Absynthe

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So, my husband and I ordered this $200 bottle of Absynthe all the way from the Czech Republic.  You're supposed to mix a special drink with it and then as you enjoy it, there's a chance that you could hallucinate.


To make this drink, you dip sugar cubes into the Absynthe and then hold them with a special slotted spoon above the cup. You set the sugar cubes on fire and let them caramelize and drip down into the cup. THEN you run ice cold, filtered water over the sugar.


I added extra sugar. It tastes exactly like a very strong black licorice jelly bean. I drank quite a bit of it to get the full experience. The only thing that changed was that I noticed the blue color in things and when I ate Bottlecap candies, they tasted like fireworks in my mouth. It was a very mellow, happy drunk. My brain didn't feel sloppy or out of control and I was able to think. I also didn't feel like crap the next day, which was nice.


Still... I wanted to see a baby dragon or something neat. *shrug* Whatev...
That was my absynthe experience.


- Alli