For coffee knowledge I use SweetMaria’s.com. Never had the space to get into roasting-- still don’t. 1 bdr apt with a galley kitchen…What is this “Counter space” you speak of? Anyway, On their rec I bought a Behmor which could be calibrated…didn’t work with us…well ok it did. Our prev place was less than 100 ft above sea level-- Portland Harbor was about 3 football fields down the hill. If you were less then 100 you set it to zero. You could also set the brew temp which worked fine–recommendation was 202f which I stuck with. It made good & sometimes great drip coffee. I’d say besides water temp the quality of the beans are the deciding factor.
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