2/27/22

One idea to keep it slow and simple… Align your daily consuming with your needs and values

As we’ve been writing our series about different brewing methods (We’ve written about the Hario V60, the Aeropress, the automatic coffeemaker, cold brewing, and the Chemex below), we started to notice that these methods had as much to do with our values as our coffee preferences.

For us, we value simple, durable, economical and ecological things. And we value sharing in community. For making coffee, that usually translates to a method that brews enough coffee for several people (or several cups for me) in a simple and low-waste way.

Our values show up in much of our daily consuming—like buying coffee from community-based business or experimenting with bulk dried chilis to make spice blends more sustainably and economically. When we notice our consuming is not aligned with our values, we try to make a change. That’s we booted the plastic lemonade containers and started squeezing our own. Simple, economical, and ecological.

We’re not perfect and don’t expect anyone to be. But keeping those values front and center helps us make new choices and habits. What are your values and how do they show up in your daily eating and drinking?

And some clickable fun!

We love to discover and share, so we’ve added three cool clickables. And just so you know, when we list products, it’s just because we like them. We’re not sponsored by anything but our dreams and imaginations.

• Speaking of Gina’s amazing soup—she shared the recipe on our recipe blog! Get the recipe for chili-infused black bean soup.

• It’s just about that time of year—garden prep! We’re doing our homework for a new article on using coffee grounds in the garden. Here’s a primer to get you started.

• What if your doctor prescribed you a trip to Yellowstone or Hot Springs National Park? Doctors in Canada are on it, prescribing ParkRX to patients who would benefit from time in nature. And isn’t that everyone?