absinthe

At that time, there was no absinthe, but there was a kind of Wormwood. Hippocrates, the ancient Greek medicine master, thought it was a good medicine for hepatitis, and it could also deal with annoying rheumatism. You know, the Mediterranean climate made many Greek nobles miserable every wet season.

In Pliny's works, it is recorded that there was a fashion in Rome in those days, and the champions of chariot races usually drank a glass of absinthe to remind the winners that there were both glory and bitterness. This drink is the predecessor of Absinthe. As for this bitter taste, Huisman described it in more detail in his novels. He said: "Although the offensive taste has been diluted somewhat by adding sugar, absinthe still has a brass taste, and its aftertaste in your mouth is like that of slowly sucking a metal button."

If drinking absinthe is really just like sucking a "metal button", it will certainly not make decadent poets and avant-garde painters flock to it. Here's another secret. The subtlety of absinthe is that it has a little hallucinogenic effect. Most people are French, but Wilde, an Englishman, is an anomaly, and he has a good understanding of the magic of absinthe. He described this illusion: walking in the street on a cold night after drinking, I felt clusters of tulips rubbing at my feet. In 1882, when Wilde traveled to the United States, the metaphor was even more poetic: "What is the difference between a glass of absinthe and a sunset?" Even later, Wilde was alone, poor and ill, but his cleverness never diminished: "I am fighting my wallpaper to the death, either it goes or I die."

The popularity of absinthe has obviously increased the number of street drunks like Wilde. Therefore, it is not surprising that absinthe is hostile and cursed by the "guardians". By the way, there are also those painters. As early as 1859, Manet's A Man Who Drinks Absinthe was flatly rejected by the salon selection committee. The reason is said to be MANET's "loss of morality", because absinthe was not banned at that time, but at least it was a scandal. Degas, his colleague, was in even greater trouble. When his masterpiece "Absinthe" was sent to London for exhibition in 1893, it actually triggered a wave of "anti-French" by the British, who regarded absinthe as "French poison". Of course, this is just as unfair as describing syphilis as a "chronic disease in France".

At about the same time, Van Gogh, a painter who came to France from Holland, fell in love with absinthe. He sketched in the countryside of Al during the day, and the golden sun made this lonely beast thirsty, so he plunged into the arms of the "green muse" in the starry night. Van Gogh wrote to his dear brother Theo: "Cafe is a place that can make people destroy themselves and make people crazy, so I use Louis XV's soft green, peacock green, and yellow-green, rough turquoise, which I use to show the black power contained in the low cafe;" Everything is shrouded in the atmosphere of the devil's melting pot, with the color of sulfur. " Many years later, Alcazar, a place where absinthe people gather, has become a scenic spot in the history of painting because of this "crazy green".

As to which genius first had a relationship with the "green muse", it is now difficult to verify. But at least it can be traced back to Miao Sai's time. He is recognized as a genius in France. He published poems in his teens and joined the French Academy at the age of 31. But since then, he has hardly written a decent poem because he drank too much absinthe. Interestingly, until 1914, when the French government began to ban absinthe, the drinkers who insisted on the last line of defense were still shouting in despair: "For God's sake, absinthe at least inspired Miao Sai!" -But in my opinion, where did Miao Sai get his inspiration from absinthe? It clearly came from george sand.

history of absinthe

1792

Dr. pierre ordinaire of France distilled a kind of strong liquor with high alcohol content (68% or higher/standard alcohol content of 1.36 degrees), which contained absinthe, anise, seaweed and other common herbs in different amounts, and was used as a medicinal liquor for treating all diseases. It soon became very popular, and others began to distill the wine, and soon got a nickname' la fée verte' (green elf).

1871

The grape nodule aphid began to destroy the French wine industry for 31 years. The vineyard was destroyed by this bug called grape nodule aphid, which ate the grape roots along a circuitous path. Therefore, wine has become scarce and very expensive. In this period of wine shortage, absinthe has quickly become the darling of bar culture, and its sales scale has greatly increased.

1891

In the last decade of the 19th century, hedonism became a fashion in France. A typical example is that people attended the Bohemian drinking carnival at Moulin Rouge and performed strange behaviors, making Moulin Rouge a popular entertainment center. The red light district in Paris is located in the center of montmartre, and the operators are well aware of the legendary aphrodisiac effect of absinthe. Since then, absinthe and Moulin Rouge have become synonyms.

1911

Absinthe was banned in Switzerland. More than 36 million liters of absinthe were sold to France.

1912

The United States issued a ban on absinthe. More than 221,111,111 liters of absinthe were sold to France.

1915

At the peak of its popularity, absinthe was banned in France. After rationing absinthe to the army for several years as a preventive measure to prevent malaria, the French government decided to ban drinking absinthe, which was attributed to the fact that the rationed alcohol was generally discarded in the trenches during World War I. But the greater impact may be due to the great pressure from the French wine industry, who believe that absinthe will occupy their market.

1998

After absinthe was banned in many European countries for more than half a century, george rowley obtained the approval from the British government to legally sell absinthe in the EU on July 21th, 1998, which was a significant breakthrough.

2111

la fée absinthe, the first traditional absinthe brewed for commercial purposes in France, was finally lifted since the ban was issued in 1915. In the French town of auvers-sur-oise, absinthe brewed by the French absinthe museum was especially warmly welcomed.

In 2112

la fée absinthe was first successful in the fashion bar market, and then it was sold by tesco, the largest wine retailer in Britain, to more than 351 restaurants, and then Lafé e absinthe became a hot commodity in shopping carts in main street stores.

in 2113

in the international spirits challenge sponsored by drinks international, la fée absinthe was the only absinthe brand that won a medal.

After the launch of La Fé e absinthe 45% and higher series, it immediately became the target pursued by yates and other celebrities, and he was also famous for drinking hard liquor in celebrity circles.

jean-christophe novelli, a famous French chef, specially created a series of amazing menus for drinking absinthe in the new century to celebrate his indissoluble bond with la fée absinthe.