where is the absinth from originally?

Question

we just having the conversation with my friends about this alcohol and we cant remember where from it is.

Answer 1

Absinthe originated in Switzerland as an elixir/tincture. However, it is better known for its popularity in late 19th and early 20th century France.

Answer 2

Absinthe: The Lure Of The Green Fairy Is Greater Than Ever
Written by Trish Wilson
Published November 07, 2005

Interest in absinthe has been increasing over the years, but Newsweek has noted that interest in the Green Fairy is growing even more. The variety with wormwood in it is illegal in the U. S., but you can get non-wormwood versions here. My husband and I love absinthe, but we want the real thing. The variety we can get at the local liquor store tastes a little too much like Nyquil with herbs. Absinthe over the centuries has been blamed for madness, hallucinations, and seizures.

We are excited about the news that an environmental chemist claims to have re-created the original using a recipe from bottles that are a couple hundred years old. I want to get a bottle of this stuff.

Now an environmental chemist from New Orleans named Ted Breaux claims to have re-created the original exactly, using a couple of hundred-year-old bottles of original Pernod absinthe to distill the recipe: a half-dozen-odd botanicals, including Spanish green anise, Alpine hyssop and absinthium. The result is Absinthe Edouard 72 (a staggering 144 proof) and Jade Verte Suisse 65 (130 proof), at $90 a bottle.

Every period detail is correct. Breaux, 39, chose Saumur's Combier distillery in France, with the very stills used by Pernod in the 1870s. Even the obsolete driven-in corks are accurate. And what about the psychosis? Breaux says that it's largely a myth: some of the old absinthe was toxic, but top brands like Pernod would have met modern European safety standards for thujone, the neurotoxin blamed for its hallucinations. Since thujone is still banned in the United States, tempted Americans will have to fly to Europe to sneak a taste of the original.



Absinthe has experienced a revival in Switzerland. I've heard of the Czech varieties, and I've heard to avoid them. Apparently, the manufacturers add green dye to the mix (Absinthe is light green in color). Absinthe was not a tradition in the Czech Republic, but manufacturers there began to make a fake version due to the re-emergence of popularity of the drink in the 1990s.

Answer 3

See this, copied form Wikipedia

Absinthe (also absinth, absenta) (IPA English: [ˈæbsɪnθ]; IPA French: [ap.sɛ̃t]) is a distilled, highly alcoholic, anise-flavored spirit derived from herbs including the flowers and leaves of the medicinal plant Artemisia absinthium, also called grand wormwood or Absinth wormwood. Absinthe is typically green (either naturally or with added color) or clear and is often referred to as la Fée Verte ('The Green Fairy'). Although it is sometimes mistakenly called a liqueur, absinthe is not bottled with added sugar and is therefore classified as a liquor or spirit.[1] Absinthe is uncommon among spirits in that it is bottled at a high proof but consumed diluted with water to the strength of wine (see Drink Preparation/Ritual).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absinthe

Answer 4

read it for yourself here

but....1792 French Doctor Pierre Ordinaire distils a strong (68% abv/136° proof) spirit containing wormwood, anise, hyssop and varying amounts of other common herbs as a cure-all tonic. It becomes so popular others start to distil it and is quickly nicknamed 'La Fée Verte' (the green fairy).

Answer 5

I believe monks used to make it. I`m not sure but I think it was in Italy.

Answer 6

france

Answer 7

Straight from Hell itself

Answer 8

It's Swiss, it's great.

Answer 9

france.

Answer 10

are you sure you are not drinking it then you would lose your memory