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Imagine if suddenly you could walk into your local Walgreens, plunk down a couple of twenties, and walk out with a gram of pink Peruvian flake. That, or something very much like it, happened last year ...

What is absinthe? Learn how this famously potent spirit tastes, why it was banned, how it is traditionally served and why it became known as the Green Fairy.

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Absinthe’s history mirrors the way it’s meant to be prepared: a mix of the misunderstood and the legitimately unusual. For most of its existence, the spirit has been slandered, ostracized and, in ...

Does absinthe contain any drugs? Will you start hallucinating green fairies after a couple of sips? The myths and misinformation surrounding this potent herbal concoction are many. But which ones hold ...

Pour the absinthe, sugar (the quantity will need to be adjusted according to the brand of absinthe, as they vary greatly in sweetness), and the water into a blender. Blend for a moment to dissolve the ...

Perhaps you already have your own absinthe story. You drank it in New Orleans one foggy night, too full of fumes to remember much aside from the cloudy green swirl of the drink as water drip-dropped ...

The Green Fairy, once the drink of choice for the likes of van Gogh and Zola, is being poured with panache along the French-Swiss border. Ice-cold water pours from an absinthe fountain into a glass of ...

A new study may end the century-old controversy over what ingredient in absinthe caused the exotic green aperitif’s supposed mind-altering effects and toxic side-effects when consumed to excess. In ...

Absinthe Day falls on March 5—a perfect opportunity to celebrate the green potent drink made from the wormwood plant, which has a big reputation in Europe. The Absinthe Drinker by Viktor Oliva, 1901 ...