Comments on: Absinthe vs Absinth: A Modest Proposal http://oxygenee.com/blog/2007/05/22/absinthe-vs-absinth-a-modest-proposal/ Dans le Doubs, absinthe-toi! Tue, 06 Jan 2009 01:23:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Alan http://oxygenee.com/blog/2007/05/22/absinthe-vs-absinth-a-modest-proposal/#comment-183 Mon, 04 Jun 2007 11:01:18 +0000 http://oxygenee.com/blog/2007/05/22/absinthe-vs-absinth-a-modest-proposal/#comment-183 As you say, it's not about nationality. For the sake of the consumer (above all else), there needs to be a much clearer distinction between the two very different styles. I suspect that "Bohemian" won't do it, however, given that Bohemia is a clear geographic area within the Czech Republic. I doubt if those from Bohemia would allow a product from Moravia to share the same designation, let alone one from Germany. A suivre ... As you say, it’s not about nationality.

For the sake of the consumer (above all else), there needs to be a much clearer distinction between the two very different styles. I suspect that “Bohemian” won’t do it, however, given that Bohemia is a clear geographic area within the Czech Republic. I doubt if those from Bohemia would allow a product from Moravia to share the same designation, let alone one from Germany.

A suivre …

]]> by: drop http://oxygenee.com/blog/2007/05/22/absinthe-vs-absinth-a-modest-proposal/#comment-171 Tue, 22 May 2007 11:14:11 +0000 http://oxygenee.com/blog/2007/05/22/absinthe-vs-absinth-a-modest-proposal/#comment-171 So if a producer of fine Swiss/French absinthe has a bad day and forgets to put in the anise, he can still colour it pink and call it "Bohemian Absinthe Extreme King of the Hill SuperBallz Tripper High-Thujone Extraordinaire". Of course only the word "Absinthe" in that title would be in really big letters, the "thujone" would be in red. So if a producer of fine Swiss/French absinthe has a bad day and forgets to put in the anise, he can still colour it pink and call it “Bohemian Absinthe Extreme King of the Hill SuperBallz Tripper High-Thujone Extraordinaire”. Of course only the word “Absinthe” in that title would be in really big letters, the “thujone” would be in red.

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