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In our region, men go on the
mountains to collect these
roots that they will sell.
It is a hard and painful work.
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These roots are used
to make tea or liquor.
They can be used fresh or dried
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Very rich in our region, yellow gentian root
was used for a very long time on the mountain to make a quenching drink consumed during
the summer hard work.
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the drink based on gentian is obtained by extended maceration (9 months)
of fresh roots crushed
in a mixture of water and alcohol.
It is manufactured exclusively from gentian root collected manually, as
tradition dictates.
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Today, there are always appetizing liquors based on gentian,
whose beautiful golden colour and bitter taste have become very popular in recent years