Absinthe ordering sites
12-24-2005, 01:27 AM
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Re: Absinthe ordering sites
Originally Posted by signorelli21
yea, actually i started doing some reading into it and found that the chemical trujone doesn't make you hallucinate, it was the combination of herbs that they used in the old recipes. heres some info.
Alcohol makes up the majority of the drink and is extremely high, between 45 percent and 85 percent, though there is no historical evidence that any commercial vintage absinthe was higher than 74 percent. Given the high strength and low alcohol solubility of many of the herbal components, absinthe is usually not imbibed "straight," but consumed after a fairly elaborate preparation ritual.
Historically, there were five varieties of absinthe: ordinaire, demi-fine, fine, supérieure or Suisse (which does not denote origin), the latter of which was of a higher alcoholic strength than the former. The best absinthes contain 60 percent to 74 percent alcohol. It is said to improve materially with storage. In the 19th century absinthe, like much of the food and drink of the time, was occasionally adulterated by profiteers with copper, zinc, indigo plant, or other dyes to impart the green color, but this was never done by the best distilleries.
Traditionally absinthe is poured into a glass over which a specially designed, slotted spoon is placed. A sugar cube is then deposited in the bowl of the spoon. Ice cold water is poured or dripped over the sugar until the drink is diluted 3:1 to 5:1. During this process, the components that are not soluble in water come out of solution and cloud the drink; that milky opalescence is called the "louche" (Fr. "opaque" or "shady").
A modern, more dramatic and potentially very hazardous "fire" ritual was invented by a Czech manufacturer, in which the sugar cube is drenched in absinthe then set on fire. Water is then added to drown the fire and dissolve the caramelized sugar. Generally less water is added than the traditional method.
Spurred by the temperance movement and winemakers' associations, absinthe was publicized in connection with several violent crimes supposedly committed under the direct influence of the drink, along with a general tendency toward hard liquor consumption due to the wine shortage in France during the 1880s and 1890s, effectively targeting absinthe's popularity as a social menace. Its critics said that it makes people crazy and criminal, it turns men into brutes and threatens the future of our times. Edgar Degas's 1876 painting, L'absinthe (The Absinthe Drinkers) (now at the Musée d'Orsay) epitomized the popular view of absinthe "addicts" as sodden and benumbed; Emile Zola described their serious intoxication in his novel L'Assommoir. Absinthe was banned from sale and production in most countries by 1915.
The effects of absinthe have been described by artists as mind opening, and even hallucinogenic and by prohibitionists as turning good people mad and desolate. Both are exaggerations. Sometimes called "secondary effects", the most commonly-reported is a "clear headed" drunk feeling and thujone was said to be the cause. The placebo effect and individual reaction to the herbs makes these secondary effects very subjective and minor compared to the psychoactive effects of alcohol
Alcohol makes up the majority of the drink and is extremely high, between 45 percent and 85 percent, though there is no historical evidence that any commercial vintage absinthe was higher than 74 percent. Given the high strength and low alcohol solubility of many of the herbal components, absinthe is usually not imbibed "straight," but consumed after a fairly elaborate preparation ritual.
Historically, there were five varieties of absinthe: ordinaire, demi-fine, fine, supérieure or Suisse (which does not denote origin), the latter of which was of a higher alcoholic strength than the former. The best absinthes contain 60 percent to 74 percent alcohol. It is said to improve materially with storage. In the 19th century absinthe, like much of the food and drink of the time, was occasionally adulterated by profiteers with copper, zinc, indigo plant, or other dyes to impart the green color, but this was never done by the best distilleries.
Traditionally absinthe is poured into a glass over which a specially designed, slotted spoon is placed. A sugar cube is then deposited in the bowl of the spoon. Ice cold water is poured or dripped over the sugar until the drink is diluted 3:1 to 5:1. During this process, the components that are not soluble in water come out of solution and cloud the drink; that milky opalescence is called the "louche" (Fr. "opaque" or "shady").
A modern, more dramatic and potentially very hazardous "fire" ritual was invented by a Czech manufacturer, in which the sugar cube is drenched in absinthe then set on fire. Water is then added to drown the fire and dissolve the caramelized sugar. Generally less water is added than the traditional method.
Spurred by the temperance movement and winemakers' associations, absinthe was publicized in connection with several violent crimes supposedly committed under the direct influence of the drink, along with a general tendency toward hard liquor consumption due to the wine shortage in France during the 1880s and 1890s, effectively targeting absinthe's popularity as a social menace. Its critics said that it makes people crazy and criminal, it turns men into brutes and threatens the future of our times. Edgar Degas's 1876 painting, L'absinthe (The Absinthe Drinkers) (now at the Musée d'Orsay) epitomized the popular view of absinthe "addicts" as sodden and benumbed; Emile Zola described their serious intoxication in his novel L'Assommoir. Absinthe was banned from sale and production in most countries by 1915.
The effects of absinthe have been described by artists as mind opening, and even hallucinogenic and by prohibitionists as turning good people mad and desolate. Both are exaggerations. Sometimes called "secondary effects", the most commonly-reported is a "clear headed" drunk feeling and thujone was said to be the cause. The placebo effect and individual reaction to the herbs makes these secondary effects very subjective and minor compared to the psychoactive effects of alcohol
12-24-2005, 03:41 AM
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Re: Absinthe ordering sites
Originally Posted by butterknife
My roommate went to europe for half a summer had absinth and said it doesnt make you see ---- or anything its all a big myth
12-24-2005, 03:48 AM
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Re: Absinthe ordering sites
Originally Posted by Joseph Davis
You ***** don't know anything about drugs. Just drink straight bleach - it's what you're really looking for.
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12-24-2005, 03:54 AM
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Re: Absinthe ordering sites
Acid is the only drug that has given me full blown hallucinations of weird ---- that wasn't just like a "modified" version of reality....although I have had some crazy trips like that where all surfaces were textured with moving fractal patterns....so crazy.
12-24-2005, 04:11 AM
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Re: Absinthe ordering sites
A friend of mine had some absinthe that he bought in mexico. the real ---- made from worm wood. 4 shots of that and I was seeing lights flying around and random shapes moving around.... Like if a picture with a frame was in my periphial vision i'd see a box or rectangle come away from it and move around... interesting ---- 
12-24-2005, 04:16 AM
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Re: Absinthe ordering sites
Originally Posted by gurusan
although I have had some crazy trips like that where all surfaces were textured with moving fractal patterns....so crazy.
Now, the only time I was ever out of my skull was the 1/8th of good mushrooms and 4.2 mL of GBL. I kept blacking in and out of reality. Felt like a constant anxiety attack while undergoing convulsions, only without all the thrashing around or enough coherency to express the anxiety. Not fun.
rawr, make it. It's not difficult, a couple years in college with a minor in chem should do it. The only thing difficult about LSD is purifying it so that it's lab grade. The solution is not to; there's nothing else in it that is dose reactive on the microgram scale. Or you could just grow + harvest morning glories. Lysergic alkalais are fun, too.
12-24-2005, 04:46 AM
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Re: Absinthe ordering sites
Originally Posted by rawr
realy? i had a couple friends say it worked, i couldent get it to. i just drooled. that was about the extent of it.
