Five Brooklyn Coffee Bean Shops
If you're a fan of coffee, then you will want to try out a
coffee bean shop. These stores offer a wide assortment of whole beans from all across the globe. They also offer unique trinkets and kitchenware.
Some of these shops offer subscriptions to their coffee beans. Others offer the beans in bulk at their retail stores.
Porto Rico Importing Co.
Veteran coffee shop that specializes in international brews and a selection of loose teas
When you step into this traditional West Village shop, the scent of freshly roasted beans fills your nose. The shelves are packed with jars and bags of dark brown beans, with tea-making equipment, coffee accessories, and sugar.
Porto Rico, originally opened in 1907 by Italian immigrants Patsy Albonese. At the time, Greenwich Village was seeing an large influx of Italian immigrants who had opened businesses to meet their culinary requirements. Albanese named the shop after the popular Puerto Rican
expensive coffee beans she imported and sold - a beverage that was so renowned in the present, that even the Pope would drink it.
Porto Rico offers 130 different kinds of beans, including those from around the globe in three locations, including Bleecker Street, Essex Market and online. The company also roasts their own beans and provides wholesale distribution to 350 restaurants in NYC, Brooklyn and Brooklyn.
Peter Longo, current owner and president, grew up in the family bakery on Bleecker Street, where his father was the owner
types of coffee beans Porto Rico. He still runs the shop in a similar way to his father and grandfather.
Sey Coffee
It is located along 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 began roasting in a 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 reliance on micro-lots -- or even whole harvests from single farmers has earned it the praise of 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 remove defects and dried fermented for 36 hours prior to being dried on the farm. The result is a cup that is fragrant with hints of melons and berries.
Sey's commitment to holistically improving the health of growers, staff and customers extends beyond the walls of the shop. It makes use of biodegradable plastics and composts, keeping waste out of landfills and converting it to agents that lower harmful greenhouse gases and nourish soil. It also does away with gratuity, which puts the baristas in a position to support their livelihoods as well as encourage them to concentrate on their profession.
La Cabra
La Cabra is a modern specialty coffee brand that was established in Aarhus, Denmark in 2012. They began with a small shop and a team of dedicated employees. Their open and creative approach to providing a unique coffee experience has earned them a following not only in their home town, but globally.
La Carba has a rigorous process for finding their perfect beans, going through hundreds of different lots every year to find ones that match their ideals. Then, they roast them in a very light style then dial the roast to create their desired flavor profile. This gives the coffees more vibrant taste and clarity.
The East Village store, which was opened in October of last year and has been praised by critics for its excellent pour overs as well as its baked goods, which are overseen by Jared Sexton. He previously worked at Bien Cuit, Dominique Ansel, and 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 per day and has typically seven or eight coffees available at any one time.
The Roasting Plant Coffee
The Roasting Plant, a multi-unit retailer of coffee, roasts and brews the coffee on site. Each cup is brewed and roasted according to your specifications in less than an hour. It searches countries far and far for the finest quality specialty beans that are directly sourced that offer customers a variety and high-quality.
Their on-site roaster utilizes fluid bed technology which is a bit different to the drum-type machines commonly found in the majority of UK
coffee beans shop houses. The beans are blown around a heated container by high-speed air that keeps the beans in a suspended state and allows them to be roasted at a consistent rate as they move through the machine.
I tried the Sumatran coffee and it was rich with velvety mouthfeel. Dark chocolate aroma was evident and the coffee began to cool as you sipped the coffee. The subtle scents of citrus fruit were evident.
The coffee that has been roasted is whisked to the Eversys super-automatic brewing systems and you can have your coffee brewed to your specifications in just a few minutes. Customers can pick from nine single origin selections and a variety of 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 rapidly growing roastery whose beans are sold at top restaurants, cafes and home brewers throughout the city. Parlor is committed to sourcing top-quality beans from all over the world Each one has had to endure a lengthy journey before getting into the hands of its roasters.
According to their own words according to their own words, they "have an unrelenting love of craft and believe that good coffee should be available to everyone." They achieve that with their down-to-earth space on a residential street--think compost bins, chalkboard welcome handmade up-cycled items, and low-frills deco.
They roast and create their own blends and single-origins (there were six while I was there) Also, they offer cuppings on 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 almost tomato-like!). It's a bit off the beaten path, but worth the trip.
