The internet is full of fabulous facts about everything from current events to the history basket weaving and anisette fun facts. As we research for our daily content on food trucks, food carts and street food, we stumble upon some items of knowledge that we just did not know.

We have decided when these fun facts pop up, that we would share them with our readers in our section titled “Did You Know?”

For today’s Did You Know we will look at Anisette fun facts.

anisette fun factsAnisette Fun Facts: Anisette is an anise-flavored liqueur that is consumed mainly in Spain, Italy, Portugal, and France. It is colorless and, unlike some other anise-based liqueurs, contains no licorice. It is sweeter than most anise-flavored liqueurs.

  • True anisette is produced by means of distilling aniseed.
  • Aniseed is also called Anise, Anisum, Anisum vulgare, Anisi fructus, and sweet cumin.
  • Anise has been used for many years to disguise the unpleasant taste of medicine.
  • Aniseed is an annual flowering plant. It grows up to a height of about 18 inches to 2 feet. The plant has various types of leaves from feathery to heart-shaped, round, serrate and petiolated. They are broader at the base and become narrower and thinner at the tip. The creamy whiteflowers, approximately 3mm in diameter, are clustered together along a long stalk. The fruit of the plant is covered with short hairs, it is an inch long and dull brown in color.
  • Legendre Anisette was mentioned in the inaugural 1934 Herbsaint recipe booklet, as an ingredient in The Herbsaint cocktail.
  • Anisette is most often served with just a bit of water, but you can shake it up with gin and cream and an egg white for a Café de Paris cocktail, or stir it with bourbon and bitters for a New Orleans.

Key Dates

  • July 2nd is National Anisette Day.

Anisette Fun Facts We Missed

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Reference: Wikipedia: Fun Facts about Anisette.

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