Take a Drink on the Dark Side With Charcoal

While you don’t want to find coal in your Christmas stocking, it might not be such a bad thing in a cocktail. Activated charcoal is created when oxygen is added to charcoal usually derived from coconut shells, wood or peat. Said to bind to toxins in the body, detoxify the liver, cure hangovers, enhance energy and brighten skin, activated charcoal has been used to treat poisoning, nausea and GI tract...