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Five Brooklyn Coffee Bean Shops

If you're a lover of coffee You'll want to check out a coffee bean shop (click through the next page). They offer a wide assortment of whole beans from all across the globe. These stores also sell unique trinkets, kitchenware and other products.

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

Porto Rico Importing Co.

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

The aroma of freshly roasting beans fills the air once you enter this West Village shop. The shelves are filled with jars and sacks filled with dark brown beans, with coffee-making equipment, tea accessories, and sugar.

Porto Rico, originally opened in 1907 by Italian immigrant Patsy Albonese. Greenwich Village at the time was witnessing an influx of Italian immigrants, who set up businesses to meet their food needs. Albanese named her shop after the popular Puerto Rican coffee she imported (and sold) - - a drink that was so popular that even the Pope consumed it.

Today, Porto Rico sells 130 varieties of beans from all over the globe at three locations in New York City including their Bleecker Street location, Essex Market and online. The company roasts its own beans and offers wholesale distribution for 350 restaurants in NYC, Brooklyn and Brooklyn.

Peter Longo, the current president and owner of the company, grew up above his family's bakery located on Bleecker Street where his father operated Porto Rico. The business is still run by the shop in a similar way as his father and grandfather.

Sey Coffee

Sey Coffee, a amazon coffee beans shop and roaster, is located along Grattan Street, in Morgantown. This neighborhood, located in 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 from their new location in 2011 under the name Lofted gourmet coffee beans (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 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 harvested at their peak ripeness and floated to remove any defects. They were then dried on the farm after a 36-hour dry fermentation. The result is a blend that is a little berry and melon.

Sey's focus on holistically improving the health of staff, customers, and growers extends beyond the shop. It makes use of biodegradable disposables and composts to keep waste out of garbage and converting it into agents that reduce harmful greenhouse gases as well as nourish soil. It also removes gratuities. This allows baristas to concentrate on their craft and earn a living.

La Cabra

La Cabra is a modern specialty coffee brand that was established in Aarhus, Denmark in 2012. It started with a small shop and a team of dedicated employees. Their innovative and honest method of providing an exceptional coffee experience has earned them a devoted fan base not just in their own town, but worldwide.

La Carba has a rigorous method of identifying their ideal beans, going through hundreds of different varieties each year to identify the ones that fit their ideals. They roast them light, adjusting the desired flavor profile. This gives the coffees a greater clarity and a more vibrant taste.

The East Village store, which was opened in October of last year it has been praised for its excellent pour overs, as well as the baked goods, overseen and managed by Jared Sexton. He previously worked at Bien Cuit, Dominique Ansel and various coffee houses.

The shop is equipped with the La Marzocco Modbar and the cups plates and bowls are crafted by Wurtz ceramics, a father-and-son studio in Horsens. In a recent interview Atlanta Coffee Shops General Manager Ian Walla revealed that La Cabra serves 250 different coffees per day and typically has seven or eight different varieties available 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 a second. It searches the world for the finest specialty beans that are sourced directly offering customers a choice and quality.

Their onsite roaster is a fluid bed device, which is different from the classic drum machines used in UK coffee shops. The beans are blown around in a heated container by high-speed air which keeps the beans suspended and allows them to be roasted at a consistent rate as they move through the machine.

I tried the Sumatran coffee and it was a rich cup with an enveloping mouthfeel, dark roast coffee beans chocolate from the fragrance was evident and the coffee began to cool as you sipped, subtle flavours of citrus fruit were detected.

The coffee that has been roasted is transported to the Eversys brewing machines that are super-automatic and can be the coffee is brewed according to your preferences in just a few minutes. Customers can select from a variety of single origins and a wide range of blends.

Parlor Coffee

Parlor Coffee was founded in 2012 in a barbershop equipped with a single group espresso machine. It has since developed to become a burgeoning roastery, whose coffee beans are available in top cafes and restaurants as well as home brewers all over the city. Parlor is dedicated to sourcing top-quality beans from across the globe Each one has had to endure a lengthy journey before getting into the roasters.

The owners, who are self-described as "passionate about their craft and believe that good coffee should be available to everyone," have created a environment that is simple and filled with chalkboards. There are compost bins, up-cycled handmade products, and minimal decor.

They roast their own blends (there were six at the time I was there) and single-origins. However, they also have cuppings on Sundays, which are open to the general public. Imagine it as a brewery tasting room--you can smell and taste the beans, from chocolatey to earthy (one was almost tomato-like!). They're a bit off the beaten track and worthwhile to visit.