Mathew Deshotel

Five Brooklyn Coffee Bean Shops

If you're a fan of coffee, then you will want to visit a coffee bean shop. These shops sell a range of whole beans from around the globe. These stores also sell unique trinkets, kitchenware and other items.

Some of these shops offer subscriptions to their unroasted coffee beans beans. Others offer Coffee beans In Bulk (Cameradb.review) at their retail locations.

Porto Rico Importing Co.

Veteran coffee seller that concentrates on international brews, loose teas and a variety.

When you enter this old-school West Village shop, the smell of fresh roasted beans fills your nose. The shelves are lined with jars and bags of dark brown beans, with tea-making equipment, coffee accessories and sugar.

Originally opened in 1907, Porto Rico was founded by Italian immigrants Patsy Albanese. Greenwich Village at the time was witnessing a surge of Italian immigrants, who established businesses in order to meet their dietary needs. Albanese named the shop after the famous Puerto Rican Coffee she imported and sold - a beverage that was so popular that at the time, even the Pope would drink it.

Today, Porto Rico sells 130 varieties of beans from all over the world at three locations in New York City including their Bleecker Street location, Essex Market and online. Porto Rico roasts its own beans and offers wholesale distribution to 350 restaurants in NYC and Brooklyn.

Peter Longo, the current president and owner of the business was raised over his family's bakery located on Bleecker Street where his father operated Porto Rico. He continues to run the business in the same manner like his father and grandfather.

Sey Coffee

Sey Coffee, a coffee shop and roaster is located on Grattan Street, in Morgantown. This neighborhood, located in Brooklyn's Bushwick district is situated on Grattan Street. Tobin Polk, Lance Schnorenberg and their co-founders, who are 33 years old, started roasting coffee in a loft on the fourth floor just across the street in the year 2011. The name was 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 him the respect 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 carefully picked at peak ripeness and floated to remove defects and then dried fermented for about 36 hours before being dried on the farm. The result is a cup with hints of berry melon and lemongrass.

Sey's commitment to holistically improving the quality of life for staff, growers and customers extends beyond the walls of the shop. It uses composts and biodegradable plastics to ensure that waste is kept out of the landfills. This helps to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and also nourish the soil. It also prevents gratuities. This allows baristas to focus on their craft and support their livelihoods.

La Cabra

La Cabra is a modern specialty coffee company that was founded in Aarhus, Denmark in 2012. The company began with a small shop and a team of dedicated employees. Their honest and innovative approach to providing an exceptional coffee experience has earned them a loyal following, not just in their own town, but worldwide.

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

The East Village store, which was opened in October of last year was praised for its top-quality pour-overs as well as its baked goods, overseen by Jared Sexton. He previously worked at Bien Cuit, Dominique Ansel and various coffee houses.

The shop employs the La Marzocco Modbar and the cups plates and bowls are crafted by Wurtz ceramics, a father/son studio in Horsens. In a recent interview with Atlanta Coffee Shops General Manager Ian Walla revealed that La Cabra serves 250 different types of coffee per day and usually has seven or eight varieties available at any given time.

The Plant strong coffee beans Roasting Plant Coffee

The Roasting Plant is the only multi-unit coffee retailer that roasts on-site and brews according to your preferences, with each cup of coffee roasted and brewed according to your requirements in less than minutes. It scour countries far and wide for the highest-grade specialty beans that are directly sourced, offering customers choice and quality.

Their onsite roaster uses fluid bed technology which is a bit different to the drum-type machines commonly found in the majority of UK unroasted coffee beans wholesale houses. The beans are blown in an enclosed box that is heated and has high-speed air, which is circulated. This keeps the beans suspended and allows for a consistent roasting speed.

I tried the Sumatran coffee and it was a rich cup with velvety mouthfeel. Dark chocolate aromas were present and the coffee started to cool as you sip, subtle flavours of citrus fruit were detected.

The coffee beans bulk is transported to the Eversys super-automatic brewing equipment and brewed to your specification in under a minute. Customers can select from nine single origin options and a wide range of blends.

Parlor Coffee

In 2012, the company was established in the back of a barbershop that had an espresso machine that was single-group, Parlor Coffee has become a rapidly growing roastery whose beans are found at great cafes, restaurants and home brewers across the city. Parlor cafe coffee beans is committed to procuring the highest-quality beans, that have all been through a long journey before reaching its roasters.

The owners, who self-described as "passionate about craft and believe that a good cup of coffee should be accessible to all," have created a space that is down-to earth, with chalkboards, compost bins, recycled handmade items, and simple decor.

They roast their own blends (there were six at the time I was there) and single-origins, but they also have cuppings on Sundays, which are open to the general public. Imagine it as a tasting room, where you can taste and smell the beans as they are roasted. They vary from earthy to chocolaty (one was almost like tomato!). It's a little off the beaten track, but well worth the trip.