Five Brooklyn Coffee Bean Shops
If you're a coffee lover and you're looking for a place to shop, then you'll need to visit a coffee bean shop. These shops sell a range of whole beans from all over the globe. These stores also sell unique trinkets, kitchenware, and other items.
Some of these shops offer subscriptions for their coffee beans. Others sell large quantities of coffee beans at their retail stores.
Porto Rico Importing Co.
Veteran coffee retailer specializing international brews and a selection of loose teas
The aroma of freshly roasting beans fills the air when you enter this West Village shop. Unopened bags of dark brown beans line the shelves alongside sugar jars, coffee-making equipment as well as tea accessories.
Porto Rico, originally opened in 1907 by Italian immigrant Patsy Albonese. At the time, Greenwich Village was seeing an increasing number of Italian immigrants who had opened establishments to cater to their dietary needs. Albanese named her shop after the popular Puerto Rican coffee she imported (and sold) the beverage was that was so popular at the time that even the Pope was a fan.
Porto Rico offers 130 different varieties of beans, including beans from all over the world at three locations, including Bleecker Street, Essex Market and online. Porto Rico roasts its own beans and offers wholesale distribution to 350 restaurants in NYC and Brooklyn.
Peter Longo, current owner and president, was raised in the family bakery located on Bleecker Street, where his father was the owner of Porto Rico. He still runs the shop in the same way as 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. Tobin Polk, Lance Schnorenberg and their co-founders of 33 years, began roasting coffee in the loft on the fourth floor, just around the corner, in the year 2011. They named it Lofted Coffee. Local clients included Greenpoint's Budin, and Soho cart services Peddler and Peddler.
Sey's focus on buying micro-lots, and even whole harvests from single farmers has earned it the respect of New York City coffee enthusiasts. 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 their peak of ripeness and then steamed to eliminate any imperfections. They were then dried on the farm following a 36-hour dry fermentation. The result is a blend that has hints of berry and melon.
Sey's commitment goes beyond its shop to improve the overall well-being of staff and farmers, and customers. It utilizes biodegradable disposables as well as composts, preventing waste from the landfill and converting it into agents that reduce harmful greenhouse gas emissions and feed the soil. It also prevents gratuities. This lets baristas concentrate on their work and help sustain their livelihoods.
La Cabra
La Cabra, a modern specialty coffee company, was established in Aarhus in Denmark in 2012. It began with a tiny store and a team of dedicated employees. Their honest and innovative method of providing an exceptional coffee experience has earned them a loyal following not only in their hometown but all over the world.
La Carba has a rigorous procedure for locating their ideal beans, searching through hundreds of different varieties each year to identify the ones that fit their ideals. They then roast them very lightly, adjusting their desired flavor profile. This gives the coffees more vibrant 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 its baked goods that are overseen by Jared Sexton. He previously worked at Bien Cuit, Dominique Ansel, and other coffee establishments.
The shop employs a La Marzocco Modbar and the cups plates and bowls are crafted by Wurtz ceramics, a father-and son studio located in Horsens. In a recent Q&A session with Atlanta Coffee Shops, General Manager Ian Walla reveals that La Cabra serves about 250 different types of coffees each year, and usually has seven or eight varieties on offer at any given point.
The Roasting Plant Coffee
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The roaster they have on site is a fluid bed machine which is different from the classic drum machines used in UK coffee shops. The beans are blown about in an enclosed box heated by high-speed air that keeps the green beans suspended and allows them to be roasted at a consistent rate throughout the machine.
I tried the Sumatran Coffee and it was velvety and rich with a velvety flavor. Dark chocolate was evident from the aroma and as you sip the coffee there were subtle citrus fruit flavors.
The coffee is then be poured into the store's Eversys Super-Automatic brewing Machines to be brewed according your specifications in less than a minute. Customers can choose from nine single origins and a variety blends.
Parlor Coffee
It was founded in 2012 in the back of a barbershop that had one espresso machine in a single group, Parlor Coffee has become an energizing roastery whose coffees are sold at top cafes, restaurants and home brewers across the city. Parlor is dedicated to procuring high-Quality Coffee Beans ( Www.Coffeee.Uk - https://www.coffeee.uk/products/2kg-100-arabica-blend-coffee-beans-from-... ) from all over the world Each one is a long, arduous journey before reaching the roasters.
The owners, who self-described as "passionate about the craft and believe that a good cup of coffee should accessible to everyone," have created a place that is a bit more grounded and filled with chalkboards. There are compost bins, up-cycled hand-made products, and a minimalist interior.
They roast their own blends (there were six at the time I was there) and single-origins. However, they also host cuppings on Sundays that are accessible to the public. Imagine it as a brewery tasting room, where you can taste and smell the beans in the ground. They range from earthy to chocolatey (one was almost like tomato!). They're off the beaten track but are is worth a visit.