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10 interesting facts about absinthe.
1. Drinks based on wormwood existed in ancient times, but finally the recipe absinthe was formed in the late XVIII century. Its author is a certain Madame Enrio from Switzerland finished tincture based on wormwood. Recipe interested Dr. Pierre Ordiner. In 1792 he added the other tincture of herbs, and the recipe has become very popular.
2. Henri-Louis Pernod absinthe first staged production on stream. He opened the first factory for the production of absinthe in Switzerland and the largest factory for the production of absinthe in Pontarlier, France. Factory work after the death of Pernod until four fires caused by lightning strikes, not turned it to ashes.
3. At the modern ritual of drinking absinthe bars somewhat simplified, but the ceremony before drinking this drink was the whole art. On the glass of absinthe placed special absinthe spoon (silver tea strainer), which put a piece of sugar cane. Sugar gave absinthe bit of sweetness. Then he poured cold water and absinthe has got a yellowish color and become thicker.
4. Initially, absinthe, made on the basis of wormwood, is a drug and allegedly cured of many diseases, for which he was nicknamed «La Fee Verte», or «Green Fairy».
5. Absinthe is a favorite drink throughout Bohemia. In his works of art he sang Degas (below - picture "Absinthe"), Van Gogh, Picasso, Oscar Wilde, Manet, Edgar Allan Poe and others. Picasso painted "A glass of absinthe" and created a bronze sculpture on the theme of absinthe, and Charles Foley Paris staged a play called "Absinthe».
6. The effect of the consumption of absinthe may be the most diverse: quiet relaxation, unusual alertness, euphoria, sudden laughter, aggression, hallucinations, blurred vision, change in color.
7. Under the influence of absinthe were happening not only works of art and literature. There are tragic stories associated with this drink. The most famous of them - the case of the farmer Jean Lanfreya 1905, who, after drinking large amounts of absinthe, shot his entire family. The murderer was convicted and banned absinthe.
8. In the course of a long research absinthe turned out, the reason for its negative impact on the human brain is a substance thujone contained in wormwood extract. In our time absinthe was legalized again, but with the proviso that the content of thujone will not exceed the statutory provisions. Therefore, many manufacturers abandoned the wormwood and replaced it with other herbs, such as white and star anise Chinese.
9. Dr. Paul Wolff has proven that excessive presence of yellow color in the paintings of Van Gogh - the consequences of excessive absinthe and receiving digoxin, whom he was treating epilepsy. Blame all the same thujone, an overdose of which distort the perception of color, and one begins to see everything in shades of yellow. Under the influence of thujone and digoxin artist and wrote his famous painting "Starry Night", where around stars painted large yellow circles.
10. Never forget that in absinthe 70-75 degrees, so they should not be abused, it quickly leads to cirrhosis.
2. Henri-Louis Pernod absinthe first staged production on stream. He opened the first factory for the production of absinthe in Switzerland and the largest factory for the production of absinthe in Pontarlier, France. Factory work after the death of Pernod until four fires caused by lightning strikes, not turned it to ashes.
3. At the modern ritual of drinking absinthe bars somewhat simplified, but the ceremony before drinking this drink was the whole art. On the glass of absinthe placed special absinthe spoon (silver tea strainer), which put a piece of sugar cane. Sugar gave absinthe bit of sweetness. Then he poured cold water and absinthe has got a yellowish color and become thicker.
4. Initially, absinthe, made on the basis of wormwood, is a drug and allegedly cured of many diseases, for which he was nicknamed «La Fee Verte», or «Green Fairy».
5. Absinthe is a favorite drink throughout Bohemia. In his works of art he sang Degas (below - picture "Absinthe"), Van Gogh, Picasso, Oscar Wilde, Manet, Edgar Allan Poe and others. Picasso painted "A glass of absinthe" and created a bronze sculpture on the theme of absinthe, and Charles Foley Paris staged a play called "Absinthe».
6. The effect of the consumption of absinthe may be the most diverse: quiet relaxation, unusual alertness, euphoria, sudden laughter, aggression, hallucinations, blurred vision, change in color.
7. Under the influence of absinthe were happening not only works of art and literature. There are tragic stories associated with this drink. The most famous of them - the case of the farmer Jean Lanfreya 1905, who, after drinking large amounts of absinthe, shot his entire family. The murderer was convicted and banned absinthe.
8. In the course of a long research absinthe turned out, the reason for its negative impact on the human brain is a substance thujone contained in wormwood extract. In our time absinthe was legalized again, but with the proviso that the content of thujone will not exceed the statutory provisions. Therefore, many manufacturers abandoned the wormwood and replaced it with other herbs, such as white and star anise Chinese.
9. Dr. Paul Wolff has proven that excessive presence of yellow color in the paintings of Van Gogh - the consequences of excessive absinthe and receiving digoxin, whom he was treating epilepsy. Blame all the same thujone, an overdose of which distort the perception of color, and one begins to see everything in shades of yellow. Under the influence of thujone and digoxin artist and wrote his famous painting "Starry Night", where around stars painted large yellow circles.
10. Never forget that in absinthe 70-75 degrees, so they should not be abused, it quickly leads to cirrhosis.
