Unmasking the Absinthe Trap for Tourists 

Seems like a solid chap.

In line with this channel 😊

Honest? He said you would not have hangover. You will have a very loud hangover

@@lukasolsz well its not a hangover - you are sick af with a migraine from hell - but it is not a hangover

@@skjelm6363 what a subjective statement

Heh, "absinthe-minded"... :3

I see what you did there. Good one, sir. :D

The region were Absinth comes from is "Val de Travers" to be exact. Very nice place not only to drink but also to hike like in "Ceux du Van"

Why not? It's just a f. King liquor! I drank scottish whiskey in Tokyo and many places in Prague serve Italian bombardino. What's the problem there?? Stop gatekeeping.

If you enjoy it, have it. Absintherie has a decent selection.

It became a thing back in the 90s because the Czech Republic was one of the few places where it was legal at the time.

Agree with the last sentence. But the history of absinthe is older than its success story that started late 18th century in a Jura region that now is part of Switzerland. Extracts from the absinthe plant were used already in ancient Egypt 3'500 years ago, then by the Greek, Romans with alcohol. After the beginnings late 18th century in Neuchâtel mountains region, main production moved still in in Jura mountains region in France (Pontarlier mainly), became popular in France and french speaking part of Switzerland. So successful that excessive usage lead 1908 to a total interdiction in Switzerland, 1915 in France. A substitute based mainly on anis then became a popular (Pernod, Pastis) Some 20 years ago, production of absinthe was allowed again with regional protected trade marks in Switzerland and France. But Czech beer is IMHO to be preferred to absinthe - not only in Prag, not only in Czech Republic but wherever available.

absinthe was orginated from pakistan. not swiss, swiss have only smelly fish in a can

Wormwood is a basic herb for absinthe. Without a wormwood you get Anis drink. The latin name of wormwood is Artemisia Absinthium - from where the Abnsinthe drink got the name. So it MUST be inside :) And the amount is also roughly the same as in the past. The mistery about halucinating is a topic for another long discussion.

@ That's what I've read about absinthe, too. Wormwood is actually poisonous, isn't it?

@ “There is a chemical found in wormwood-absinthe's primary flavoring-called thujone that's known to be a convulsant at extremely high doses.”

Haucinations had come from amount of Wormswood with combination of alcohol(80-90%+ I think?). It made - even after small portion consumed - huge halucinations and (self)destructive behaviour, quite often ended with death. Now by legal alcohol shouldn't exceed 70% or something like that.

@@radekb.2953 No one hallucinated. It was a myth

i dont get it

@@420POGCHAMP The sticker meant "no trdelník", and it's a running joke in the channel that Janek's not a trdelník fan (or at the very least he doesn't like the fact it's advertised as a Czech thing, because it isn't - it's Hungarian).

black angel's is great and they know the drinks and cocktails

Applebee's 😂

@@linogalveias Thanks, will check it out!

It became popular because it was either in a Sherlock Holmes or Edgar Allen Poe novel and was banned back in the day because people hallucinated

Aye, gone are the times when the three crowns were Bohemian, Hungarian, and Polish.

All lived in harmony untill the Euronet cash machine nation invasion.

be surprised if was any expectation of him paying - the advertising here more than covered cost. the ask was for us, the viewers, I believe

@@southernbreeze3278 Exactly

Efcharisto

Vinohradský Pivovar, Strahov Monastery Pivovar, Dva Kohoutí....

Like Old York, York? that is sad chimney cakes:o/

@@ondrejsoroka8170 yup, good old York. They did refer to them as Hungarian at least.

It's because of the aniseed in both drinks (as well as French pastis). Raki with ice cold water is great.

It's called the Ouzo Effect and it can be seen with other anisettes like ouzo and sambucca

nope he became local citizen long before invention.

Even Czech wiki says he was Austrian, I don't know why we tend to say it's a Czech invention. But I think I heard a story that actual invention comes from some worker in his factory, not from himself, which was very common for a lot of inventions, so maybe it actually is a Czech invention after all.

@@meesalikeu Czech republic didn’t even exist then. He didn’t become a local citizen of a country that didn’t exist. Also he moved back to Vienna where he did have citizenship despite being born in Switzerland. He wouldn’t have relocated if he had became a local citizen. Pretty sad trying to fight for the honor of such a small thing. Especially when it failed and was reinvented in another way later.

@@Pidalin That seems like it’s a way of trying to claim the invention to the country and discredit the inventor. There seems to be no evidence for this claim though. Thanks for participating in the discussion in a nice and construtive way by the way. Appreciated. I’m not from either country mentioned though. I just found it interesting.

@@jacoblarsen4633 Czech Republic didn't exist, but Czech nation and nationality/ethnicity existed, when you was a Czech, you was a Czech even when you lived under rule of Austrian occupants. I don't know who actually invented sugar cube, but this is also stupid to say this about some country didn't exist so he could not be Czech, like if nationality was linked to today modern countries....