History

This drink was made by Ibiza's rural population more than 200 years ago. The process of elaboration was very rudimentary and each family had its own recipe, which consisted basically in the maceration of a handful of plants in the interior of a bottle or carafe of anise, so it was a drink for home consumption.

At the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th Century industrial manufacturers appear who collect and improve the recipe and processing of HIERBAS IBICENCAS. Thus references to it begin to appear in the press and gastronomic comments or publicity. There are also literary references, such as in Vicente Blasco Ibañez's work 'Los muertos mandan', in which the consumption of alcoholic drinks flavoured with aromatic plants, mainly growing wild, is described as an ancient custom of the island of Ibiza. Of course, there are constant references to Hierbas in tourist magazines and gastronomic guides to the Pityusas.