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coffee beans unroasted If you're an avid coffee drinker, then you should visit a coffee shop. These shops sell a range of whole beans from around the globe. They also sell unique kitchenware and trinkets. Some of these shops offer subscriptions for their coffee beans. Others offer them in bulk at their retail stores. Porto Rico Importing Co. Veteran coffee vendor specializing in international brews and a variety of loose teas When you step into this quaint West Village shop, the aroma of freshly coffee beans fills your nostrils. The shelves are stacked with jars and bags of dark brown beans, along with tea-making equipment, coffee accessories, and sugar. Porto Rico, originally opened in 1907 by Italian immigrants Patsy Albonese. At the time, Greenwich Village was seeing an increasing number of Italian immigrants who set up businesses to meet their culinary requirements. Albanese named her shop after the renowned Puerto Rican coffee she imported (and sold) – a beverage so famous at the time that even the Pope took a sip. Porto Rico offers 130 different varieties of beans, which includes those from around the world located in three locations including Bleecker Street, Essex Market and online. Porto Rico also roasts their own beans and provides wholesale distribution for 350 restaurants in NYC, Brooklyn and Brooklyn. Peter Longo, current owner and president, grew up in the family bakery located on Bleecker Street, where his father ran Porto Rico. He still runs the shop in the same way to his father and grandfather. Sey Coffee Located along Grattan Street in Morgantown, Brooklyn's Bushwick neighborhood, Sey Coffee is both an espresso bar and a coffee roaster. Tobin Polk, Lance Schnorenberg and their co-founders, who are 33 years old, started roasting coffee in an apartment on the fourth floor just across the street, in the year 2011. They called it Lofted Coffee. Local clients included Greenpoint's Budin, and Soho cart services Peddler and Peddler. Sey's reliance on micro-lots — or even whole harvests from a single farmer has earned it the respect 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 Santa region. The beans were harvested when they were ripe and steamed to remove any imperfections. 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 mission extends beyond the shop to improve the overall well-being of staff and farmers, as well as customers. It utilizes biodegradable disposables as well as composts to keep waste out of garbage and converting it into agents that lower harmful greenhouse gases and enrich the soil. It also eliminates gratuity. This allows baristas to concentrate on their craft and to earn a living. La Cabra La Cabra is a modern specialty coffee business that was founded in Aarhus, Denmark in 2012. The company began with a small shop and a committed team. Their honest and innovative approach to providing an outstanding coffee experience has earned them a loyal following, not just in their local area, but worldwide. La Carba follows a strict procedure to find their perfect beans. They scour hundreds of varieties every year to select the beans that best match their ideals. They roast them light, adjusting the desired flavor profile. This gives the coffees a more intense flavor and clarity. The East Village store opened last October with a sleek, minimalist design, and has been praised by international coffee aficionados for its exacting pour-overs and baked goods overseen by head baker Jared Sexton, who's previously worked at Bien Cuit and Dominique Ansel. The shop uses a La Marzocco modbar and the plates and cups are made by Wurtz ceramics in Horsens, an artist-run by a father and son. In a recent interview, Atlanta Coffee Shops General Manager Ian Walla revealed that La Cabra serves 250 different coffees every day and typically has seven or eight varieties on offer at any given time. The Roasting Plant Coffee The Roasting Plant, a multi-unit retailer of coffee roasts and brews its coffee on the spot. Each cup is roasted and brewed according to your preferences in less than a second. It searches far and across the globe for the highest-quality specialty beans that are directly sourced that offer customers a variety and high-quality. The roaster they have on site is a fluid bed machine, which is different from traditional drum machines that are used in UK coffee shops. The beans are blown through a heated container with high-speed air, which is circulated. This keeps the beans suspended and allows for a consistent roasting rate. I tried the Sumatran Coffee and it was incredibly rich and velvety with a velvety taste. Dark chocolate was evident in the aroma. As you sipped the coffee, you could detect subtle citrus fruit aromas. The roasted coffee is then whisked to the store's Eversys super-automatic brewing equipment and the coffee is brewed according to your preferences in just a few minutes. Customers can select from nine single origins as well as a variety blends. Parlor Coffee It was founded in 2012 in the back of a barbershop, complete with one espresso machine in a single group, Parlor Coffee has become an energizing roastery whose coffees are found at great cafes, restaurants and home brewers throughout the city. Parlor is dedicated to sourcing high-quality beans from across the globe, each of which is a long, arduous journey before getting into the roasters. The owners, who self-described as “passionate about coffee and believe that good coffee should be available to everyone,” have created a space that is down-to earth, with chalkboards, compost bins and up-cycled products, and low-frills decor. They roast and make their own blends and single-origins (there were six at the time I was there) Also, they have cuppings on Sundays that are open to the public. Imagine it as a tasting room where you can smell and taste the beans as they are roasted. They are a mix of earthy and chocolate (one was almost like tomato!). They're off the beaten track and it's worth the trip.