Aniseed tincture or liqueur is one of the most popular spirits in the world

Aniseed tincture or liquor is produced long ago. Almost every country has a special recipe for making these drinks. You can use a variety of spices to prepare, increase the strength, change the color, but the anisovka always remains well recognizable. Its specific taste and aroma is hard to mix with something.

How did the tincture appear

Anisic tincture or liquor, many creative people used as a source of inspiration.

Each nation has its own alcoholic beverage based on anise. Italians prepare sambuku, Greeks - ouzo, Turks - crayfish, Arabs - arak. If a person likes a native anisovka, then, most likely, he will like other drinks based on anise.

As for our homeland, aniseed vodka appeared in the Middle Ages. But the popularity of aniseed liquor began to enjoy in the XVII century. It was then that caravans with spices began to walk to us from Eastern countries.

From what we prepared an anisovka

Then the drink could be of two kinds. This was due to the fact that the anise itself can be of two types: green anise (grows with us) and buckwheat - Chinese anise.

One anisovka was transparent and sweet, it was made immediately from two kinds of anise, the second was bitter. It consisted of green anise, dill, lemon peel and coriander. The second was most often used for medical purposes.

Tincture in the modern world

Interestingly, in the countries of Europe and Asia aniseed tincture (or liqueur) is the leader in the production of alcohol, but in the Russian Federation it is not produced at all.

Therefore, the inhabitants of our country have to prepare this hot drink at home. Anisovka is not only tasty, but also useful. And most importantly - to cook it easily and quickly.

Beneficial features

1. Anise tincture (or liqueur) improves digestion. It is used for problems with the gastrointestinal tract. If there is such a problem, you need to use syrup three times a day for one tablespoon.
2. Also, this alcoholic drink saves from viral respiratory diseases. The effect will be stronger if you add the St. John's wort and hawthorn to the tincture . You can dilute 5-10 drops of this collection in a tablespoon of water, but it is better to add a tablespoon of honey.
3. If you have overcome angina, anisovkoy can gargle. Not in its pure form, of course. 50 grams of tincture is bred in a glass of water. If the rinses do with an interval of 60 minutes, the result will please on the first day.
4. Anis relieves pain during menstruation. Take should be 5 ml 3 times a day.
5. Surprisingly, this alcoholic drink is recommended for lactating mothers. You need to add 2 tablespoons of tincture in tea with milk to improve lactation. Such a small amount of alcohol does not hurt the baby, but the anise has a positive effect on lactation, since ancient times.

What do absinthe make of?

The most important component of the drink is wormwood. It is this herb that makes this absinthe unique, as in the essential oils of wormwood the content of thujone is simply off scale. In fact, thujone is a poison. Thanks to this particular component, the tincture of absinthe is so popular.

This 70-degree drink can be of different colors: from transparent to dark brown. But most often it is emerald green.

But if you add water to absinthe, it will become cloudy. This is because the essential oils are separated from the diluted alcohol. They precipitate. The price of absinthe is also different, from 1,200 to 3,500 rubles, and depends on the country of origin and the amount of thujone.

In the XIX century, the drink became very popular due to its unusual and strong effect. Even there was a period when alcoholism was called absinthism. There were cases when lovers of this tincture fell into a madhouse.

Action tincture

The price of absinthe is quite high, but this does not affect its popularity in any way. If the tincture is real, then intoxication will not be similar to the effect of other spirits. But it is impossible to predict what kind of reaction it will be. It can be a calm and relaxed state, and bouts of euphoria, and perhaps contagious causeless laughter. The effect of absinthe is more like a narcotic, and not on alcoholic intoxication. Most of all, the behavior of a drinking absinthe depends on the mood and inner state of a person before taking alcohol.

Some fans of the emerald drink talk about the slight change in vision. Sometimes the perception of color changes, and in some cases the picture fades slightly. Large objects can be seen indistinctly, and small ones are hardly distinguishable at all. Also often there is an increase in the pain threshold.

How to drink absinthe properly

This drink is rather bitter. Especially the one that is bought in the store. But if you correctly prepare tincture at home, you can significantly reduce the bitterness.

It is best to use absinthe in a classical way. On a special spoon put a piece of sugar, a spoon holds over a glass with tincture, and sugar is slowly poured water. Sweet water, getting into absinthe, makes it cloudy. Its color changes, the drink becomes white with yellow and green impregnations. It is believed that sugar neutralizes thujone.