Curaçao

Curaçao is an orange liqueur. It takes its name from the island of Curaçao, which belonged to the Netherlands Antilles. Originally, Curaçao comes from the distillation of orange peel, and it is a colorless alcohol. It was the Spanish colonists who brought oranges to the island of Curaçao in the 16th century. But in this hot and dry climate, oranges became bitter and the crop was not very popular. However, a peculiarity of these oranges is that the rind is extremely fragrant and contains unique essences. It is from this characteristic of the Curaçao orange that this alcohol with its special lemony taste was born.

The blue color that gives Curaçao this unique and intriguing side comes simply from the food colorant E133, but in reality Curaçao is colorless and can also be found in orange, green or red. It is partly because of this blue color that Curaçao has become so popular. Indeed, before it was coloured, Curaçao was a quality, colourless alcohol, but rather unnoticed at a time when the main alcohol consumption was beer. The surprising idea of colouring Curaçao will make it a fun ingredient for cocktails.