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Five Brooklyn Coffee Bean Shops If you're a coffee enthusiast, you should visit a coffee shop. 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. Others offer large quantities of coffee beans at their retail locations. Porto Rico Importing Co. Veteran coffee shop that specializes in international brews and a variety of loose teas When you step into this quaint West Village shop, the smell of fresh roasted beans fills your nose. Open bags of dark-brown beans are displayed on the shelves alongside jars of sugar coffee-making equipment, tea and other accessories. Porto Rico, originally opened in 1907 by Italian immigrants Patsy Albonese. Greenwich Village at the time was witnessing a surge of Italian immigrants, who established businesses in order to meet their food requirements. Albanese named the shop after the popular Puerto Rican Coffee she imported and sold – a drink that was so well-known in the present, that even the Pope would drink it. 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 roasts its own beans and provides wholesale distribution to 350 restaurants in NYC and Brooklyn. Peter Longo, current owner and president, was raised in the family bakery on Bleecker Street, where his father ran Porto Rico. He still runs the shop in the same 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 roaster and coffee shop. Tobin Polk, Lance Schnorenberg and their co-founders of 33 years, began roasting coffee in a loft on the fourth floor just around the corner, in the year 2011. They dubbed it Lofted Coffee. Local clients included Greenpoint's Budin and Soho cart services Peddler and Peddler. highest rated coffee beans for buying micro-lots, and even whole harvests from single farmers has earned it the acclaim of New York City coffee enthusiasts. 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 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 blend that is fragrant with hints of fruit and melon. Sey's dedication extends beyond its shop to improve the overall wellbeing of employees and growers as well as its customers. It uses composts and biodegradable products to keep waste from the garbage dumps. This helps to reduce greenhouse gases and nourish the soil. It also eliminates gratuity. This lets baristas concentrate on their craft and earn a living. 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 team. Their innovative and honest approach to providing an outstanding coffee experience has earned them a devoted following not only in their own town but all over the world. La Carba has a rigorous process to find their perfect beans, scouring through hundreds of different lots every year to locate the ones that match their ideals. They then roast them very lightly, dialing in their desired flavor profile. This gives their coffees a brighter taste and clarity. The East Village store, which opened in the month of October last year it has been praised for its top-quality pour-overs as well as its baked goods, overseen and managed by Jared Sexton. He previously worked at Bien Cuit, Dominique Ansel and other coffee houses. The shop is equipped with a La Marzocco Modbar, and the cups, plates, and bowls are custom-designed by Wurtz ceramics, a father/son studio in Horsens. In a recent interview with Atlanta Coffee Shops, General Manager Ian Walla reveals that La Cabra serves around 250 different coffees per year, and typically has seven or eight varieties available at any given point. The Roasting Plant Coffee The Roasting Plant, a multi-unit coffee retailer, roasts and brews coffee on site. Each cup is roasted and brewed according to your specifications in less than one second. It searches far and wide for the highest-grade specialty beans, which are directly sourced, offering customers choice and quality. Their onsite roaster is a fluid bed device, which is different from traditional drum machines commonly found in UK coffee shops. The beans are blown around in a heated container by high-speed air, which keeps the green beans suspended and allows roasting to happen in a steady manner as they travel through the machine. I tried the Sumatran coffee and it was rich with an enveloping mouthfeel, dark chocolate scent was present and the coffee started to cool as you sip the coffee. The subtle scents of citrus fruit were detected. The coffee is then be taken to the store's Eversys Super-Automatic Brewing Machines, and brewed to your preferences in less than one minute. Customers can choose from nine single origins and a variety blends. Parlor Coffee Parlor Coffee was founded in 2012 behind a barbershop, with a single espresso machine. It has since evolved into a flourishing coffee roastery, whose coffee beans can be found in great cafes, restaurants, and home brewers in every city. Parlor is dedicated to sourcing high-quality beans from around the globe Each one has been through a long and difficult journey before reaching the roasters. The owners, who self-described as “passionate about their craft and believe that great coffee should be available to everyone,” have created a space that is grounded with chalkboards, compost bins, up-cycled hand-made products, and low-frills decor. They roast and create their own blends as well as single-origins (there were six on the menu when I was there) They also hold cuppings on Sundays, and are open to the public. Imagine it as a brewery tasting room where you can smell and taste the beans that are ground. They vary from earthy to chocolatey (one was similar to tomato!). It's a bit off the beaten path, but worth the journey.