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Five Brooklyn Coffee Bean Shops If you're a coffee enthusiast, you should visit a coffee shop. These shops provide a variety of whole beans from around the globe. They also offer unique trinkets and kitchenware. Some of these shops offer subscriptions to their coffee beans. Some shops offer the beans in bulk. Porto Rico Importing Co. Veteran coffee seller that specializes in international brews, loose teas and a selection. The aroma of freshly roasted beans fills the air as you enter this West Village shop. Open 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. At the time, Greenwich Village was seeing an increasing number of Italian immigrants who opened establishments to cater to their dietary requirements. Albanese named the shop after the popular Puerto Rican Coffee she imported and sold – a beverage that was so well-known that at the time, even the Pope would drink it. Today, Porto Rico sells 130 varieties of beans from around the world at three locations in New York City including their Bleecker Street location, Essex Market and online. Porto Rico also roasts its own beans and offers wholesale distribution to 350 restaurants in NYC and Brooklyn. Peter Longo, the current owner and president of the business 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 shop 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 an espresso bar and a coffee roaster. Tobin Polk, Lance Schnorenberg and their co-founders, who are 33 years old, started roasting coffee in the loft on the fourth floor, just across the street, 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 single farmers earned it the respect of the most 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 Santo region. The beans were hand-picked at the peak of ripeness, then floated to get rid of any imperfections, then dry fermented for about 36 hours before being dried on the farm. The result is a cup with hints of berry, lemongrass and melon. Sey's dedication extends beyond its shop to improve the overall wellbeing of staff and growers, as well as its customers. It utilizes composts and biodegradable disposables to keep waste out of landfills. This helps reduce greenhouse gases and nourish the soil. It also eliminates gratuity, which puts baristas into a position to support their livelihoods and encourage them to focus on their craft. La Cabra La Cabra, a modern specialty coffee brand, was founded in Aarhus in Denmark in 2012. They started with a small store and a team of dedicated employees. Their honesty and ingenuity to providing an exceptional coffee experience has earned their acclaim not just in their own town but also around the world. La Carba has a rigorous procedure for locating their ideal beans, by scouring through hundreds of different lots every year to locate the ones that fit their ideals. Then they roast them in a light style then dial them in to achieve their desired flavor profile. This results in more clarity and a better taste. The East Village store opened last October, with a minimalist and sleek design. It's been praised by coffee lovers for its precise pour overs and baked goods supervised by head baker Jared Sexton, who's previously worked at Bien Cuit and Dominique Ansel. The shop uses a La Marzocco Modbar as well as the cups, plates, and bowls are custom-designed by Wurtz ceramics, a father and son studio located in Horsens. In a recent interview with Atlanta Coffee Shops General Manager Ian Walla revealed that La Cabra serves 250 different coffees every day, and has usually seven or eight coffees available at any one time. The Plant Coffee 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 specifications in less than an hour. It searches countries far and far to find the finest specialty beans that are directly sourced that provide customers with a choice and high-quality. The roaster they have on site is a fluid bed device, which is different from classic drum machines used in UK coffee shops. The beans are blown about in a heated box by high-velocity air which keeps the green beans suspended and allows roasting to happen in a steady manner as they travel through the machine. I tried the Sumatran coffee and it was very rich with a velvety mouthfeel, dark chocolate scent was present. The coffee began to cool as you sip the coffee. The subtle scents of citrus fruit were detected. The roasted coffee will be whisked into the store's Eversys Super-Automatic brewing Machines to be brewed according your specifications in less than a minute. Customers can select from nine single origins and different blends. Parlor Coffee Parlor Coffee was founded in 2012 in a barbershop equipped with a single group espresso machine. It has since grown into a bustling coffee roastery, whose beans can be found in great cafes, restaurants, and home brewers in every city. Parlor Coffee is dedicated to sourcing only the highest-quality beans, that have all been through a long journey before reaching its roasters. The owners, who self-described as “passionate about craft and believe that a good cup of coffee should be accessible to everyone,” have created a environment that is simple and has chalkboards, compost bins, up-cycled handmade products, and low-frills decor. They roast their own blends (there were six when I was there) and single-origins. However, top 10 coffee beans on Sundays that are open to the public. Imagine it as a tasting room, where you can smell and taste the ground beans. They vary from earthy to chocolaty (one was similar to tomato!). It's a bit off the beaten path, but it's worth the drive.