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 visit a coffee bean shop. These shops offer a broad selection of whole beans from all across the globe. They also sell unique kitchenware and trinkets.

Some of these shops offer subscriptions to their coffee beans bristol beans. Some shops offer the beans in large quantities.

Porto Rico Importing Co.

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

The aroma of freshly roasting beans fills the air as you walk into this West Village shop. Open bags of dark-brown beans line the shelves alongside jars of sugar as well as 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 increasing number of Italian immigrants who set up establishments to cater to their dietary requirements. Albanese named the shop after the popular Puerto Rican Coffee she imported and sold - a drink that was so popular that at the time, even the Pope would drink it.

Porto Rico offers 130 different kinds of beans, including those from around the globe at three locations, including Bleecker Street, Essex Market, and online. Porto Rico roasts their own beans and provides wholesale distribution for 350 restaurants in NYC, Brooklyn and Brooklyn.

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

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. 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. They named it Lofted Coffee. Local clients included Greenpoint's Budin, and Soho cart services Peddler and Peddler.

Sey's reliance on micro-lots -- or even whole harvests from a single farmer has earned it the respect of highly discerning New York City coffee aficionados. 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 harvested at the peak of ripeness, and then steamed to eliminate any imperfections. They were then dried on the farm after a 36-hour dry fermentation. The result is a blend with hints of fruit and melon.

Sey's commitment to holistically improving the well-being of employees, customers and growers extends beyond the walls of the shop. It utilizes biodegradable disposables as well as composts, keeping waste out of the landfill and converting it into substances that help reduce harmful greenhouse gases as well as nourish soil. It also eliminates gratuity, which puts baristas in a position to provide their livelihoods and encourage them to focus on their craft.

La Cabra

La Cabra is a modern specialty coffee beans coffee company founded in Aarhus, Denmark in 2012. They started with a small store and a dedicated team. Their innovative and honest approach to providing an outstanding coffee experience has earned them a loyal following not only in their own town and across the globe.

La Carba has a rigorous method of identifying their ideal beans, scouring through hundreds of different varieties each year to identify the ones that fit their ideals. They then roast them very lightly, dialing in their desired flavor profile. This results in more clarity and a better taste.

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

The shop utilizes 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 Q&A session with Atlanta Coffee Shops, General Manager Ian Walla reveals that La Cabra serves around 250 different coffees per year, and usually has seven or eight varieties on offer at any given point.

The Roasting Plant Coffee

The Roasting Plant, a multi-unit coffee retailer roasts and brews the coffee on site. Each cup is roasted and brewed according to your requirements in less than a second. It scour the globe for the highest-quality specialty beans that are sourced directly offering customers a choice and quality.

Their roaster on site is a fluid bed machine, which is different from traditional drum machines that are used in UK coffee shops. The beans are blown about in a heated container by high-speed air that keeps the beans in a suspended state and allows them to be roasted at a consistent rate as they travel through the machine.

I tried the Sumatran Coffee and it was velvety and rich with a velvety taste. Dark chocolate was evident from the aroma and as you sipped the coffee, there were subtle citrus fruit flavors.

The coffee is then be poured into the store's Eversys Super-Automatic Brewing Machines, and brewed to your specifications in less than one minute. Customers can pick from nine single origins as well as several blends.

Parlor Coffee

Parlor Coffee was founded in 2012 in a barbershop with a single espresso machine. It has since developed into a bustling coffee roastery, whose beans are available in top cafes restaurants, cafes, and home brewers in every city. Parlor is committed to sourcing high-quality beans from around the globe Each one is a long, arduous journey before arriving in the hands of its roasters.

The owners, who self-described as "passionate about coffee and believe that a good cup of coffee bean company should accessible to everyone," have created a space that is down-to earth with chalkboards, compost bins, recycled handmade products, and minimal decor.

They light roast coffee beans and brew their own blends and single-origins (there were six on the menu when I was there) They also do cuppings Sundays, which are open to the public. Think of it as a brewery tasting room--you can smell and taste the beans, ranging from chocolaty earthy (one was almost tomato-like!). It's a bit off the beaten track, but worth the trip.