# I Had An Absinthe Martini Last Night
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-an-absinthe-martini-last-night/967340
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Tags:** liquor-alcohol
**Created:** [July 3, 2022, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-an-absinthe-martini-last-night/967340 "2022-07-03T10:37:02Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)
#### Post date: [July 3, 2022, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-an-absinthe-martini-last-night/967340/1 "2022-07-03T10:37:02Z")
I already shared this on Facebook, so I might as well share it here too.
I had an Absinthe Martini [last night](https://ibb.co/K770FQ7). A couple of things I love about that photo. I had it in the candle holder that they used as a bar glass, in _Star Trek: the Next Generation_ (1987-94). I’m sure my glass wasn’t literally one of the ones they used (but you never know 😉 ). I got it off Ebay IAE, because I always wanted it. I think it looks neat, if you ask me.
Now, this is _Cafe Society_. So I have to ask you all. Has anyone else ever had an Absinthe Martini? Or for that matter, does anyone here even know how to make one? They are quite unique, I think at least.
Now, if I could just find out how to post pictures on threads on these message boards. But don’t get me started on that, because that is a different matter entirely, I guess 😉 🙂 .
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### Author:  [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)
#### Post date: [July 3, 2022, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-an-absinthe-martini-last-night/967340/2 "2022-07-03T11:23:31Z")
You asked how to post pictures [here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-imgbb-account/963059), and were told many many times how to do it.
[ ](https://i.ibb.co/S00sR10/291658149-2137225073115646-7301746713704395873-n.jpg)
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### Author:  [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)
#### Post date: [July 3, 2022, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-an-absinthe-martini-last-night/967340/3 "2022-07-03T11:46:26Z")
One of the side effects of absinthe.
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### Author:  [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)
#### Post date: [July 3, 2022, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-an-absinthe-martini-last-night/967340/4 "2022-07-03T12:12:29Z")
Must just be gin, vermouth and a splash of absinthe no? I’ve never been a fan of martini cocktails but perhaps the absinthe adds some life to it.
Weird that yours has lime with it rather than an olive. Does the absinthe really change it into that sort of drink?
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### Author:  [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)
#### Post date: [July 3, 2022, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-an-absinthe-martini-last-night/967340/5 "2022-07-03T12:21:44Z")
@Fiendish_Astronaut _Bingo!_ (that’s how you make it).
Actually, I use lime, because I am going for a green motif here. Partly because Absinthe is green. That is in itself ironic, because as you can even plainly see in my pic, Absinthe turns milky when mixed with cold water.
The green cherry (that’s what that was, if you didn’t notice 😉 🙂 ), is simply because that is the only other thing I can find that is green.
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### Author:  [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)
#### Post date: [July 3, 2022, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-an-absinthe-martini-last-night/967340/6 "2022-07-03T12:29:17Z")
How much absinthe did you use?
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### Author:  [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)
#### Post date: [July 3, 2022, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-an-absinthe-martini-last-night/967340/7 "2022-07-03T12:36:57Z")
@Fiendish_Astronaut Well, I used to literally just use a couple drops, which is sufficient. For those of you who never tried it, Absinthe overpowers whatever you put it in, in flavor at least. Now, I go truly wild. I put a half of an ounce in it. That’s all I can afford too. I don’t know about where you live. But here, it’s ridiculously expensive.
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### Author:  [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)
#### Post date: [July 3, 2022, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-an-absinthe-martini-last-night/967340/8 "2022-07-03T12:58:37Z")
> [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](#):
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> I’ve never been a fan of martini cocktails but perhaps the absinthe adds some life to it.
They do say absinthe makes the heart grow fonder. 😍
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### Author:  [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)
#### Post date: [July 3, 2022, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-an-absinthe-martini-last-night/967340/9 "2022-07-03T13:06:22Z")
> [@Jim\_B](#):
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> I don’t know about where you live. But here, it’s ridiculously expensive.
I’m in London - it’s not too expensive here. Maybe from £30 which is about
_…checks conversion rates… GOOD GOD!!!.._
$36.
Can’t believe how much sterling has crashed recently!
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### Author:  [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)
#### Post date: [July 3, 2022, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-an-absinthe-martini-last-night/967340/10 "2022-07-03T16:45:40Z")
I can’t stand the taste of absinthe, so I’ll pass on the martini, but I do applaud creativity.
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### Author:  [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)
#### Post date: [July 3, 2022, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-an-absinthe-martini-last-night/967340/11 "2022-07-03T18:50:17Z")
I once bought a bottle of absinthe which came with a flat metal thing which looked like a cheese grater. I think you were supposed to put that over the glass, add a sugar cube and set it aflame. More dramatic than delicious, but high points for authenticity?
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### Author:  [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)
#### Post date: [July 3, 2022, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-an-absinthe-martini-last-night/967340/12 "2022-07-03T18:56:49Z")
Flame? The sugar dissolves as cold water is poured into the absinthe.
I used to drink Pernod sweetened with Barenjager honey liqueur. But I liked the bitterness and switched to Pernod & tonic.
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### Author:  [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)
#### Post date: [July 3, 2022, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-an-absinthe-martini-last-night/967340/13 "2022-07-03T19:04:55Z")
> [@cochrane](#):
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> They do say absinthe makes the heart grow fonder.
The punchline **I** heard was, “Absinthe makes the fart go honda,” but I’m too lazy to reconstruct the joke.
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### Author:  [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)
#### Post date: [July 3, 2022, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-an-absinthe-martini-last-night/967340/14 "2022-07-03T19:27:41Z")
The flame thing is a Czech presentation, as far as I know. French just uses water and sugar.
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### Author:  [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)
#### Post date: [July 3, 2022, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-an-absinthe-martini-last-night/967340/15 "2022-07-03T19:38:05Z")
I am sure others have made their own concoction with this name, or called the drink something else, but I take rye and sweet vermouth, add absinthe, and call it The Absinthe-Minded Professor
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### Author:  [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)
#### Post date: [July 3, 2022, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-an-absinthe-martini-last-night/967340/16 "2022-07-03T22:45:58Z")
Lots of things are called “martinis” by virtue of being served in a cocktail glass (they’re not “martini glasses” believe it or not)
The _actual_ martini is gin, dry vermouth, and orange bitters. Some people make them with vodka, which is technically a “Kangaroo”, but nobody actually calls them that, they just call them vodka martinis. And modern ones tend to have very little vermouth, and often no bitters- they’re called “extra dry”.
Personally I don’t care for them, but clearly someone does because they’ve stayed popular for more than a century.
According to Difford’s Guide, an absinthe martini is a martini with absinthe substituted for the bitters.
[Absinthe Martini Cocktail Recipe (diffordsguide.com)](https://www.diffordsguide.com/cocktails/recipe/2871/absinthe-martini)
Other sites say that it’s called an “Obituary cocktail”, with equal parts vermouth & absinthe.
[The Obituary Cocktail Recipe (seriouseats.com)](https://www.seriouseats.com/the-obituary-cocktail-gin-absinthe-vermouth)
[Classic Obituary Cocktail Recipe (thespruceeats.com)](https://www.thespruceeats.com/obituary-cocktail-recipe-760105)
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### Author:  [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)
#### Post date: [July 4, 2022, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-an-absinthe-martini-last-night/967340/17 "2022-07-04T00:20:47Z")
> [@Slithy\_Tove](#):
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> Barenjager honey liqueur.
I loved that stuff. Do they still make it?
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### Author:  [@AZRob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AZRob)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2022, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-an-absinthe-martini-last-night/967340/18 "2022-07-05T15:48:29Z")
Loving this thread. Kropotkin, what proportions are you liking?
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### Author:  [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2022, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-an-absinthe-martini-last-night/967340/19 "2022-07-05T15:57:53Z")
Would a combo Long Island ice tea/Manhattan made with it be an Absinthe Tea Landlord?
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### Author:  [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2022, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-an-absinthe-martini-last-night/967340/20 "2022-07-05T16:03:05Z")
Offers @Slithy_Tove a Gagrakackan 'tzjin-anthony-ks’.
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