Source: Atlas Obscura
In 1868, Trappist monks moved into Rome’s abandoned Tre Fontane Abbey and planted 125,000 eucalyptus trees to revive the swampy, malaria-infested property. The trees thrived, the disease disappeared, and a distillery was created to make a liqueur known as Eucalittino.
One hundred and fifty years later, the tradition of making this dark, aromatic drink continues. Monks hand-crush eucalyptus leaves, then mix them with grain alcohol and sugar. After a few weeks…
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