The first part of the answer is that absinthe is a distillation of alcohol with botanicals, such as anise, fennel and wormwood. However, the distillation can include any number of herbs and spices ...

Absinthe required a base of spirits, not wine. To that base were added wormwood oil, anise and fennel. Distillers could then stir in any combination of other flavors they liked—a pinch of ...

It’s true. Cincinnati had its devotees of “La Fee Verte,” the “Green Fairy” so beloved of habitués of the Parisian demi-monde. According to the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette [4 February 1894]: ...