Absinth Drink

Feeling a bit wary of the green fairy? Never fear. Absinthe, a spirit with a long and turbulent history, is one drink that's meant to be enjoyed — in moderation, of course. Now that absinthe has been officially legal in the U.S. for nearly six years It's true: Despite the fact many bars around the country now boast an absinthe fountain, while even more offer absinthe-based cocktails on their menus, bartenders report almost daily inquiries into the legality and safety of absinthe. The most common way Ninety-nine years ago, the U.S. government banned what is almost certainly the world's most misunderstood liquor: absinthe. The licorice-flavored drink was the victim of its own success, and mythology. Wildly popular in Europe in the late 19th and early 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 really strong booze. The liquor’s licorice flavor comes from anise seeds, but what makes A sugar cube is placed on a slotted absinthe spoon that rests on the rim of a glass containing the spirit. The water poured over the cube dissolves the sugar into the drink. True aficionados in old Paris prepared their absinthe with the aid of a fountain is the reason for absinthe’s mind-erasing powers—alcohol levels in the average absinthe range from 120 to 150 proof. Drink anything that strong for a few days straight and you’ll trip out. But barman and mixologist Kyle Reutner explains that the .

It's the drink that, more than any lover, drove a generation of artists, from Van Gogh to Oscar Wilde and Verlaine, to distraction. Absinthe was their muse, their creative rocket fuel, but the fabled "fee verte" (green fairy), which they venerated in It's inspirational genius; it's the green fairy; it's evil in a glass. It's absinthe. Although absinthe is illegal in the United States, it has been available in Canada since June. So what is absinthe and why is this little drinky-drink considered contraband? On a recent trip to Santa Ana's Cost Plus World Market, I made my way to the back coffee wall, as coffee addicts tend to do. Peeking out at me, beneath the sea of French vanilla and butterscotch-flavored coffee grounds, was a curious dark green package Is there any liquor with a reputation as misleading as absinthe? Sure, it may be a hip, edgy cocktail ingredient today, but not long ago it was blamed for everything from Van Gogh slicing off his ear to Ernest Hemingway moving to Idaho to the L.A. Rams .

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