A new coctail trend has drinkers inhaling, rather than swallowing, alcohol through a glass apparatus designed to heat high volume alcohol. The Vaportini, as it’s been dubbed, by-passes the digestive system, and has the advantage of almost no calories, no carbs, no impurities, and almost instaneous effects. Of course, its disadvantages are that it causes potentially dangerous levels of intoxication and is damaging to your liver and lungs. Also: There’s the whole fire/alcohol problem of burning down your house when you are drunk.
From Daily Mail:
First released in December 2012, the $40 (£28) Vaportini acts in a manner similar to a traditional vaporizer, heating and releasing intoxicating vapors which are breathed through a straw after being heated by a candle to 140 Fahreneheit.
Bypassing the digestive system, the Vaportini causes alcohol to be ingested directly to the bloodstream through the lungs, potentially causing dangerous levels of intoxication – especially if abused.
Inventor and bar owner Julie Palmer created the simple glass and steel contraption after a night in Helsinki inhaling vodka fumes over a coal fire.
Vaporizing alcohol has apparently been a trend in Ibiza and places like Burning Man for several years now. Has anyone tried it? Tweet me about it @JSJdarling. I want to hear your stories.
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