- Beans:
- Café Medrano Medium Roast Organic (Kensington, MD)
- Origin: Honduras (Copán)
- Roast Date: 11/14/2024
- Purchase date: 11/16/2024 at Chestertown, MD farmer’s market
- V60:
- 19g to 19.5g coffee / 300g water
- Ode: 2+1
- Water at 99°C
- Recipe: Single Cup V60 Pourover with 40g bloom water – finishes 02:45-03:00
I believe I had read about Café Medrano a few months back when I was looking for smaller local(ish) roasters. They seem to be unique in that a single family owns both the coffee farms in Honduras, and the roastery/café in the D.C. suburbs. Kensington is (unfortunately) not all that convenient for me to get to regularly, but I wonder if they are at any other local farmer’s markets. I will have to keep an eye out.
First and second cups (today) were very good at grind setting 3 and 95°C water. We’ll see if it will need tweaking as the beans start to age a bit. I bought a 1-pound bag, so I’ll have them for at least a couple of weeks.
11/28: After a couple of ever-so-slightly underextracted cups, I made a couple of adjustments, and ended up at grind setting 2+1 and 99°C water. I’ve been happy with the past couple of cups at these settings. It’s not that the previous cups were bad — I just felt that there was room for improvement. This is (coincidentally) the same as how I brewed the bag I finished just before these. The difference is that those were light-roasted beans, and these are medium-roasted beans. However, over time, I’ve learned that those terms are rather subjective.