Name: Absinthe Drip Cocktail (Czech method)
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Absinthe; 60 ml Chilled water; 1 Superfine sugar

Serve in an

Absinthe glass or old-fashioned glass

Ingredients:
1 1/2 fl oz	La Fée Parisienne absinthe
2 fl oz	Chilled water
1 cube	Caster/ Superfine/Baker's special sugar (white)
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How to make:

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Place a sugar cube on a slotted absinthe spoon resting across the top of the glass. POUR the absinthe over the sugar cube into the glass. Light the absinthe-soaked cube and leave it to burn and caramelise. Using a bottle of chilled mineral water with a small hole in the cap, DRIP water over what's left of the sugar so it dissolves and drips into the glass. Add ice, stir, and serve.

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History:

This supposedly bohemian method of serving absinthe became popular back in 1998 with the UK launch of Hill's Absinthe. Accordingly, if you are going to make this drink, then it is best to use a Czech-style absinthe such as La Fée Bohemian.

Alcohol content:

1.7 standard drinks
22.95% alc./vol. (45.9° proof)
24.1 grams of pure alcohol

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