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[prado-G]

-Artemisia Absinthium-


whats it like..?

any warnings i should take into concideration?

[natefrogg]

Originally Posted by prado-G

-Artemisia Absinthium-


whats it like..?

any warnings i should take into concideration?

i thought you meant like, HERB herb, hehe

not bad, i've only had it in absinthe though, bevmo has some decent stuff, the kuebler is cheaper and better than the lusid brand...you should go pick yourself up a bottle, and be sure to prepare it the right way, this is NOT for taking shots and that burning the sugar cube crap is newschool, you gotta' do it the o.g. way like this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absinthe

Originally Posted by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absinthe

Traditionally, absinthe is poured into a glass over which a specially designed slotted spoon is placed. A sugar cube is then deposited in the bowl of the spoon. Ice-cold water is poured or dripped over the sugar until the drink is diluted to a ratio between 3:1 and 5:1. During this process, the components that are not soluble in water, mainly those from anise, fennel, and star anise, come out of solution and cloud the drink. The resulting milky opalescence is called the louche (Fr. "opaque" or "shady", IPA [luʃ]). The addition of water is important, causing the herbs to "blossom" and bringing out many of the flavors originally overpowered by the anise.

Originally a waiter would serve a dose of absinthe, ice water in a carafe, and sugar separately, and the drinker would prepare it to their preference[6]. With increased popularity, the absinthe fountain, a large jar of ice water on a base with spigots, came into use. It allowed a number of drinks to be prepared at once, and with a hands-free drip, patrons were able to socialize while louching a glass.

Although many bars served absinthe in standard glasses, a number of glasses were specifically made for absinthe. These had a dose line, bulge, or bubble in the lower portion denoting how much absinthe should be poured in. One "dose" of absinthe is around 1 ounce (30 ml), and most glasses used this as the standard, with some drinkers using as much as 1 1/2 ounces (45 ml).

In addition to being drunk with water poured over sugar, absinthe was a common cocktail ingredient in both the United Kingdom and the United States,[7] and continues to be a popular ingredient today. One of the most famous of these is Ernest Hemingway’s "Death in the Afternoon" cocktail, a concoction he contributed to a 1935 collection of celebrity recipes. His directions are as follows: "Pour one jigger absinthe into a Champagne glass. Add iced Champagne until it attains the proper opalescent milkiness. Drink three to five of these slowly."[8]

[Psilo]

Man I should really save my huge rants and opinions on drugs like absinthe and such because ive written so much over the past few years and it seems like i do it every month


give me a few mins lemme look on other boards and see if i can pull up my personal opinion on the stuff (along with factual data because there is a WHOLE SHITLOAD of false info out there about sinthy)

[LustBunny]

Hail the almighty nate Are ya going to EDC?

[prado-G]

The OG way... looks like the propper way.. only i didnt see what form it was in..



Ill have the herb in full..

i was thinking of taking the wormwood oil into a tea or intranasally powder form

[natefrogg]

Originally Posted by LustBunny

Hail the almighty nate Are ya going to EDC?

wattup girl!

yes i am =)

i'll see you there right?

[prado-G]

Originally Posted by Psilo

Man I should really save my huge rants and opinions on drugs like absinthe and such because ive written so much over the past few years and it seems like i do it every month


give me a few mins lemme look on other boards and see if i can pull up my personal opinion on the stuff (along with factual data because there is a WHOLE SHITLOAD of false info out there about sinthy)

sorry psilo.. i didnt use the search engine..



yeah that would be much appreciated

[natefrogg]

Originally Posted by prado-G

The OG way... looks like the propper way.. only i didnt see what form it was in..



Ill have the herb in full..

i was thinking of taking the wormwood oil into a tea or intranasally powder form

oooooooooooh, i see!

i thought you were just going to purchase some absinthe

well, that is different, i'll wait for psilo's response then....curious to see what he says, hmmm...i wonder if you can smoke that stuff?

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btw...i loooooove sipping absinthe at the end of the night, so lovely =)

[Psilo]

Ohh you have the actual leaf material already.
Ok well making it into an extract takes a few days and I would highly recommend putting it into hard liquor of some sort. It sucks out the thujone very efficiently.. well, not "very", but as efficient as you're going to get it.

I will give some modified instructions on my personal method when i used to make it, This is based "originally" off of an erowid article on the Absinthe section, modified by me because some of the components are unnessecary:



1. Get a jug
2. Add all your absinthium. Preferable over 1 pound of it.
3. If you have any FENNEL, or ANISE plants, add 2.5 pounds of any of them in. Seriously this will boost extraction efficiency.
4. Add 5 ounces Coriander (bought from any plant shop.. walmart has it).
5. Add a bit of water.
6. Add Lots of alcohol. Let it sit for 3 days.
7. Add 5 gallons or more of water.
8. Let it sit 2 more days.

This will produce true Absinthe with a 50-70% content ratio of thujone from when you started. This is sufficient.


If you compare my method to erowid's, you will see a lot of differences. I cut out a bunch of shit. But trust me, my way is better. Yes, I am directly going against Erowid in this case.

[Legos]

im takin a trip to europe this summer maybe ill have to pick me up a bottle while out there

[prado-G]

50-70% thujone!

[Psilo]

Originally Posted by Legos

im takin a trip to europe this summer maybe ill have to pick me up a bottle while out there

Make sure to get the right brand!! Before you go hit me up and i will give you the list of brands that are good!!

in this post i made on another forum you can see some info, and on my last paragraph i named the suisse brand as being the ones to watch out for, this still remains true:


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