Five Brooklyn barista coffee beans Bean Shops

If you're a coffee connoisseur You'll want to visit a coffee bean shop. These shops offer a broad range of whole beans from all over the world. They also sell unique trinkets and kitchenware.

Some of these shops offer subscriptions to their coffee beans. Some shops offer them in bulk.

Porto Rico Importing Co.

Veteran coffee shop that concentrates on international brews, loose teas, and a wide selection.

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

Porto Rico, originally opened in 1907 by Italian immigrant Patsy Albonese. At the time, Greenwich Village was seeing an influx of Italian immigrants who opened businesses to cater to their culinary requirements. Albanese named her shop after the well-known Puerto Rican coffee she imported (and sold) which was so popular that even the Pope drank it.

Porto Rico offers 130 different kinds of beans, including beans from all over the world, at three locations, including Bleecker Street, Essex Market and online. Porto Rico also roasts its own beans and offers wholesale distribution to 350 restaurants in NYC and Brooklyn.

Peter Longo, current owner and president, grew up in the family bakery located on Bleecker Street, where his father was the owner of Porto Rico. The business is still run by the business in the same way to his father and grandfather.

Sey Coffee

Located along Grattan Street in Morgantown, Brooklyn's Bushwick neighborhood, Sey coffee beans to buy is both a coffee shop and roaster. Tobin Polk, Lance Schnorenberg and their 33-year-old co-founders started roasting coffee in the loft on the fourth floor, just across the street, in 2011. They called it Lofted Coffee. Local clients included Greenpoint's Budin and Soho cart services Peddler and Peddler.

Sey's preference for micro-lots or even whole harvests from single farmers--has earned it the respect of 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 of ripeness and steamed to remove any defects. They were then dried on the farm after a 36-hour dry fermentation. The result is a cup with hints of berry, lemongrass, and melon.

Sey's commitment extends beyond its shop to improve the overall health of staff and farmers, as well as customers. It uses composts and biodegradable plastics to keep waste from landfills. This helps reduce greenhouse gases and helps nourish the soil. It also does away with gratuity, which puts the baristas in a position to support their livelihoods as well as encourage them to focus on their craft.

La Cabra

La Cabra, a modern specialty coffee company, was founded in Aarhus in Denmark in 2012. They began with a small shop and a team of dedicated employees. Their honest and innovative approach to providing a superior coffee experience has earned them a devoted following not only in their own town and across the globe.

La Carba follows a strict method to select their best beans. They go through hundreds of beans each year to select the beans that best match their ideals. Then they roast them in a very light style then dial them in to achieve their desired flavor profile. This results in an enhanced 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, overseen by Jared Sexton. He previously worked at Bien Cuit, Dominique Ansel, and other coffee establishments.

The shop is equipped with a La Marzocco modbar, and the plates and cups are made by Wurtz ceramics in Horsens, a father and son studio. In a recent Q&A interview with Atlanta Coffee Shops, General Manager Ian Walla reveals that La Cabra serves approximately 250 different coffees per year, and usually has seven or eight varieties on offer at any given point.

The Plant Coffee Roasting Plant Coffee

The Roasting Plant A multi-unit coffee bean retailer roasts and brews the coffee on site. Each cup is brewed and roasted according to your specifications within less than seconds. It searches the world far to find the finest specialty beans, which are directly sourced that offer customers a variety and high-quality.

The on-site roaster employs fluid bed technology, which is a bit different to the classic drum-type machines used in the majority of UK coffee shops. The beans are blown around in a heated box by high-velocity air, which keeps the green beans suspended and allows them to be roasted at a consistent rate as they travel through the machine.

I tried the Sumatran coffee and it was a rich cup with smooth mouthfeel, dark chocolate aroma was present, and the coffee began to cool down as you sipped the coffee. The subtle scents of citrus fruit were evident.

The coffee is transported to the store's Eversys super-automatic brewing machines and brewed to your specification in under a minute. Customers can pick from nine single origins and several blends.

Parlor Coffee

Parlor Coffee was founded in 2012 in a barbershop with a single espresso machine. It has since morphed into a bustling coffee roastery, whose coffee beans are sold in top cafes, restaurants, and home brewers across the city. Parlor Coffee is committed to finding the highest-quality beans, that have gone through a long journey before they reach its roasters.

In their own words, they "have a relentless passion for craft and a conviction that good coffee beans coffee should be accessible to anyone." They accomplish this with their earthy street space, which includes compost bins, a chalkboard welcome handmade up-cycled items, and a simple deco.

They roast and create their own blends as well as single-origins (there were six when I was there) Also, they do cuppings Sundays, which are open to the public. Think of it like a brewery tasting room--you can smell and taste the beans, from chocolaty to earthy (one was almost tomato-like!). It's a bit off the beaten path but worth the trip.