No! In fact we don't even sell absinthe. We sell only the herbs and essence necessary to make your own absinthe at home with alcohol YOU provide.

Absinthe is a Bohemian era alcoholic drink made by the infusion of various herbs including Anise for the characteristic "licorice" flavor. Wormwood is the other and perhaps most important ingredient as it adds the famed effects of absinthe that many search for.

We currently accept all major credit cards processed through Google Checkout, PayPal as well as Money Orders. You do not need to maintain a PayPal or GoogleCheckout account to utilize PayPal or Googlecheckout in our checkout process.
We honestly prefer to use Google Checkout over PayPal and other forms of payment because of PayPal's notorious history with causing trouble for us in the past as well as other merchants and PayPal members. Nonetheless we offer it, so use it if YOU prefer!. Google-Checkout and PayPal both handle all major credit cards.

If you would like to pay with an alternative method you can e-mail us at info@absinthekits.org and we will negotiate an alternative method.

If a credit card is used with Google Checkout: "Googlecheckout-AK" will appear on the card statement.

If a credit card is used on Paypal: "PayPal-AK" or something similar.

At no time will the word 'Absinthe' appear on your credit card statement.

Absinthe has had an unclear legal history. In short, it is certainly legal to make your own absinthe at home and to make it as strong as may be desired. Absinthe for sale by licensed liquor vendors cannot contain more than 40mg/kg thujone. We do not sell alcohol or absinthe; only the concentrated essence and herbs necessary to make absinthe at home!

You can find instructions here.

We ship anonymously!! Our packages say "AK 02072-4981" in their return address sections. The envelopes are plain white envelopes with either a post office, paypal, or other shipping label printed not hand-written. Other envelopes or even boxes are used. Do not always expect a plain white envelope.

There is a standard shipping fee of $3 on all orders. No matter how much you order our shipping price is fixed at $3!!. The order will be processed and shipped within 3 business days. Normally we can do this within 1 - 2 days.

Orders will be shipped first class mail until the weight limit requires we use Priority mail service. This usually occurs after 6 kits or equivalent are ordered. Prestige Essence kits require Priority mail when more than 2 items are ordered. Again, regardless the shipping fee is $3 - thus it is in YOUR INTEREST to order as much as you'd like without worry to shipping cost!!

However, the option exists to request Priority Shipping on certain products that would not need it. For example, 1 Absinthe Kit can be sent First Class Standard Mail. By request we can send it Priority Mail for a fee of $5 for the first 3 products and $10 for 4-8 products ordered. After 8 products we are normally compelled to send the order priority, thus we'll cover the price and your cost is $3, this is only an offer to expedite an order that is likely to be shipped standard mail when the customer would prefer priority.

Email us to inquire about shipping prices specific to your order.

The effects of Absinthe as portrayed in most movies and media, as well as urban legend is that it produces hallucinations and even puts one at risk for psychosis. The truth is absinthe does not cause hallucinations and does not contribute to psychosis more than drinking alcohol without thujone would contribute to psychosis. At most it can be said that Absinthe has a "different" quality to it than most alcohols in terms of its subjective effects to the imbiber. Probable true effects of Absinthe include brightening of colors, a heightened sense of awareness, and sense of heightened creativity.

We ship only within the USA. Our herbs are grown and sold in America exclusively. There are no federal laws prohibiting any of the herbs we sell. It is your responsibility to be aware of local laws and ordinances when deciding to order.