La Fée Verte, 'The Green Fairy,' is back. After nearly a century of
staying in the dark, absinthe will again get the spotlight in bars and cabarets.
Experience lucid drunkenness in our modern times with Lucid, Absinthe Supérieure.

In 2007, a true verte or green absinthe has been released by Viridian Spirits LLC.
Lucid absinthe, with its green-eyed cat bottle design, is the first authentic absinthe to
return to the United States after the banning of all types of absinthe liquors in 1912.

Viridian Spirits claims that Lucid absinthe has the same taste of authentic
absinthe that has been banned ninety five (95) years ago. It is an anise-flavored
spirit made using different types of herbs and flowers and leaves of Grande
Wormwood, a medicinal plant that goes with the scientific name Artemisia Absinthium.

There hasn't been a law that repealed the 1912 law against absinthe selling,
yet since 1998, versions of absinthe has been introduced to the US market to
satisfy the curiosity of liquor connoisseurs. However, this type of absinthe
are made from Southern Wormwood which when combined with other herbs that make
up the entire absinthe liquor results to an absinthe with a different flavor
than the original, so as liquor experts say.

Why has been absinthe banned in different parts of the world? Critics of absinthe
in the late 17th and 18th century claimed that absinthe could make a person,
even the sanest and kindest ones, crazy and criminal, it could provoke an epileptic
attack, was even blamed to be the cause of tuberculosis, and had, allegedly,
killed thousands of drinkers. One of the famous black propaganda against absinthe
reads, "It makes a ferocious beast of man, a martyr of woman, and a degenerate
of the infant, it disorganizes and ruins the family and menaces the future of
the country."

Based on tests during the early part of 1900's, it was said to be found that
thujone, a major component found in Grande Wormwood, was the cause of psychoactive
and convulsive reactions in absinthe drinkers. When ingested in large quantities,
thujone can even cause death. However, up to this time there hasn't been valid
results that can clearly show that the itty bitty amount of Thujone in absinthe
could kill.

Sage oils found in some DFA approved products in fact contain more than the
amount of thujone found in absinthe. Nonetheless, there has been no report or
studies that show these products sage based products, when ingested, could result
to death. Absinthe is still prohibited for sale by the United States' DFA, that
is, the old absinthe blend. Lucid absinthe makes it to the US market because
it contains less thujone, in the amount that is allowable under the DFA standards.

To experience the authentic absinthe taste and lucid drunkenness that ensue
with drinking Lucid absinthe, pour absinthe into an absinthe
glass, over which a traditional, intricately designed absinthe
slotted spoon is placed, and then drop a sugar cube into the spoon before
pouring ice-cold water in a dilution ratio of 3:1 to 5:1 until it turned milky
in color. And as you sip and taste the sweet, smooth, herbal taste of Lucid
Absinthe.