Sambuca The oils are added to pure alcohol, a concentrated solution of sugar, and other flavouring. The "Oxford English Dictionary" states that the term comes from the Latin word "sambucus", meaning "elderberry". The Greek word "Sambuca" was first used as the name of another elderberry liquor that was created in Civitavecchia about 130 years ago. The first commercial version of such a drink started at the end of 1800 in Civitavecchia, where Luigi Manzi sold "Sambuca Manzi". In 1945, soon after the end of Second World War, commendatore Angelo Molinari started producing "Sambuca Extra Molinari", which helped popularise Sambuca throughout Italy.
Curaçao (liqueur) Curaçao (liqueur) Curaçao () is a liqueur flavored with the dried peel of the Laraha citrus fruit, grown on the island of Curaçao. Curaçao liqueur is traditionally made with the dried peels of the "Laraha". Laraha is a bitter orange native to Curaçao with the Latin name "Citrus × aurantium subsp. currassuviencis". Spanish explorers brought the bitter Seville orange to the island in 1527, the progenitor of the laraha. Although the bitter flesh of the laraha is unpalatable, the peels are pleasantly aromatic. There are no definitive facts to point out who developed the first Curaçao Liqueur and when. The