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==Origins== Pastis was first commercialized by [[Paul Ricard]] in 1932 and enjoys substantial popularity in France, especially in the southeastern regions of the country, mostly [[Marseille]] and the departments of the [[Bouches-du-Rhône]] and the [[Var (department)|Var]].<ref>[http://www.lamaisondupastis.com/images/pastis/pastisgb.htm Pastis... The history] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201225034432/http://www.lamaisondupastis.com/images/pastis/pastisgb.htm |date=25 December 2020 }}. La Maison du Pastis (The Pastis House, Marseille). Accessed 25 March 2010.</ref> Pastis emerged some 17 years after the ban on [[absinthe]], during a time when the French nation was still apprehensive of [[Anise-flavored liqueurs|high-proof anise drinks]] in the wake of the absinthe debacle.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-13159863 | work=BBC News | title=Absinthe in France: Legalising the 'green fairy' | date=4 May 2011}}</ref> The popularity of pastis may be attributable to a penchant for anise drinks that was cultivated by absinthe decades earlier, but is also part of an old tradition of [[Mediterranean]] anise liquors that includes [[sambuca]], [[ouzo]], [[arak (distilled beverage)|arak]], [[rakı]], and [[mastika]]. The name "pastis" comes from [[Occitan language|Occitan]] "''pastís''," a mash-up or blend.
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