Chapter 57

YuZhi pulled his glass forward and lifted a strange flat metal thing from the tray, and laid it over the top of his drink, it had small holes in it like a sieve, and he picked up a sugar cube from a bowl on the table and laid one on top, so it was suspended over his drink. He grabbed a small water jug and poured a tiny amount over it so it trickled on the cube and filtered into his glass before placing the jug in front of TangShi.

“Let it dissolve a little, and as soon as the absinthe turns cloudy, tip it in and use the spoon to stir the sugar away completely. Don’t down it but drink it slowly. That’s how you drink Absinthe.” He demonstrated by waiting for a moment and then doing what he said and mixing the last remnants of the cube into his drink. Tanghin copied him exactly with her little glass, and then both of them lifted in unison and took a sip of the strong liqueur.

TangShi Coughed and wretched and screwed up her face in distaste. Visibly shuddered as it went down