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statusperfect

King

Sweden
May 2002
time: 06:27

06-05-2003 17:53

The proper way of drinking absinthe.

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What is the proper 19th century way to drink absinthe?

I know they drank it with a piece of sugar and mixing it with water. Could someone decribe the ritual in detail?

Bereta_Eder

Prince

Oct 2000
time: 07:27

06-05-2003 17:57

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All I know is that it's dangerous to drink and can lead to irreversible damage - maybe if not drunk properly

Skywise

Prince

Samara's best friend
Jan 2002
time: 05:27

06-05-2003 18:00

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What is absinthe?

Skanky Burns

Deity

Skanky Bastard Quartermaster
Aug 2001
time: 14:27

06-05-2003 18:01

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Alcoholic beverage. That is evil.

statusperfect

King

Sweden
May 2002
time: 06:27

06-05-2003 18:02

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quote:
Originally posted by Spec
What is absinthe?

It's a drug that was popular among poets/atists/burgeois in europe in the 19th century. It's alcohol mixed with some herb.

statusperfect

King

Sweden
May 2002
time: 06:27

06-05-2003 18:04

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quote:
Originally posted by paiktis22
All I know is that it's dangerous to drink and can lead to irreversible damage - maybe if not drunk properly

Hey, relax. It's legal in europe again.

Bereta_Eder

Prince

Oct 2000
time: 07:27

06-05-2003 18:10

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Seeker

Emperor

London Ontario
Jan 1970
time: 00:27

06-05-2003 18:12

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The current inspiration is Moulin Rouge I believe...you're SO 1990s Paiktis...

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Bereta_Eder

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Oct 2000
time: 07:27

06-05-2003 18:14

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quote:
Originally posted by statusperfect

It's a drug that was popular among poets/atists/burgeois in europe in the 19th century. It's alcohol mixed with some herb.

Van Gogh and Baudelaire amongst them. Need I say more?

statusperfect

King

Sweden
May 2002
time: 06:27

06-05-2003 18:14

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quote:
Originally posted by paiktis22
Tell me the truth. You've been watching Dracula by Copola again haven't you?

To tell you the truth i got inspired by August Strindberg and bough a flask a couple of days ago.

statusperfect

King

Sweden
May 2002
time: 06:27

06-05-2003 18:17

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Anyway. I need a good picture of an absith glass and that special perforated spoon so i can get/make my own ones.

Skywise

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Samara's best friend
Jan 2002
time: 05:27

06-05-2003 18:18

#12

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Bereta_Eder

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Oct 2000
time: 07:27

06-05-2003 18:19

#13

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quote:
Originally posted by statusperfect

To tell you the truth i got inspired by August Strindberg and bough a flask a couple of days ago.

And from what I found here are the results.

Before:

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Bereta_Eder

Prince

Oct 2000
time: 07:27

06-05-2003 18:20

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And after:

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This has been downloaded 70 time(s).

statusperfect

King

Sweden
May 2002
time: 06:27

06-05-2003 18:20

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quote:
Originally posted by Spec
Where can I buy that?

Anywhere in europe except france and other countries with a national ban.

Seeker

Emperor

London Ontario
Jan 1970
time: 00:27

06-05-2003 18:20

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I wish I could get my hair to do that.

statusperfect

King

Sweden
May 2002
time: 06:27

06-05-2003 18:21

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quote:
Originally posted by paiktis22
And from what I found here are the results.

Whiner

TheStinger

Warlord

International crime fighting playboy
Apr 2002
time: 05:27

06-05-2003 18:27

#18

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Did Byron drink the stuff or was whacked on something else

Bereta_Eder

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Oct 2000
time: 07:27

06-05-2003 18:30

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Byron was wacked on the spirit of the Greek Revolution!

A propos, allegendly absinthe has a very similar taste and aroma to ouzo (the Green Fairy was produced in ancient Greece) without the special "mezmerizing qualities" of course.

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Apr 2002
time: 05:27

06-05-2003 18:31

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quote:
Originally posted by paiktis22
Byron was wacked on the spirit on the Greek Revolution!

A very potent drug no doubt

Kropotkin

Emperor

of Ålidhem
Mar 1999
time: 06:27

06-05-2003 18:57

#21

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There's no proper way of drinking it considering its taste...

Bosh

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Taehan Mingook
Jan 1970
time: 00:27

06-05-2003 19:30

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Real absinthe has wormwood in it as well as alcohol. Wormwood causes very nasty irreversible brain damange if you drink too much of it. Why do you think Hemmingway became even more of a crap writter in his last years?

statusperfect

King

Sweden
May 2002
time: 06:27

06-05-2003 19:40

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quote:
Originally posted by Boshko
Real absinthe has wormwood in it as well as alcohol. Wormwood causes very nasty irreversible brain damange if you drink too much of it. Why do you think Hemmingway became even more of a crap writter in his last years?

Heminway drank absinthe? You changed my mind. I'll stay away from that crap.

GePap

King

of the Big Apple
Nov 2001
time: 23:27

06-05-2003 20:19

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I have had it (the biggest market is the Czech Republic, were you find it everywhere, since all the tourists are interested, it being one of the few places you can find it) and the modern version is so high in proof (akin to 60% alcohol by volume) that all you 'taste' is alcohol really. The modern amount of wormwood is very small. Wormwood in theory increases bloodflow in the brain (hence the "increases my imagination" bit), but of course, since it does deal with the brain, it does cause damage.

As for the ritual (modern):

You take a spoonfull of sugar and you soak the sugar on a spoon with the liquor (make sure not to put it in the liquor). Then, light the spoon on fire, buring the alcohol away and partially caramelizing the sugar. Then mix the sugar in and drink. Most of this is simply for show and probalby has little effect on taste.