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Oooh story time: in Korea, the most famous brand of yogurt is named "Bulgaris" and its TV ads depict gorgeous valleys with medieval monasteries, where people ma

Oooh story time: in Korea, the most famous brand of yogurt is named "Bulgaris" and its TV ads depict gorgeous valleys with medieval monasteries, where people make yogurt the old-fashioned way, and live happily ever after. Thanks to these ads, Koreans think all Bulgarians drink yogurt every day and live up to a hundred years. Or something like that. And then another yogurt company decided to market a new brand of yogurt... by naming it... (drum roll please...) "Bulgaria"! Of course the first company sued the second company. And then the Bulgarian embassy weighed in, supporting the second company, because it turned out that the first company was using yogurt-making germs imported from Germany! And then the court decided for the first company, essentially declaring that the nation of Bulgaria, sadly, does not own the name "Bulgaria" (or "Bulgaris", or Bulga-whatever) in Korean trademark system. (But don't quote me on that. IANAL.) The whole affair was very entertaining.

darkhorn 9y ago
> Koreans think all Bulgarians drink yogurt every I'm not sure about ethnic Bulgarians but ethnic Turks in Bulgaria consume yoğurt every day. There is always yoğurt in their kitchen.
- josephv 9y ago
  Turks, coming from the East, would be known to use and consume yogurt regularly, as do so many asianic cultures, in their food for taste and to balance the lit-ass spices (technical term for hot-ass and stanky-ass).
- vasko_velichkov 9y ago
  Most Bulgarians eat "кисело мляко" (sour milk) every day, some mix it with water + some salt to make "айрян", which is a drink :-) The so called "yogurt" has nothing to do with "кисело мялко". I am not saying that yogurt is bad, it's just some powder milk + emulgators + sweeteners, produced by companies like Danone, Nestle etc. We have hundreds of brands, but only a few produce the "real deal"...free market, you know :-)
narag 9y ago
Koreans think all Bulgarians drink yogurt every day and live up to a hundred years. After having a Bulgarian boss and a Bulgarian girlfriend, I must say Koreans are up to something.
- peterwwillis 9y ago
  Your boss and your girlfriend were 100 years old?
  - narag 9y ago
    They looked like the kind of persons that can have the same drink everyday for a century :) To avoid misunderstandings: they weren't related but they both were extremely self-disciplined, stubborn and healthy.

darkhorn 9y ago

> Koreans think all Bulgarians drink yogurt every I'm not sure about ethnic Bulgarians but ethnic Turks in Bulgaria consume yoğurt every day. There is always yoğurt in their kitchen.

josephv 9y ago
Turks, coming from the East, would be known to use and consume yogurt regularly, as do so many asianic cultures, in their food for taste and to balance the lit-ass spices (technical term for hot-ass and stanky-ass).
vasko_velichkov 9y ago
Most Bulgarians eat "кисело мляко" (sour milk) every day, some mix it with water + some salt to make "айрян", which is a drink :-) The so called "yogurt" has nothing to do with "кисело мялко". I am not saying that yogurt is bad, it's just some powder milk + emulgators + sweeteners, produced by companies like Danone, Nestle etc. We have hundreds of brands, but only a few produce the "real deal"...free market, you know :-)

narag 9y ago

Koreans think all Bulgarians drink yogurt every day and live up to a hundred years. After having a Bulgarian boss and a Bulgarian girlfriend, I must say Koreans are up to something.

peterwwillis 9y ago
Your boss and your girlfriend were 100 years old?
- narag 9y ago
  They looked like the kind of persons that can have the same drink everyday for a century :) To avoid misunderstandings: they weren't related but they both were extremely self-disciplined, stubborn and healthy.