Post #623328 by Little fragrant Tiare on Thu, Feb 2, 2012 12:27 PM

It is interesting that the islands still has abisinthe at this time, because this is just a few years after abisinthe became the first alcohol to be deemed illegal. This became law in France in 1915. Primarily propelled by the wine/champagne growers, with the help of politicians, of France (and Western Europe) who were trying to re-establish their markets after being devastated by a disease known as phylloxera that destroyed much of the vineyards in 1870, further helping propel the popularity of abisinthe. So, I guess what remaining abisinthe which had already been produced, was shipped off to far away colonies and contributing to the rise of this recipe.

Interesting indeed! and interesting thread - and it reminded me about my long ago written blog post about Dr Funk and Dr Funk`s son - http://www.amountainofcrushedice.com/?p=17422

I remember i wrote that post because i was fascinated about these two drinks history and because i wanted to try to make those ice "glasses"...

[ Edited by: Little Fragrant Tiare 2017-02-20 16:25 ]