Deanna Guido

Five Brooklyn Coffee bean to cup coffee beans Shops

If you're a lover of coffee, then you will want to visit a coffee bean shop. These shops provide a variety of whole beans from all over the globe. They also have unique trinkets and kitchenware.

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

Porto Rico Importing Co.

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

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

Porto Rico, originally opened in 1907 by Italian immigrants Patsy Albonese. At the time, Greenwich Village was seeing an large influx of Italian immigrants who opened businesses to cater to their culinary needs. Albanese named her shop after the well-known Puerto Rican coffee she imported (and sold) the beverage was that was so well-known at the time that even the Pope consumed it.

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

Peter Longo, the current owner and president of the business was raised on the top rated coffee beans floor of the bakery of his family on Bleecker Street where his father operated Porto Rico. The owner continues to run the business in the same manner as his father and grandfather.

Sey Coffee

Sey Coffee, a coffee roaster and shop is located on Grattan Street, in Morgantown. This neighborhood in Brooklyn's Bushwick district is located on Grattan Street. Co-founders Tobin Polk and Lance Schnorenberg, both 33 started roasting in the fourth-floor loft 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 decision to buy micro-lots, or even whole harvests, from single farmers has earned it the respect of New York City coffee enthusiasts. Last year they made a 6-bag micro-lot purchase of Danilo Dones Sitio Catucai 785 from Brazil's Espirito Santo region. The beans were picked at their peak ripeness and then steamed to eliminate any defects. They were then dried on the farm following a 36-hour dry fermentation. The result is a unroasted coffee beans with hints of the melon and berry.

Sey's dedication extends beyond its shop to improve the overall well-being of staff and growers, as well as customers. It uses composts and biodegradable disposables to keep waste from the landfills. This helps to reduce greenhouse gases and nourish the soil. It also reduces gratuity. This allows baristas to concentrate on their craft and help sustain their livelihoods.

La Cabra

La Cabra, a modern specialty coffee brand, was founded in Aarhus in Denmark in 2012. The company began with a small shop and a dedicated team. Their innovative and honest approach to providing an exceptional coffee experience has earned them a devoted following not only in their local area but all over the world.

La Carba follows a strict process to find their perfect beans. They search through hundreds of lots each year in order to select the beans that best match their ideals. Then, they roast them in a light manner before dialing the roast to create their desired flavor profile. This gives their coffees more clarity and a better taste.

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

The shop utilizes a La Marzocco modbar and the plates and cups are custom-designed at Wurtz ceramics in Horsens, an artist-run by a father and son. 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 has typically seven or eight different varieties available at any time.

The Plant Coffee Roasting Plant Coffee

The Roasting Plant is the only multi-unit retailer of coffee which roasts on-site and brews according to your preferences, with each cup of coffee roasting and brewed according to your requirements in less than a minute. It is a search engine for the highest-quality specialty beans that are sourced directly providing customers with the option of choice and quality.

The on-site roaster employs fluid bed technology which is quite different from the drum-type machines commonly found in the majority of UK coffee houses. The beans are blown around a heated container by high-speed air which keeps the beans suspended and allows them to be roasted at a consistent rate throughout the machine.

I tried the Sumatran coffee and it was a rich cup with a velvety mouthfeel, dark chocolate scent was present, and the coffee began to cool as you sip the coffee. The subtle scents of citrus fruit were detected.

The coffee is transported to the Eversys super-automatic brewing systems and brewed to your specification within less than a minute. Customers can choose from nine single origins and a variety blends.

Parlor Coffee

It was founded in 2012 in the back of a barbershop that had one espresso machine in a single group, Parlor Coffee has become a growing roastery, whose beans are found at great cafes, restaurants and home brewers across the city. Parlor is dedicated to sourcing high-quality beans from across the globe, each of which has been through a long and difficult journey before arriving in the roasters.

The owners, who self-described as "passionate about their craft and believe that a good cup of coffee should be available to everyone," have created a space that is grounded with chalkboards, compost bins, up-cycled handmade products, and a minimalist interior.

They roast and brew their own blends and single-origins (there were six while I was there) Also, they do cuppings Sundays, which are open to the public. Imagine it as a tasting room for breweries. You can smell and taste the beans, from chocolatey to earthy (one was almost tomato-like!). They're a bit off the beaten path but are worthwhile to visit.