Drinking Absinthe: The classic French Absinthe Ritual
Pour a shot (25ml) of absinthe into a glass or old fashioned cocktail glass, place a cube of sugar on an absinthe spoon and trickle ice cold water to fill 1 to 3 parts or to taste. This is the way how famous Absinthe drinkers like van Gogh, Lautrec or Baudelaire drank their glass of the green liquor. And this is still the right way how to drink Absinthe. We highly recommend this drinking ritual to all Absintheurs.
Flamed Absinthe: Not recommended but a lot of bars serve Absinthe like this
Don't drink your Absinthe like this but this is how it is served: Dip a tea spoon of sugar into 1 shot of absinthe, flame it on the spoon and let it caramelise, once the flame has gone out stir it into the absinthe and add water until it louches. We can not recommend this ritual, as the fire destroys the fine flavor of absinthe and furthermore promotes the "drug-like" aspect of Absinthe.