The pomaded and mustachioed barkeeps shake the most serious absinthe cocktails in the city, like The Lew Field, which muddles Le Clandestine a blue-hued, Swiss-distilled brand born in , fig syrup and fresh mint with crushed ice in a frosty copper cup. The anise-powered slushy makes a bracing contrast to a plate of briny oysters.
Montecito Adelaide St. With the enthusiasm and detail usually reserved for oenophiles, he waxes on la louche: the year-old practice of pouring ice water from a tall tower in this case a vintage replica from BYOB on Queen West over the chartreuse liquid until its sweet, lemon-grassy aromas bloom.
He skips the sugar cube to let the natural floral flavours shine or punch you in the face, depending on your tastes. The correct technique is to continuously drip the iced water as slowly as possible until the sugar has completely dissolved from the spoon and fallen into the glass of absinthe. Add to Cart. Facet cuts around dose reservoir and at top of glass. Mouth blown and hand cut. Reservoir holds 1 fluid ounce. It is also one of the most sought-after spoons by collectors of antique absinthe ware.
The grille of the spoon features the grand wormwood plant the key ingredient in absinthe. Woven through the wormwood plant is a banner which on the original spoons sometimes contained an advertisement. A traditional absinthe is prepared by pouring an ounce of absinthe into an absinthe glass, then placing the absinthe spoon on top of the glass and a sugar cube atop the spoon.
Ice water is slowly dripped from a fountain, carafe or balancier onto the piece of sugar. The cold sugar water then drips from the spoon into the glass of absinthe releasing oils and perfuming the air with fennel, grand wormwood and anise. The combination also begins to turn milky white in color, as the water mixes with the anise. The spoon was originally designed for Toulouse Lautrec and features the insignia of Lautrec's famous initials at the top of the grill.
There are 3 spoons with same design, but with subtle differences, making the originals highly collectible. The grill of the spoon features a beautiful design of the Eiffel Tower nestled in the Champ de Mars, the park which surrounds the tower. The tongs are exact reproductions of turn of the last century pieces and have a true antique look and feel.
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