Absinthe
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Absinthe is distilled beverage with a high concentration of alcohol (45%-74%).
It is spirit derived from herbs, including the flowers and leaves of the herb Artemisia absinthium, commonly referred to as "grande wormwood". Absinthe traditionally has a natural green color but can also be colorless. It is commonly referred to in historical literature as "la fée verte" (the Green Fairy).
This beverage was first metioned around year 1550 BC, being used by the ancient Greeks as remedy.
Gren Fairy was very popular among Parisian artists and writers. Due in part to its association with bohemian culture, absinthe was opposed by social conservatives and prohibitionists. Charles Baudelaire, Paul Verlaine, Arthur Rimbaud, Vincent van Gogh, Oscar Wilde were famous people devoted to the Green Fairy.
Absinthe was described as a dangerously addictive psychoactive drug, causing a strange behavior, even dementia and having harmful effects.
By 1915, absinthe had been banned in the United States and in most European countries except the United Kingdom, Sweden, Spain, Portugal, Denmark and the Austro-Hungarian Empire. But over the centuries no evidence has shown it to be any more dangerous than ordinary spirit, his properties, apart from those of alcohol, had been much exaggerated.
Starting with 1990s, European Union began to reauthorize the manufacture and sale of this spirit.
It is spirit derived from herbs, including the flowers and leaves of the herb Artemisia absinthium, commonly referred to as "grande wormwood". Absinthe traditionally has a natural green color but can also be colorless. It is commonly referred to in historical literature as "la fée verte" (the Green Fairy).
This beverage was first metioned around year 1550 BC, being used by the ancient Greeks as remedy.
Gren Fairy was very popular among Parisian artists and writers. Due in part to its association with bohemian culture, absinthe was opposed by social conservatives and prohibitionists. Charles Baudelaire, Paul Verlaine, Arthur Rimbaud, Vincent van Gogh, Oscar Wilde were famous people devoted to the Green Fairy.
Absinthe was described as a dangerously addictive psychoactive drug, causing a strange behavior, even dementia and having harmful effects.
By 1915, absinthe had been banned in the United States and in most European countries except the United Kingdom, Sweden, Spain, Portugal, Denmark and the Austro-Hungarian Empire. But over the centuries no evidence has shown it to be any more dangerous than ordinary spirit, his properties, apart from those of alcohol, had been much exaggerated.
Starting with 1990s, European Union began to reauthorize the manufacture and sale of this spirit.
