Tiny House Manifesto

The purpose of tiny house living is purpose.
You are giving yourself boundaries 
In a world that currently has none.

Why not simplicity?
Why not "Enough is Enough"?
The wisdom of the ages.

And how hard is it 
to keep up in the life we are given here?

Make it small.
Give it purpose.
Overflow.

To live in Lush Poverty,
to shrink down into a life of scale

Where things come back to you
things that you worked hard for
And they mean more

Living
planting seeds
seeing what returns.

I am missing you today, my fellow Tiny House Coffee drinkers. I intend to check in now and again to share a simple, and yet helpful, tip. About coffee, coffee brewing, coffee drinking, or anything else in life that seems worthy of sharing through this format.

Here goes Tiny Tip #1. This one has to do with storing your coffee beans. 

Upon receiving your Tiny House Coffee beans in the mail and opening up the familiar flat-rate USPS  box, you pause to breathe in the smell of freshly roasted coffee and then you search for scissors to cut open the bag. At this point you excitedly begin to brew yourself a cup of coffee, or, you may desire to do that, but feel like it is too late in the day for another cup of coffee. You will just have to wait until tomorrow morning to taste these new beans. What do you do with your beans until then?

Sealed storage. Use a mason jar. Or another airtight, sealable container. This maintains the freshness of the beans as long as possible, which leads to a better and more flavorful cup of coffee for you to drink. Why? 

Beans lose freshness because of the movement of moisture. Because of this, you want your beans to be in a stable environment. The best place is on the kitchen counter in an airtight, sealable container. If it is going to be a while before you use your new bag of beans, like more than 2-3 weeks from now, the best place to store coffee is in the freezer, because it prevents the movement of moisture. 

Ultimately, buy fresh beans and in a quantity that you can keep drinking fresh.

That's my Tiny Tip for today. Hope it is helpful.
-Becky j

You don't have to live in a tiny house to be a part of the tiny house movement. Maybe you watched a movie about tiny houses, or met somebody who built a tiny house, or even just sort of heard about someone who is living in a tiny house. That's okay, you can belong.

The tiny house movement is more like a state of mind than an in-group. It's a beautiful and creative response to a predicament that has consistently offered us unattractive choices. We don't want this option and we definitely don't want that option. A tiny house is both/and. It is thinking outside the box. It is continuing the conversation. It is using our imagination. It is adapting to the changing world around us. It is living within our means. It is focusing on what is important. It is an opportunity to live out what we believe. 

I hope this is just the beginning.


So, what do you think? You in? 
Join.

-Becky j