Green Absinthe

A new study may end the century-old controversy over what ingredient in absinthe caused the exotic green aperitif's supposed mind-altering effects and toxic side-effects when consumed to excess. The report is the most comprehensive analysis of authentic It might make you the world’s most renowned suicidal painter, like Vincent Van Gogh. Could it conjure a Green Fairy, like in Moulin Rouge? Absinthe is a drink of legends, banned from the United States for almost a century, but it might just be some Swiss absinthe producers from Val-de-Travers are attacking a Swiss federal court ruling that could deny their region a national monopoly on the terms ‘absinthe’, ‘fee verte’ and ‘la bleue’. Yesterday the Swiss Federal Adminstrative Tribunal Spiegelworld's smash hit show Absinthe is coming to Newcastle and promises to transport Novocastrians into a world of circus, burlesque and vaudeville inspired by the absinthe-drenched cabarets of late 19th-century Europe. The show is named for the Absinthe is perhaps the world's most misunderstood spirit. The anise-flavored, herb-infused liquor was banned in countries around the world soon after the turn of the 20th century, due to the supposedly hallucinogenic effects of wormwood, one of its Other distillers are also scrambling to fill orders as sales across the U.S. surge for the long-banned spirit affectionately called "the green fairy." "There are about six or seven brands of absinthe available now, and I expect 20 to 25 by year-end," said .

And then it's back to tradition. She slowly pours cold water over what's left of the sugar cube; as the water trickles into the glass, the green-tinted spirit turns cloudy - an effect known in absinthe-speak as the "louche." "It won't make you see purple Some pretty strange fictional characters – and some equally strange real-life characters – are all members of The Green Fairy Fan Club and you can bet she'll be the star attraction at their Halloween parties. Why not invite her to yours, too? Absinthe About fifteen distillers who sell the both romanticised and vilified drink can now call absinthe by its real name. In mid-April, the French Senate voted to repeal prohibition of the drink nicknamed the "green fairy". In 1999, almost a hundred years after It all started in Provence with a glass of rose wine. Well, actually, a glass of pastis before the rose. While Paul Sanguinetti, lead mixologist for the Patina Group, was in France studying wine, he and his colleagues always started dinner with a glass of .

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