Blue Curaçao liqueurs

Words by Simon Difford

Orange Curaçao liqueurs come in different colours: blue, red, clear and orange, all tend to have other flavourings besides just orange, particularly vanilla. Despite their "Curaçao" name few of these liqueurs are flavoured with Curaçao or Laraha oranges. Blue Curaçao liqueurs are typically between 15% and 25% alc./vol.

Curaçao liqueurs are orange-flavoured liqueurs which take their name from the small Caribbean island of Curaçao. Colonized by the Dutch in 1634, the island became renowned for its bitter orange trees, called Laraha or Curaçao oranges. The fruit itself is too bitter and fibrous to eat but the peels contain aromatic oils which are infused in neutral spirit to form the base of orange curacao liqueurs. Blue Curaçao liqueurs are coloured blue with added artificial food colouring, usually Brilliant Blue FCF (E133).

Produced from petroleum, Brilliant Blue FCF (AKA Blue 1 or Acid Blue 9) is a synthetic dye with a colour index of 42090. So long as it's consumed within safety limits (0.1 mg/day per kg body weight), Brilliant Blue FCF is generally considered nontoxic and safe and is approved by both U.S. Food and Drug Administration and European Food Safety Authority. No natural replacement for Brilliant Blue FCF has been found to colour beverages with natural blue dyes being either unstable, only blue in alkaline conditions or toxic.

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Bols Blue Curacao image

Bols Blue Curacao

Category: Liqueurs / alc. cordials
Sub category: Fruit liqueurs
alc./vol: 21

Vedrenne Liqueur De Curaçao Bleu image

Vedrenne Liqueur De Curaçao Bleu

Category: Liqueurs / alc. cordials
Sub category: Fruit liqueurs
alc./vol: 25

Joseph Cartron Blue Curaçao Liqueur image

Joseph Cartron Blue Curaçao Liqueur

Category: Liqueurs / alc. cordials
Sub category: Fruit liqueurs
alc./vol: 25

Bols Blue 1575 image

Bols Blue 1575

Category: Liqueurs / alc. cordials
Sub category: Fruit liqueurs
alc./vol: 29.5

Monin Blue Curacao Liqueur image

Monin Blue Curacao Liqueur

Category: Liqueurs / alc. cordials
Sub category: Fruit liqueurs
alc./vol: 20

Lejay Curacao Bleu image

Lejay Curacao Bleu

Category: Liqueurs / alc. cordials
Sub category: Fruit liqueurs
alc./vol: 25

Gabriel Boudier Curacao Bleu image

Gabriel Boudier Curacao Bleu

Category: Liqueurs / alc. cordials
Sub category: Fruit liqueurs
alc./vol: 25

De Kuyper Blue Curaçao image

De Kuyper Blue Curaçao

Category: Liqueurs / alc. cordials
Sub category: Fruit liqueurs
alc./vol: 20

Giffard Blue Curacao image

Giffard Blue Curacao

Category: Liqueurs / alc. cordials
Sub category: Fruit liqueurs
alc./vol: 25

Volare Blue Curacao image

Volare Blue Curacao

Category: Liqueurs / alc. cordials
Sub category: Fruit liqueurs
alc./vol: 22

Edmond Briottet Blue Curacao image

Edmond Briottet Blue Curacao

Category: Liqueurs / alc. cordials
Sub category: Fruit liqueurs
alc./vol: 25

Marionette Blue Curaçao image

Marionette Blue Curaçao

Category: Liqueurs / alc. cordials
Sub category: Fruit liqueurs
alc./vol: 28

Dekuyper Pucker Island Punch Schnapps Liqueur image

Dekuyper Pucker Island Punch Schnapps Liqueur

Category: Liqueurs / alc. cordials
Sub category: Fruit liqueurs
alc./vol: 15

Vok Blue Curacao image

Vok Blue Curacao

Category: Liqueurs / alc. cordials
Sub category: Fruit liqueurs
alc./vol: 20

Marie Brizard Curacao Bleu image

Marie Brizard Curacao Bleu

Category: Liqueurs / alc. cordials
Sub category: Fruit liqueurs
alc./vol: 23

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