Preparing your Absinthe so it doesn't kill your tastebuds
Required items
- One shot of Absinthe
- One shot of water
- Metal spoon
- Sugar
- Flame source, lighter prefered
Technique (the exact way I prepare it)
- Have your water and Absinthe side-by-side on the bar.
- In your right hand, take a spoonful of sugar, and dip it into the Absinthe, so the sugar stays on the spoon, but the Absinthe is soaked up into the sugar.
- Lighter in left hand, light the sugar. BE CAREFUL It produces a hot and fairly high flame.
- Just before the flame goes out, and the sugar is bubbling away, plunge the spoon into the Absinthe, and STRAIGHT AWAY pour the shot of water on top. If you don't pour the water in quickly, the flame will ignite the vapours and take the hairs off the back of your hand.
- Stir well, and the sugar should fully disolve into the mixture.
- Sip and enjoy
The sugar and water make it much sweeter, and drops the alcohol by volume, but Absinthe is still a very powerful drink. Drink it carefully. I've been drinking it for a few years, and I'm still repectful of its intoxicating abilities.