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Five Brooklyn Coffee Bean Shops
If you're a fan of coffee You'll want to go to a coffee bean shop. They offer a wide assortment of whole beans from all across the globe. These stores also offer unique trinkets, kitchenware and other products.
Some of these shops offer subscriptions to their coffee beans. Some shops sell coffee beans in bulk.
Porto Rico Importing Co.
Veteran coffee retailer specializing international brews as well as a range of loose teas
When you step into this quaint West Village shop, the scent of freshly roasting beans fills the air. Open sacks of dark-brown beans are stacked on the shelves along with sugar jars, 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 an influx of Italian immigrants, who had opened businesses in order to meet their food requirements. Albanese named her shop after the famous Puerto Rican expensive coffee beans she imported (and sold) which was that was so well-known at the time that even the Pope consumed it.
Porto Rico offers 130 different varieties of beans, which includes those from around the globe at three locations, including Bleecker Street, Essex Market and online. The company roasts its own beans and offers wholesale distribution to 350 restaurants in NYC, Brooklyn and Brooklyn.
Peter Longo, the current owner and president of the company, grew up above his family's bakery located on Bleecker Street where his father was the owner of Porto Rico. He continues to run the business in the same manner as his grandfather and father.
Sey Coffee
It is located on Grattan Street in Morgantown, Brooklyn's Bushwick neighborhood, Sey Coffee is both a roaster and coffee shop. Tobin Polk, Lance Schnorenberg and their co-founders of 33 years, began roasting coffee in an apartment on the fourth floor, just around the corner in the year 2011. They dubbed it Lofted Coffee. Local clients included Greenpoint's Budin, and Soho cart services Peddler and Peddler.
Sey's decision to buy micro-lots, or even whole harvests, from single farmers has earned him the respect of New York City coffee enthusiasts. Last year, they made a six-bag micro-lot purchase of Danilo Dones Sitio Catucai 785 from Brazil's Espirito Santo region. The beans were handpicked at the peak of ripeness, then floated to remove defects and then dried fermented for about 36 hours before being dried on the farm. The result is a coffee that has hints of melons and berries.
Sey's commitment goes beyond its shop to improve the overall health of growers and staff, and customers. It uses composts and biodegradable disposables in order to keep waste from the landfills. This helps to reduce greenhouse gases as well as nourish the soil. It also removes gratuities. This lets baristas focus on their craft and support their livelihoods.
La Cabra
La Cabra is a modern specialty coffee company founded in Aarhus, Denmark in 2012. They began with a small shop and a dedicated team. Their innovative and honest approach to providing an outstanding coffee experience has earned them a loyal fan base not just in their local area but also around the world.
La Carba follows a strict method to select their best beans. They scour hundreds of varieties each year in order to select the beans that best fit their ideals. They roast them light, adjusting the desired flavor profile. This gives their coffees clearer and more vibrant taste.
The East Village store, which opened in October last year, has been praised for its premium coffee beans pour-overs as well as its baked goods, which are overseen by Jared Sexton. He previously worked at Bien Cuit, Dominique Ansel and various coffee houses.
The shop utilizes the La Marzocco modbar, and the plates and cups are made by Wurtz ceramics in Horsens, the son and father studio. In a recent interview with Atlanta Coffee Shops, General Manager Ian Walla reveals that La Cabra serves approximately 250 different coffees per year, and usually has seven or eight coffees available at any given time.
The Plant Coffee Roasting Plant Coffee
The Roasting Plant A multi-unit coffee retailer, roasts and brews coffee on site. Each cup is roasted and brewed according to your preferences in less than seconds. It searches the globe for the highest-grade specialty beans that are directly sourced offering customers a choices and high-quality.
Their on-site roaster utilizes fluid bed technology that is quite different from the classic drum-type machines used in many UK coffee shops. The beans are blown in a heated container with high-speed air, which is circulated. This keeps the beans suspended and ensures a consistent roasting rate.
I tried the Sumatran coffee and it was a rich cup with velvety mouthfeel. Dark chocolate aroma was present, and the coffee began to cool down as you sipped and subtle aromas of citrus fruit were detected.
The roasted coffee will be poured into the store's Eversys Super-Automatic brewing Machines to be brewed according your preferences in under a minute. Customers can select from nine single origins and various blends.
Parlor Coffee
Parlor Coffee was founded in 2012 in a barbershop using a single espresso machine. It has since grown to become a burgeoning roastery, and its beans can be found in great cafes restaurants, cafes, and home brewers in every city. Parlor Coffee is dedicated to sourcing only the highest-quality beans, which have all undergone a long journey before reaching its roasters.
The owners, who self-described as "passionate about craft and believe that good quality coffee beans coffee should be accessible to everyone," have created a space that is grounded with chalkboards, compost bins, recycled handmade items, and simple decor.
They roast and make their own blends and single-origins (there were six on the menu when I was there), but they also have cuppings on Sundays that are open to the public. Imagine it as a tasting area--you can taste and smell the beans that are ground. They vary from earthy to chocolaty (one was almost like tomato!). It's a bit off the beaten path, but it's worth the drive.
