5 Laws That Anyone Working In Coffee Bean Shop Should Know

Five Brooklyn Coffee Bean Shops

If you are a coffee enthusiast, you should consider visiting a coffee shop. These stores provide a large selection of whole beans from all over the world. They also sell exclusive trinkets, kitchenware, and other things.

Some of these shops offer subscriptions to their coffee beans. Some shops sell these in large quantities.

Porto Rico Importing Co.

Veteran coffee vendor who specializes in international brews, loose teas, and a wide selection.

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

Porto Rico, originally opened in 1907 by Italian immigrant Patsy Albonese. Greenwich Village at the time was experiencing an influx Italian immigrants, who opened businesses to cater to their food needs. Albanese named the shop after the popular Puerto Rican Coffee she imported and sold - a drink that was so renowned in the moment that the Pope would drink it.

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 provides wholesale distribution to 350 restaurants in NYC and Brooklyn.

Peter Longo, the current owner and president of the company was raised on the top floor of the bakery of his family located on Bleecker Street where his father operated Porto Rico. He runs the shop in the same way as his father and grandfather.

Sey Coffee

It is located along Grattan Street in Morgantown, Brooklyn's Bushwick neighborhood, Sey Coffee is both a cafe and a roaster. Tobin Polk, Lance Schnorenberg and their co-founders of 33 years, began roasting coffee in the loft on the fourth floor, just across the street, in the year 2011. The name was Lofted Coffee. Local clients included Greenpoint's Budin, and Soho cart services Peddler and Peddler.

Sey's preference 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.  good coffee beans  were carefully picked at peak ripeness and floated to remove defects, then dry fermented for 36 hours prior to being dried on the farm. The result is a cup with hints of the melon and berry.

Sey's commitment goes beyond its shop to improve the overall health of staff and farmers, as well as its customers. It utilizes composts and biodegradable plastics to keep waste 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 baristas in a position to sustain their livelihoods and motivate them to concentrate on their art.

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 dedicated team. Their innovative and honest approach to providing an outstanding coffee experience has earned them a loyal following not only in their local area but all over the world.

La Carba follows a strict procedure to find their perfect beans. They search through hundreds of lots each year in order to find those that best fit their ideals. They then roast them very lightly, dialing in their desired flavor profile. This results in more clarity and a better taste.

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

The shop employs the La Marzocco modbar, and the cups and plates are custom-designed at Wurtz ceramics in Horsens, an artist-run by a father and son. In a recent 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 coffees available at any given moment.

The Plant Coffee Roasting Plant Coffee

The Roasting Plant is the only multi-unit retailer of coffee which roasts on-site and brews on demand, with every cup of coffee roasting and brewed according to your preferences in less than minutes. It scour the globe for the highest-quality specialty beans that are directly sourced providing customers with the choice and quality.

Their on-site roaster utilizes fluid bed technology that is quite different from the classic drum-type machines used in many UK coffee houses. The beans are blown through a heated box with high-velocity air that is circulated. 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 rich and velvety taste. Dark chocolate was evident from the aroma, and as you sip the coffee, you could taste subtle citrus fruit aromas.

The coffee that has been roasted is transported to the Eversys super-automatic brewing equipment and it is brewed to your requirements in under a minute. Customers can select from nine single origin options and a variety of blends.

Parlor Coffee

Parlor Coffee was founded in 2012 in a barbershop with a single group espresso machine. It has since morphed into a burgeoning coffee roastery, whose beans can be found in a variety of great cafes restaurants, cafes, and home brewers throughout the city. Parlor is committed to sourcing top-quality beans from around the globe each of which has had to endure a lengthy journey before arriving in the hands of its roasters.

The owners, who are self-described as "passionate about coffee and believe that great coffee should be available to everyone," have created a place that is a bit more grounded and has chalkboards, compost bins and up-cycled items, and simple decor.

They roast their own blends (there were six when I was there) and single-origins. However, they also have cuppings on Sundays that are accessible to the public. Think of it as an artisanal tasting room in which you can smell and taste the ground beans, ranging from chocolaty to earthy (one was very tomato-like!). It's a little away from the main roads, but worth the journey.