White Rectangular Melamine French Pastis Tray, 11" x 8"

White Rectangular Melamine French Pastis Tray, 11" x 8"Our white melamine Pastis serving tray is made in Pontarlier, France, a small town in the east of the country bordering Switzerland. The town was once boasted as being the number one maker of absinthe in the world. Pastis is a popular drink in the south of France. It was invented in the late 1920s as a substitute for absinthe. After absinthe was banned in France in 1915, many still longed for the taste of anis. These days, it is synonymous with

it was rare to find someone drinking absinthe without sweetening it first

associated with good luck and prosperity

The correct technique in using the carafe to make an absinthe is to pour the water slowly

it first appeared in a late 19th-century advertisement for the absinthe producer Pernod Fils

com) and the effort to lift the nearly 100-year absinthe ban in the United States and France

The lid has a classic "pineapple" finial

It is also scratch-resistant and virtually stain-proof

but they are best if kept under an overhang

This beautiful spoon is one of our most popular and ornate absinthe spoons

Absinthe fountains are still the preferred way to prepare absinthe since they allow complete control over the rate of water

and all other parts have metallic plating over brass

Wittels and Breaux create a unique perspective into the world of absinthe