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	<title>Comments on: Lapsang Souchong Vodka</title>
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		<title>By: Bob Miller</title>
		<link>http://slakethirst.com/2005/06/12/lapsang-souchong-vodka/comment-page-1/#comment-6607</link>
		<dc:creator>Bob Miller</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Aug 2011 09:45:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I finally tried this out. I actually did filter the vodka first to remove all impurities, and I think it worked out quite brilliantly. Definitely recommended. 
-Bob from &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.thebmwclub.co.za/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;BMW for Sale&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I finally tried this out. I actually did filter the vodka first to remove all impurities, and I think it worked out quite brilliantly. Definitely recommended.<br />
-Bob from <a href="http://www.thebmwclub.co.za/">BMW for Sale</a></p>
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		<title>By: Patricia</title>
		<link>http://slakethirst.com/2005/06/12/lapsang-souchong-vodka/comment-page-1/#comment-6424</link>
		<dc:creator>Patricia</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jul 2011 09:12:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Absolutely gorgeous idea. I was about to make mojito for today but I just changed my mind, Vodka it is. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.androidtabletcomparison.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;android tablet comparison&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Absolutely gorgeous idea. I was about to make mojito for today but I just changed my mind, Vodka it is. <a href="http://www.androidtabletcomparison.org/">android tablet comparison</a></p>
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		<title>By: Nigel</title>
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		<dc:creator>Nigel</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2011 17:35:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>That looks really good. Switching up boredom you fall into when you have your own personal mix over and over again.  I wonder about diferent vodkas too. Maybe even chilled versus not.?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That looks really good. Switching up boredom you fall into when you have your own personal mix over and over again.  I wonder about diferent vodkas too. Maybe even chilled versus not.?</p>
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		<title>By: Suzanne</title>
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		<dc:creator>Suzanne</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2011 09:34:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Very nice, I&#039;ll be tea-bagging my vodka soon. :-)
I also like all the other special touches that you added. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.a1clevels.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;A1C levels&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.invitationmaker.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;invitation maker&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Very nice, I&#8217;ll be tea-bagging my vodka soon. <img src='http://slakethirst.com/wordpress/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' /><br />
I also like all the other special touches that you added. <a href="http://www.a1clevels.org/">A1C levels</a> <a href="http://www.invitationmaker.org/">invitation maker</a></p>
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		<title>By: Rebecca</title>
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		<dc:creator>Rebecca</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2011 08:30:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Cool, great idea to flavor vodka yourself. I&#039;ll definitely try it out.

Rebecca, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.virusprotectionfree.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;virus protection free&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Cool, great idea to flavor vodka yourself. I&#8217;ll definitely try it out.</p>
<p>Rebecca, <a href="http://www.virusprotectionfree.com/">virus protection free</a></p>
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		<title>By: Thomas Raven</title>
		<link>http://slakethirst.com/2005/06/12/lapsang-souchong-vodka/comment-page-1/#comment-6350</link>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Raven</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 10:27:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>yay! Very nice idea..
i&#039;ll try this when i have the time :)

thanks!

Thomas Raven
Colorado Springs, CO
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>yay! Very nice idea..<br />
i&#8217;ll try this when i have the time <img src='http://slakethirst.com/wordpress/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>thanks!</p>
<p>Thomas Raven<br />
Colorado Springs, CO<br />
<a href="http://computerrepaircoloradospringsco.com">Computer Repair Colorado Springs</a></p>
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		<title>By: John</title>
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		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Nov 2008 02:53:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Nice idea! I come from a vodka drinking country, and this was definately a cool new idea! :)

I wrote a little post about the tea on my blog

http://www.caputmundicibus.com/2008/11/a-chinese-love-story/

/ john</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nice idea! I come from a vodka drinking country, and this was definately a cool new idea! <img src='http://slakethirst.com/wordpress/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>I wrote a little post about the tea on my blog</p>
<p><a href="http://www.caputmundicibus.com/2008/11/a-chinese-love-story/">http://www.caputmundicibus.com/2008/11/a-chinese-love-story/</a></p>
<p>/ john</p>
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		<title>By: tegan</title>
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		<dc:creator>tegan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2007 10:03:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I just had a fantastic martini in the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.hotelderussie.it/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Hotel de Russie&lt;/a&gt; in Rome which was made with the cold tea being then married with Bombay Sapphire Gin. It was smooth, smoky and not too heavy.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I just had a fantastic martini in the <a href="http://www.hotelderussie.it/">Hotel de Russie</a> in Rome which was made with the cold tea being then married with Bombay Sapphire Gin. It was smooth, smoky and not too heavy.</p>
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		<title>By: c</title>
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		<dc:creator>c</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2005 02:52:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yah, well, I&#039;d filter the vodka &lt;em&gt;first&lt;/em&gt;, I think, instead of after infusing it.  This was purely a test run with a cup of some random vodka I&#039;ve had in the freezer for god knows how long. 

I&#039;m thinking that instead of pouring hypercheap vodka through the Brita 4 or 5 times — which seems to be what&#039;s required — I&#039;ll just use grain-neutral spirits diluted to 80° instead.  At $13.95 for 750ml, Everclear is very price-competitive with  cheap domestic Vodkas (750ml of Baron Rothschild, Fleishmann&#039;s Royal, Oregon Spring, Potters et al. are right around $6.25) and I &lt;em&gt;suspect&lt;/em&gt; they do a better job of filtering Everclear than a Brita would.  

Maybe not though... I just assume that 190° grain alcohols are filtered to a higher standard, since they&#039;re potentially intended for food-science purposes and whatnot, but that may be a mistake. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.hrdspirits.com/index.stm&quot; title=&quot;Hood River Distillers, Inc.&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;The folks&lt;/a&gt; who bring us &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.monarchspirits.com&quot; title=&quot;Monarch&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Monarch Vodka&lt;/a&gt; are just diluting from grain-neutral themselves, and tout that it&#039;s double charcoal filtered for &lt;em&gt;extra&lt;/em&gt; purity.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yah, well, I&#8217;d filter the vodka <em>first</em>, I think, instead of after infusing it.  This was purely a test run with a cup of some random vodka I&#8217;ve had in the freezer for god knows how long. </p>
<p>I&#8217;m thinking that instead of pouring hypercheap vodka through the Brita 4 or 5 times — which seems to be what&#8217;s required — I&#8217;ll just use grain-neutral spirits diluted to 80° instead.  At $13.95 for 750ml, Everclear is very price-competitive with  cheap domestic Vodkas (750ml of Baron Rothschild, Fleishmann&#8217;s Royal, Oregon Spring, Potters et al. are right around $6.25) and I <em>suspect</em> they do a better job of filtering Everclear than a Brita would.  </p>
<p>Maybe not though&#8230; I just assume that 190° grain alcohols are filtered to a higher standard, since they&#8217;re potentially intended for food-science purposes and whatnot, but that may be a mistake. <a href="http://www.hrdspirits.com/index.stm" title="Hood River Distillers, Inc.">The folks</a> who bring us <a href="http://www.monarchspirits.com" title="Monarch">Monarch Vodka</a> are just diluting from grain-neutral themselves, and tout that it&#8217;s double charcoal filtered for <em>extra</em> purity.</p>
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		<title>By: Matthew Thiel</title>
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		<dc:creator>Matthew Thiel</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2005 05:13:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Perhaps the old Brita filter trick would clean most of the vodka smell out, but it may also eliminate the taste. Depends on what tastes the drink requires out of the vodka.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Perhaps the old Brita filter trick would clean most of the vodka smell out, but it may also eliminate the taste. Depends on what tastes the drink requires out of the vodka.</p>
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