Marí Mayans Absinthe Bebida Espirituosa (Spirit Drink) has been produced since the founding of the distillery in approximately 1858 in Formentera where the building still stands. Officially registered in 1880 by Juan Marí Mayans, a herbalist known all over the region for his expertise in high quality distillation and knowledge of fine herbs. He moved the distillery to Ibiza where it is still run by his descendants.

It is made from distilling the leaves and stems of hand-picked Artemisia Absinthium (Wormwood) and is then macerated in herbs. The resulting spirit is a mesmerizing green that clouds when water is added (known as Louche). It is 100% natural and is created to this day using the same formula that made the distillery famous in the last century with exports to England, France, Germany and the rest of Europe.

Absinthe was allegedly invented by Dr. Pierre Ordinaire in 1792 as an all-purpose remedy. Used as a cure-all, it was nicknamed La Fée Verte or The Green Fairy; a nickname that has stuck.

Indeed Ernest Hemmingway referred to Absinthe as 'idea changing liquid alchemy' and Absinthe's artistic properties have formed the basis for its mysterious and sometimes controversial history.

Even the Absintheur's love affair with the drink begins with an interesting courtship:

Sugar is placed on a spoon and suspended over a tall glass
filled with a shot of green Absinthe.
Then ice-cold water is dripped over the sugar
and allowed to fall in beads into the drink.

Each drip turns to a fresh snow-packed white.
The sugar cuts the Absinthe's bitterness,
while the method was attractive in itself,
the drink's change in colour, drip by drip, resembles alchemy.

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Marí Mayans' Absinthe Collectors 70 Spirit Drink has been awarded many international prizes for quality and excellence. We invite you on a journey through the history of this legendary drink, and to see the prizes Marí Mayans has been awarded