The combination also begins to turn milky white in colour, as the water mixes with the anise. Absinthe has been shrouded in mystery mainly because of the wormwood component that is necessary to make absinthe. 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 Wormwood Society is a non-profit association focused on providing current, historically and scientifically accurate information about absinthe, helping to reform the regulations impacting absinthe in the United States and encouraging the responsible enjoyment of a safe, rewarding and historically interesting beverage. This absinthe spoon, resting atop an absinthe glass, will hold a sugar cube. Ice water is slowly dripped from a fountain, carafe, or balancier onto the piece of sugar. The spoon is an exact reproduction of the original 19th century design.Ībsinthe is best enjoyed diluted with cold water and sweetened ever so slightly. Whilst you probably wont be distilling your own liquor in the backyard, you can still enjoy this worthy-garden plant. The bottom of the spoon contains a small ridged area that was originally used to break apart a piece of sugar from a sugar loaf (or clump), before sugar cubes were available. Absinthe, a green liquid with an anise smell, is made by distilling a mixture of alcohol, herbs (notably wormwood) and water. Why not grow the Green Fairy in your own garden This is the true wormwood used in the production of the alcoholic liquor much-loved by French bohemians in the 1860s. Woven through the wormwood plant is a banner which on the original spoons sometimes contained advertisement text. (Absinthe, Grand Wormwood, Grande Wormwood, Green Ginger) With its classic silver-green foliage and nodding yellow flowers, true wormwood is a worthy garden. The grille of the spoon features the grand wormwood plant, Artemisia absinthium (the key ingredient in absinthe). It was first reported outside cultivated gardens in 1841, along roadsides and waste grounds. It was introduced to North America in the early 19th century to be cultivated for medicinal use. This alcohol was banned in most Western nations by the 1920s and remained virtually. It was very popular among the artist and writer crowd in the 19th and early 20th centuries and was known for its mild hallucinogenic properties.

It is also one of the most sought-after spoons by collectors of antique absinthe ware. (Artemisia absinthium) Absinth wormwood is native to Eurasia, the Middle East, and North Africa. Absinthe is an alcohol made from a number of different herbs, most notably wormwood or Artemisia absinthium. The Wormwood Absinthe Spoon is by far the most sought after spoon.

Absinthe wormwood