Curacao – blue curacao mixer, FIFA debut and a teetotaler coach in Dick Advocaat
It’s a heady cocktail, goes the cliche. But Curacao, in the former Dutch West Indies Company account books, with fewer than 2 lac people, has made the World Cup the first time. Curacao will now forever be known for its heroic football team. But well before that, Blue curacao liqueur that distinctive blue mixer used to rustle up Blue lagoon or Blue Hawaii, owed its origins to a bitter orange that took a liking only to this unique island. Significantly, the laraha citrus fruit had skin-deep value. The flesh was too bitter and cannot be eaten, but the peel could be dried for an aromatic orangey oil extracted by — Dutch distillery Bols company. This was turned to liqueur, called ‘cream of the sky.’ The blue color was added – solely for effect. It was easily the first time you might’ve heard the name Curacao. The football team had a different Dutch connection. It is coached by Holland”s Dick Advocaat now on his 28th international football team at age 78. He has coached as much …
