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Virgin blue curaçao drink is a light beverage that reminds me of the tropics and warmer poolside and beach weather, that seems to drift earlier and earlier. Or maybe, spring break that’s more of a calendar planned event.

The virgin drink is a citrusy sweet vibe that you can infuse with coconut water, pineapple juice (and orange juice).

Or you can give a tropical boost with passionfruit (less sweet), mango (more sweet), or both.

Fun fact: coconut water comes from baby coconuts and coconut milk comes from mature coconuts. And you can make your own homemade coconut milk from mature coconuts.

Because coconut water comes from baby coconuts, it has young, pure tastes… (a lot like when we were young coconuts 🥥). And it’s a hydrating water with electrolyte (minerals) that will help boost. It’s definitely a healthy substitute, instead of sodas.

To make the healthy blue virgin drink, blue spirulina is added as a super healthy antioxidant (anti-inflammatory) food. It’s also a natural blue food color that will give the turquoise blue in the virgin blue curaçao drink.

I first discovered the ingredient in a smoothie bowl that was called the Mermaid bowl. And it turned heads. It turned my head. Never thought a smoothie without a mermaid could do that. 🧜‍♀️

And you can source the blue spirulina ingredient online. It’s much easier now than it was 5+ years ago, when it wasn’t as common an ingredient.

You can also use butterfly pea tea, but it will give you more of a greenish hue, because it’s lighter and less concentrated. Whereas the blue spirulina is more concentrated and you want to use very little… maybe less than a pinch, but I wouldn’t touch the powder with your fingers.

Also, you don’t want to wear white in case it ends up on you, and then you can end up with a light blue or tie-dye blue and white shirt. 👕

But the azure blue spirulina color is amazing and the healthy benefits too, so the ingredient is worth the fun effort. 💙🩵

For 5 ounce drinks or larger, you want to add about 1/8 tsp (or just a wee bit of the powder that you carefully portion out that’s hard to measure).

An easy way: What you can do is dip your smallest teaspoon you have and tap it back in the bag. And then use what’s left on the teaspoon and stir.

That’s actually the first method. But it won’t dissolve the blue spirulina powder completely…

So the second technique, is shaking. You can do this with a Magic Bullet blender capsule. Or any kind of shaker…where you shake over your shoulder like a champ.

Either way will do the job.

But I like the Magic Bullet because it’s easy and one less tool cup to have to rinse and clean.

Then when it’s fully mixed up, pour in your drinking glass.

You can add a little seltzer water or club soda if you want to give a fizzy mocktail finish. And of course, a zhugh like orange zest or coconut shavings… and voila!

This is one Virgin Blue Curaçao ocean-inspiring drink that’ll have you dreaming. 🌊 Curacao btw comes from the Spanish word that means heart ❤️💙 If you like this, you may like a light no-cream (but delicious) Virgin Pina Colada. 🧉Or a virgin pretty in pink mango blueberry mocktail. 💕