Coffee Bean Shop Isn't As Tough As You Think
Five Brooklyn Coffee Bean Shops
If you're a coffee lover, you should visit a coffee shop. These shops provide a variety of whole beans from around the globe. They also sell unique trinkets, kitchenware and other things.
Some of these shops offer subscriptions to their coffee beans. Some shops offer them in large quantities.
Porto Rico Importing Co.
Veteran coffee shop that is a specialist in international brews, loose teas and a selection.
As you enter this quaint West Village shop, the aroma of freshly roasting beans fills the air. Open 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. Greenwich Village at the time was witnessing an influx of Italian immigrants, who had opened 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 famous in the present, that even the Pope would drink it.
Porto Rico offers 130 different varieties of beans, which includes beans from all over the world located in three locations including Bleecker Street, Essex Market, and online. The company also 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 was the owner of Porto Rico. He still runs the business in the same way as his father and grandfather.
Sey Coffee
Sey Coffee, a coffee roaster and shop, is located along Grattan Street, in Morgantown. This Brooklyn neighborhood, in the Bushwick district is located on Grattan Street. Tobin Polk, Lance Schnorenberg and their 33-year-old co-founders started roasting coffee in a loft on the fourth floor just across the street in 2011. They named it Lofted Coffee. Local clients included Greenpoint's Budin and Soho cart services Peddler and Peddler.
Sey's emphasis on buying micro-lots--or even whole harvests from single farmers--has earned it the praise of the most discerning New York City coffee aficionados. The last time Sey was in the market, he purchased a six-bag micro lot of Danilo Dones Sitio Catucai from Brazil's Espirito Santo region. The beans were handpicked at peak ripeness and floated to get rid of any imperfections, then dry fermented for about 36 hours before being dried on the farm. The result is a blend with hints of berry lemongrass and melon.
Sey's focus on holistically improving the health of growers, staff and customers extends beyond the store. It makes use of composts and biodegradable disposables to ensure that waste is kept out of the garbage dumps. This helps to reduce greenhouse gases as well as nourish the soil. It also eliminates gratuity, a move that puts baristas in a position to sustain their livelihoods as well as encourage them to concentrate on their craft.
La Cabra
La Cabra, a modern specialty coffee company, was founded in Aarhus in 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 loyal following not only in their local area, but worldwide.
La Carba follows a strict method to select their best beans. They go through hundreds of beans each year in order to select the beans that best meet their ideals. Then, they roast them in a very light manner and dial them in to achieve their desired flavor profile. This gives their coffees clearer and more vibrant taste.
The East Village store, which opened in October last year was praised for its high-quality pour overs, as well as the baked goods that are overseen 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 designed by Wurtz ceramics, a father-and-son studio in Horsens. In a recent Q&A session with Atlanta Coffee Shops, General Manager Ian Walla reveals that La Cabra serves approximately 250 different coffees per year, and typically has seven or eight coffees available at any given time.
The Plant Coffee Roasting Plant Coffee
The Roasting Plant, a multi-unit retailer of coffee, roasts and brews coffee on site. Each cup is brewed and roasted according to your specifications within less than one second. It searches the world for the highest-quality specialty beans that are directly sourced offering customers a choice and quality.
Their roaster on site is an automatic fluid bed machine which is different from the traditional drum machines that are used in UK coffee shops. The beans are blown through an enclosed box that is heated and has high-speed and circulating air. This keeps the beans suspended and ensures a consistent roasting speed.
I tried the Sumatran Coffee and it was incredibly rich and velvety with a velvety taste. Dark chocolate was evident in the aroma. And as you sipped the coffee, you could smell subtle citrus fruit aromas.
The roasted coffee will be whisked into the Eversys Super-Automatic Brewing Machines to be brewed according your specifications in under a minute. Customers can choose from a selection of nine single origin choices and a range of blends.
Parlor Coffee
Parlor Coffee was founded in 2012 behind a barbershop, with a single espresso machine. It has since morphed into a flourishing coffee roastery, whose coffee beans can be found in great cafes restaurants, cafes, and home brewers in every city. Parlor Coffee is committed to procuring the finest quality beans, which have all undergone a long journey before arriving at its roasters.
In coffeee.uk in their own words, they "have a relentless passion for craft and believe that good coffee should be accessible to everyone." They accomplish this by putting their home-like street space, which includes compost bins, a chalkboard welcome hand-made up-cycled goods, and a minimally-decorated space.
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. Think of it as the tasting room of a brewery. You can smell and taste the ground beans, from chocolaty to earthy (one was very tomato-like!). They're a bit away from the tourist trail, but it's worth the trip.