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Absinth

In the year 1920 she had to go into exile. Now after more than 70 years of absence the Green Fairy is back again.
Apart from alcohol Absinth also contains different psychoactive substances. Thereby Thujon a substance in the herbs of wormwood (Lat.: Artemisia absinthum) plays an important role. With the use of Absinth you get into an euphoric and aphrodisiac mood. Nevertheless, Absinth has more to offer than just the psychedelic effect that made Vincent Van Gogh cut off his ear.

Absinth means culture, style and joy. more...

During the time of the Belle Epoque a lot of famous intellectuals and artists confessed their love to the Green Fairy and met in the "Heure Verte" - the green hour in the bistros of Paris.
Toulouse Lautrec, Baudelaire, Manet, Rimbaud, Verlaine and Gauguin, to name just a few of them, were very famous Absinth-consumers.

Thanks to the new legislation of the European Union Absinth can now be enjoyed again and a wide range of sorts and original accessories form all over the world are reviving the past! Absinth is really something special. Absinth isn´t a fashionable drug Van Gogh and other artists have consumed but a culinary experience for connoisseurs. We offer Absinth with 55 Vol. % Alk. and 72 Vol. % Alk. ...back