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Rise Up Finca Terrerito

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  • Beans: Finca Terrerito (Honduras)
    • Roaster: Rise Up Coffee Roasters (Easton, MD)
    • Origin: Corquin, Copan Region, Honduras
    • Roast level: Medium
    • Roast date: 4/7/2026
    • Altitude: 1000m
    • Purchase date: 4/13/2026 from Rise Up in Easton, MD
    • Freeze date: 4/16/2026; thaw date: 4/30/2026
    • Quantity: 12oz
    • First cup: 5/3/2026; last cup: 5/16/2026
  • Pour-over with Ode grinder:
    • 20g coffee / 300g water (1:15)
    • Ode: 3 → 3+2 → 3
    • Water at 95°C → 90°C
    • Size 2 V60
    • Recipe: Single Cup V60 Pourover, 60g bloom water and 60g pulses. Finishes around 03:10 at grind 3+2, 3:30 at grind 3

This is the second of two bags of Honduras microlot beans that I bought at Rise Up last month. Rise Up’s web site does not mention this roast, but the farm has a web site, and the beans appear to be medium roasted. Based on my notes from the other bag (which I finished last week), I started these at grind 3 and 95°C. While there are definitely similarities between the two roasts, this one clearly tastes different — maybe a little less of an acidic “bite” to it, for want of a better description. All in all, a couple of pleasant cups so far.

5/12: This morning, I adjusted the grind from 3 to 3+2, as my last couple of cups tasted over-extracted. The brew finished at 03:00, and it was smoother and better balanced at the coarser grind. I have enough left for 7 more cups, so we’ll see if any further adjustments are needed.

5/16: A couple of days ago, this started to develop kind of a burnt aftertaste. For my last couple of cups, I dropped the water temperature to 90°C and set the grind back to my original starting setting of 3. That got rid of the aftertaste, and the cups tasted fine, though not as good as my first few. I guess the beans were getting past their prime. Overall, I think I slightly preferred the Finca La Fortuna beans to these, because the former were more consistent from cup to cup overall; however, it’s not a completely fair comparison, as these spent some time in the freezer. In hindsight, maybe I should have worked through the bags simultaneously.

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