An Unforgettable Experience Tribal People Try Starbucks!
About this video
Tribal People Try sits the tribe down with Starbucks coffee. It's filmed in the village, not a studio, and what you see is what happened on the day.
What is coffee?
Coffee in its western forms: black filter coffee, espresso, cappuccino, Starbucks frappuccinos, cold brew. Pakistan is a tea country, and most of the tribe had never tasted coffee before the camera arrived.
Starbucks opened in Seattle's Pike Place Market in 1971 selling coffee beans; the Frappuccino, the blended iced drink in most of these videos, was launched in 1995.
What to watch for
Black coffee is bitter in a way nothing in village food prepares you for, and the faces show it. Milky, sugary coffees fare far better; a Starbucks caramel drink is essentially a cold dessert and is treated as one.
The comparison they always make
Doodh patti — strong tea boiled in milk with sugar — is drunk several times a day. Every coffee is compared to it, and coffee usually loses on the first cup.
This episode
It's the tribe's 6th coffee video out of 9. They first tried it in December 2020 ("Tribal People Try Coffee"). The most-watched coffee episode is "Tribal People Try Coffee" (374.6K views). The video runs about 8 minutes, went up in January 2023 and has 115.8K views and 5.5K likes.
Frequently asked
Who are the people in Tribal People Try?
Villagers from rural Punjab, Pakistan. They're families from the same area, not actors, and they've been part of the channel for years.
What is coffee?
Coffee in its western forms: black filter coffee, espresso, cappuccino, Starbucks frappuccinos, cold brew. Pakistan is a tea country, and most of the tribe had never tasted coffee before the camera arrived.
Did the tribe like the coffee?
Watch to the end — nothing is scripted, and when something doesn't suit them they say so. Doodh patti — strong tea boiled in milk with sugar — is drunk several times a day. Every coffee is compared to it, and coffee usually loses on the first cup.
Have they tried coffee before?
Yes — this is the 6th of 9 coffee videos. The first was "Tribal People Try Coffee" in December 2020.
Is there Starbucks in Pakistan?
Starbucks products reach Pakistan through imports and city supermarkets, but for a village a few hours from Lahore this was a first.