From: MikeE@ster.invalid   
      
   Mike Easter wrote:   
   > Paul wrote:   
   >> By the way, you're supposed to wait until the flame goes out on your   
   >> Sambuca before you drink it.   
   >   
   > No, you snuff the flame w/ your hand (be quick) and inhale the vapor   
   > (beneath your unburned hand) before you shoot the shot.   
   >   
   >> Put 3 coffee beans in a shooter and add the sambuca. Light the   
   >> sambuca and let burn for 10 seconds or so. Cover the glass with your   
   >> hand to extinguish, then inhale the air underneath your hand. Drink   
   >> the shot.   
   >   
   BTW, I'm not sure about the 'reported' 10sec timing.   
      
   There are two different ways to burn your hand; lingering hesitantly w/   
   trepidation 'during' the snuff - OR - letting the flame cause the rim of   
   the shot glass to become so hot that you burn your palm on the glass rim.   
      
      
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