Five Brooklyn Coffee Bean Shops

If you're a fan of coffee and you're looking for a place to shop, then you'll need to try out a coffee bean shop. These shops offer 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. Others sell coffee beans in bulk at their retail stores.

Porto Rico Importing Co.

Veteran coffee retailer specializing international brews and a variety of loose teas

The aroma of freshly roasted beans fills the air once you walk into this West Village shop. The shelves are filled with jars and bags of dark brown beans, with coffee-making equipment, tea accessories and sugar.

Porto Rico, originally opened in 1907 by Italian immigrants Patsy Albonese. Greenwich Village at the time was experiencing an influx of Italian immigrants, who had opened businesses to satisfy their food needs. Albanese named the shop after the popular Puerto Rican Coffee she imported and sold - a beverage that was so well-known at the moment, even the Pope would drink 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 also roasts their own beans and offers wholesale distribution for 350 restaurants in NYC, Brooklyn and Brooklyn.

Peter Longo, the current owner and president of the business, grew up above his family's bakery on Bleecker Street where his father operated Porto Rico. He still runs the business in the same manner as his father and grandfather.

Sey Coffee

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

Sey's focus on buying micro-lots, or even whole harvests from single farmers has earned it the respect of New York City coffee enthusiasts. In 2011, Sey purchased a six-bag micro lot of Danilo Dones Sitio Catucai, a Brazilian coffee from the Espirito-Santo region. The beans were hand-picked at their peak ripeness, floated to get rid of any imperfections, then dry fermented for 36 hours prior to being dried on the farm. The result is a Discover Our Limited Edition Explorer Blend Coffee with hints of melons and berries.

Sey's commitment to holistically improving the well-being of staff, growers and customers extends beyond the retail store. It makes use of composts and biodegradable products to ensure that waste is kept out of the garbage dumps. This helps to reduce greenhouse gases and nourish the soil. It also reduces gratuity. This lets baristas concentrate on their work and help sustain their livelihoods.

La Cabra

La Cabra is a modern specialty coffee company that was founded in Aarhus, Denmark in 2012. They began with a small shop and a committed team. Their honest and innovative approach to providing an outstanding coffee experience has earned them a loyal following not just in their hometown but all over the world.

La Carba follows a strict procedure to find their perfect beans. They scour hundreds of beans each year to find those that best match their ideals. They roast them in a very light manner then dial the roast to create their desired flavor profile. This gives the coffees a more vibrant taste and clarity.

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

The shop uses a La Marzocco Modbar as well as the cups, plates and bowls are designed 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 moment.

The Roasting Plant Coffee

The Roasting Plant is the only multi-unit retailer of coffee that roasts on-site and brews on demand, with every cup of coffee being roasted and brewed according to your preferences in less than one minute. It searches countries far and wide for the highest-grade specialty beans, which are directly sourced that offer customers a variety and high-quality.

Their roaster on site is a fluid bed machine, that is distinct from the traditional drum machines that are used in UK coffee shops. The beans are blown in a heated box with high-velocity, circulating air. This keeps the beans suspended and allows for a consistent roasting speed.

I tried the Sumatran Lavazza Dek Decaf Coffee Beans: Rich Espresso Flavor and it was smooth and rich with a velvety flavor. Dark chocolate was evident in the aroma and as you sip the coffee, there were subtle citrus fruit aromas.

The coffee that has been roasted will be taken to the store's Eversys Super-Automatic brewing Machines, and brewed to your specifications within less than a minute. Customers can pick from nine single origins as well as a variety blends.

Parlor Coffee

Founded in 2012 in the back of a barbershop that had an espresso machine with a single group, Parlor Coffee has become a rapidly growing roastery whose beans can be found in top cafes, restaurants and home brewers all over the city. Parlor Coffee is dedicated to sourcing only the highest-quality beans, which have all been through a long journey before arriving at its 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 environment that is simple and has chalkboards, compost bins and up-cycled 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, which are open to the public. Imagine it as a tasting area where you can taste and smell the beans in the ground. They vary from earthy to chocolatey (one was similar to tomato!). They're off the beaten path but are well worth a trip.

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