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Absinth is by all means one of the most interesting liquors in history. Absinth was involved in polemic and contentious arguments, till it was finally banned in almost all Europe by 1920. For almost eighty years, just clandestine Absinth was available in most Europe’s markets, with the exception of the Absinth produced in Spain and Portugal, which never follow the Absinth banning current. At the end of the 1990s, the European community modified the laws, and Absinthe was legalized, and its back, experiencing an amazing reborn in public’s preferences. Absinth is an emerald green liquor, with lots of history and mystification, while becoming extremely popular in Europe, but specially in France, from the mid 1800s till the second decade of 1900. Absinthe was involved in a cloud of false attributes and misjudgments, which today, enrich its seduction to new consumers. Today, a large quantity of young people, based on these polemic and fantastic qualities entitled to Absinth, are eager to drink it. Absinth is offered at all trendy places in Europe, with a variety of cocktail recipes, and the traditional and quite ceremonial way to drink Absinth and new methods, improvised to promote Absinth to the 21st century public. Most young consumers, see in Absinth a new recreational experience, like cannabis, however this is not totally truth. It is real that Absinth is made out of wormwood, an herb traditionally used as a fever killer and pain reliever from ancient times by the Greeks and the Romans. However, Absinth first is a high alcohol drink and people primarily get drunk, before experiencing hallucinations, however, the drunkenness state produced by Absinth consuming, is quite different from the other liquors, since frequent drinkers report it as a clarified drunkenness stage.

To drink Absinth, first you have to learn the traditional method. It was quite popular and cherished by remarkable artist during the belle époque period in France, Montmartre Parisian cafes were crowded by the bohemian community in those years, and they all used to talk about literature and art while drinking Absinth, and became an emblem of the revolutionary current styles occurring in those times. Gauguin, Degas, Toulouse-Lautrec, Van Gogh, Manet, and Picasso, were Absinth lovers, and writers and poets such as Baudelaire, Rimbaud, Voltaire, Wilde, Poe, and Hemmingway were Absinth drinkers.

Here is the traditional way to drink Absinth: pour a shot of Absinth liquor in a tall Absinth glass till the mark, place on top of the glass the Absinth spoon with a cube of sugar on, now drizzle iced water on the sugar to melt it and drip into the glass. Stir, and enjoy. The green liquor will turn into a milky greenish liquid, this is due to the presence of anise, and it is called the “louche” effect.