J. Fritsch - New Treatise on the Fabrication of Liqours-Absinthe (1891)

J. Fritsch - New Treatise on the Fabrication of Liqours-Absinthe (1891)

Pages 305-401 on the preparation of Absinthe

To make the alcoholic beverage known as absinthe, there exists a legion of recipes that quite naturally vary in quality in proportion to the price of the product. It follows that absinthe producers modify their recipes to suit the tastes of the consumers in the regions in which they operate. The plants that form the basis of the drink are:

Grand wormwood
Petite wormwood
Anise
Fennel
Hyssop

We say “basis”, because many manufacturers are not content with those five plants, and include in their distillations several other products, such as: star anise, melissa, mint, nettle, coriander, iris, solution of benzoin, etc. The best absinthes are, in our opinion, those of the simplest composition.

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