Five Brooklyn Coffee Bean Shops
If you are an avid coffee drinker, you must visit a coffee shop. These shops sell a range of whole beans from around the globe. They also sell unique trinkets, kitchenware and other items.
Some of these shops offer subscriptions for their coffee beans. Others sell them in bulk at their retail stores.
Porto Rico Importing Co.
Veteran coffee seller specializing in international brews, as well as a variety of loose teas
The scent of freshly roasted beans fills the air when you enter this West Village shop. Open sacks of dark-brown beans line the shelves alongside sugar jars coffee-making equipment, tea and other accessories.
Originally opened in 1907, Porto Rico was founded by Italian immigrants Patsy Albanese. Greenwich Village at the time was witnessing an influx of Italian immigrants, who set up businesses to satisfy their culinary needs. Albanese named her shop after the famous Puerto Rican coffee she imported (and sold) the beverage was so famous at the time that even the Pope took a sip.
Porto Rico offers 130 different varieties of beans, which includes those from around the world in three locations, including Bleecker Street, Essex Market and online. Porto Rico roasts its own beans and provides wholesale distribution to 350 restaurants in NYC and Brooklyn.
Peter Longo, the current owner and president of the business was raised over the bakery of his family on Bleecker Street where his father operated Porto Rico. He continues to operate the business in the same manner as his father and grandfather.
Sey Coffee
Sey Coffee, a coffee roaster and shop is located along Grattan Street, in Morgantown. The neighborhood, which is part of Brooklyn's Bushwick district is located on Grattan Street. Co-founders Tobin Polk and Lance Schnorenberg, both 33, started roasting in a fourth-floor loft 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 preference for micro-lots or even whole harvests from single farmers--has been praised by highly discerning New York City coffee aficionados. Last year, Sey purchased a six-bag micro lot of Danilo Dones Sitio Catucai from Brazil's Espirito Santa region. The beans were carefully 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 cup with hints of berry, lemongrass, and melon.
Sey's goal of holistically improving the health of staff, customers, and growers extends beyond the shop. It makes use of biodegradable disposables and composts, keeping waste out of landfills and turning it into agents that reduce harmful greenhouse gas emissions and feed the soil. It also eliminates gratuity, a move that puts baristas into a position to support their livelihoods and motivate them to focus on their art.
La Cabra
La Cabra, a modern specialty coffee company, was founded in Aarhus in Denmark in 2012. The company began with a small shop and a dedicated staff. Their honesty and ingenuity to delivering a truly exceptional coffee experience has earned them a following that was not only in their home town but all over the world.
La Carba follows a strict procedure to find their perfect beans. They search through hundreds of varieties each year in order to find the ones that best meet their standards. Then, they roast them in a light manner, dialing them in to achieve their 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 high-quality pour overs, as well as the baked goods, which are overseen by Jared Sexton. He previously worked at Bien Cuit, Dominique Ansel as well as other coffee houses.
The shop employs 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 Atlanta Coffee Shops General Manager Ian Walla revealed that La Cabra serves 250 different coffees a yea, and has usually seven or eight varieties on offer at any time.
The Roasting Plant
buy coffee beans near meThe Roasting Plant is the only multi-unit
coffee beans manchester retailer that roasts its own
coffee bean suppliers near me and brews according to your preferences, with each cup of coffee roasting and brewed according to your requirements in less than an hour. It is a search engine for the highest-quality specialty beans that are sourced directly, giving customers choice and quality.
Their roaster on site is a fluid bed machine, that is distinct from the traditional drum machines commonly found in UK coffee shops. The beans are blown around in the heated box by high-speed air, which keeps the green
decaf beans coffee suspended and allows them to be roasted in a steady manner throughout the machine.
I tried the coffee bean shop (
read here) Sumatran Coffee and it was velvety and rich with a smooth taste. Dark chocolate was evident in the aroma. And as you sip the coffee you could smell subtle citrus fruit flavours.
The roasted coffee is then whisked to the store's Eversys super-automatic brewing equipment and brewed to your specification in less than a minute. Customers can choose from nine single origins and a variety blends.
Parlor Coffee
Parlor Coffee was founded in 2012 behind a barbershop, equipped with a single group espresso machine. It has since evolved to become a burgeoning roastery, whose beans can be found in a variety of great cafes restaurants, cafes, and home brewers throughout the city. Parlor Coffee is committed to sourcing the highest-quality beans, which have all been through a long journey before they reach its roasters.
In their own words in their own words, they "have an unstoppable passion for craft and a belief that great coffee should be accessible to anyone." They accomplish this with their earthy streetscape that is a mix of residential and commercial. Think compost bins, chalkboards handmade up-cycled products, and a minimally-decorated space.
They
medium roast coffee beans and create their own blends as well as single-origins (there were six while I was there) Also, they do cuppings Sundays, which are open to the public. Think of it as the tasting room of a brewery. You can smell and taste the ground beans, ranging from chocolaty to earthy (one was very tomato-like!). They're a bit away from the main roads and well worth a trip.