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Five Brooklyn Coffee Bean Shops

If you're an avid coffee drinker, you must visit a coffee shop. These shops offer a variety types of coffee beans whole beans from all over the world. They also sell unique kitchenware and trinkets.

Some of these shops offer subscriptions for their coffee beans. Others offer coffee beans in bulk at their retail locations.

Porto Rico Importing Co.

Veteran coffee seller that is a specialist in international brews, loose teas, and a wide selection.

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

The first restaurant opened in 1907, Porto Rico was founded by Italian immigrants Patsy Albanese. Greenwich Village at the time was experiencing an influx of Italian immigrants, who established businesses in order to meet their dietary needs. Albanese named her shop after the popular Puerto Rican coffee she imported (and sold) which was that was so popular at the time that even the Pope took a sip.

Porto Rico offers 130 different varieties of beans, which includes beans from all over the world at three locations, including Bleecker Street, Essex Market, and online. The company 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. He continues to run the shop in the same manner as his father and grandfather.

Sey Coffee

Located along Grattan Street in Morgantown, Brooklyn's Bushwick neighborhood, Sey Coffee is both a cafe and a roaster. Co-founders Tobin Polk and Lance Schnorenberg, both 33 began roasting in a fourth-floor loft just around the corner at their new location in 2011 under the name Lofted Coffee (with local clients including Greenpoint's Budin and Soho cart service Peddler).

Sey's emphasis on buying micro-lots--or even whole harvests from single farmers earned it the praise of highly discerning New York City coffee aficionados. In 2011, Sey purchased a six-bag micro lot of Danilo Dones Sitio Catucai from Brazil's Espirito Santo region. The beans were carefully picked at their peak ripeness, floated to remove defects and dried fermented for a period of 36 hours before being dried on the farm. The result is a coffee with hints of berry, lemongrass, and melon.

Sey's dedication to holistically improving the quality of life for employees, customers and growers extends beyond the shop. It uses composts and biodegradable plastics to ensure that waste is kept out of the garbage dumps. This helps reduce greenhouse gases as well as nourish the soil. It also does away with gratuity, a move that puts the baristas in a position to help sustain their livelihoods as well as encourage them to concentrate on their profession.

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 committed team. Their open and creative approach to providing an exceptional coffee experience earned their acclaim not just in their hometown but also around the world.

La Carba has a rigorous method of identifying their ideal beans, searching through hundreds of different varieties each year to identify the ones that meet their standards. They roast them in a very light manner then dial the roast to create their desired flavor profile. This results in a brighter taste and clarity.

The East Village store opened last October, with a minimalist and sleek design. It has been praised by global coffee lovers for its precise pour overs and baked goods that are overseen by head baker Jared Sexton, who's previously worked at Bien Cuit and Dominique Ansel.

The shop employs a La Marzocco Modbar, and the cups, plates and bowls are crafted by Wurtz ceramics, a father/son studio in Horsens. In a recent interview Atlanta Coffee Shops General Manager Ian Walla revealed that La Cabra serves 250 different coffees a yea and has typically seven or eight varieties available at any given moment.

The Roasting Plant Coffee

The Roasting Plant is the only multi-unit retailer of coffee which roasts on-site and brews to order with each cup of coffee being roasted and brewed according to your requirements in less than one minute. It searches far and across the globe for the highest-quality specialty beans that are directly sourced providing customers with choice and quality.

Their on-site roaster utilizes fluid bed technology that is a bit different to the drum-type machines that are commonly used in many UK coffee houses. The beans are blown through the heated box using high-speed and circulating air. This keeps the beans in suspension and ensures a consistent roasting rate.

I tried the coffee bean shop Sumatran Coffee and it was rich and velvety with a velvety flavor. Dark chocolate was evident in the aroma and as you sipped the coffee you could detect subtle citrus fruit flavors.

The coffee that has been roasted will be whisked into the store's Eversys Super-Automatic brewing Machines, and brewed to your preferences within less than a minute. Customers can choose from nine single origins and a variety blends.

Parlor Coffee

Parlor speciality coffee beans was founded in 2012 in a barbershop equipped with a single group espresso machine. It has since evolved into a flourishing coffee roastery, and its beans are available in top cafes and restaurants as well as home brewers across the city. Parlor Coffee is dedicated to sourcing only the highest-quality beans, that have all been through a long journey before they reach its roasters.

The owners, who are self-described as "passionate about coffee and believe that great coffee should accessible to everyone," have created a space that is grounded and filled with chalkboards. There are compost bins, recycled handmade products, and minimal decor.

They roast their own blends (there were six at the time I was there) and single-origins, but they also host cuppings on Sundays, which are open to the public. Imagine it as a brewery tasting room where you can taste and smell the beans that are ground. They are a mix of earthy and chocolate (one was almost like tomato!). They're away from the tourist trail, but well worth a trip.