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Famous and popular myth of absinthe





1. Absinthe - a hallucinogen
This is not true. Misunderstanding appeared in XIX-th century, when the production of absinthe was impossible to control. This drink was so popular that some manufacturers have used for its manufacture of industrial alcohol, and gave him the taste and aroma of using the extract oils.
The color and consistency of the turbid also gave absinthe artificially using copper sulfate and antimony trichloride. If you drink this mixture regularly, it can cause poisoning - copper and antimony are toxic and can cause hallucinations.
The drink was cheap, and so drank it mainly poor people. If you drank long, then went to the hospital or sanatorium with hallucinations. And while millions of others every day, clean drinking absinthe, and hallucinations they were not, rumors spread, and they were all at the party absinthe. Wormwood has nothing to do with it - it is not a hallucinogen, and is used in many other products.
Modern Absinthe hallucinogenic effect do not have.

2. Absinthe was banned in many countries, it is because we believe hallucinogenic
If not hallucinogenic absinthe, why is it banned? The answer is simple: because of its popularity. Since that time, he was the most popular alcoholic drink in France, it prevented manufacturers of other beverages. After decades of lobbying absinthe he was hailed as the root of all social problems and banned.

3. Absinthe must be submitted with a burning piece of sugar
In the past, there is no mention or pictures, showing the sort - it is a modern myth. In Eastern Europe, the artificial spirits of blue or green are issued (and issued) of absinthe. Because these drinks better not to drink, because they are harmful, we had to come up with a play to hide it and embellish reality.

4. Absent appeared in Eastern Europe
Although many tourists come to Eastern Europe to enjoy this green absinthe, the birthplace of the drink actually - Switzerland: here in XIX-th century there was absinthe. Switzerland and France are at the peak of popularity of absinthe even teamed up to produce 95% of the drink in the world.

5. Do not myth, but a bonus: a cool cocktail with absinthe
"Brain-Duster" drink worldwide. He has many names, but the essence is the same. You will need:
One teaspoon Angostura (a concentrated bitters);
30 grams of sweet vermouth;
30 grams of absinthe;
30 grams of rye whiskey.

Mix all ingredients, add ice and shake vigorously 20-25 seconds until the cocktail will not be cold. Dilute with water to taste and pour into a chilled cocktail glass. Everything.



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