Lance Schnorenberg and Tobin Polk, who met washing dishes in Seattle cafes, taught themselves to roast on a Probat in a fourth-floor Bushwick loft. They sold beans as Lofted Coffee before renaming the business SEY in 2017. Its coffees come from Colombia and Ethiopia, including Ethiopian landrace selections.
The café at 18 Grattan Street is a double-height hall where skylights light painted-white brick walls. Plants hang from the ceiling and line a ledge above standing-height tables along the left wall, and customers queue at a curved counter faced in light wood.
