Ethiopians Give Me Free Coffee When I Speak Amharic

Go to and find out how you can get 3 months of ExpressVPN free! Today I am wandering around the Ethiopian neighborhoods in Washington, D.C. and Silver Spring, Maryland, trying traditional Ethiopian drinks and food and of course practicing my Amharic. It was an incredible experience and the locals were super warm and friendly. As I mentioned at the end of the video, there’s an awful war going on in Ethiopia right now which has led to enormous human suffering. I’m donating this video’s sponsorship proceeds to the UN World Food Programme, which is helping out on the ground in Ethiopia right now with literal tons of food aid. You can donate yourself here: And if you would like to learn more about the human impact of this conflict: 0:00 Intro 0:12 Sponsored by ExpressVPN 1:20 Ordering Ethiopian coffee 1:53 Encounter on the street 2:36 Shopping for Ethiopian incense 3:55 Drinking traditional Ethiopian coffee 5:28 Buying Ethiopian injera bread 7:26 Ordering takeout 9:02 Searching for traditional Ethiopian drinks 9:26 Trying Ethiopian mead (tejj) 10:23 Regarding the Tigray war LEARN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE WITH MY METHOD! ✉️ Join my newsletter and discover how I pick up new languages quickly (and learn how you can do the same): 👉🏼 📚 Check out my Street-Smart Language courses: 👉🏼 Subscribe to my channel: Follow me on Instagram: Follow me on Facebook: If you guys like the music in my videos, you can check out all the AMAZING music Epidemic Sound has at my affiliate link here: