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Absinthe Information
By C. Singha
Absinthe Information
is a distilled; highly alcoholic anise-flavored spirit derived from herbs including the flowers and leaves of the medicinal plant Artemisia absinthium, also called Grand Wormwood or Absinth Wormwood. is typically green or clear and is often referred to as la F?e Verte ('The Green Fairy'). is not bottled with added sugar and is therefore classified as a liquor or spirit. is uncommon among spirits in that it is bottled at a high proof but consumed diluted with water to the strength of wine.
originated in Val-de-Travers, Switzerland, as an elixir/tincture. However, is better known for its popularity in late 19th- and early 20th-century France, particularly among Parisian artists and writers whose romantic associations with the drink still linger in popular culture. At the end of the 19th century over 2 million liters of were consumed annually in France alone; by 1910 this number grew to 36 million. Further, was portrayed as a dangerously addictive, psychoactive drug; the chemical thujone was blamed for most of its deleterious effects.
Though was vilified, no evidence shows it to be any more dangerous or psychoactive than ordinary alcohol. A modern revival began in the 1990s, as countries
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in the European Union began to reauthorize its manufacture and sale. As of August 2007 over 100 brands of in a dozen countries are produced.
Etymology
The French word can refer either to the alcoholic beverage or to the actual wormwood plant (grande being Artemisia absinthium, and petite being Artemisia pontica). The word derives from the Latin absinthium, which is in turn a stylization of the Greek aps?nthion, wormwood. Some claim that the word means "undrinkable" in Greek., but it may instead be linked to the Persian root spand or aspand, or the variant esfand, which would have meant Peganum harmala, also called Syrian Rue though not an actual variety of rue, another famously bitter herb. That this particular plant was commonly burned as a protective offering may suggest that its origins lie in the reconstructed Proto-Indo-European root spend, meaning "to perform a ritual" or "make an offering." Whether the word was a borrowing from Persian into Greek, or rather from a common ancestor, is unclear.
"Absinth" (without the "e") is a spelling variation of that is often seen in central Europe. Because many Bohemian-style products use this spelling, it is often thought to be synonymous with Bohemian Absinthe, but such is not always the case.
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