How to make tea the English way

[d0ntbeabitch2me]

3:38 pedo voice

[SevenDeadliSins]

um... how do Americans make this? Because this is how I make tea... im confused.

[maxbooyaka619]

LOL, I'm American (well, an immigrant). I feel like such an outsider now... :P

[thebryghtidea]

I prefer Tetley :)

[skrulldave]

pretty basic persentation

[drumsteve11]

good job Richard, but why didnt you just use the hot tap? i'm always surprised how many people bother using the old method

cheers

[johnnyanddominic]

ok what is the "englishest" type of tea? is it orange pekoe?

[waterpoloplayer125]

Why the interview

[RedRiverChannel]

Teabags in crap

[virginiatechfanx]

also that women needs to stop asking questions stupid bitch

[virginiatechfanx]

what are the chain of grocery stores they have in england like we have kroger, publix, piggly wiggly, whole foods, fresh market etc

[kadine21]

@virginiatechfanx Sainsbury, Asda, Tesco, Iceland

[IEatCows]

Very scientific...should be taken with the ut most seriousness >.> hehe loved it :) My fiances Nana always get made if you dont put completely fresh water and also if you leave the teabag in to long you got to watch it or she'll go mad....haha and my fiance thins im weird putting my milk in last as i stir the sugar so its sort of tempered into the hot tea :) But you do it too so i say he's wrong :D

[IEatCows]

@IEatCows also im not a complete idiot my keys stick when i type fast soo excuse my bad spelling ugh

[lesorciercalifornien]

0:23--"a good, honest tea."

Well, honest tea IS the best policy...

[parkourdude100]

Here we see a proper English gentleman.

[kzhanara]

omg! she is taking notes, is it that difficult to remember?

[G1NZOU]

I use a pot, sometimes I use mugs but there's something about a nice china pot that just feels right.

I much prefer Earl Grey instead of English Breakfast

There's lots of different British teas so I think this should be called "Making Standard British Tea".

[MountainTeaGR]

LIKE

tea, many tea packets....

[jamesrruk]

Show me the teapot. Disgraceful

[DuzAndyKnow]

Damn I had all this interesting insightful tea stuff I wrote up then last it when I clicked the thing "next" to post comment. It's all gone :(

I'll just leave by saying, I enjoyed the video and I suggest you check out episode 6 of my channel page's series for an Englishman in my kitchen who does not know how to make a cup of tea...

[dumbledad]

You can wrap the tag around the handle, then it doesn't fall in. Worth warning Americans that electric kettles work well in the UK where we have 240 volts, in Seattle I could take the dog for a walk in the gap between turning on the kettle and it boiling.

What's the pantone index for your tea colour?

[peace36660]

Chinese invented it, we improved it :)

[J4mes1991]

"Ok, I'm not using a pot, but who uses a pot nowadays?"

People who want to make tea the English way, mate.

[rileyjacktodd]

ive never put milk in my tea before. cant wait to try it though.

[poeticfreak123]

I love tea.

But you made it wrong.

Milk goes in before the water.

[thatadamthing]

no, tea can't brew in milk that well. Water is the worlds best solvent, not milk.

[poeticfreak123]

Maybe so, but the milk makes the drink colder if you put it in after the water.

Everyone has a preferred way of making tea (:

[EbsNhexz]

@poeticfreak123 Noooo! boil that motherfucking bag! then add milk, all bout the taste.

Cud suggest warming the mug to keep the heat up, even tho thats sumthing posh ppl say to be dickheads an-...im takeing this too seriously.

[YaoMingLily]

I use tea pots...

[montster2000]

well done!! cheers

[nailobsession]

i may be an american but ugh!! can anyone other than me make a PROPER pot of tea??? (yes proper pot of tea...like in england!!) notes hun?? if you really want to know drop me a line!

[ccclllsport]

your an a idiot,the english gave tea to the world thewy invented it,its like saying americans don't know about obesity and being over weight,they gave it to the world

[thmsvrgs]

lol. tea? english? the hell it is!! english tea is to oriental tea what spam is to Jamon Serrano. and why are you talking about americans?

[ccclllsport]

tea is english fact,ask aqnnyone and they will tell you its as english as the queen,haha i talked about americans because you seemed to be on the offensive to english people and 99% of the time its americans who slag the english off

[thmsvrgs]

i'm spanish , you need to remember we hate you too.

and tea isn't even native to europe or the english isles.

[EbsNhexz]

@thmsvrgs Please dont hate me too! im a redcoat with a soul.

The tea we drink comes from india, but the fact we traded loads of it for Opium, and had the inspired idea to add milk shows our passion for it. By imperial standars when we invaded India all their products became property of the crown..so it could be `ours` in an evil imposing way.

[thmsvrgs]

milk?!?!? thats terrible.

[EbsNhexz]

Milks life giving man, most of the tea in an english mug will golden brown an delicious thanks to the addition of milk, thats why we are pioneers in this field, dabble in some milk my friend. try it. TRY IT!!

[thmsvrgs]

good tea like good scotch, needs nothing added. if you have to add something to it, it's terrible quality and you know it. and puttting tea in a little bag? that's disgusting. you wouldn't put wine in a juice box would you?

[EbsNhexz]

I personally make my tea the old way using leaves when i have the time, but the convinience of bags makes it more marketable i suppose.

The english brands of tea are the best in the world, not the weak, pitifull, golrified brown water excuses i often find elsewhere.

Milk compliments its brilliance, having it black is brilliant but the variation to flavor is something to explore.

Compareing it to Scotch shows proper respect at least. good on ya!

[thmsvrgs]

i don't think you have enought respect for tea, and i don't believe you have had truely good tea. good tea needs nothing added. in fact adding anything ruins it. and just because something is bitter doesn't mean it's bettter. it means it's worse.

[EbsNhexz]

I didant say anything about tea being bitter...I call tea weak when it has a lack of taste, the strengh of a proper cup of tea doesnt make it bitter, it makes it more flavorsum.

The British did not invent tea but we drink the most of it in comparison to other nations. Our idea to add milk holds weight.

if your talking about chineese tea or stuff tainted with peppermint or whatever..you dont go near that shit with milk yh. When it comes to indian tea such as Assam and Darjeeling..Milk!

[thmsvrgs]

flavorsum is not a word. indian teas are weak compared to wood grain teas. my favorite is a blend of cedar cinamon and sap pine.

just because alot of people believe something does not mean it's true.

[EbsNhexz]

Flavoursome, or flavourful sorry.

Ahh wood grain, yeah adding milk to that would be a crime. I as most people would take it as read you were talking about indian tea, down to the theme of the video and all, it is the most widely drunk in europe.

if i were to drink wood grain it would be in the morning, as i mostly use it to wind-down. Your a proper tea connoisseur thogh, but remember the milk if you ever dabble in Darjeeling and the likes.

Good debateing with you! -holds mug up-

[thmsvrgs]

it was good debating with you as well. you are a master of it.

[nothing980454]

@ccclllsport Dude, the English didn't invent tea. Are you serious? I thought everyone knew that...

[wobbiewobbie]

Are you all stoned?:)

[swbf3]

Sorry but if don't know how to make tea, you shouldn't be handleing boiling water...... My god the woman is taking notes....

[chinchman99]

so... how long does it steep?

[AMAR4200]

BASTARDS!

[BaamBaby11]

Thaat Looks Like a Good Cuppa :]

 Visit My video of Me Making Tea . :]Ox

[zack11993]

I love that woman!

[rbanks2]

Hmm. Now I want to know what Muppet I sound like...

[kjo78]

ha ha lol lol look at the girl taking notes,there gonna have a Q+A session after.

i love tea i drink 10-15 cups a day!nice with a choccy hob nob.

[alisnuts]

haha its funny, tea isnt dying out though.

I do like coffee possibly more just because of the wakingup-ness.

x

[cotters123]

tea is becoming slightly less popular in the UK these days, there is more and more coffee shops opening. most people choosing to have caffe lattes, espressos etc

[garyscottadamson]

No it isn't.

People will always drink tea at home. But in cafe's yes they may opt for an espresso based beverage.

[karl198]

It's upsetting ;( we're becoming america D: SAVE THE TEA is what i say

[YogaNate79]

Not many of the British know this, but tea bags were in fact invented in America. Naturally, tea itself comes from the Chinese, but the English are indeed the world's biggest tea drinkers per capita.

Personally, I use a stove-top kettle rather than an electric kettle. I find that the heat is more intense and when steeped, the tea bags brew much better.

[chopin65]

That was sweet, she was taking notes.

[YogaNate79]

Why do people in Great Britain pour hot water over the tea bags? And why do the English pour their creme into the cup before they pout the tea into the cup?

[rbanks2]

To be honest, there's a lot of "debate" over here about the RIGHT way to make a cup of tea. Some people would shudder at the thought of not using tea leaves, rather then bags, or a proper tea pot, rather then making the drink directly in a mug. I'm not sure I know anyone who likes cream in their tea, but whether the milk goes in first or last is a big point of contention. It's all rather more complex then this video makes out.

[largeaquaticmammal]

@rbanks2 What kind of tea do you use?

[garyscottadamson]

We do pour hot water over the tea bag. As for creme, we don't use creme we use milk and this generally goes in last of all.

[YogaNate79]

To garyscottadamson: I was told that the Brits do the opposite. The creme and sugar go into the cup first before the bag and hot water go in.

But I trust your knowledge. The Brits are tea professionals and have been doing it for years. Americans are a true coffee culture.

[cmcshane06]

YogaNate79, this is in my opinion the best way to make tea:

Boil the water using a kettle (it has to be boiling vigourously and not warm!). Pour a small amount of hot water into a teapot and leave for a minute to warm the teapot. Empty and refill the teapot with hot water from the kettle. Add teabags or loose tea leaves, usually one teaspoon of tea per person and an extra one for the pot. Leave for 4-5 minutes and pour into cups or through a strainer if loose tea is used. Add milk/sugar last.

[youvexme]

My dad was a true brit and poured the milk in last.

Nevertheless, I was always taught that milk does go in first. This is because milk poured on top of the hot tea will either separate or cause a weird film when it combines with calcium in hard water. But it's really no big deal in the end.

btw we always used to steam-heat the teapot.

[TerenYoung]

Good vid- what's the story behind it? Looks like an American couple that into world cultures and had a recent British friend move or visit tot he states and teach them how to make/enjoy a "proper" cup of tea. Ha, I love the studious wife...she's sooo into it, taking notes and all...

[Anthmurphy]

I love this video, not sure why tho. lol

Its canny funny...

[carllime99]

I hope you use fairtrade!! Lol!!

[456Josh]

this is awesome! i love english tea! i drink 3 cups a day. i want to go to england so bad!

[Woreyel]

I drink 8 cups of tea a day

[fridrikur]

I would let i brew 4 minutes, and experts have taught me to put boiled water in the mug and then discard it, put the bag in and then put fresh boiled water over the bag.

I saw pg tips, what are the other brands?

Typhoo?

[southpark1425]

wow finally the brits reveal their secret!

[Johnhawkes]

hahaha that what u think

[tavaresjpt]

This is a fantastic video. Brilliant and witty! The last twist turned in by the interviewer made me laugh out loud.

WELL DONE!!!

[bryghtwines]

Agreed!

[smokebombhill]

Excellent. The level of detail was superb!

[jrsnyderjr]

jeez-o-petes...lmao, she took notes with diagrams? I've lived in the US since I was 14 and my Brit mother and I do all this without thinking. We adopted mugs and tea bags out of convenience...my cousins in England uses them also. They do think its weird we use lemon in hot tea but that was an adaptaion from living where citrus is grown. My mother gets invited for tea and people fell they must impress her with the tea pot ritual but she's so nice she goes with it.

[junkie4vids]

The toughest part is boiling the water.

[rbanks2]

And (finally) quit laying into my friend. You're failing to see the (deliberate) humour in the situation. :-)

[jjherb]

I can't believe anyone took this at all seriously. It is a JOKE! Though, I must say, mr. banks makes a mean cup o' tea, and that's no laughing matter!

[rbanks2]

Also, I think the 26 years I've spent living in the UK (and the fact that I'm English) qualify me to say that tea bags are the most common way to brew a good one over here. I know there's the impression that the English sit around in quaint old thatched cottages, talking politely about cricket while drinking from cute, colorful teapots. That's probably true in some small village in the Cotswolds, but is not generally the case. 1 mug + 1 bag + hot water (+ milk and sugar as desired).

[rbanks2]

I've got to say, I lived in Seattle for 8 years and never even found anything that tasted remotely like or as good as "real" English tea, except if I bought it from the British Pantry, a small store full of stuff from the UK that used to be in downtown Redmond. The tea I bought in the US always tasted weird and sweet, somehow. My American wife was relieved to get back to the UK from a business trip in the US recently because she could have a "proper" cup of tea.

[johnnyanddominic]

@rbanks2 americans like everything sweeter

[vampiralulu]

Why does that silly girl have to take notes? She had to go all the way over to England to learn how to make a cup of tea? I'm an American and I would NEVER use a tea bag! I use my good ol'brown Betty~ the best English loose tea and a tea strainer. Please pass the milk and sugar~ this makes us Americans look stupid!!!

[jamezilla91]

The funniest part was when the girl goes "So it's like, ...boiling" um, .....yeah! There's nothing English about using boiling water for tea, Even on the back of American tea the instructions are always bring the water to a rolling boil. loose tea tastes better. but i still like bags because they're more convenient. honestly kopec1, you can't expect all English people to use loose tea in a teapot. this isn't the 19th century. i usually use a teapot though because i never just drink one cup.

[kopec1]

Of course you have a point. The technology has certainly changed but I have to insist that loose tea in a traditional pot is much more satisfying AND it provides the opportunity to share a cup with somebody else.

All the best...

[devilskullsixtysix]

Lol just because we try it our way, somehow makes us stupid for trying it a different way that we thought of ourselves? I didn't have to take notes it seems pretty simple and thank you rbanks for the vid. It's just that we didn't grow up in England avitech.

[kopec1]

Tea from bags in cups???!! I was born and raised in Virginia and have been a tea drinker for 25 years since university. The coffee habit never caught on for me. Its pathetic that I make tea the English way when many in the Mother Country have gone to bags and mugs. Only loose tea in a pot using a strainer for me. No sugar, just some half and half.

[rbanks2]

Well, it is a week long course. There's a lot to learn in a very short space of time.

[avitech77]

LOL Ameicans are so stupid. They had to take notes cause they can't remember how it's done LOL! How retarded is that.

[gig20015]

Well I'm an American that makes a nice stiff Keemun every morning WITHOUT bags. So your stereotyping is the only thing thats stupid, STUPID!

[rbanks2]

Yes, it's really very subtle...