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Five Brooklyn Coffee Bean Shops

If you're a lover of coffee and you're looking for a place to shop, then you'll need to go to the coffee shop. These shops offer a variety of whole beans from around the globe. They also sell unique trinkets and kitchenware.

Some of these shops offer subscriptions for their coffee beans. Others sell large quantities of coffee beans at their retail stores.

Porto Rico Importing Co.

Veteran coffee seller specializing in international brews and a variety of loose teas

As you enter this old-school West Village shop, the scent of freshly roasting beans fills your nostrils. The sacks of dark brown beans line the shelves, along with jars of sugar coffee-making equipment, tea and other accessories.

Porto Rico, originally opened in 1907 by Italian immigrant Patsy Albonese. Greenwich Village at the time was witnessing an influx of Italian immigrants, who had opened businesses to cater to their culinary needs. Albanese named her shop after the famous Puerto Rican coffee she imported (and sold) the beverage was that was so popular at the time that even the Pope took a sip.

Today, Porto Rico sells 130 varieties of beans from around the globe at three locations in New York City including their Bleecker Street location, Essex Market and online. The company roasts its own beans and provides wholesale distribution for 350 restaurants in NYC, Brooklyn and Brooklyn.

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

Sey Coffee

It is located on Grattan Street in Morgantown, Brooklyn's Bushwick neighborhood, Sey Coffee is both a coffee shop and roaster. Co-founders Tobin Polk and Lance Schnorenberg, both 33, started roasting in a fourth-floor loft around the corner at their new location in 2011 under the name Lofted coffee bean suppliers near Me (with local clients including Greenpoint's Budin and Soho cart service Peddler).

Sey's emphasis on buying micro-lots--or even whole harvests from single farmers earned it the praise of discerning New York City coffee aficionados. In the past, Sey bought a six-bag micro lot of Danilo Dones Sitio Catucai from Brazil's Espirito Santa region. The beans were picked when they were ripe and floated to remove 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 commitment to holistically improving the wellbeing of staff, growers and customers extends beyond the store. It utilizes biodegradable disposables as well as composts, keeping waste out of garbage and converting it into agents that lower harmful greenhouse gases and enrich the soil. It also removes gratuities. This lets baristas focus on their craft and support their livelihoods.

La Cabra

La Cabra is a modern specialty coffee company founded in Aarhus, Denmark in 2012. The company began with a small store and a dedicated team. Their honest and innovative approach to providing an exceptional organic coffee beans experience has earned them a devoted fan base not just in their own town but also around the world.

La Carba follows a strict process to find their perfect beans. They scour through hundreds of varieties each year in order to select the beans that best fit their ideals. Then, they roast them in a light manner then dial them in to achieve their desired flavor profile. This gives the coffees a greater clarity and a more vibrant taste.

The East Village store opened last October, with a minimalist and sleek design. It has been praised worldwide by coffee bean coffee lovers for its meticulous pour-overs and baked goods that are 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 cups and plates are made by Wurtz ceramics in Horsens, which is a father-son studio. In a recent Q&A interview with Atlanta Coffee Shops, General Manager Ian Walla reveals that La Cabra serves approximately 250 different coffees per year, 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 on-site and brews according to your preferences, with each cup of coffee roasting and brewed according to your preferences in less than one minute. It searches far and wide for the highest-grade, directly sourced specialty beans providing customers with choice and high-quality.

Their roaster on site is a fluid bed machine that is distinct from the classic drum machines used in UK coffee shops. The beans are blown into the heated box using high-speed air that is circulated. This keeps the beans in suspension and allows for a constant roasting rate.

I tried the Sumatran Coffee and it was incredibly rich and velvety with a velvety taste. Dark chocolate was evident in the aroma. And as you sipped the coffee, you could detect subtle citrus fruit flavours.

The roasted coffee will then be transferred to the Eversys Super-Automatic Brewing Machines, and brewed to your preferences in less than a minute. Customers can choose from nine single origins and a variety blends.

Parlor Coffee

Parlor Coffee was founded in 2012 behind a barbershop, with a single group espresso machine. It has since grown into a burgeoning coffee roastery, with beans that are available in top cafes restaurants, cafes, and home brewers throughout the city. Parlor Coffee is committed to sourcing the highest quality beans that have all undergone a long journey before arriving at its roasters.

The owners, who self-described as "passionate about craft and believe that great coffee should be accessible to all," have created a place that is a bit more grounded and filled with chalkboards. There are compost bins, up-cycled handmade products, and a minimalist interior.

They roast their own blends (there were six at the time I was there) and single-origins, but they also host cuppings on Sundays, which are open to the public. Imagine it as a brewery tasting room--you can smell and taste the ground beans, ranging from chocolaty earthy (one was almost tomato-like!). They're off the beaten track however, they're is worth a visit.