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Originally Posted by BonViveur  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. |
Then this website is either making false claims or the products they're selling are illegal.
www dot originalabsinthe.com/absinthe-king-gold-p-56.html
and yeah if you're going to distill it yourself you can get some real absinthe... but if you're just soaking stuff in high proof vokda then you're just getting flavored vodka, and that's what a lot of the kits make the process out to be
you seem to know a lot about it though - check out that link and tell me if the site looks legitimate.