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absinthe isn't legal in the us. absinthe has to have certain high levels of thujone, to you know, make it absinthe. the "us absinthe" has very low levels, if at all sometimes, so it isn't real absinthe.
What makes Absinthe Absinthe is what it's made from. It's extracted from Wormwood. Lower levels of thujone don't change what the drink is. Plus US Absinthe is way closer to European than the Bohemian variety is.
Bohemian style absinthe isn't really absinthe, since it isn't distilled.
US absinthe is absinthe made inside the us, since it's illegal to import it. it has to be thujone free, so they use other herbs and spices. i'm pretty sure that there was one absinthe made in the us that used the wormwood that produces thujone (since they all don't) that had a low enough thujone content to be legal. but if the thujone count is low enough to be legal in the us, it isn't you know, real absinthe.
lower levels of thujone do change what the drink is. french and other european absinthes have to have a high thujone content to be called and sold as absinthe.
When absinthe is properly distilled, it has pretty low levels of thujone anyway, Rachel. It is not true at all that French and European Abinthes require a high level a thujone. In fact, a recent French distiller actually had to ADD essence of wormwood to the product to MAKE IT a high thujone content beverage.
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absinthe has to have certain high levels of thujone, to you know, make it absinthe.
the "us absinthe" has very low levels, if at all sometimes, so it isn't real absinthe.
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US absinthe is absinthe made inside the us, since it's illegal to import it. it has to be thujone free, so they use other herbs and spices. i'm pretty sure that there was one absinthe made in the us that used the wormwood that produces thujone (since they all don't) that had a low enough thujone content to be legal. but if the thujone count is low enough to be legal in the us, it isn't you know, real absinthe.
lower levels of thujone do change what the drink is. french and other european absinthes have to have a high thujone content to be called and sold as absinthe.
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