Original: ` Traite de la Fabrication de Liqueurs et de la Distillation des Alcools ' Duplais ( 1882 3rd Ed , Pg 249 ) Absinthe is unusual among spirits in that it is bottled at a very high proof but is normally diluted with water when consumed .
Simplified: By the 1880s the price had dropped a lot , the market got bigger , and absinthe soon became the drink of France .