If you're seeing this page, it probably means that I met you at a book-related event. My name is Shannon, and
I go by shannonkay on most of the internet, and sometimes pinkbookscoffee in bookish and other cozy spaces.
October 2, 2024 - Ally Carter for The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year, at Warwick's book store in La Jolla, California.
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+ August 9, 2024 - Rainbow Rowell at The Grove for Slow Dance
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+ Shannon and Rainbow Rowell at The Grove
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Reborn Coffee Roasters - I usually go to their Brea cafe, but they have several more locations throughout Southern California. They roast their beans in Brea, California. I usually get the Ethiopia Cold Brew.
Portola Coffee - I used to visit their Tustin location when my daughter used to have a dance class nearby. That location is gone, but they have another one in Costa Mesa, California.
I use the OXO Cold Brew Maker and make my cold brew at a 1:8 ratio, which is basically double strength. That means that whatever amount of coffee I use, I use eight times that amount of water. For drinking, I dilute with about half cold brew and half water.
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Grind 5oz of coffee at the coarsest setting and put it in the cold brewing container.
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Pour in 40oz of water and stir a little.
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Leave it on the counter to brew for 24 hours. There's some wiggle room with the time, but 24 hours is usually the best. I find the magic starts to happen at around 20 hours of brew time.
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When it's finished brewing, strain out the coffee (with the dripper valve if you're using the oxo brewer) and put the finished cold brew coffee in the refrigerator.
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This cold brew is double strength, so mix even amounts of it with water for drinking.
This recipe is from this Fellow Brew Guide(archive). After ordering the coffee it's written for, I started trying the iced recipe right away, to be ready for when those special coffee beans arrived. I really liked the recipe, and kept using it for iced coffee when I didn't have cold brew ready but wanted something iced.
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Supplies: Flat-bottom dripper(I use Stagg XF) with a paper filter and a carafe
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25g coffee, ground at medium setting (4 on Ode Gen 2)
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125g ice in carafe (I sometimes pour 125g water into my carafe in the morning and put it in the freezer, and it's frozen by the afternoon.)
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250g of hot water, 202°F
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Put 125g ice into the carafe.
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Put the ground coffee into a paper filter, and put the filter in the dripper.
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Put the dripper on top of the carafe which has the ice in it.
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Put everything on top of the scale and zero/tare the scale.
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To bloom, pour the hot water to 75g and wait 45 seconds.
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Pour to 160g and wait for it to be mostly drained.
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Pour to 250g and swirl it when it's not too close to the top of the filter.
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Wait for the coffee to finish dripping, then remove the dripper.
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Swirl the carafe until all of the ice is melted. The coffee should be cold now.
Brandywine Coffee Roasters - This roaster is far from me, but every time Fellow Drops has one of their coffees, I order it. I've ordered directly from them a couple times too, and I've also tried their tea. I especially enjoy their co-ferment coffees.
This personal website was made by me, Shannon Kay. I am participating in the poetic ideal of the world wide web; Using the internet to connect to persons all around the world. I have a personal website because I am a person. This is my place on the web to have fun and be creative. There was a time when starting your website with "Welcome to my website" was dismissed as too cliche. I feel like reclaiming that, and welcoming you to my homepage.
Handwriting plain HTML and CSS websites again has made me feel creatively revitalized. I think this might be how some people feel when they go back to handwriting a journal. It's like I'm getting in touch with my inner tween.
This personal website was made by me, Shannon Kay. I am participating in the poetic ideal of the world wide web; Using the internet to connect to persons all around the world. I have a personal website because I am a person. This is my place on the web to have fun and be creative. There was a time when starting your website with "Welcome to my website" was dismissed as too cliche. I feel like reclaiming that, and welcoming you to my homepage.
Handwriting plain HTML and CSS websites again has made me feel creatively revitalized. I think this might be how some people feel when they go back to handwriting a journal. It's like I'm getting in touch with my inner tween.
This personal website was made by me, Shannon Kay. I am participating in the poetic ideal of the world wide web; Using the internet to connect to persons all around the world. I have a personal website because I am a person. This is my place on the web to have fun and be creative. There was a time when starting your website with "Welcome to my website" was dismissed as too cliche. I feel like reclaiming that, and welcoming you to my homepage.
Handwriting plain HTML and CSS websites again has made me feel creatively revitalized. I think this might be how some people feel when they go back to handwriting a journal. It's like I'm getting in touch with my inner tween.
Testing Free Website Hosts - I test a bunch of free website hosts and give little reviews and mini tutorials.
Neocities - "Neocities is a social network of websites that are bringing back the lost individual creativity of the web. We offer free static web hosting and tools that allow you to create your own web site."
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Nekoweb - Free website community similar to Neocities. Upload or edit your website in the browser. Their donator tier offers custom domain support, more space and some other perks.
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Nekoweb - Free website community similar to Neocities. Upload or edit your website in the browser. Upgrade to their Nekoweb Cute kitty tier for custom domain support, more space and some other perks.
Buy a Domain Name at PorkBun.com - currently my favorite domain name registrar, with included WHOIS privacy, free SSL certificates, and great prices.
Yay.Boo - simple free web hosting, just upload your files
omg.lol - paid service includes internet address, profile page, website hosting, and more
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This is a log of updates and changes to my website. Not to be confused with my blog.
If you want to try a GoodReads alternative, or just back up your data, you can export from GoodReads. On the GoodReads website, go to My Books > Import/Export and export a .csv file of your library. You can import that file into other places, like Storygraph.
What's your link in bio? A link tree is a website. A blog is a website. If you don't have a website, you can make one! You can make it however you want, and put whatever you like on it.
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BookWyrm @shannonkay@bookrastinating.com