French Can Now Call Absinthe… Absinthe

The first rule about French absinthe is that you can’t call it absinthe—or at least producers of it couldn’t until last week, when a ban on its name was lifted. The liquorice-tasting tipple was first banned by French authorities a century ago because of its alleged hallucinogenic qualities. Even…

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French Can Now Call Absinthe… Absinthe

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