Absinthe Glass And Spoon

Sometimes they were sold as tourist items.

Absinthe glass and spoon.

Place a sugar cube on top. Learn the lore of absinthe fairies and the wonder of wormwood with tips on how to drink absinthe and more. After pouring a measure of absinthe into a glass rest the spoon across the rim. First absinthe is put into the absinthe glass 2 to 4 cl about a tenth pint.

A perforated or slotted spoon is used to dissolve a sugar cube in a glass of absinthe usually to sweeten the drink and counteract its mild bitterness. You need an absinthe glass an absinthe grille or spoon sugar cubes and ice cold water for the traditional absinthe ritual. Place a sugar cube on an absinthe spoon and lay the spoon across the top of the glass rim. They come in a great variety of shapes and sizes many of them wonderfully elegant.

Most are tall large enough for the appropriate quantity of water poured. The spoon is normally flat with a notch in the handle where it rests on the rim of the glass. 1 absinthe spoon feuille t he pleasing outline of this spoon is a leaf but the beauty is in the detail as well as the shape. Then you place the absinthe grille or spoon on the rim of the glass put a sugar cube on top and slowly add water.

As the most popular drink in belle epoque absinthe had glasses especially designed for it. It features one absinthe carafe 2 high quality pontarlier glasses. Pour about 1 ounce of absinthe into an absinthe glass or similarly stemmed glass. This spoon holds the sugar cube which will dissolve as you pour water over it before it flows into the glass filled with absinthe drink.

This set is the perfect kit for the traditional absinthe ritual. However you need to be sure that you only buy real absinthe drinks created using actual wormwood. Originating circa the 1870s their use increased over the 1880s and 1890s and were often stamped with brand names or logos as advertising much like modern alcohol paraphernalia. We stock everything you need to pour the perfect absinthe drink.

Packed in a classic beige box not the black one shown on the pho. This is how it works. The elegant form of a wormwood plant artemisia absinthium is represented as a cutout shape in the centre of the spoon. It is made with molded glass and its reservoir will be ideal to measure correctly your absinthe.

L absinthe ses dessinateurs de presse perforated absinthe spoons appeared in 1875 1880 whereas absinthe was already drunk since decades. For example some. If you do not have an absinthe spoon a large fork will work. As well as 2 croix ii spoons.

Before then absinthe was drunk using long spoons also called mazagran spoons so that sugar was directly mixed into the glass. On the top right you can see a 19th catalogue showing an 18 centimeters. Gently drip iced water on to the sugar which will then slowly dissolve and flow through the absinthe spoon into the absinthe below. The final absinthe fairy will be a milky colored sweet and bitter drink with a distinct flavor that is certain to please your palate as well as your senses.

Get absinthe glasses absinthe spoons and absinthe fountains at kegworks.