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I'm too new to the board so I can't post links, but there's a good selection available online with varying levels of thujone.
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In the USA the legal level is ZERO due to an archaic law. In Europe the level is 10 parts per million or 35 parts for a classification called Bitters. The real stuff had levels of 100 mg plus. The bad effects do not come from wormwood / thujone which has long been recognised by antiquity as a mind stimulant. The effects of the thujone act in opposition to the alcohol and create a lucidity which is unique. You will not get this from commercial absinthe, which is just coloured vodka, or bottles with silly French names etc and
no thujone.
The alleged bad effects of absinthe were caused by adulturants / chemical dyes etc. That is why it's best to go "
free range" and make it yourself...it's also fun
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All those absinthe kits will do for you is make fake absinthe. You can also sweeten it with cane sugar
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No. These recipes have been used for generations actually - see my earlier comments on Piołunówka and the recipe I found from USA circa 1866
