The Country LEAST Expected... (Countryballs) 

The reason for Turkey's tea consumption is that during the 70s, a huge economic crisis hit the country, and it was forced to stop coffee imports which made it turn to Rize tea as a substitute, this type of tea was grown in the Black Sea province of, wait for it, Rize. When people could afford coffee again during the 80s, tea had already become very popular and over time people started preferring tea to coffee, causing tea to replace the strong coffee drinking culture that had existed in the country before the 70s.

Drew: "I don't think Turkey is a huge coffe lover." Me a Turk: " Oh boy, you never heard of Turkish coffee, didn't you?"

I like how he said that the british 'randomly' throw a 'u' in some words but tecnically it's the americans who just leave it out and not the british that throw it in.

I feel like drew could make a country ball show and be the voice actors for all the countries and it would blow up.

About the Turkish tea: In the 19. and 20. centuries, this cheap tea starts to enter Turkey. And the people loves it. Its cheaper than coffee and it tastes good also. In the 60s, Some Rize guy imports tea form Georgia and plants it to Rize. now Rize is #1 producer of tea in Turkey. We still do drink coffee, but not that much compared to past.

How are people actually "surprised" that Turkey has the highest Tea consumption per capita ?

As a Turk I can confirm we absolutely *LOVE* our *TEA*

Drew would definitely count as a Countryballs/Polandballs voice actor at this point.

In Turkey we drink tea like water P.S. Tea became popular because Turkish coffee got expensive in a time when the people were even poorer and tea took over

Fun fact about Turkey's tea: When chernobyl exploded most of the uranium landed on the other side of blacksea which is where Turkey's major tea grew location. At that time tea exports of Turkey got canceled, but this caused that time's President of Turkey to go to the press and drink that radioactive tea. Guy died from cancer. Even still today radiation is still active (not much but still) and we drink it even that's happening.

Drew just took two consecutive unforced Ls in record time by not understanding how the Turks could be such voracious tea enthisiasts and then immediately following it up with a hilariously wrong assumption about them therefore not liking coffee.

In Rize, which is a city in the Black Sea region, about 300 THOUSAND TONS of dry tea is produced annually in Rize. So, Excessive consumption of tea is quite understandable.🍵

4:41 fun fact: the Us weren't added to the British version, they were removed from the American version because American newspapers are charged by the letter, and thusly remove some letters to cut corners. And they stuck.

(4:10) So common for Americans to make fun of Brits for using a glottal stop instead of a T, but Americans tend to use a rothic tap instead of a T, so they can't say it correctly either.

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As a Turkish person i can confirm that we drink a lot of tea. I mean i drink like 2-3 big cups of tea everyday

An average Turk: *consumes 3 - 4 cups of tea daily* An average Finn: *consumes 3 - 4 cups of coffee daily*

I believe the comic starting at 12:06 is a reference to the movie "Oppenheimer", where they actually blew up a nuke to get the footage they needed. Christopher Nolan really does love his practical effects.

(english:We Turks love to drink tea. We always drink tea. It is made in the region starting from the Georgian border in the Eastern Black Sea Region to the Fatsa district of Ordu province. In Turkey, we are known for tea, kebab, ravioli, lahmacun, baklava, meatballs, wrapped in olive oil, pita, iskender and doner. Let's not forget the most important dish in Turkey, especially in the cities of afyon and kayseri, sucuk (the food you also call meat). turkey, cuisine It is one of the richest countries in terms of culture (it is hard to believe how I got here from tea) (türkiye:Biz Türkler çay içmeyi severiz. Hep çay içeriz. Doğu Karadeniz Bölgesinde Gürcistan sınırından başlayarak Ordu ilinin Fatsa ilçesine kadar olan bölgede yapılmaktadır. Türkiye'de çay, kebap, mantı, lahmacun, baklava, köfte, zeytinyağlı sarma, pide, iskender ve döner ile tanınırız. Unutmayalım Türkiye'de özellikle afyon ve kayseri illerinin en önemli yemeği sucuk (et dediğiniz yemek). türkiye mutfağı kültür açısından en zengin ülkelerden biridir (çaydan buraya nasıl geldiğime inanmak zor)

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14:41 Coffee literally invented by Turks in Ottoman Empire

Turkey produces A LOT of tea on the Black Sea coast, near Rize. They produce it, they consume it.

As a person that was in Turkey, yes they drink a LOT, and I don't know why it's so unknown.

14:07 as a Turkish person, i can confirm that we drink 3-4 tea cups a day. Even 10 year old kids drink 1-2 cups of tea per day

Did you know that France used to be called Gaul and that their national animal, the rooster, has the species name Gallus gallus?

6:15 MR BEAST!

5:16 Just so you know, 'Barbare ite domum' is Latin for 'Barbarians go home'.

1:00 As a fellow Louisianan and New Orleans resident, I can confirm that this is extremely accurate.

That airport map is definitely missing something: There were quite a lot of pigeon posts throughout the rennaisance. Payload is limited, but I guess anything delivered by a homing pigeon qualifies as air cargo, which would make each pigeon post a cargo airport.

How to say "outside" in Polish? North/West Poland: na dwór (to the courtyard) South/East Poland: na pole (to the field)

5:25 "The Romans have freed us!" "I wouldn't say freed. More like, under new management

The Manhattan Project was a research and development undertaking during World War II that produced the first nuclear weapons. It was led by the United States with the support of the United Kingdom and Canada. From 1942 to 1946, the project was under the direction of Major General Leslie Groves of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Nuclear physicist Robert Oppenheimer was the director of the Los Alamos Laboratory that designed the actual bombs. The Army component of the project was designated the Manhattan District as its first headquarters were in Manhattan; the placename gradually superseded the official codename, Development of Substitute Materials, for the entire project. Along the way, the project absorbed its earlier British counterpart, Tube Alloys. The Manhattan Project began modestly in 1939, but grew to employ more than 130,000 people and cost nearly US$2 billion (equivalent to about $24 billion in 2021).[1] Over 90 percent of the cost was for building factories and to produce fissile material, with less than 10 percent for development and production of the weapons. Research and production took place at more than thirty sites across the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada.The project led to the development of two types of atomic bombs, both developed concurrently, during the war: a relatively simple gun-type fission weapon and a more complex implosion-type nuclear weapon. The Thin Man gun-type design proved impractical to use with plutonium, so a simpler gun-type called Little Boy was developed that used uranium-235, an isotope that makes up only 0.7 percent of natural uranium. Because it is chemically identical to the most common isotope, uranium-238, and has almost the same mass, separating the two proved difficult. Three methods were employed for uranium enrichment: electromagnetic, gaseous and thermal. Scientists conducted most of this work at the Clinton Engineer Works at Oak Ridge, Tennessee. In parallel with the work on uranium was an effort to produce plutonium, which researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, discovered in 1940. After the feasibility of the world's first artificial nuclear reactor, the Chicago Pile-1, was demonstrated in 1942 at the Metallurgical Laboratory in the University of Chicago, the project designed the X-10 Graphite Reactor at Oak Ridge and the production reactors at the Hanford Site in Washington state, in which uranium was irradiated and transmuted into plutonium. The plutonium was then chemically separated from the uranium, using the bismuth phosphate process. The Fat Man plutonium implosion-type weapon was developed in a concerted design and development effort by the Los Alamos Laboratory. The project was also charged with gathering intelligence on the German nuclear weapon project. Through Operation Alsos, Manhattan Project personnel served in Europe, sometimes behind enemy lines, where they gathered nuclear materials and documents, and rounded up German scientists. Despite the Manhattan Project's tight security, Soviet atomic spies successfully penetrated the program. The first nuclear device ever detonated was an implosion-type bomb during the Trinity test, conducted at New Mexico's Alamogordo Bombing and Gunnery Range on 16 July 1945. Little Boy and Fat Man bombs were used a month later in the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, respectively, with Manhattan Project personnel serving as bomb assembly technicians and weaponeers on the attack aircraft. In the immediate postwar years, the Manhattan Project conducted weapons testing at Bikini Atoll as part of Operation Crossroads, developed new weapons, promoted the development of the network of national laboratories, supported medical research into radiology and laid the foundations for the nuclear navy. It maintained control over American atomic weapons research and production until the formation of the United States Atomic Energy Commission in January 1947.

As a European I am shocked New Orleans has such low population. I would've estimated more like a million or so. Or is this a city boundaries vs urban area thing?

7:03 This is somehow interesting because Chinese people love the color red whereas the Koreans love the color white, hence the nickname 'People of white clothing'. Whenever Chinese people handout money for celebration purposes, they hand them in a red envelope and white during mourning. But in Korea, it's white envelope for celebrating, red for mourning because red signifies blood and stuff.

As a Turkish person I can confirm I’ve been drinking a cup per day since I was six

Only yesterday I saw comics about Celts, Germans, Rome and Siouille, Germans, Rome. So you immediately made a video about them. So glad you're faster than me. Now I'm sure I'll never miss anything about my favorite characters

As a Filipino Puerto Rico needs to ask for that statehood harder, we were given the chance and we took independence biggest mistake. LMAO

14:20 As an Indian, that Map is insanely misleading. I can confirm that India has a lot of Tea Consumption per capita. Certainly not to the level of Turkey but a lot.

7:09 Drew, it's not 100 IQ. 100 IQ is average.

This is by far the best types of video drew makes, they are just so fun

I'm pretty sure 6:10 is supposed to be a *MR. BEAST* reference

Gaulball: Roman Ball has freed us! Roman Ball: Oh, I wouldn't say free. More like under new management.

Drew accidentally insulting dozens of asian Coutrys by calling Luna new Year "Chinese new year"

We Turks drink tea more than any other country because northren side of Turkey grows tea. Our soil and the weather in the north ( Blacksea Region ) have the right conditions to grow tea. We consume the tea that we plant and grow and that's why Turkey is the number one consumer of tea in the world.

11:00 - me, an Austrian, wondering why ancient Germany talks about bears ...

Louisiana: *colonial architecture, stunning scenery, Cajun cuisine, countless other historical landmarks* Everyone: *ALCOHOL*

Sweden and Turkey pranking eachother until one of them gives up first

13:37 the missiles were french exocet anti-ship missiles , although the frech didn't give Argentina the activation codes so the argentinian intelligence had to decodify them in order to use them

At 12:07 the comic is also referencing the movie Oppenheimer in which for the filming they created a real nuclear explosion in what I presume is Nevada

8:09 As a Spanish, the fact that they used pendejo triggerts me, THAT'S A LATIN INSULT,NOT AN SPANISH ONE

Hey does anyone else think about this? 8:29 where is Belgium and the Netherlands

9:24 What about Belgium’s “hands off” approach to their colonies?

11:20 didn't know bears were involved, but you should take all help available, I guess...

Actually, as a Turk, considering that tea is cheap and can be consumed at any time, 4 cups of tea per person is not that much 👀

ok, as someone who speaks a little bit of German, the German barbarians at 11:04 are saying the word “bear.” “Bär“ is the German word for “bear”

Drew, I love that you are giving news of current events for the comics that are being referenced. Loved it. Keep it up.

Not only is it more fun to say aluminium that way, it actually pronounces all the letters

Always love Drew's late night(IST) videos.

4:44 - Not only is aluminium more funner to say, it's consistent with the spelling/pronunciation of the other elements on the periodic table.

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Tea is so popular in Turkey, even at my history class they taught us who first bringed and tried to grow tea in Turkey!

8:34 france where is he!? We’re is he!? We’re is bellguim!?

14:07 it’s normal for us, if there’s a good conversation topic you can drink even 10 glasses in 1 sitting! It’s SOOO GOOD!!

East Frisians are world champions in drinking tea over 300 liters per capita per year By the way, East Frisian is one of 4 recognized official languages in Germany

Turkey isn't just a "potential candidate" for EU membership. It's an official candidate and has been since 1987. However the ascension negotiations have been frozen since 2019.

13:54 Founded the Thumbnail!🇬🇧🇹🇷🍵

4:40 American actually removed the "u"s in words like color/colour. The USA (then the Thirteen Colonies) were a British Colony until it gained independence. They still used the English language, but created a new dialect, while also changing some words' spellings.

4:11 says the nation that pronounces it "war-dah"

Drew i am a turkish person and i can tell you why we have a lot of tea. So the first Reason is we have a city in the Black Sea region. The city's name is Rize and we produce a lot of tea because according to Scientists, Rize has a lot of plants and farmers. In 2021, Turkey produced nearly 280.000 tons of tea. Oh and also, our so called "climate" can change the type of tea, For example we have lipton kiwi tea,normal tea, rabbitblood tea (which is the hottest tea), and we have the poured one, which is kinda hot. In the Aegean region Thanks to the wind coming from greece and the other balkan countries, We have a lot of plants which is an advantage for tea to step in. The black sea region has a lot of sunflower seeds like ukraine, And the region is really rainy. thats why plants grow really fast on hills. For example in the city of Rize we have the Ayder Hill which has a lot of resources to mak a cup of tea. In Trabzon we have Uzungöl which is "tall lake" in Turkish. A lot of Turkeys natural beauty is considered to be on UNESCO list. Anyway have a good life.

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8:15 "Bpendeho, pu…"

2:48 never knew there was a bigger Puerto Rico above Puerto Rico and also never knew regular sized Puerto Rico had a box around it

13:15 actually if you look at the missile sideways where it's upright you can see it's actually an upside-down Netherlands flag

14:24 I like to think it's because of the maritime silk road, which introduced east asian stuff, like tea

As a turk, i dont see how i could live without tea. I dont know what makes us love tea but we love it A LOT. Its very rare you visit someone and they dont just offer tea and when they do you are probably gonna end up ''refreshing your tea'' often. Maybe its something about us migrating from Central Asia, we had a lot of interactions with the chinese. And nowadays our Black Sea coast especiially the city of Rize is full of Tea farms because of the climate there. The Turkish Tea glass has somewhat evolved into our symbol,(and it looks gorgeous) we even put it on r/place. I commented this before i heard you say we aren't huge coffe drinkers and surprisingly coffe is really loved here as well! Both coffe and tea incredibly popular here but coffe isn't drinked as much as tea. People tend to love coffe but 99 percent of us CHERISH tea.

(4:45) Sure, if you want to write "color" and "rumor", then you also have to write "famos". The problem with American English is the inconsistencies. Brits write "doughnut" but also "dough". Americans write "donut" but still "dough". Brits write "defence" and "fence". Americans write "defense" but not "fense".

13:20 well UK it self sold frigates to Argentina years prior the war, they even proposed Argentina to buy the Harriers for Thier aircraft carrier

Thank you drew for making me get into countryballs if it weren’t for you I wouldn’t have got into geography so thank you

New Orleans Mardi Gras is good, but I would recommend wearing a bulletproof vest if you’re gonna go. Most towns have a Mardi Gras and those might be better options. Also, for the record, from my years in Louisiana, I never met anyone who spoke French (there was an Olive Garden tho)

As someone who went to Mardi gras, as a child, you definitely have to go as an adult 🤣🤣🤣

It feel’s illegal for being this early

More like "the Americans like to get rid of U's sometimes out of certain words"!

8:00 I'm going to make the argument that Scotland is the worst colonizer as their colony in Panama caused their country to go into an economic crisis and then they had no other choice, but to join the UK in the early 1700s

As a Canadian Google docs spell check can be quite annoying since I spell a lot of words in the British way and a lot of words in the American way like Cheque or Reali(z)e

My Step Dad Could Drink The Entire Ocean If It Was Tea

Exocet missiles have been exported pretty much everywhere. the US had a destroyer attacked with Exocet missiles at some point

Drew, as someone from New Orleans, don't come. Especially during Mardi Gras. SO many tourists get mugged.

As a Louisianan, I can confirm that things are like it seems.

3:00 - LOL, he announces this bill like it was some kind of a breakthrough as if Puerto Rico already didn't have a gazillion referenda on that issue.

3:54 wait what do i say? WHAT DO I SAY!? WHICH IS THE RIGHT ONE!?

4:29 As a Taiwanese, IDK in which situation can 笨 can be pronounced as Yaˇ, and I'm happy of someone explain to me

Drew I can tell you from experience that New Orleans during Mardi Gras season is very dangerous. It's crazy.

I'm a Turk and we drink both coffee and tea. We don't drink coffee as much as tea but we still drink coffee too. But for tea... No one can compite. We drink tea - with breakfast - when we are bored - when we hang out - while working - whenever we eat outside - when we feel sad - when we want to So it isn't much. I don't drink tea as much as everyone else in my family but my avarage is 2-3. Also my family doesn't drink tea that much compared to others. I know some people with an avarage of 10. Anyway I think I know why we have an avarage that high. When Brits came to invade Otoman empire (after WW1), they discovered that black sea reagion is perfect to plant tea. After the invasion was over the tea were still there. It wasn't that common and only the rich drunk tea so tea was worth a lot. Seeing it's worth a lot, people of that reagion planted more tea. Than it was common and there was tea everywhere so the prize fell and everyone could buy tea. Than everyone bought tea because it was a sign of money. And they became addicted and made it part of Turkish culture.

In the UK smaller “chips” are still fries. Crisps is just different I guess

at 8:04 it's Bison actually. it is a very comon misconception buffalo are found in Asia and Africa; while bison are in North America and Europe. They are two completely different species.

13:50 as a Turkish person, i can confirm. But the panel showed it incorrectly as me and my friends drink a chug of tea everyday.

As A Puerto Rican I Am Happy That We Get Some Recognition.

Drew, as someone who's lives in Louisiana all my life, you don't wanna go to NOLA Mardi Gras, you're gonna get shot, jumped, or pissed on, potentially all 3 😂

How I love that other countries can appreciate red envelopes. When I get a red envelope on my car, my heart will beat so fast that I'll have to pray it won't jump out of my chest.

The reason we(Turkiye) drink that much tea is because it has a lot of natural tea farms in the country thus leading to people drinking it