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I succumbed to the current trend - there's a bottle of absinthe in the booze cupboard. It's scary stuff - I swear the sake is creeping to the back to get away from it.

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"It feels like someone just shot me in the face, with a shotgun, filled, with licorice."

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hrmmm. i really really need to find out which particular brand of absinthe i was drinking on saturday, because it didn't taste of aniseed/licorice. and was therefore drinkable :-)

-m-

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The stuff at the party? I didn't taste it for exactly the reason that I dislike aniseed intensely... Perhaps if you find out what brand it was, you should keep it well away from me... ;)

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ummm. that one *didn't* taste of aniseed. i'd have thrown up (most likely) were it to have done. i therefore surmise that you probably would like that one. unless you want it kept away from you for the reason that you think you might become addicted to it ... :-)

-m-

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I suspect that was the sense of it.

If the stuff you had came in a tall square bottle it was probably naath's - which apparently came from the ex-Jug and Firkin on Mill Road. I assume she can answer questions as to the variety.

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The second :) I've avoided absinthe because the one taste I had I detested the flavour. One that I could stomach would be *very* dangerous...

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Pretty much, except this stuff burns all the way down. I like it in a strange kind of nasty way.

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Where do you get Sake from?

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Japanese shops, if you want decent stuff. Tescos or wherever usually sell dodgier verieties which are fine for cooking with but that I'd rather not drink. Good sake is *nice*.

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it has the advantage of being srved warm... and when you don't have any ice that is a GoodThing

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Some of it is meant to be served cold, but if you're buying the cheap stuff it's much more likely to be drinkable hot.

A friend of mine usually brings a carton or two to UK anime conventions. If we can get to it before Rumi inhales it all, it's quite good cold - and pretty handy to be able to drink a liquid that looks exactly like water in water-like quantities, in terms of not annoying the hotel.

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Marna is spot on the money if you are sophisticated - the Oriental City mall near Colindale Tube station (come out of Tube, turn right, walk for 5-10 minutes) has a very wide range if you escape the depths of Essex - but fortunately I am an ignorant Westerner and will drink anything if it's heated up.

Sainsburys and some off-licences sell Hakutsuru sake, which is actually not bad at all. Tesco sell Choya, which is not in my opinion quite as good. Both go for about 6 quid a bottle.

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