I do believe in green fairies! How absinthe became fashionable again in Europe
Why did absinthe get such a foothold in the belle époque? It’s all from the myth of the green fairy. Due to the drink’s ...
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Gentian, the ‘yellow fairy’ of the Swiss Jura
Yellow gentian is to the Jura what edelweiss is to the Alps: an emblematic plant. It grows at an altitude of around 1,000 ...
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The revival of absinthe
"Step back into the belle époque and beckon the green fairy: absinthe is having a renaissance," said Victoria Brzezinski in The Times. The heady spirit has been "reappearing in drinking dens" up ...
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Absinthe plant was brought to Switzerland by the Romans
The wormwood plant from which absinthe is made is not native to Switzerland, but probably arrived with the Romans.
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I do believe in green fairies! How absinthe became fashionable again in Europe
Why did absinthe get such a foothold in the belle époque? It’s all from the myth of the green fairy. Due to the drink’s medicinal origins and sky-high proof, there’s long been the belief ...