With a tall straight glass half filled with ice, maybe with a splash of water on the top.

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We placed the decorative absinthe spoon on top of the glass, a sugar cube on top of that, and let the fountain drip ice water over it for several minutes.

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Then he was out, water streaming off him, a piece of ice like a tiny pane of glass in the cuff of his coat sleeve.

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