Did you overdo it during that last absinthe party? Did the absinthes get stronger as the will weakened? Are you truly regretting it this morning?

Before you get into this pickle, read this interesting The New Yorker article on drinking, hangovers and cures. While some claim that drinking absinthe avoids a hangover, we're not convinced!

Annals Of Drinking: A Few Too Many: The New Yorker

Some words for hangover, like ours, refer prosaically to the cause: the Egyptians say they are “still drunk,” the Japanese “two days drunk,” the Chinese “drunk overnight.” The Swedes get “smacked from behind.” But it is in languages that describe the effects rather than the cause that we begin to see real poetic power. Salvadorans wake up “made of rubber,” the French with a “wooden mouth” or a “hair ache.” The Germans and the Dutch say they have a “tomcat,” presumably wailing. The Poles, reportedly, experience a “howling of kittens.” My favorites are the Danes, who get “carpenters in the forehead.”.

Some non-drinkable absinthe products have been showing up lately, which attests to absinthe's growing popularity. Besides the previously mentioned wine glass charms, you can add the following:

• gummi bears - now this we would like to try! Unfortunately, these sweet little absinthe gummi bears seem to be only available at the source, which is a restaurant called Tailor in New York City. Anyone want to swing by 525 Broome St and get us a few will have us forever in their debt!
• lollipops - we have written about these beforeand we just wanted to add that they are, in fact, as delicious as they sound. Worth the splurge.
• lip balm - the description is filled with the annoying marketspeak that tries to sell up absinthe's checkered past - "magickal"(sic), "aphrodisia", "disturbing", etc. So we hate to even point this out, but in the interest of completeness, we'll add it to this list.

Cool handmade wine "charms" - old-fashioned absinthe posters inside of bronzed, vintage bottle caps! You know, those little things you put around the base of your glass when at an absinthe tasting party, to make sure no one steals a sip from your glass. Be sure to click on the 'absinthe' tag at the bottom for more cool absinthe-related stuff.

Etsy :: tartx :: Absinthe Liquor Wine Beer Martini Drink Charms ids

This set of beautiful, unique and collectible wine and beer glass charm's feature vintage images of vintage illustrations of absinthe liquors.