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Five Brooklyn Coffee Bean Shops

If you are an avid coffee drinker, you must visit a coffee shop. They offer a wide selection of whole beans from all over the world. These stores also offer unique trinkets, kitchenware and other items.

Some of these shops offer subscriptions for their coffee beans. Others sell coffee beans in bulk at their retail locations.

Porto Rico Importing Co.

Veteran coffee shop that specializes in international brews, as well as a variety of loose teas

The aroma of freshly roasting beans fills the air as you walk into this West Village shop. Unopened bags of dark brown beans are displayed on the shelves alongside sugar jars as well as coffee-making equipment and tea accessories.

Originally opened in 1907, Porto Rico was founded by Italian immigrants Patsy Albanese. At the time, Greenwich Village was seeing an increasing number of Italian immigrants who established establishments to cater to their dietary requirements. Albanese named the shop after the popular Puerto Rican Coffee she imported and sold - a drink that was so renowned at the moment, even the Pope would drink it.

Porto Rico offers 130 different kinds of beans, including those from around the world in three locations, including Bleecker Street, Essex Market, and online. The company also roasts their own beans and offers wholesale distribution for 350 restaurants in NYC, Brooklyn and Brooklyn.

Peter Longo, current owner and president, was raised in the family bakery on Bleecker Street, where his father ran Porto Rico. The business is still run by the shop in the same way as his father and grandfather.

Sey Coffee

It is located along Grattan Street in Morgantown, Brooklyn's Bushwick neighborhood, Sey Coffee is both an espresso bar and a coffee roaster. Co-founders Tobin Polk and Lance Schnorenberg, both 33, started roasting in a fourth-floor loft just around the corner 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 decision to bulk buy coffee beans micro-lots, or even whole harvests from single farmers has earned him the respect of New York City coffee enthusiasts. In the past 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 their peak of ripeness and floated to remove any defects. They were then dried on the farm after a 36-hour dry fermentation. The result is a coffee that is fragrant with hints of the melon and berry.

Sey's focus on holistically improving the health of employees, customers and growers extends beyond the retail store. It uses composts and biodegradable disposables to keep waste out of the landfills. This helps to reduce greenhouse gases as well as nourish the soil. It also reduces gratuity. This allows baristas to concentrate on their work and to earn a living.

La Cabra

La Cabra is a modern specialty coffee company that was founded in Aarhus, Denmark in 2012. It began with a tiny store and a committed staff. Their innovative and honest approach to providing an outstanding coffee experience has earned them a devoted fan base not just in their own town and across the globe.

La Carba has a rigorous process to find their perfect beans, going through hundreds of different varieties every year to find ones that meet their standards. They roast them light, adjusting the desired flavor profile. This gives their coffees clearer and more vibrant taste.

The East Village store opened last October with a sleek, minimalist design. It's been praised by global coffee lovers for its meticulous pour overs and baked goods that are overseen by head baker Jared Sexton, who's previously worked at Bien Cuit and Dominique Ansel.

The shop utilizes a La Marzocco Modbar, and 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 usually has seven or eight varieties on offer at any time.

The Roasting Plant Coffee

The Roasting Plant is the only multi-unit coffee retailer which roasts on-site and brews to order, with every cup of coffee roasted and brewed to your specifications in less than minutes. It searches countries far and across the globe for the highest-quality, directly sourced specialty beans providing customers with choice and high-quality.

Their onsite roaster is a fluid bed device, that is distinct from the classic drum machines used in UK coffee shops. The beans are blown in the heated box using high-speed and circulating air. This keeps the beans in suspension and allows for a constant roasting speed.

I tried the Sumatran Coffee and it was smooth and rich with a smooth taste. Dark chocolate was evident from the aroma, and as you sipped the coffee you could smell subtle citrus fruit flavours.

The roasted coffee is then whisked to the store's Eversys super-automatic brewing systems and you can have your coffee brewed to your specifications within less than a minute. Customers can choose from a variety of single origins and a wide range of blends.

Parlor Coffee

Parlor Coffee was founded in 2012 in a barbershop with a single group espresso machine. It has since morphed into a burgeoning coffee roastery, whose coffee beans can be found in a variety of great cafes and restaurants as well as home brewers across the city. Parlor Coffee is dedicated to sourcing only the finest quality beans, which have gone through a long journey before arriving at its roasters.

In their own words in their own words, they "have an unrelenting love of craft and believe that good coffee should be available to anyone." They do just that with their down-to-earth area on a residential street. Think compost bins, a chalkboard welcome hand-made up-cycled goods, and low-frills deco.

They roast and brew their own blends and single-origins (there were six at the time I was there) Also, they offer cuppings on Sundays, which are open to the public. Think of it as a brewery tasting room--you can smell and taste the ground beans, ranging from chocolaty earthy (one was almost tomato-like!). They're a bit away from the tourist trail and it's worth the trip.