Five Brooklyn Coffee Bean Shops

If you're a coffee connoisseur You'll want to visit a coffee bean shop. They offer a wide selection of whole beans from around the world. They also sell unique kitchenware and trinkets.

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Porto Rico Importing Co.

Veteran coffee seller who specializes in international brews, loose teas and a selection.

The scent of freshly roasting beans fills the air once you walk into this West Village shop. Open bags of dark-brown beans are displayed on the shelves alongside jars of sugar luxury coffee beans-making equipment, tea and other accessories.

Porto Rico, originally opened in 1907 by Italian immigrants Patsy Albonese. Greenwich Village at the time was experiencing an influx Italian immigrants, who opened businesses to meet their dietary needs. Albanese named her shop after the well-known Puerto Rican coffee she imported (and sold) - - a drink that was so famous at the time that even the Pope took a sip.

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

Peter Longo, the current president and owner of the business was raised on the top rated coffee beans floor of the bakery of his family located on Bleecker Street where his father was the owner of Porto Rico. He continues to operate the shop in a similar 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 the fourth-floor loft around the corner from their new shop 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 acclaim of the most discerning New York City coffee aficionados. In 2011, Sey purchased a six-bag micro lot of Danilo Dones Sitio Catucai, a Brazilian coffee from the Espirito-Santo region. The beans were picked at peak ripeness, floated to eliminate any defects and dried fermented for about 36 hours before being dried on the farm. The result is a blend with hints of berry lemongrass and melon.

Sey's commitment goes beyond its shop to improve the overall health of staff and growers, and customers. It makes use of biodegradable plastics and composts to keep waste out of landfills and turning it into agents that reduce harmful greenhouse gas emissions and feed the soil. It also eliminates gratuity. This allows baristas to concentrate on their craft and to earn a living.

La Cabra

La Cabra, a modern specialty-coffee company, was founded in Aarhus in Denmark in 2012. It started with a small shop and a dedicated team. Their innovative and honest approach to providing an outstanding coffee experience has earned them a devoted following, not just in their own town but also around the world.

La Carba follows a strict procedure to identify their ideal beans. They scour hundreds of varieties each year in order to find those that best meet their ideals. They roast them in a light style and dial them in to achieve their desired flavor profile. This gives the coffees a more vibrant flavor and clarity.

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

The shop employs the La Marzocco modbar and the cups and plates are designed specifically for Wurtz ceramics in Horsens, which is a father-son studio. In a recent interview Atlanta Coffee Shops General Manager Ian Walla revealed that La Cabra serves 250 different types of coffee per day, and has usually seven or eight different varieties available at any given time.

The Roasting Plant Coffee

The Roasting Plant, a multi-unit retailer of coffee roasts and brews its coffee on the spot. Each cup is brewed and roasted according to your requirements in less than an hour. It searches far and wide for the highest-grade, directly sourced specialty beans providing customers with choice and high-quality.

Their on-site roaster utilizes fluid bed technology which is quite different from the classic drum-type machines used in the majority of UK coffee houses. The beans are blown around a heated box by high-velocity 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 incredibly rich and velvety with a velvety taste. Dark chocolate was evident in the aroma. And as you sip the coffee, there were subtle citrus fruit flavors.

The roasted coffee is then whisked to the Eversys super-automatic brewing machines and you can have your coffee brewed to your specifications in just a few minutes. Customers can choose from a selection of nine single origin choices and a range of blends.

Parlor Coffee

Parlor Coffee was founded in 2012 behind a barbershop, with a single group espresso machine. It has since evolved to become a burgeoning roastery, and its beans can be found in great cafes and restaurants as well as home brewers all over the city. Parlor Coffee is dedicated to sourcing only the highest quality beans that have all undergone a long journey before reaching its roasters.

The owners, who self-described as "passionate about craft and believe that good coffee should be available to everyone," have created a environment that is simple, with chalkboards, compost bins and up-cycled items, and simple decor.

They roast their own blends (there were six when I was there) and single-origins. However, they also have cuppings on Sundays, which are open to the public. Think of it as a brewery tasting room--you can smell and taste the beans, from chocolaty to earthy (one was almost tomato-like!). They're off the beaten path but are worthwhile to visit.