The costs of bottled Absinthe can make a person to know the ways of Absinthe preparation. The people of the United States will need licence to carry on distillation process of Absinthe and to know what they are doing!
There are many websites with recipes and ingredients for making Absinthe(or Absynth) at home. Absinthe is also prepared from other herbs and essential oils including the traditional three ingredients of wormwood (Artemisia Absinthium), aniseed and fennel. Absinthe distillation can be very complicated and time consuming. One can easily prepare Absinthe with the help of kits.
One cannot get the same thujone levels in different kits to produce Absinthes. The bitterness of Absinthe is dependent on the thujone content in it.
How To Make Absinthe With Kits
Some kits provide you with herbs that you have to steep and the filter but by far the easiest kits to use are essence kits. AbsintheKit.com sell Absinthe essencesto both the Absinthe industry and to consumers. Their Absinthe essences are prepared by using top-quality herbs and essential oils and high tech carbon dioxide distillation. The solution of 20ml of essence with 730ml of vodka or Everclear along with real wormwood and natural ingredients can give a perfect Absinthe liquor. There is a need of 20ml bottle of Absinthe essence to prepare 750ml of Absinthe and an essence only costs $3.95!
The essences are also available in a Absinthe kit which makes 14 bottles of Absinthe and it contains a 280ml bottle of essence, bottle labels and a plastic measure – all for $29.
How To Make Absinthe Using the Ritual
Once you have made your bottle of Absinthe you will need to know how to prepare your Absinthe drink. The following recipe or procedure can be used.
First you will need the right equipment:-
– Absinthe
– An Absinthe glass
– One will need an Absinthe spoon
– A cube of sugar
– Iced Water
Pour a shot (25-50ml) of Absinthe into the glass.
Place a cube of sugar on the slotted spoon kept rested on top of the glass.
One can use a fountain or a steady hand to slowly pour the water over the sugar.
As soon as the sugar crystals dissolve, the water and sugar solution mixes into the Absinthe causing it to louche.
Now one can enjoy his perfect Absinthe drink.
However it may require a few attempts to make the Absinthe louche perfectly but it is not difficult to learn the preparation of Asbinthe.