Tea Making Tips (1941)

Welcome to the world of a national obsession and a place where people say 'orf' instead of 'off'. Tea connoisseurs will benefit from the six golden tips for making the perfect cuppa, as well as countless other handy hints (never store your tea next to cheese, for example). There's an assessment of the pros and cons of various teapots and words of wisdom about the tea bush itself.

Slightly grotesque methods for producing tea en masse are demonstrated - it was wartime, after all - and tea had to be produced by the oceanful. As such, there are some top tips for cleaning that hard-to-reach tap in your tea urn. Remember: "a dirty tap means dirty tea". (Robin Baker)

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Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• BFI
• 1940s
• tea
• canteen
• WWII
• WW2
• Britain
• England

[genuinelyaperson]

4:42

'The building, it's completely engulfed in flames!'

'Quickly, Benedict, send for the tea car, this is a two brew job.'

[celticwelsh]

@RichMatarese I do hope you're not in a profession that requires you to use historical fact. The American paratroppers witnessed the British drinking tea after Nijmegen. The real reason for the delay was lack of adequate infantry support, ammuntion re-supply and a lack of fuel. It just make a better story to pretend the British are so obsessed with tea that they'd stop in the middle of a battle.

[skeilak]

@BNPrNAZI

I believe it's "you're" forgiven, old chap, the contraction of "you" and "are"?

Such muddling of the Queen's English! Is that any example for the colonials?

But I'll overlook your old world snarkiness, as you're wise enough to realize that the BNP are a bunch of racist nazi bitches.

[FroggieTheNaziFrog]

@skeilak I will tell you of my special tea monsieur, no better! Leave your cup by my cask and the next morning you will have the best Organic Green tea you've drank in your life. You will enjoy it very much, I promise.

Just give me a few hours warning before you leave your cup, I have to drink lots of water before preparing for you.

[joeyblondewolf3]

i have no

idea why i am watching this

[1011aleksandra]

my sons favorite video

[BeanDelphikiMD]

@TheHonestGypo - Are you serious?! I don't have my own teapot (student budget), but I don't use anything but loose leaves for tea! If you want to know where to find nice leaves, go to Steepster for recommendations.

[apower136]

Cool video, but Irish tea is better...

[aflowerchild]

@TheHonestGypo You'd be surprised, I occasionally use loose tea leaves and a teapot, and I know others who do too. Loose tea is considered by some to make better tea than teabags, and a teapot's just convenient if you're making tea for more than one person.

[KryssLaBryn]

@TheHonestGypo I do... Lots of people do. One can't brew a proper cup of tea in a mug; the proportions of tea (in the bag) to water are all wrong and the tea comes out bitter.

Besides, if one uses a good-sized pot then two bags will make an entire pot of tea. So it's cheaper as well as nicer tea. ;)

[TheHonestGypo]

Makes me laugh,how still uses Tea Leaves or a Tea pot ?