Five Brooklyn Coffee Bean Shops
If you're a fan of coffee, then you will want to go to the coffee shop. They offer a wide selection of whole beans from all over the globe. They also sell unique trinkets and kitchenware.
Some of these shops offer subscriptions to their coffee beans. Some shops sell the beans in large quantities.
Porto Rico Importing Co.
Veteran coffee vendor specializing in international brews, as well as a variety of loose teas
When you enter this old-school West Village shop, the scent of freshly coffee beans fills your nostrils. Open sacks of dark-brown beans are displayed on the shelves alongside sugar jars as well as coffee-making equipment and tea accessories.
Porto Rico, originally opened in 1907 by Italian immigrants Patsy Albonese. Greenwich Village at the time was experiencing an influx of Italian immigrants, who opened businesses to cater to their food requirements. Albanese named her shop after the famous Puerto Rican coffee she imported (and sold) - - a drink that was so famous at the time that even the Pope took a sip.
Today, Porto Rico sells 130 varieties of beans from around the globe at three locations in New York City including their Bleecker Street location, Essex Market and online. Porto Rico also roasts their own beans and offers wholesale distribution to 350 restaurants in NYC, Brooklyn and Brooklyn.
Peter Longo, the current president and owner of the business was raised over the bakery of his family on Bleecker Street where his father operated Porto Rico. The owner continues to run the business in the same way like his father and grandfather.
Sey Coffee
It is located on Grattan Street in Morgantown, Brooklyn's Bushwick neighborhood, Sey Coffee is both a roaster and coffee shop. Co-founders Tobin Polk and Lance Schnorenberg, both 33 started roasting in a fourth-floor loft located across the street from their new store in 2011 under the name Lofted Coffee (with local clients including Greenpoint's Budin and Soho cart service Peddler).
Sey's emphasis on buying 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 6-bag micro-lot purchase of Danilo Dones Sitio Catucai 785 from Brazil's Espirito Santo region. The beans were harvested at the peak of ripeness, and floated to remove any defects. unroasted coffee beans wholesale were then dried on the farm following a 36-hour dry fermentation. The result is a blend with hints of berry lemongrass, and melon.
Sey's goal of holistically improving the quality of life for staff, customers, and growers extends beyond the walls of the shop. It makes use of composts and biodegradable disposables in order to keep waste from landfills. This helps reduce greenhouse gas emissions and also nourish the soil. It also reduces gratuity. This allows baristas to concentrate on their craft and support their livelihoods.
La Cabra
La Cabra, a modern specialty coffee brand, was founded in Aarhus in Denmark in 2012. The company began with a small shop and a dedicated team. Their open and creative approach to delivering an extraordinary coffee experience has earned their acclaim not just in their own town but also around the world.
La Carba has a rigorous procedure for locating their ideal beans, by scouring through hundreds of different lots a year to find the ones that are perfect for their tastes. They roast them lightly, adjusting their desired flavor profile. This results in an enhanced taste and clarity.
The East Village store, which opened in October last year it has been praised for its top-quality pour-overs, as well as the baked goods, overseen by Jared Sexton. He previously worked at Bien Cuit, Dominique Ansel as well as other coffee establishments.
The shop is equipped with the La Marzocco modbar and the plates and cups are designed by Wurtz ceramics in Horsens, which is a father-son studio. In a recent Q&A session with Atlanta Coffee Shops, General Manager Ian Walla reveals that La Cabra serves around 250 different varieties of coffee each year, and typically has seven or eight varieties available at any given point.
The Roasting Plant Coffee
The Roasting Plant is the only multi-unit retailer of coffee that roasts on-site and brews according to your preferences, with each cup of coffee roasting and brewed according to your preferences in less than minutes. It searches the world for the highest-quality specialty beans that are directly sourced, giving customers the option of choice and quality.
Their onsite roaster uses fluid bed technology, which is a bit different to the drum-type machines that are commonly used in the majority of UK coffee houses. The beans are blown around in a heated box by high-velocity air which keeps the green beans in suspension and allows them to be roasted at a consistent rate as they move through the machine.
I tried the 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 taste subtle citrus fruit flavors.
The coffee that has been roasted is whisked to the Eversys super-automatic brewing equipment and the coffee is brewed according to your preferences within less than a minute. Customers can select from nine single origin selections and a variety of blends.
Parlor Coffee
Parlor Coffee was founded in 2012 in a barbershop with a single espresso machine. It has since morphed into a flourishing coffee roastery, and its beans can be found in great cafes as well as restaurants and home brewers across the city. Parlor is committed to procuring high-quality coffee beans from all over the world, each of which has had to endure a lengthy journey before it reaches the roasters.
In their own words, they "have an unstoppable passion for craft and a belief that great coffee should be accessible to anyone." They accomplish that by creating a simple street space, which includes compost bins, a chalkboard welcome, handmade up-cycled products and a minimally-decorated space.
They roast and create their own blends and single-origins (there were six when I was there) However, they also hold cuppings on Sundays, and are open to the public. Imagine it as a tasting room, where you can taste and smell the beans as they are roasted. They vary from earthy to chocolatey (one was similar to tomato!). They're away from the main roads however, they're it's worth the trip.