Bulgaria
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Bulgarian Rakia
The grape fire and the long salad hour: Bulgarian rakia — grape (grozdova) and plum (slivova) brandies, drunk slowly with shopska salad in the famous 'rakia-and-salad' hour that can last all evening. Origins: rakia disti…
Mastika
The anise cloud: mastika — Bulgaria's strong aniseed spirit (47%), drunk ice-cold where it turns milky and forms crystals ('the lion's milk' family), notorious and beloved in equal measure on the Black Sea coast. Origins…
Bulgarian Wine (Mavrud)
The Thracian reds: Bulgarian wine — Mavrud (the dark, tannic red of Plovdiv's plains), Melnik (the broadleaf-vine reds of the southwest pyramids, Churchill's favourite by legend), Gamza and the Danube whites — from one o…
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