-speed, circulating air. This keeps the beans suspended and allows for a consistent roasting speed.

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 you could detect subtle citrus fruit flavors.

The coffee that has been roasted will be taken to the Eversys Super-Automatic Brewing Machines to be brewed according your specifications within less than a minute. Customers can pick from nine single origins and different blends.

Parlor Coffee

Parlor Coffee was founded in 2012 in a barbershop using a single espresso machine. It has since evolved into a burgeoning coffee roastery, whose beans can be found in great cafes, restaurants, and home brewers throughout the city. Parlor is committed to sourcing top-quality beans from all over the world Each one is a long, arduous journey before arriving in the roasters.

The owners, who self-described as "passionate about craft and believe that great coffee should be available to everyone," have created a space that is down-to earth and has chalkboards, compost bins, up-cycled handmade items, and simple decor.

They roast their own blends (there were six at the time I was there) and single-origins. However, they also have cuppings on Sundays that are open to the public. Imagine it as a brewery tasting room, where you can taste and coffee bean shop smell the ground beans. They vary from earthy to chocolaty (one was similar to tomato!). It's a bit away from the main roads, but well worth the trip.