[Slashfood] Like anything, whether you love or hate absinthe comes down to taste and the specific type of absinthe you're drinking, some being very bitter, others tasting very strongly of anise, and others still being sweet or having their own herbal notes, etc etc.

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 [Faerie♥Kat's Faerie♥Korner] Absinthe, The Green Fairy or La Fée Verte: I still maintain my original position that wormwood should not be ingested; I will, however, go so far as to amend my position to specify that wormwood, by itself alone, should never be ingested without the assistance of a trained and licensed alternative medical practitioner.

[Whitechapel -] Absinthe: The Independent Liquorist: OR, The Art of Manufacturing and Preparing All Kinds Of Cordials, Syrups, Bitters, Wines, Champagne, Beer, Punches, Tinctures, Extracts, Essences, Flavorings, Colorings, Worcestershire Sauce, Club Sauce, Catsups, Pickles, Preserves, Jams, Jellies, Etc, Etc. by L.

[The Absinthe Drinkers] A new project for the Absinthe Drinkers...: The downfall of absinthe was due to shoddy production quality, temperance movements, the wine industry, etc. As such, they needed propaganda. The nature of wormwood provided an easy out. Due to its downfall, absinthe triggered two ...

[The Spirit World] Absinthe: You then slowly drip ice-cold water over the sugar cube, which both dissolves the sugar, as well as slowly adding the cold water to the Absinthe (sugar doesn’t dissolve well in alcohol, so the water pre-treatment is necessary). The cold water will cause the absinthe to slowly cloud up due to the botanical oils of the anise and fennel which are dissolved in the alcohol, but which readily fall out of suspension in cold water.

 [Easy Bake Coven] Mansinthe: New Brand of Absinthe: Marylin Manson not only drinks absinthe, but he will also launch his own Absinthe brand. His brand, Mansinthe will be produced in Switzerland, and unlikely available in North America.

[Mr Brooks] America’s Top Seven Most Hated Substances: An emerald green tincture of anise, fennel, wormwood, and other herbs, is said to gain a characteristic lucid and creative feeling to the drunk it provides thanks to the chemical known as Thujone found in the wormwood. Enjoyed by parisian artists in the eighteen and nineteen hundreds, this liquor was banned thanks to propaganda by the temperance movement suggesting that it caused violent crimes.

 [Blogcritics Comments] Comment by Oxygenee on Absinthe: The Lure Of The Green Fairy Is ...: Not only that, but you yourself verify what I say in your previous post right here: you mention Hill had old family recipes, you claim he made absinthe before the communist occupation etc. As for his skills as a distiller, ...

 [The Green Fairy's topics - tribe.net] What defines absinthe?: AQUA CELESTIS IS MADE THUS "Take of cinnamon, cloves, ginger, nutmegs, zedoary, galangal, long pepper, citron pill, spikenard, lignum aloes, cububs, cardamum, calamus aromaticus, germander, ground pine, mace, white frankincense, tormentil, hermodactyls, the pith of dwarf elder, juniper berries, bay berries, the seeds and flowers of motherwort, the seeds of smallage, the seeds of FENNEL, seeds of ANISE....

 [Don's World blog] Suggesting Aromatherapy: Essential oils include: Absinthe, Bay, African Bluegrass, Basil, Ajowan, Anise Star, Anethi, Australian Balm Mint Bush, Angelica Root, Asafoetida, Birch Sweet/Tar, Armoise Mugwort, Benzoin, Orange, Bergamot/Bergaptene Free, Betel Leaf, and so on. In summary the oils are named after the actually plants, flowers, bark, stems, shrubs, etc, in which the oils were extracted.

[Festival BD-Comminges] Links for 2008-01-12 [del.icio.us]: Although absinthe was invented in Switzerland, after the Pernod family began distilling it in France in 1805, the anise-flavored herbal liquor became nearly synonymous with the cafés and cabarets of Paris.

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