Tips For Absinthe Recipes
May 31, 2011 by Celebration
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The history of Absinthe is very interesting. In the late 18th century a French doctor created Absinthe as an elixir for his patients. By 1805 the absinthe recipes had got into the hands of Henri-Louis Pernod who started distilling it in his factory in Pontarlier in France.
Original Absinthe Recipes
Pernod’s Absinthe, Original Pernod Fils, was distilled from wine and contained many natural herbs and essential oils from plants including grand wormwood, aniseed, melissa, fennel, lemon balm, dittany, angelica root, hyssop, star anise, nutmeg and juniper.
A variety of recipes and ingredients were used by different producers of Absinthe,The Green Fairy. Absinthe production also includes herbs like calamus root, mint, cloves, nutmeg, roman wormwood, anise seed, coriander, sweet flag and licorice. The herb wormwood, Artimesia Absinthium, was always used in the making of pre-ban Absinthe because it was the ingredient that gave Absinthe its characteristic bitter taste, as well as its name.
According to the general thought the thujone content of wormwood and THC in the drug cannabis were similar. A person consuming decent amount of thujone can suffer with psychedelic effects. Anethole is the content in anise seed and fennel seed which is psychoactive and Angelica root is grown in the form of a drug in Lapland. Absinthe contains sedatives and stimulants both and some artists and writers claimed that it gave them their genius and inspiration! “A clear headed drunkenness” is the description on the way of being drunk on Absinthe.
Absinthe was famously banned in France in 1915 when Prohibitionists claimed that it was going to ruin the country and send everyone insane. However, studies have shown that drinking Absinthe is just as safe as drinking any of the other strong alcoholic drinks such as whisky and vodka. Absinthe is mainly alcohol and only contains minute quantities of wormwood and the other herbs so there is no danger to health from it.
Homemade Absinthe Recipes
There are many Absinthe recipes on the Internet using different herbs and different methods – steeping, filtering etc. It is not recommended to make Absinthe at home from plants, dried herbs or essential oils. Why?
- Absinthe should be distilled.
- A person have no way of knowing the thujone content of the intaken Absinthe.
It is far better to buy either a quality Absinthe, making sure that it’s got the vital ingredient wormwood, or to buy an Absinthe kit which consists of Absinthe essences that have already been distilled.
Breaux’s label “Lucid” is easily available in the USA.
AbsintheKit.com does great Absinthe kits which consist of:-
- Absinthe essence – choose from classic, white (which makes clear Swiss style Absinthe, Strong 55 (with a 55mg thujone content) and Orange (flavored with orange oil).
- Appropriate measure.
- Take Artistic Labels for decorating Absinthe bottles.
One can produce 14 bottles of Absinthe from one bottle of essence!
Simply mix 20ml of the Absinthe essence with a neutral alcohol to produce own bottled Green Fairy.
There is surety of getting a safe, top-quality product because these essences are alike the ones sold to distilleries.
One can get a large number of online cocktail Absinthe recipes. Have fun in finding and mixing the cocktails.
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