Literacy rate â Total number of literate persons in a given age group, expressed as a percentage of the total population in that age group. The adult literacy rate measures literacy among persons aged 15 years and older, and the youth literacy rate measures literacy among persons aged 15 to 24 years.
Absinthe is a distilled highly alcoholic drink. It is 45â74% alcohol by volume / 90â148 U.S. proof) beverage. It is an anise-flavoured spirit got from herbs. The herbs including the flowers and leaves of Artemisia absinthium (grand wormwood), together with green anise, sweet fennel.
When drinking absinthe, it is traditionally prepared following French ritual, in which cubed sugar is slowly dissolved into the absinthe by pouring cold water over the sugar. Absinthe is flammable liquor, and it can be used in flaming cocktails. An alternate Bohemian (Czech) ritual involves fire, but does not actually light the absinthe on fire. Instead of slowly dissolving the sugar with cold water, it is doused in absinthe and lit on fire.