Sean's Coffeehouse

 A road-trip is a great way to figure out what you want to do when you get home. It's been almost 7 weeks on the road camping out of my Jeep. Since the Jeep TJ is such a small vehicle to fit all the gear two people need for 8 weeks on the road, a lot of thought went into what we need to bring - and what we don't.  One of the things I had to have was a coffee brewing method. I had been making coffee with a pour-over set for many months. My set included the basics for making a perfect cup of coffee: a chemex, paper filters, a kettle, a food scale, and a grinder. A week or so before leaving, I purchased a Phin filter set from Nguyen Coffee Supply. It included everything you need to brew coffee the Vietnamese way - including Vietnamese coffee.  It's an extremely simple method of brewing a great cup of coffee, and it doesn't even require precise measurements like a pour-over set does. It doesn't require paper filters, either, which means less waste.  Vietnamese coffee is...

Principles, packing lists, proven systems that makes it easier and.. how to poop? After two weeks on the road camping out of my Jeep TJ with my girlfriend, there’s one thing I can say for certain: I’m glad I’m not new to this whole camping thing. In Big Bend National Park, Texas, 2025 I’ve been camping at least 100 times before . Mostly just for fun, however I was a member on a trail crew where camping was part of my job. During my time on the trail crew I learned the systems of doing things which removes some of the pain and discomfort that can be associated with camping. I also learned a lot through trial and error while camping by myself. If you’re new to camping, I highly suggest you take some of this advice before going on your next camping trip. Making mistakes is part of the experience - and makes for good stories - but starting out on the right foot is worth it. I want to be clear that this is for people who want to get more into car camping on public lands . I highly value o...

This blog post is for people who might be in a similar situation as myself. Feeling uncertain and not exactly where your high-school or even college self thought you'd be at this point in your life. To help myself - and anyone in a similar boat - I put together a short list of things you and I can do to help feel positively about the future. Make a to-do list. I didn't start writing down the things I needed to get done until my junior year of college. Before that I would procrastinate and forget about assignments. Since starting writing down things I need to do: I get more done, I don't forget about important tasks, and I feel more accomplished overall.  My favorite app on my phone has become Todoist . It's a simple app for making a to-do list. You can schedule tasks ahead of time or make a list right when you wake up, and then simply check it off and it disappears from your list. It even keeps track of how many tasks you complete. I like seeing exactly what I need to d...