A look at La Fee Absinthe Parisienne
Posted in Absinthe, Spirits on August 10th, 2009 by halw – 1 Comment
A bottle of La Fee Parisienne Absinthe.
The next absinthe we decided to take a look at is La Fee’s Absinthe Parisienne. La Fee produces several different varieties of absinthe, including a bohemian(as they say a low anise variety), and two wine based absinthe offerings known as La Fee XS Suise and Francaise. The variety we’re looking at here is La Fee’s verte offering.
The first thing you notice when you glance at the bottle is the logo of an eye staring back at you. I’ll give them credit as having one of the best and most noticeable logos as far as the absinthe market goes. I avoided using the obvious and horrible pun, “eye catching”, though I really was tempted to.
Moving on to the back of the label, a glance of the ingredient listed includes caramel color, FD&C Blue #1 and FD&C Yellow #5. So far we’re not off to a good start if La Fee is relying on artificial colors in its product.
As far as absinthes and spirits in general go, using artificial food coloring is never a good thing, and before I even tasted this offering I had my doubts.
So moving on to the opening of the actual bottle. The nose of La Fee has a great deal of anise, no hints of anything else. This is not necessarily a bad thing, as it gave me an idea of what I might expect upon tasting the La Fee.
The taste was a combination of anise, with minor notes of spice.
When adding water the green did become a bit more translucent, so it does louche to an extent. Adding sugar into the mix, the La Fee transforms into something with a candy like sweetness, which so far has been unique among the absinthes tasted at A Muddled Thought.
La Fee with water added.
Putting aside the food coloring aspect of La Fee for a moment for a first time taster of absinthe, it gives the person a glimpse of what other absinthes may offer.
Final Score:6.5/10
