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F-One Demo Week End June 2/3 at Alameda / Boardsports

SAVE THE DATE!!! June 2/3 - Full F-ONE demo week end at Alameda / Boardsports.

Come and join us to demo all 07 F-One gear.

Kites: Tribal, Rival, Impact
Boards: Signature, Legend, Trax, Demon, Fluid, Skate

More info here: http://www.bayareakitesurf.com/shop/sch ... oardsports

Hey Nico...

Had to get me a bottle of Pastice after you introduced me to it in Pismo. Brenan is coming down to Alameda to help with the Demo both Sat and Sunday. I'll be down on Sunday to finally ride one of those demon boards.

Cheers.

Kirk

Great!! F-ONE powered by PASTIS!!!

Check here what you can do with a Demon :)

Pastis is good, but we need to get absinthe...

Got hooked on the Pastis 5 years ago in France and never looked back. It's one of the best summer drinks around!!!

Wikipedia says Pastis is an anus flavored liquor?? Yuk. Must be an aqcuired taste like uni-which I love.

wormwood in a variety of concentrations is available in your local pet store if you really want to explore frames of mind of Modigliani, Van Gogh, Manet and Toulouse-Lautrec among many others :)

My favorite is Pastis 51, best to drink it around 6 PM, outside a bar, on a "terrasse" in Marseille, with peanuts, watching l'OM (soccer game...)

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From Wikipedia:

Pastis is an anise-flavored liqueur and apÈritif from France, typically containing 40ñ45% alcohol by volume, although there exist alcohol-free varieties.

When absinthe was banned in France in 1915, the major absinthe producers (then Pernod and Ricard, who have since merged as Pernod Ricard) reformulated their drink without the banned wormwood component, a heavier focus on the aniseed flavor using more star anise, sugar and a lower alcohol content creating pastis, which remains popular in France today. Pastis has changed considerably since its first creation based on market preference.

Pastis is normally diluted with water before drinking. Generally five volumes of water for one volume of pastis, but often raw pastis is served together with a jug of water for the drinker to blend together according to preference. The resulting decrease in alcohol percentage causes some of the constituents to become insoluble, which changes the liqueur's appearance from dark transparent yellow to milky soft yellow. The drink is consumed cold, with ice, and is considered a refreshment for hot days. Ice cubes can be added after the water to avoid crystallization of the anethol in the pastis. However, many pastis drinkers refuse to add ice, preferring to drink the beverage with cool spring water.

Although it is consumed throughout France, especially in the summer, pastis is generally associated with southeastern France, especially with the city of Marseille, and with the clichÈs of the ProvenÁal lifestyle, like pÈtanque. Pastis is also consumed in Senegal.

Cocktails with pastis

Some well known cocktails use pastis and syrups:

* Mauresque (French for 'moorish') - pastis with orgeat syrup
* Perroquet (French for 'parrot') - pastis with green mint syrup
* Tomate (French for 'tomato') - pastis with grenadine syrup
* Cornichon (French for 'gherkin') - pastis with banana syrup

Thanks for the idea's and history. I thought it was just a local drink from Marseille.

The discovery channel actually did a pretty cool doc. on absinthe. interesting stuff. But I am still a red wine and beer kinda guy.