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Pass the pastis

The perfect summer drink (that most Brits get wrong)

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Anthony Gladman
Aug 18, 2025
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A glass of pastis next to a tourist guide to the Aude region

Wransley's, near the station, was the sort of old-school newsagents where you could still buy penny sweets from glass jars. On Saturdays I would walk the half-â€Ļ

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