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Five Brooklyn Coffee Bean Shops

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

Some of these coffeee shops offer subscriptions to their coffee beans. Some shops sell coffee beans in large quantities.

Porto Rico Importing Co.

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

The aroma of freshly roasted beans fills the air as you walk into this West Village shop. The sacks of dark brown beans line the shelves, along with jars of sugar, coffee-making equipment as well as tea accessories.

Porto Rico, originally opened in 1907 by Italian immigrant Patsy Albonese. Greenwich Village at the time was witnessing a surge of Italian immigrants, who opened businesses to satisfy their culinary needs. Albanese named her shop after the popular Puerto Rican coffee she imported (and sold) which was that was so popular at the time that even the Pope consumed it.

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

Peter Longo, the current president and owner of the company was raised on the top floor of the bakery of his family on Bleecker Street where his father was the owner of Porto Rico. He still runs the business in the same manner like his father and grandfather.

Sey Coffee

Sey Coffee, a coffee shop and roaster is located along Grattan Street, in Morgantown. This neighborhood in Brooklyn's Bushwick district is situated on Grattan Street. Co-founders Tobin Polk and Lance Schnorenberg, both 33, started roasting in a fourth-floor loft just 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 preference for micro-lots or even whole harvests from single farmers earned it the respect of discerning New York City coffee aficionados. Last year, Sey purchased a six-bag micro lot of Danilo Dones Sitio Catucai from Brazil's Espirito Santo region. The beans were harvested at their peak ripeness and then floated to eliminate any imperfections. They were then dried on the farm following a 36-hour dry fermentation. The result is a blend with hints of fruit and melon.

Sey's focus on holistically improving the quality of life for staff, growers and customers extends beyond the retail store. It utilizes composts and biodegradable products to keep waste out of landfills. This helps to reduce greenhouse gases as well as nourish the soil. It also prevents gratuities. This lets baristas concentrate on their craft and help sustain their livelihoods.

La Cabra

La Cabra, a modern specialty-coffee company, was founded in Aarhus in Denmark in 2012. It began with a tiny store and a dedicated team. Their honest and innovative approach to delivering a truly exceptional coffee experience earned them a following that was not only in their home town but all over the world.

La Carba has a rigorous procedure for locating their ideal beans, scouring through hundreds of different varieties every year to locate the ones that match their ideals. They roast them light, adjusting the desired flavor profile. This gives the coffees more intense flavor and clarity.

The East Village store, which was opened in October of last year was praised for its premium pour-overs as well as its baked goods that are overseen by Jared Sexton. He previously worked at Bien Cuit, Dominique Ansel as well as other coffee houses.

The shop utilizes a La Marzocco Modbar and the cups plates, and bowls are custom-designed by Wurtz ceramics, a father/son studio in Horsens. In a recent Q&A with Atlanta Coffee Shops, General Manager Ian Walla reveals that La Cabra serves approximately 250 different coffees per year, and typically has seven or eight varieties on offer at any given point.

The Plant Coffee Roasting Plant Coffee

The Roasting Plant is the only multi-unit retailer of coffee that roasts its own coffee and brews to order with each cup of coffee roasting and brewed according to your preferences in less than one minute. It scour countries far and across the globe for the highest-quality specialty beans that are directly sourced that provide customers with a choice and quality.

Their roaster on site is a fluid bed machine, that is distinct from the classic drum machines used in UK coffee coffeee shops. The beans are blown about in an enclosed box heated by high-speed air, which keeps the green beans in suspension and allows them to be roasted in a steady manner as they travel through the machine.

I tried the Sumatran coffee and it was very rich with smooth mouthfeel, dark chocolate aroma was evident and the coffee began to cool as you sip and subtle aromas of citrus fruit were evident.

The roasted coffee is then whisked to the store's Eversys super-automatic brewing equipment and brewed to your specification within less than a minute. Customers can choose from nine single origin selections and a wide range of blends.

Parlor Coffee

In 2012, the company was established in the back of a barbershop that had an espresso machine that was single-group, Parlor Coffee has become an energizing roastery whose coffees are sold at top cafes, restaurants and home brewers across the city. Parlor is committed to procuring high-quality coffee beans from around the globe each of which has endured a laborious journey before reaching the hands of its roasters.

In their own words the owners "have an unstoppable passion for craft and believe that good coffee should be available to anyone." They achieve that by creating a simple space on a residential street--think compost bins, chalkboard welcome handmade up-cycled items, and a minimally-decorated space.

They roast and make their own blends and single-origins (there were six when I was there) Also, they have cuppings on Sundays that are open to the public. Think of it as a brewery tasting room--you can smell and taste the beans, ranging from chocolaty to earthy (one was almost tomato-like!). It's a little away from the main roads, but well worth the trip.