Talk:Anisette

When my father was alive he used to keep a small bottle of Sambuca to use with coffee. I remember putting a few drops into a cup of coffee and remember it tasting like amaretto. My father passed away in December of 2004. I was just remembering the Sambuca and thought I would look it up on the net.

Style Concerns

This doesn't seem to be written in the style of a Wikipedia article. I'm not highly familiar with those standards myself so I can't pinpoint the problem, but I can tell by reading that it doesn't seem to match up. It has the style of an instructional introduction to Anise spirits in general rather than an article about Anisette specifically. It also contains minimal citations and is not marked for lacking them.

Also, is there any substance to the claim that Sambuca is Italy's version of Anisette? They're similar spirits certainly, but to say it is Italy's 'version' of Anisette is a more specific claim. It suggests that there is a recorded history of Anisette coming to Italy and being changed by Italian distillers into a new spirit, rather than Sambuca having its own unique origins.

Italian?

I'm sorry, but to claim that anisette is an italian invention is ridiculous. Everyone in the mediterranean has their own version of the same liqueur (pastis, sambuca, anis, ouzo, raki, arak). This is NOT an italian invention.

The spanish town of Chinchon is famous for its anis since at least the XVI century.

I will be removing the Italian mention, unless someone can provide a reference.

We are not dealing with Coca Cola here. --Bistor92 21:31, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

liqueur???

while there are many brands that do contain sugar there are also some that do not and therefore are not liqueurs, but spirits. one example is "Pontarlier-Anis à l'ancienne" from the Armand Guy distillery. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.61.196.4 (talk) 04:17, 1 February 2009 (UTC)