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Five Brooklyn Coffee Bean Shops If you're a lover of coffee, then you will want to go to the shops selling coffee beans. These shops offer a broad selection of whole beans from all across the globe. They also offer unique trinkets and kitchenware. Some of these shops offer subscriptions for their coffee beans. Others sell the beans in bulk at their retail locations. Porto Rico Importing Co. Veteran coffee seller that specialises in international brews loose teas, and a variety. The aroma of freshly roasting beans fills the air as you enter this West Village shop. The shelves are lined with jars, sacks and dark brown beans, with tea-making equipment, coffee accessories, and sugar. Porto Rico was first opened in 1907 Porto Rico was founded by Italian immigrants Patsy Albanese. Greenwich Village at the time was experiencing an influx Italian immigrants, who had opened businesses to satisfy their food requirements. Albanese named the shop after the famous 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 all over the world at three locations in New York City including their Bleecker Street location, Essex Market and online. The company roasts its own beans and offers wholesale distribution to 350 restaurants in NYC and Brooklyn. Peter Longo, current owner and president, was raised in the family bakery on Bleecker Street, where his father was the owner of Porto Rico. The owner continues to run the business in the same way like his father and grandfather. Sey Coffee Located along Grattan Street in Morgantown, Brooklyn's Bushwick neighborhood, Sey Coffee is both a roaster and coffee shop. Tobin Polk, Lance Schnorenberg and their 33-year-old co-founders started roasting coffee in a loft on the fourth floor just around the corner, in the year 2011. The name was 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 praise of the most discerning New York City coffee aficionados. In the past they made a six-bag micro-lot purchase of Danilo Dones Sitio Catucai 785 from Brazil's Espirito Santo region. The beans were hand-picked at peak ripeness and floated to eliminate any defects and dried fermented for 36 hours before being dried on the farm. The result is a blend with hints of berry, melon and lemongrass. Sey's commitment goes beyond its shop to improve the overall well-being of staff and farmers, as well as its customers. It utilizes biodegradable disposables as well as composts, preventing waste from landfills and converting it to agents that reduce harmful greenhouse gases as well as nourish soil. It also removes gratuities. This lets baristas focus 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 began with a tiny store and a dedicated team. Their honest and innovative approach to providing an outstanding coffee experience has earned them a devoted following not only in their local area but also around the world. La Carba follows a strict method to select their best beans. They go through hundreds of lots each year in order to find those that best meet their ideals. Then they roast them in a very light manner then dial them in to achieve their desired flavor profile. This gives the coffees more vibrant flavor and clarity. The East Village store opened last October with a sleek and minimalist design. It has been praised by international coffee aficionados for its exacting pour overs and baked goods overseen 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 designed by Wurtz ceramics, a father and son studio in Horsens. In a recent Q&A session 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 different varieties available at any given moment. The Plant Coffee Roasting Plant Coffee The Roasting Plant is the only multi-unit retailer of coffee that roasts on site and brews on demand, with every cup of coffee being roasted and brewed according to your requirements in less than minutes. It scour the globe for the highest quality specialty beans that are sourced directly, giving customers choice and quality. Their onsite roaster is a fluid bed machine that is distinct from the traditional drum machines found in UK coffee shops. coffee beans price are blown around the heated box by high-speed air which keeps the green beans in suspension and allows them to be roasted at a consistent rate when they pass through the machine. I tried the Sumatran Coffee and it was rich and velvety with a velvety flavor. Dark chocolate was evident in the aroma and as you sipped the coffee you could taste subtle citrus fruit aromas. The roasted coffee will be whisked into the store's Eversys Super-Automatic Brewing Machines and brewed according your preferences in under a minute. Customers can select from nine single origins as well as a variety blends. Parlor Coffee Founded in 2012 in the back of a barbershop, complete with an espresso machine that was single-group, Parlor Coffee has become a growing roastery, whose beans can be found in top cafes, restaurants and home brewers throughout the city. Parlor is dedicated to procuring high-quality coffee beans from around the globe Each one is a long, arduous journey before reaching the roasters. According to their own words, they “have an unrelenting passion for craft and a belief that great coffee should be accessible to anyone.” They accomplish this by putting their home-like streetscape that is a mix of residential and commercial. Think compost bins, a chalkboard welcome, handmade up-cycled products and a minimalist deco. They roast their own blends (there were six when I was there) and single-origins, however they also hold cuppings on Sundays that are accessible to the public. Imagine it as a brewery tasting room where you can taste and smell the ground beans. They range from earthy to chocolatey (one was almost like tomato!). They're a bit away from the main roads however, they're worthwhile to visit.