Hvis det er ekte Absinthe med opium er det ulovlig.

Absinthe inneholdt veldig små mengder av Tujon (C10H16O). Men det gjør dem ikke nå lenger.

Thujone is most famous for being a compound in the spirit absinthe. In the past it was thought that absinthe contained up to 260–350 mg/L thujone,[12] but modern tests have shown this to be far too high. A 2008 study of 13 pre-ban (1895–1910) bottles using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) found that the bottles had between 0.5 mg/L and 48.3 mg/L and averaged 25.4 mg/L [13][14] A 2005 study recreated three 1899 high-wormwood recipes and tested with GC-MS, and found that the highest contained 4.3 mg/L thujone.[15] GC-MS testing is important in this capacity, because gas chromatography alone may record an inaccurately high reading of thujone as other compounds may interfere with and add to the apparent measured amount.[16]

Absinthe produced under the modern EU (European Union) limits for thujone content may have a maximum of 10 mg/L if >25% alcohol, and 35 mg/L for "bitters" with less alcohol.[13] Some modern producers list their thujone levels on the bottle, with some producers claiming over 100 mg/L thujone.

Har du noen kilde på at det ikke brukes malurt i absint-produksjon lenger?

Kjøp det heller på polet vist du absolutt må ha dette. Det koster heller ikke så mye som folk vil ha det til. Dyrere vil det bli vist du blir stoppet i tollen med flere flasker i bagen din.

Drikk dem rett før du går ombord, mann

vis han drikker alle 5 før han skal gå ombord på flyet, så vil han faktisk ikke greie å gå ombord, jeg tror han har kjøpt de som heter "Bewitched Absinthe" 89,9% og jeg greide å blacke ut på en flaske som jeg neste tok på styrten, så hvis du mene rhan skal bælme ned på alle 5 før fly turen, bør han ha kompiser som bærer han ombord xD

Hvis det er ekte Absinthe med opium er det ulovlig.

Siden når var det opium i absinth? Det stoffet som er fjernet i den norske absinthen er malurt, ikke opium.

EKTE absinth får man (nesten utelukkende) kun kjøpt i små landsbyer i Øst-Europa; for eksempel Polen. Denne varianten brygges ulovlig og ser lite delikat ut (diarè!). Den genuine typen inneholder opiater og klassifiseres definitivt som et narkotikum. Av de mer kommersielle variantene så kan det høye alkoholinnholdet og/eller urtene by på problemer ved eventuell "import" og kan vel i teorien også klassifiseres som narkotikum.

ruseffekten*

Man kan føre inn alkoholholdigdrikke med inntil 60% alkohol, alt over 60% er definert som narkotika etter norsk lov, videre.

Man kan føre inn alkoholholdigdrikke med inntil 60% alkohol, alt over 60% er definert som narkotika etter norsk lov, videre så er det tradisjonelt sett fra gamledager av malurt (som innholder tujon) i absint, tujonen gir en hallusinerende effekt.

Man får tak i absint uten malurt og som holder 60%, den er lov å føre inn i landet.

Are today’s absinthes identical to those produced before their prohibition ?
We often hear that today’s absinthes have been lightened and rid of their “dangerous molecule”. But as was explained above, Absinthe is anything but dangerous, and there is no need to deprive it of thujon.
There are some bad quality absinthes, just the same as there are bad quality products for almost all things, but what one should note, is that there are also many very stunning absinthes, and similar to the best that were produced before their prohibition.
Many Absinthes are still produced according to the original recipes of the XIXth century. There are even some old distilleries that still exist and still produce absinthe today.
It is no myth to say that you can drink the Absinthe Rimbault used to drink.

What does absinthe taste like ?
It is true that many different absinthes exists, however, they must more or less abide by the following standards to be considered as good Absinthes:
• Be refreshing
• Remind you of the smell of an Alpine field by revealing complex, floral and spicy tones.
• Be well balanced, so that all the herbal touches are revealed, both on the palate and on the nose
• Be bitter, but then again, not too much*
• Be flavoured with aniseed but not overpowering the other scents (this is what an excessive use of star anise instead of green anise can provoke)**
* Common opinion believes that the grand wormwood has an incredibly strong bitter taste. However, when its essences are distilled, most of the bitter parts stay in the stem. That is why in the end, only the flavoured parts of the grand wormwood are revealed, leaving a very aromatic bitterness, and a very strong floral taste.
**For the non-aniseed-flavoured Absinthes, this is of course not to be considered.

Which plants is Absinthe made from ?
All Absinthes are different from one another, and it is therefore impossible to say precisely how each one of them is made, since some of the ingredients remain secret. However they (almost) all have a common base:
• Grand Wormwood (Artemisia absintheium)
• Petite Wormwood (Artemisia Pontica aka Roman Wormwood)
• Fennel
• Green Anise (not to be mistaken with the star anise, commonly used for the production of pastis)
Many more different plants are added to those above (often more than ten) depending on the Absinthe:
• Melissa
• Hyssop
• Speedwell
• Coriander
• Angelica
• Star anis
• and many more…
It is not only the kind of plant that is used to produce absinthe that makes it so particular; but also how they are used: properly matched, and not to use too much of one, and not enough of the other…

What is Absinthe’s traditional colour ?
We all relate Absinthe to the colour green, and that is because most of the Absinthes during the Belle Époque actually were green.
It is during the maceration of the plants (most commonly Petit Wormwood, Hyssop and Melissa) that this final colour occurs, as well as the final taste.
Yet, this procedure is very delicate, and it is (unfortunately) the reason why, nowadays, you find many artificially coloured absinthes.
Although the white absinthes were not as widespread (but nevertheless, as popular), we must not forget them, as they are sometimes more complex than the green ones and often have more of a herbal flavour.
Why do most absinthes have such a high percentage of alcohol ?
It is indeed very high, but there is nevertheless a reason for that:
• It helps the Absinthe to keep its green colour, naturally obtained by the maceration of different plants, and specifically from their chlorophyll
• Some of the flavours would not show up if the degree of alcohol was not so high.
It should be noted that absinthe is usually mixed with water, which makes the level in alcohol drop to about the same level as in wine.

Is Absinthe A Drug? Is It Poisonous? Is it Dangerous?

No, no and no. Contrary to popular misconception, absinthe is not hallucinogenic, psychedelic, or narcotic. If you're looking for this kind of experience you'll be very disappointed in genuine absinthe.

Neither thujone nor absinthe have a similar effect to marijuana or any other illicit drug. Thujone has never been shown to be hallucinogenic and is definitely not a psychedelic. The hallucinations suffered by 19th century “absinthistes” were those of severe chronic alcoholism and dementia.

An often-neglected fact is that there were millions who enjoyed absinthe regularly with no ill effects whatsoever. There were thousands of cafés all over Paris. At its height of popularity, the people of France consumed over thirty-six million liters of absinthe a year. Everyone drank absinthe.

Unless one makes a study of it, one is unlikely to know just how omnipresent absinthe was at its height of popularity. Let’s imagine for a moment the scene in France at the turn of the century. There were over 30,000 cafés in Paris alone. The drink of favor was absinthe, which throngs of people congregated to imbibe every day at 5:00 p.m., giving this “Happy Hour” the nick-name l’Heure Verte, the Green Hour. The boulevards fairly reeked of anise, stretching for miles. Are we really expected to believe that the majority of the drinking population of France was sitting around in cafés every day, hallucinating on absinthe?

During the decades preceding the ban of absinthe, alcoholism grew at an alarming rate. As absinthe was in vogue at the time, very inexpensive and extremely high in alcohol, it was easily abused by people with an addictive predisposition.

THUJONE MADNESS!
The legendary mind-altering effects of absinthe have been misleadingly attributed to thujone, a compound found in wormwood, but are more likely to have been caused by extreme alcoholism as well as the substandard preparations passed off as absinthe. In these, the quality ingredients and care required to properly distill and color absinthe were replaced with inferior industrial alcohol and harmful, often poisonous chemicals.

Today, history repeats itself as unscrupulous producers capitalize on the popularity of absinthe and make substandard and poor-tasting imitations with cheap alcohol, artificial coloring and flavorings and today—to reinforce the notion of absinthe as a drug—boast about high thujone content! Often this alleged high level is grossly exaggerated and sometimes it is artificially boosted by the addition of thujone-containing oils. Still, even in the highest thujone content products—one cannot really call them absinthe—the thujone level is well below that of observable effect. In short, they're selling snake oil.

While in extremely high doses, thujone is known to be a dangerous neurotoxin and convulsant, science has shown through chemical analysis of vintage absinthes and contemporary absinthes made strictly according to historical recipes, that previous estimates of thujone levels in pre-ban absinthe were greatly exaggerated. One would die of alcohol poisoning long before one could consume enough absinthe to get a substantial dose of thujone.

Of interesting note: the majority of studies cited by critics which seem to implicate absinthe were not performed by testing absinthe itself, but used pure thujone or wormwood oil, without distillation and without considering the minuscule amounts actually present in the absinthe after distillation.

An analogy would be to study the effects of high doses of pure caffeine on lab rats and then condemn coffee for its tendency to cause heart failure. The symptoms of caffeine overdose are very similar to those of thujone poisoning and include muscle twitching, confusion, twilight consciousness, fever, irregular heartbeat, dizziness, vomiting, diarrhea, convulsions and death. Most of us are familiar with the deleterious effects of caffeine abuse, yet no one is suggesting that we ban coffee.

It has been repeated over and over that the thujone molecule is supposedly similar to the tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) molecule. It was at one time conjectured (del Castillo et al, 1975) that perhaps the thujone molecule interacts with the same receptor sites in the brain as THC does.

Not surprisingly, this idea has remained popular in the recreational drug subculture and among those who would like to think that absinthe will make them high. Even though it was demonstrated in 1978 that this theory was unsupported by science, it continues to get dragged out by gullible thrill seekers who have a deep personal need to see absinthe as a new exotic drug.

Thujone has very little, if anything, to do with the secondary effects of absinthe. Unlike many “entheogens”, thujone has no recreational potential.

So What Is The “Secondary” Absinthe Effect?
The Absinthe Effect is not a drug-induced mind-bending trip that sends one screaming down the halls of old mausoleums. As was pointed out above, practically the entire drinking population of France was drinking absinthe regularly. It's unlikely that there were that many people sitting around in cafés tripping their brains out every day.
These fantasies are continued by people today who are unfamiliar with the history of absinthe and the huge role it played in French society. Absinthe was not drunk furtively in dark, secret, “absinthe dens”. It was like beer is today - everywhere, in every bar.
When indulged in moderation, the effect is one of pleasant alcohol intoxication accompanied by a lively mental clarity and uplifted mood, not unlike that of caffeine. It is now commonly thought among absintheurs to be the result of the mixture of the herbs in question, not merely the wormwood. It is likely that this liveliness and clarity allowed the artists and writers of the Belle Époque to remain alert and record their ideas rather than simply falling into a drunken stupor.

It’s popular to recite the litany of artistic luminaries of the time who were absinthe drinkers. This is hardly surprising, given that almost everyone else was, too. It's just that these luminaries were the ones who either recorded their lives or were remarkeble enough to be recorded by others. Given the ubiquitous status of absinthe, of course it figured in their lives in some way.
It should be remembered however, that absinthe inspires brilliance; it does not provide it. When indulged in excessively, the effects are precisely those of any over-indulgence in alcohol. The Wormwood Society heartily encourages you to indulge responsibly and in moderation.

On Fire and Absinthe
At no time in the history of absinthe, until the late 1990's, has the “Czech Method” of lighting absinthe-soaked sugar on fire—recently popularized in the movies From Hell, Moulin Rouge, and Alfie—ever been used. This is a modern innovation and a pointless abuse of good absinthe. Aside from spectacle, it has no effect whatsoever except possibly that of introducing a burnt-marshmallow taste to the absinthe thus obscuring the delicate herbal nuances and ruining its flavor.
No one who knows anything about absinthe and its history would use this method. Compare it to shaking a bottle of champagne. Given the high-proof nature of the liquor it can also be very dangerous, resulting in a cracked or broken glass, injury and accidental fire.

It's probable that the “Czech method” was borrowed from the Café Royale, a traditional coffee drink where a brandy or cognac-soaked sugar lump is ignited in a spoon before adding it to the coffee. This was depicted in 1887 by the American painter, Irving Ramsey Wiles in his painting, The Loiterers. Several years ago the painting was mistaken (and mis-titled) as portraying a couple drinking absinthe.

What's Wrong With “Czech-Style” Absinth?
We’ve all seen it: bright turquoise, neon-green, and brilliant red, even black. Whether it’s called Czech Absinth, “Bohemian” style or “modern” absinthe, most of it, contrary to marketing, bears no resemblance to absinthe. And it’s not all Czech: some come from Germany, Spain, Bulgaria and Austria as well.

Although these countries do produce a few brands of quality absinthe, the rest are produced and marketed by less-than-ethical businesses and are little more than aromatized, artificially-colored vodkas.

Since preventing consumer deception is one of the main puposes of the Wormwood Society, we expect this situation will change as more people become educated about absinthe and this type of deception is more fully exposed.

Kan man i teorien helle absint over i en vodkaflaske eller en flaske som ikke er gjennomsiktig, for å så ta den gjennom tollen? Har tollerne noen måleinstrumenter for å sjekke volumprosenten, og er dette sannsynlig? Nå vet jeg jo at absint vanligvis er grønn, men er klare varianter utbredte?

Jeg kjøpte 2 slike essenser:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2608935792...84.m1439.l2649


Blir morsomt å lage absint drikk av hjemmebrenten min.

Du skriver at det skal være 1 del absint og 3 deler vann.
En flaske er 10 ml, det vil da si at jeg skal ha 30 ml vann?

Hvor mye sprit vil jeg trenge dersom min er 80%?

Jeg spør her, siden kompetansen vedrørende tema virker å være noe oppegående. For en tid tilbake så var jeg i Spania. Var innom en kafe i Malaga, en marokkansk en sådan og bestilte meg en te etter anbefaling av han som jobbet der. Teen inneholdt en grønn plante som han kalte for Shiba, etter å ha googlet dette så fant jeg ut at det var absinth, jeg er helt grønn på dette(touche) og etter at teen falt i smak, så kjøpte jeg like så godt 4 bunter av han i kafeen og tok de med i kofferten, intetanende om det var ulovlig eller ikke. Nå ble jeg riktignok ikke stoppet i tollen, men kunne det ha fått noen konsekvenser hvis jeg hadde blitt stoppet?

Ja kansje, absint er malurt, som er klassifisert som legemiddel.


OT: Den essensen jeg kjøpte inneholder også noen andre urter, noe som ikke var forklart på ebay siden :-S

Anis (Pimpinella Anisum)
Fennikel (Foeniculum Vulgare)
Sitronmelisse (Melissa Officinalis)
Kalmusrot (Acorus Calamus)
Peppermint (Mentha × Piperita)
Lakrisplante (Glycyrrhiza Glabra)
Stevia (Stevia Rebaudiana)
Koriander (Coriandrum Sativum)
Stjerneanis (Illicium Verum)

nFF trenger en Absinthe tråd! Hva med å ta initiativet kjetilkverndokk? Ser ut som om du har peiling, og det er en ganske stor mangel på tråder om den ganske så misforståtte drikken rundt om kring..

http://skaskishop.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/l/i/liquore_absinth_0_5l.jpg

Er dette ekte vare da?