Originally used as a medecine throughout the Antiquity, the aniseed drinks are sweetened appetizers mainly served through the name of 'Pastis' or 'Anisette'. The tasting of this alcohol demands to follow some strict rules by coupling, first hand, the anis with some water into a stem glass or balloon glass ansd then secondly, by adding some ice.
When it is about absinthe, it is necessary to use an absinthe spoon to put down a sugar cube on which the alcohol will pour out before getting discharged into a specific glass, the absinthe glass.
