Great article!
I have to deal with a tiny kitchen. I have a lot more vertical space than I need living in a former one-room school house (high ceilings). I did take steps to remove food from the cupboards to a basement pantry. I'm selective about the items I stock up on to store long term.
I have one cupboard in the kitchen that stores staples I use everyday, bread, lunch snacks, salad toppings, and cereals and breakfast items. I raised my single serve coffee pots on an expandable pantry shelf to store tea bags, sugar and more under them. I store other hot beverage items on a hanging wall canister unit.
It is still a work in progress as I am trying to clean out the "single use" items as you recommend and only have items on that counter that we need for daily use.
