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How I drink my Absinthe

-- By  Miraculous VI in  Colorado Springs on Sat, 31 May 2014 at 06:02.

1.5 shots in a tall glass half filled with ice.
1 cup of Pineapple juice
1-2 cups of sprite

torch the 1.5 shot of absinthe to flame
pour slowly as desired into glass with the amount of desired ice, pour in the citrus pineapple, then fill the glass up with sprite. slightly stir and you have a sweet yummy mix that is out of this world.

 
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Drinking absinthe the original way: dilute with chilled water which you slowly pour into your glass over a cube of sugar. Other ways to drink absinthe were invented since the time of this classic promotional poster by Bensa-Dupont. (Picture: Bibliotheque Forney, Paris)

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The Buy Absinthe .Net guide has further tips on how to make a glass of absinthe in the traditional French manner, plus some amusing pieces of trivia about the absinthe-drinking culture of the 19th century. The same page also gives recipes for a few classic absinthe cocktails you might want to try. 'Death in the Afternoon' anyone?