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Five Brooklyn Coffee Bean Shops If you're a coffee lover You'll want to visit the shops selling coffee beans. These shops provide a variety of whole beans from all over the world. They also have unique kitchenware and trinkets. Some of these shops offer subscriptions for their coffee beans. Others offer the beans in bulk at their retail stores. Porto Rico Importing Co. Coffeee that is a specialist in international brews, loose teas and a variety. When you step into this quaint West Village shop, the smell of fresh coffee beans fills your nostrils. The sacks of dark brown beans are stacked on the shelves along with jars of sugar, coffee-making equipment and tea accessories. Porto Rico, originally opened in 1907 by Italian immigrant Patsy Albonese. At the time, Greenwich Village was seeing an large influx of Italian immigrants who opened establishments to cater to their dietary requirements. Albanese named the shop after the famous Puerto Rican Coffee she imported and sold – a drink that was so renowned 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 provides wholesale distribution for 350 restaurants in NYC, Brooklyn and Brooklyn. Peter Longo, current owner and president, was raised in the family bakery on Bleecker Street, where his father ran Porto Rico. He still runs the shop in the same manner like his father and grandfather. Sey Coffee Located along Grattan Street in Morgantown, Brooklyn's Bushwick neighborhood, Sey Coffee is both a roaster and coffee shop. Co-founders Tobin Polk and Lance Schnorenberg, both 33 started roasting in the fourth-floor loft around the corner from their new location in 2011 under the name Lofted Coffee (with local clients including Greenpoint's Budin and Soho cart service Peddler). Sey's focus on purchasing micro-lots, or even whole harvests from single farmers earned it the respect of the most discerning New York City coffee aficionados. Last year they made a six-bag micro-lot purchase of Danilo Dones Sitio Catucai 785 from Brazil's Espirito Santo region. The beans were harvested at the peak of 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 blend with hints of berry lemongrass, and melon. Sey's dedication to holistically improving the quality of life for growers, staff and customers extends beyond the store. It makes use of composts and biodegradable products to keep waste out of the garbage dumps. This helps to reduce greenhouse gases as well as nourish the soil. It also eliminates gratuity. This allows baristas to concentrate on their work and earn a living. La Cabra La Cabra is a modern specialty coffee business that was founded in Aarhus, Denmark in 2012. It began with a tiny store and a team of dedicated employees. Their honest and innovative approach to delivering an extraordinary coffee experience earned them a following, not just in their own town, but globally. La Carba has a rigorous method of identifying their ideal beans, searching through hundreds of different lots every year to locate the ones that match their ideals. Then, they roast them in a light style, dialing them in to achieve their desired flavor profile. This results in a brighter taste and clarity. The East Village store, which opened in the month of October last year was praised for its premium pour-overs as well as its baked goods, which are overseen by Jared Sexton. He previously worked at Bien Cuit, Dominique Ansel, and other coffee establishments. The shop is equipped with 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 Atlanta Coffee Shops General Manager Ian Walla revealed that La Cabra serves 250 different coffees every day and usually has seven or eight coffees available at any given time. The Roasting Plant Coffee The Roasting Plant, a multi-unit coffee retailer, roasts and brews its coffee on the spot. Each cup is brewed and roasted according to your requirements in less than one second. It scour the globe for the finest specialty beans that are sourced directly providing customers with the choice and quality. The on-site roaster employs fluid bed technology that is a bit different to the drum-type machines commonly found in the majority of UK coffee shops. The beans are blown around in the heated box by high-speed air, which keeps the beans in a suspended state and allows them to be roasted at a consistent rate when they pass through the machine. I tried the Sumatran coffee and it was very rich with a velvety mouthfeel, dark chocolate aromas were present and the coffee started to cool down as you sipped, subtle flavours of citrus fruit were detected. The coffee that has been roasted will be transferred to the store's Eversys Super-Automatic Brewing Machines and brewed according to your specifications within less than a minute. Customers can pick from nine single origin options and a wide range of blends. Parlor Coffee The company was founded in 2012 at 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 restaurants, cafes and home brewers in the city. Parlor is dedicated to sourcing the highest-quality beans across the globe Each one is a long, arduous journey before arriving in the roasters. According to their own words according to their own words, they “have an unrelenting passion for craft and a belief that good coffee should be available to anyone.” They accomplish this with their earthy space on a residential street—think compost bins, chalkboards hand-made up-cycled goods, and a minimally-decorated space. They roast their own blends (there were six when I was there) and single-origins. But they also host cuppings on Sundays that are open to the public. Imagine it as a brewery tasting area where you can smell and taste the beans that are ground. They vary from earthy to chocolatey (one was similar to tomato!). It's a bit off the beaten path, but well worth the trip.