Sorry, didn't mean to come across like that. What I was trying to express is that no amount of technique can make up for the things I mentioned being bad - and

Sorry, didn't mean to come across like that. What I was trying to express is that no amount of technique can make up for the things I mentioned being bad - and they're easy low hanging fruit fixes that don't require much effort at all. For all you know, both locations could have had totally different water compositions, anyway. > I now live in Portland with 48 independent roasters. They all suck? No. I didn't say that. Who is your favorite roaster/what's a recent favorite single origin you have purchased?