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सौंफ़ वाली स्पिरिट्सAnise & Herbal Spirits↳ from Levant: Lebanon, Lebanon
The Levant's anise spirit, distilled from grapes, often three times, and aged in clay jars.
One part arak to two parts water, with ice, alongside mezze.
For readers of legal drinking age. Please drink responsibly.
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Creamy chickpea and sesame dip claimed by several Levantine countries.
Thin slices from a vertical rotisserie, wrapped with toum and pickles.
Herb salad that is mostly parsley.
Herb blend for bread and oil.
Puffed pocket flatbread.
Fresh mezze culture of many small plates.
Greece's anise spirit. Adding water turns it cloudy white (the 'louche effect').
Turkey's 'lion's milk', distilled twice with aniseed. Drunk slowly through a long meal of meze and fish.
The aperitif of the French south, created after absinthe was banned.
The 'green fairy': a strong herbal spirit banned in many countries in the early 1900s and legal again since the 1990s. Its supposed hallucinogenic effect was a myth.
Sweet Italian anise liqueur.
Scandinavia's caraway-flavoured spirit. Norwegian Linie aquavit is aged in casks that cross the equator by ship.