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liqueur made with the dried peels of the Laraha citrus fruit, grown only on the island of Curaçao

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Type
Liqueur
Manufacturer
(various)
Introduced
c. 18th century
Alcohol by volume
15–40%
Proof us
30–80° US/ 26 + 1 ⁄ 4 –70° UK
Color
Colorless, but often artificially colored, with the most popular hues being blue and orange
Flavor
Bitter and sweet orange

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alcohol by volume
27.5
native label
Curaçao
Commons category
Curaçao (liqueur)
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Curaçao (/ˈkjʊərəsaʊ, -soʊ/ KURE-ə-sow, -⁠soh; Dutch: [kyːraːˈsʌu] ) is a liqueur flavored with the dried peel of the bitter orange variety laraha, a citrus fruit grown on the Caribbean island of Curaçao. Curaçao can be sold in numerous forms. The most common forms include the orange-hued dry curaçao and the blue-dyed blue curaçao.

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