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<blockquote data-quote="Heresy" data-source="post: 802673" data-attributes="member: 540683">If you are drinking absinthe for some sort of hallucinating effect then you are going to be really disappointed. The only real difference between absinthe and the beverages I drink (pernod, ouzo, raki etc.) is a miniscule amount of wormwood (containing thujone) that is less than half of what was in the oriignal absinthe that was being made 100 years ago. If you do somehow get ahold of the stronger stuff, you also have to realize wormwood is a toxin which has been used as a natural pesticide for centuries.If you do choose to still get some, you most likely hate the taste since it is anise based. Think of nyquil watered down with vodka and you have a rough idea of the taste. I always mix my pernod down with coke because it is horrible if you take it straight; it&#039;s bitter and makes you gag. You don&#039;t acquire a taste for it, and you don&#039;t take shots of it. It is meant to be drunk slowly over the course of an evening.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Heresy, post: 802673, member: 540683"] If you are drinking absinthe for some sort of hallucinating effect then you are going to be really disappointed. The only real difference between absinthe and the beverages I drink (pernod, ouzo, raki etc.) is a miniscule amount of wormwood (containing thujone) that is less than half of what was in the oriignal absinthe that was being made 100 years ago. If you do somehow get ahold of the stronger stuff, you also have to realize wormwood is a toxin which has been used as a natural pesticide for centuries. If you do choose to still get some, you most likely hate the taste since it is anise based. Think of nyquil watered down with vodka and you have a rough idea of the taste. I always mix my pernod down with coke because it is horrible if you take it straight; it's bitter and makes you gag. You don't acquire a taste for it, and you don't take shots of it. It is meant to be drunk slowly over the course of an evening. [/QUOTE]

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