"Pastis (from the Provençal Occitan pastisson: pâté or mixture) is the name given to alcoholic drinks flavored with anise and liquorice. Pastis in Occitan also means boredom, unpleasant or confusing situation: what a pastis! 
  
Its composition which makes it so different from other pastis; more than 65 ingredients including green anise, angelica, mugwort and star anise, cinnamon, cardamom, centaury and Tonka bean, cloves, peppers, liquorice, nutmeg, thyme."