Buy packs of 6 of any Anis-Anisette from Spain and get 6 bottles for the price of 5 !
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Chinchon Anis-Anisette
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Del Mono Anis-Anisette
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La Castellana Anis-Anisette
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Machaquito Anis-Anisette
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Miura Anis-Anisette
Anis-Anisette is sweeter than most anise flavored liquors and has a lower alcohol content. Anis-Anisette typically has 25 percent by volume versus 40 percent. Anis-Anisette is a colorless alcoholic beverage with no licorice, like other anise based drinks. Anis-Anisette was first created to replace absinthe. Anis-Anisette has a powerful flavor when drunk straight. In mixed drinks, however, it produces a sweet agreeable flavor.
Anis-Anisette is produced through distillation of the fruit of the anise plant. The anise plant is very small and grows throughout the Mediterranean area. The anise plant is also used in desserts and pastry. Anethole is what gives to the drink its characteristic taste. Anis-Anisette is a sweet liquor made by macerating 16 different seeds and plants, and blending the maceration with a neutral spirit and sugar syrup. Anis-Anisette should not be confused with Pernod, which is made using star anise, the fruit of the evergreen. Pernod is made from the Chinese star anise tree rather than aniseed, a the seed of the Mediterranean anise plant which is a member of the parsley family.
Anis-Anisette is often mixed simply with water, where it produces a milky white consistency. That mixture is called in Spanish speaking countries palomita
. All the liquor has to be dropped into very cold water at the same moment. Quickly pouring it from a bottle does no produce the same result. A very white liquid denotes that a good anisette has been used. A polomita
with just a drop of anisette can be drunk as a refreshing drink.