A Productive Rant About Coffee Bean Shop

Five Brooklyn Coffee Bean Shops

If you're a coffee lover, then you will want to try out the shops selling coffee beans. These shops sell a range of whole beans from around the globe. These stores also sell unique trinkets, kitchenware and other items.

Some of these shops offer subscriptions to their coffee beans. Some shops sell them in bulk.

Porto Rico Importing Co.

Veteran coffee seller specializing in international brews, as well as a variety of loose teas

The aroma of freshly roasted beans fills the air once you walk into this West Village shop. Open bags of dark-brown beans line the shelves, along with sugar jars coffee-making equipment, tea and other accessories.

Porto Rico, originally opened in 1907 by Italian immigrants Patsy Albonese. At the time, Greenwich Village was seeing an influx of Italian immigrants who had opened businesses to meet their culinary requirements. Albanese named her shop after the renowned Puerto Rican coffee she imported (and sold) - a beverage that was so well-known at the time that even the Pope was a fan.

Porto Rico offers 130 different varieties of beans, including those from around the world located in three locations including Bleecker Street, Essex Market, and online. Porto Rico also 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 ran Porto Rico. He continues to operate the business in the same way to his father and grandfather.

Sey Coffee

It is located on Grattan Street in Morgantown, Brooklyn's Bushwick neighborhood, Sey Coffee is both a cafe and a roaster. Co-founders Tobin Polk and Lance Schnorenberg, both 33 started roasting in the fourth-floor loft located across the street at their new location in 2011 under the name Lofted Coffee (with local clients including Greenpoint's Budin and Soho cart service Peddler).

Sey's reliance on micro-lots -- or even whole harvests from single farmers--has been praised by highly discerning New York City coffee aficionados. 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 picked at their peak ripeness, floated to get rid of any imperfections, then dry fermented for about 36 hours before being dried on the farm. The result is a coffee with hints of berry melon and lemongrass.

Sey's commitment to holistically improving the well-being of staff, customers, and growers extends beyond the store. It makes use of composts and biodegradable plastics to keep waste out of the landfills. This helps reduce greenhouse gases and helps nourish the soil. It also eliminates gratuity. This lets baristas focus on their craft and support their livelihoods.

La Cabra

La Cabra is a modern specialty coffee brand that was established in Aarhus, Denmark in 2012. The company began with a small shop and a committed team. Their honest and innovative approach to providing a superior coffee experience has earned them a devoted following not only in their local area, but worldwide.

La Carba has a rigorous process for finding their perfect beans, by scouring through hundreds of different varieties a year to find the ones that fit their ideals. Then they roast them in a very light manner then dial the roast to create their desired flavor profile. This gives the coffees a more intense flavor and clarity.

The East Village store opened last October, with a minimalist and sleek style, and has been praised worldwide by 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 employs a La Marzocco Modbar and the cups plates and bowls are crafted 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 types of coffees each year, and usually has seven or eight varieties on offer at any given time.

The 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 preferences in less than an hour. It searches far and far for the finest quality, directly sourced specialty beans providing customers with choice and quality.

Their onsite roaster is a fluid bed device, which is different from traditional drum machines found in UK coffee shops. The beans are blown around in a heated container by high-speed air, which keeps the green beans in suspension and allows them to be roasted in a steady manner as they move through the machine.

I tried the Sumatran Coffee and it was incredibly rich and velvety with a velvety taste.  coffee bean company Coffeee  was evident in the aroma. And as you sipped the coffee you could taste subtle citrus fruit flavors.

The coffee that has been roasted is transported to the store's Eversys brewing machines that are super-automatic and can be brewed to your specification within less than a minute. Customers can pick from a variety of single origins and a range of blends.

Parlor Coffee

In 2012, the company was established in the back of a barbershop with one espresso machine in a single group, Parlor Coffee has become a burgeoning roastery whose beans are sold at top restaurants, cafes and home brewers across the city. Parlor Coffee is committed to procuring the highest-quality beans, which have all been through a long journey before arriving at its roasters.

According to their own words the owners "have a relentless passion for craft and a belief that great coffee should be accessible to everyone." They achieve that with their down-to-earth area on a residential street. Think compost bins, a chalkboard welcome handmade up-cycled products, and a simple deco.

They roast and make their own blends and single-origins (there were six when I was there) Also, they hold cuppings on Sundays, and are open to the public. Think of it like a brewery tasting room--you can smell and taste the beans, ranging from chocolaty to earthy (one was very tomato-like!). They're a bit off the beaten track however, they're well worth a trip.