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Anise drinks is a family of alcoholic beverages with defining characteristics such as: Strong flavour of anise; High concentration of alcohol; Crystallization and colour changing when mixed with other liquids (ouzo effect) Varieties include: Absinthe, a drink popular throughout Europe; Aguardiente (only Colombian Aguardiente) Anis, popular in ...
Anisette, or Anis, is an anise-flavored liqueur that is consumed in most Mediterranean countries. It is colorless and, because it contains sugar, is sweeter than dry anise flavoured spirits (e.g. absinthe ).
Absinthe, an aniseed-based liquor largely produced by the Pernod Fils company, was the established "drink of choice" in France. However, absinthe had a high alcohol content and there were exaggerated fears that it was a dangerously addictive psychoactive drug and hallucinogen (side-effects thought to be caused by trace amounts of thujone ). [ 4 ]
Pastis has a dark transparent yellow colour when neat. Diluting it with water changes its colour to a milky soft yellow. Pastis is normally diluted with water before drinking, generally five volumes of water for one volume of pastis, but often neat pastis is served together with a jug of water for the drinker to blend together according to preference.
Absinthe (/ ˈ æ b s ɪ n θ,-s æ̃ θ /, French: ⓘ) is an anise-flavored spirit derived from several plants, including the flowers and leaves of Artemisia absinthium ("grand wormwood"), together with green anise, sweet fennel, and other medicinal and culinary herbs. [1]
Arak is very similar to other anise-based spirits, including the Turkish rakı and the Greek ouzo, [2] [6] the Greek tsikoudia, [3] the Italian sambuca and anisette, the Bulgarian and Macedonian mastika, and the Spanish anis. [6] However, it is unrelated to the similarly named arrack, a sugarcane-based Indonesia liquor. [2]
Liqueurs and other spirits which are flavored (to at least some extent) with anise or star anise.The compound responsible for the "anise" flavor is anethole, and the clouding they exhibit on addition of water is called louching (also the ouzo effect).
Daisy – traditional long drink consisting of a base spirit, citrus juice, sugar, and a modifier, typically a liqueur or grenadine. The most common daisy cocktail is the Brandy Daisy . Other commonly known daisies are the Whiskey Daisy, Bourbon Daisy, Gin Daisy, Rum Daisy, Lemon Daisy (the non-alcoholic variant), Portuguese Daisy ( port and ...