Brouilleur Coupe with Text - Single Server Dripper
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This stainless steel coupe dripper is a single server and used in preparing a historically correct, traditional absinthe. This coupe is designed to take the place of an absinthe spoon.
To use, set the brouilleur (mixer in French) on top of an absinthe glass, then place your sugar inside. Cold water is then poured slowly, either by a carafe or an absinthe fountain, into the coupe. With four small holes in the bottom of the coupe, the sugar water slowly drips into the glass of absinthe and begins to louche (the process when then water reacts with the anise from the absinthe and the mixture turns cloudy or white. The air also begins to become fragrant with the smell of anise, fennel and grand wormwood. Add more water or sugar to taste. Remove and enjoy!
The text around coupe reads:
ABSINTHE FRANCAISE
QUANITE SUPERIEURE
A VOTRE SANTE
Glass in photo not included.
- Stainless steel.
- Measures 4.5" (11.4 cm) in diameter.
- Measures 1.75" (4.4 cm) tall.
- Base of dripper fits a glass with a mouth of 3" (7.6 cm) to 3.75" (9.5 cm) in diameter.
- Imported.
- Stainless steel.
- Measures 6" (15.2 cm) tall.
- Measures approximately 3.15" (8 cm) in diameter.
- Imported.
This brouilleur c///////// pour a dose of absinthe into an absinthe glass. The amount depends on the glass size, but it is usually one ounce. Then, lay an absinthe spoon across the rim of the glass and a sugar cube atop the spoon. The Balancier is then placed on the rim of the glass over the spoon, with the lever located over the sugar cube or cubes. Ice water is then added inside the reservoir. Once the water begins to pass through a small hole at the bottom of the reservoir, it streams onto the lever, creating a see-saw motion dispensing the water onto the sugar cube, thus falling into the glass of absinthe. All absinthes should be made to one's personal preference. Add more water or sugar if you prefer. Remove and enjoy! This piece is meant to be used for a single serving.
To use the Balancier without a spoon, the sugar is dropped into the reservoir, and cold water is poured in small increments. The sugary water will pass through the hole at its bottom onto the lever and be disbursed in the glass of absinthe below.
