Beginning in 2000, a product called Absente was sold legally in the United States under the marketing tagline " Absinthe Refined, " but as the product contained sugar, and was made with " southernwood " ( " Artemisia abrotanum " ) and not grande wormwood ( " Artemisia absinthium " ) ( prior to 2009 ), the TTB classified it as a liqueur.
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Le Tourment Vert was a mixed and macerated spirit containing the basic ingredients common to true absinthes-anise, fennel and grand wormwood ( " Artemisia absinthium " )-and also contained a combination of herbs, including sage, rosemary, coriander, and eucalyptus and fitted within guidelines for thujone ( 10ppm ) as specified by the U . S . Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau.
