pastis

A classic French anise-flavored spirit, pastis was developed after absinthe was banned in 1915, and differs primarily by omitting the wormwood.

I usually begin with a four-to-one ratio of water to pastis.

Those funny nasals from Marseille are great when accompanied by pastis and a game of boules.

In Paris, she gets drunk on pastis with a model in a shift dress the night before a life-changing match.

For almost a century, traders at Marseille’s Marché des Capucins have taken their morning coffee or pastis standing shoulder to shoulder at the curved zinc counter of Café Prinder.