Five Brooklyn Coffee Bean Shops
If you're a coffee connoisseur then you'll want to go to a coffee bean shop (
on the main page). They offer a wide assortment of whole beans from all over the world. They also sell exclusive trinkets, kitchenware and other products.
Some of these shops offer subscriptions to their coffee beans. Others offer
coffee beans in bulk at their retail stores.
Porto Rico Importing Co.
Veteran
coffee beans delivery vendor specializing in international brews, as well as a variety of loose teas
When you step into this old-school West Village shop, the scent of freshly roasted
coffeee beans fills your nose. The shelves are filled with jars and sacks of dark brown beans, with tea-making equipment, coffee accessories, and sugar.
Porto Rico, originally opened in 1907 by Italian immigrant Patsy Albonese. At the time, Greenwich Village was seeing an increase in Italian immigrants who opened businesses to meet their culinary needs. Albanese named her shop after the well-known Puerto Rican
expensive coffee beans she imported (and sold) the beverage was so famous at the time that even the Pope drank 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 its own beans and
Coffee Bean Near Me offers wholesale distribution to 350 restaurants in NYC and Brooklyn.
Peter Longo, current owner and president, grew up in the family bakery on Bleecker Street, where his father ran Porto Rico. He still runs the business in the same way as his grandfather and father.
Sey Coffee
Sey Coffee, a coffee roaster and shop located on Grattan Street, in Morgantown. This neighborhood, located in Brooklyn's Bushwick district, is located on Grattan Street. Co-founders Tobin Polk and Lance Schnorenberg, both 33, started roasting in a fourth-floor loft across the street 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 commitment to buying micro-lots or whole harvests, from single farmers has earned him the respect of New York City coffee enthusiasts. Last year, Sey purchased a six-bag micro lot of Danilo Dones Sitio Catucai from Brazil's Espirito-Santo region. The beans were picked at their peak of 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 berry, melon and lemongrass.
Sey's mission extends beyond the shop to improve the overall health of staff and growers, and customers. It utilizes composts and biodegradable disposables to keep waste from the landfills. This helps reduce greenhouse gases and nourish the soil. It also does away with gratuity, which puts the baristas in a position to support their livelihoods as well as encourage them to focus on their craft.
La Cabra
La Cabra is a modern specialty coffee company founded in Aarhus, Denmark in 2012. It began with a tiny store and a dedicated team. Their honest and innovative approach to delivering an extraordinary coffee experience has earned them a following, not just in their home town, but globally.
La Carba has a rigorous process to find their perfect beans, going through hundreds of different lots each year to identify the ones that are perfect for their tastes. They then roast them very lightly, adjusting their desired flavor profile. This gives their coffees clearer and more vibrant taste.
The East Village store opened last October with a sleek, minimalist design, and has been praised by international coffee lovers for its meticulous pour overs and baked goods overseen by head baker Jared Sexton, who's previously worked at Bien Cuit and Dominique Ansel.
The shop is equipped with the La Marzocco modbar and the plates and cups are made by Wurtz ceramics in Horsens, which is a father-son studio. In a recent interview with Atlanta Coffee Shops General Manager Ian Walla revealed that La Cabra serves 250 different coffees a yea, and has usually seven or eight coffees available at any given moment.
The Plant Coffee Roasting Plant Coffee
The Roasting Plant, a multi-unit retailer of coffee roasts and brews coffee on site. Each cup is roasted and brewed according to your specifications within less than one second. It searches the world for the highest-grade specialty beans that are directly sourced providing customers with choices 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 in an enclosed box that is heated and has high-speed air, which is circulated. This keeps the beans in suspension and ensures a consistent roasting speed.
I tried the Sumatran Coffee and it was rich and velvety with a rich and velvety taste. Dark chocolate was evident in the aroma, and as you sip the coffee, there were subtle citrus fruit flavors.
The coffee is then be poured into the Eversys Super-Automatic Brewing Machines to be brewed according your specifications in less than one minute. Customers can pick from nine single origin selections and a wide range of blends.
Parlor Coffee
Founded in 2012 in the back of a barbershop with an espresso machine that was single-group, Parlor Coffee has become a rapidly growing roastery whose beans can be found in top restaurants, cafes and home brewers in the city. Parlor Coffee is committed to procuring the finest quality beans, which have all been through a long journey before reaching its roasters.
The owners, who self-described as "passionate about the craft and believe that good coffee should be available to everyone," have created a environment that is simple, with chalkboards, compost bins, up-cycled hand-made products, and low-frills decor.
They roast and make their own blends and single-origins (there were six when I was there) Also, they do cuppings Sundays, which are open to the public. Think of it like a tasting room for breweries. You can smell and taste the beans, ranging from chocolaty earthy (one was almost tomato-like!). It's a bit off the beaten path but worth the trip.
