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The ice water is first poured into the glass, then the Pourer is sat on top of your glass.
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The flat metal disk holds the spike and traps the aromas of the louching absinthe in the glass, until the absinthe is ready for drinking. The capacity of the reservoir is exactly a standard absinthe dose, and the spike introduces the lighter alcohol directly to the bottom of the glass, where it floats up and diffuses through the heavier water. It is designed to add absinthe to water, rather than water to absinthe, as is normally the case. This brouilleur is used to prepare an absinthe in the reverse order of the way the drink is usually prepared.