Mathew Deshotel

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 try out a coffee bean shop. These shops offer a broad variety of beans that are whole from all across the globe. They also sell exclusive trinkets, kitchenware and other things.

Some of these shops offer subscriptions for their coffee beans. Some shops sell the beans in bulk.

Porto Rico Importing Co.

Veteran coffee vendor who specializes in international brews, loose teas and a variety.

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

Porto Rico was first 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 set up businesses in order to meet their dietary needs. Albanese named her shop after the well-known Puerto Rican coffee she imported (and sold) the beverage was so popular that even the Pope drank it.

Porto Rico offers 130 different kinds of beans, including beans from all over the world at three locations, including Bleecker Street, Essex Market, and online. Porto Rico 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 was the owner of Porto Rico. He continues to run the shop in the same manner like his father and grandfather.

Sey Coffee

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

Sey's decision to buy micro-lots or whole harvests from single farmers has earned it the acclaim of New York City coffee enthusiasts. In the past they made a six-bag micro-lot purchase of Danilo Dones Sitio Catucai 785 from Brazil's Espirito Santo region. The beans were picked when they were ripe and then steamed to eliminate any defects. They were then dried on the farm following a 36-hour dry fermentation. The result is a coffee with hints of berry and melon.

Sey's commitment goes beyond its shop to improve the overall well-being of employees and growers as well as customers. It utilizes composts and biodegradable disposables to keep waste from the garbage dumps. This helps to reduce greenhouse gases as well as nourish the soil. It also eliminates gratuity, which puts baristas in a position to provide their livelihoods and inspire them to focus on their profession.

La Cabra

La Cabra, a modern specialty coffee beans coffee company, was established in Aarhus in Denmark in 2012. The company began with a small store and a dedicated team. Their honest and innovative approach to providing a superior coffee experience has earned them a devoted following, not just in their own town but all over the world.

La Carba follows a strict procedure to identify their ideal beans. They search through hundreds of varieties each year in order to find beans that match their ideals. They medium roast coffee beans them in a light style before dialing them in to achieve their desired flavor profile. This gives the coffees greater clarity and a more vibrant taste.

The East Village store, which opened in the month of October last year it has been praised for its high-quality pour overs and baked goods, overseen by Jared Sexton. He previously worked at Bien Cuit, Dominique Ansel and various coffee establishments.

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

The Roasting Plant Coffee

The Roasting Plant is the only multi-unit retailer of coffee that roasts its own coffee and brews according to your preferences, with every cup of coffee roasting and brewed according to your preferences in less than an hour. It is a search engine for the finest specialty beans that are directly sourced, giving customers choice and quality.

The roaster on site uses fluid bed technology, which is a bit different to traditional drum-type machines found in most UK coffee shops. The beans are blown around in a heated box by high-velocity air which keeps the green beans suspended and allows them to be roasted at a consistent rate throughout the machine.

I tried the Sumatran Coffee and it was rich and velvety with a rich and velvety taste. Dark chocolate was evident in the aroma. As you sip the coffee you could detect subtle citrus fruit flavors.

The coffee is then be whisked into the store's Eversys Super-Automatic Brewing Machines and brewed according your specifications within less than a minute. Customers can pick from nine single origins as well as several blends.

Parlor Coffee

In 2012, the company was established in the back of a barbershop equipped with an espresso machine with a single group, Parlor Coffee has become a growing roastery, whose beans can be found in top restaurants, cafes and home brewers across the city. Parlor Coffee is committed to finding the highest quality decaf beans coffee that have all been through a long journey before they reach its roasters.

In their own words the owners "have an unstoppable passion for craft and a belief that great coffee should be accessible to anyone." They do just that by creating a simple street space, which includes compost bins, chalkboards hand-made up-cycled goods, and a simple deco.

They roast and brew their own blends and single-origins (there were six while I was there) However, they also do cuppings Sundays, which are open to the public. Imagine it as a tasting area--you can smell and taste the beans in the ground. They are a mix of earthy and chocolate (one was similar to tomato!). It's a bit away from the main roads, but worth the trip.