American Makes Cup of British Tea CORRECTLY (No Microwave Harmed in the Making of this Video)

[@lawrencegt2229]

When moving house, the last thing you pack is the kettle - you have probably had a last cup of tea while packing. At the new house the first thing you unpack is the kettle as you will want to start life in your new house with a cuppa while you think about unpacking. Cheerio

[@Rachel_M_]

I used work in house removals. That was the customer's routine on Every single job ☺

[@Iskandar64]

Builder's Tea has a specific meaning and it is not just served to builders and domestic service technicians. It means very strong deep brown tea served with milk in a largish mug, not a cup. It may have a few teaspoons of sugar in it. Preferably drunk by builders or workmen standing around a brazier at some roadworks or some such. But it is consumed equally by office workers. Its how I like my tea.

[@keithvalentine3290]

When you put the milk in it stops the tea brewing so best to put the milk in after you’ve taken the bag out

[@jameswyse5590]

"a little spoon". Now you know why that size is called a teaspoon!

[@andrewbaker7839]

Good tea is primarily about how hot the water is when it touches the tea. This is why making it in pots is better than making it in mugs (the water is hotter, for longer). It's why metal pots are better (and silver pots are best) - lowest specific heat capacity = reduces the heat loss from the water warming the pot. If you warm the put first, this achieves much the same. It's why we people knit a tea cosy (keeps the pot warm). It's why you don't put the milk in until the tea has "brewed" (reduces the temperature). It might also be part of the reason why some tea connoisseurs say that leaves make better tea than bags - if the leaves circulate freely, they will be exposed to hotter water. The reason for putting the putting the milk in the cup before pouring the brewed tea in, used to be about not cracking fragile porcelain cups ( I'm not entirely convinced by this). But the taste reason is that if you pour hot tea into cold milk, the milk temperature peaks at a lower temperature than if you pour cold milk into hot tea (Do the maths, and the difference is sigificant). That peak temperature might conceivably make a difference because it denatures the milk proteins more, possibly changing the taste. I'm not totally convinced this is significant either, but the underlying physics and chemistry is sound. --- When British people go mountaineering, they often complain they can't get good tea - this is because the reduced air pressure at altitude means they can't get the water hot enough to make good tea. You can get tea pressure cookies to work around this issue.

[@tobytaylor2154]

I think my kettle boiled by the time I finished reading your comment lol

[@andrewbaker7839]

@@tobytaylor2154 I simply don't believe in the current obsession with very short, overly-simplified comments. Don't like my comments? Then don't read them. I'll cope with that.

[@tobytaylor2154]

@@andrewbaker7839 just humour, I'm sure some will get the joke.

[@emme2141]

@@tobytaylor2154 I laughed

[@robertwatford7425]

Electric kettles are available in the US but because the woltage is half the UK voltage they take two to three times longer to boil, making the hob quicker.

[@Iskandar64]

This is correct, I was confused by this when I first visited the US. 110V is pants.

[@kenholst3541]

Which is why the us does not require power to be turned on and off at the outlet because there is low risk of shocks or arcing

[@bLePLEYS]

Golden rule in our house: The tea bag and milk should never touch. Always take the bag out before putting in milk. Really enjoying the content on the channel. Take care.

[@peterdarnell7627]

Darn rights

[@voidresident_m4r127]

Agreed. Both my parents however do this and all I feel is PAIN!

[@brandommario2]

I always took the teabag out after the milk. Never thought about doing it before

[@heathereads]

Agree - we brew the tea black for at least a couple of minutes, remove the bag, add milk to the cup and stir

[@chrissanders1027]

Tea pot every time in my house , one bag per person one for the pot or if the queens coming loose tea and strainer

[@petermostyneccleston2884]

Always loose tea, 1 teaspoon per person, and 1 for the pot. We only add the strainer if the King comes.

[@raymondporter2094]

When I was a child in North Yorkshire my family always made tea (loose leaf tea) using a teapot. When I went to Cambridge University I got into speciality teas with fellow students. Again using loose leaf tea (I remember Jackson's of Piccadilly) we had different varieties for different days or different times of the day. Varieties like Assam, Darjeeling, various varieties of Ceylon teas, Russian Caravan tea, Earl Grey (the odd bergamot-flavoured tea often taken without milk commonly in the afternoon) and Lapsang Suchong tea (which has a smoky taste). Decades later, I probably drink 8 or 9 cups of tea a day - almost always "black tea" (ie not "infusions" or fruit flavoured tea drinks) without sugar but with a little milk. Always made in a tea pot, I now have some loose leaf tea but mostly use tea bags. Although we have Twinings English Breakfast Tea, and Afternoon tea, we also drink a Kenyan Tea, but most often drink Yorkshire Tea which is one of the largest brands in the UK. A black tea, it iis a blend which includes teas from Uganda as well as the Indian sub-continent. My sister-in-law and her husband have a cafe/coffee/tea-room in North West Scotland and they sell speciality coffees from all over the world as well as many varieties of tea, including green teas and infusions. The teas might almost be seen as different grapes, wines, vineyards in their variety and blends and some could tell you "that's a broken orange pekoe". They even give you a little timer so you know how long the tea has been brewing. (Of course they WOULD be selling teas, cakes etc like this, if not closed as a result of Covid-19). Enjoyed your video. I like a glass of wine or beer but I LOVE my teas.

[@ashleygirvin1740]

I do teabag first in a cup, then boiling water (from an electric kettle.) I stir and let it seep for a few minutes. Then, I remove the teabag, put milk and sugar as needed in it and stir. I like Yorkshire Tea. :)

[@GirlGoneLondonofficial]

Thanks for sharing!!! Love hearing everyone's methods :)

[@luckytri9716]

That is almost exactly the same as me 😄 The only difference, I prefer squeezing the teabag and making my tea as black as it can possibly go, oftentimes flitting between stirring and squeezing for up to 3 minutes before chucking it away. I also like my tea milky (...yes, strong and milky - I'm an enigma ☺️); it differs a tad each time, but sometimes it seems milk adds nearly an inch to my cuppa. Then less than half a spoon of golden granulated sugar, and there you have it... an ace cuppa tea! 😁 *Edit* - I have bog-standard Twinings or PG Tips though 😊

[@MusingMamie]

@@luckytri9716 Just right in my mind - but it has to be Yorkshire tea all the way.

[@johnhockenhull2819]

Also if making tea in a mug then cover the top (you could use a saucer) when allowing it to brew. Surprisingly effective.

[@KeithGadget]

Dear Americans. When drinking tea ALWAYS take the damned teabag out of the cup/mug first. It really ruins our day to see you drinking nasty strewed tea. You’re sincerely Rest of the tea drinking world 👍

[@jeremywilson2022]

Nooo remove the tea bag before adding milk.

[@christophermann2800]

You committed a crime by putting the milk in before taking the teabag out!!!

[@richardhoffmann179]

Tea is made with quality loose leaf tea in an infuser teapot. We use an electric kettle by and large.

[@sarahchadwick780]

Traditionally lemon is added to Earl grey and honey to sweeten. All round tea (or Breakfast tea as twinnings and other posh brands call it) has milk with sugar or sweetners.

[@OnnaBlade]

I think Yorkshire tea doesn't have it

[@fionacargius1515]

NEVER EVER EVER PUT MILK IN WITH THE TEA BAG 🙈🙈🙈

[@Martin-lc1sk]

1. Put teabag in mug 2. Pour freshly boiled water into mug 3. Wait 20 seconds 4. Stir teabag 5. 'squeeze' teabag against inside of mug 6. Remove teabag 7. Add a splash of milk 8. Optional dunk biscuit of choice, digestive, hob nob, ginger biscuit etc Points for using a non metallic mug

[@chloeharmer2403]

not quite the correct way but almost. We never put the milk in before the teabag comes out. Milk is ALWAYS last, the teabag and milk should never touch each other. It sounds silly but it does make a difference to the taste of the tea and also doing it last makes it easier to see how strong your tea is when you take out your teabag. oh and also don't be afraid to fill the mug all the way to the top as we typically only put a dash of milk in.

[@Michelleandemily]

Some have sugar and I give the tea bag a squeeze so do most ppl But u did OK lol

[@StevenHughes-hr5hp]

People in the USA tend to have tons of gadgets. A Mister Coffee coffee pot, either a stove top or an electric tea pot, boiling water in a pot... who really prefers microwaves? Of course the hot tea is generally all Lipton style. A bunch of sugar is dumped into that too.

[@paulknox999]

Electric kettles are not so popular in the US because your AC voltage is only 110v you need twice the current to achieve the same power output and US wiring cannot handle the amperage needed so the kettle ends up being much lower power and hence take forever and a day to boil

[@gmdhargreaves]

The rest of the world uses 110V, the UK uses 220V which means our kettles heat the water very fast, it would take a long time to boil water with 110V

[@GirlGoneLondonofficial]

Makes a lot of sense, thanks for sharing!

[@brandonp3354]

The vast majority of the world uses 220V to 240V (at 50hz), its only really North and Central American countries which uses 110V to 120V (usually at 60Hz), along with a few other countries at 50Hz or 60Hz (Japan having both). The main reason a kettle would take along time to boil would be that the 110V at a max of 15A limits the wattage of the kettle. Whereas in UK with 230V +/- 6% and 13A we can buy an average 1700W kettle or up to 3000W fast boil kettles.

[@ftlpope]

As a coffee drinker over decades, I have returned to loose leaf in a pot very recently. You should try it. Tea is good in hot weather which coffee is not. I never got into Earl Grey because it is not straight tea - it has bergamot.

[@phillipnash2843]

You don’t generally put milk into a cup of Earl Grey.

[@DayVid2.0]

A lot of people do as it's essentially just black tea with perfume in it.

[@hanfran89]

I put milk in mine 😊 it's better! Even more so, putting a normal Tea Bag in and an Earl Grey is nice as well if you want a stronger Tea with the Earl Grey Taste 👍

[@DayVid2.0]

@@hanfran89 that's hardcore!

[@SB-ss1gv]

Earl grey (flavoured with bergamot) is also mildly carcinogenic apparently

[@Trident22]

Milk totally spoils it.

[@Zukias]

White, green and black tea all come from the same plant (camellia sinensis) - white is brewed from the buds, green + black come from the whole leaf. Green is less processed. Anything that doesn't come from the tea plant isn't really tea, it's just a fruit/herbal infusion. Most brits don't know this either though, so i'll let you off the hook 😛.

[@itsmephil2255]

Milk in last!!!!! Milk in last!!!! Loved the video apart from that 👌

[@petersheil641]

Milk with Earl Grey? Surely not!

[@lawrencemvc]

I get two large mugs of tea delivered to me in bed 5 days a week, (I do weekends in return) It comes with a biscuit barrel. The second mug has a lid on it so it stays hot. Half a dozen hobnobs and I can usually make a start on something useful.

[@seijika46]

I rarely drink tea (only generally if I'm with someone who is keen or if I'm having a suitable outing like a hotel breakfast) but I still have a home preference as it just seems natural to. Use a standard-sized mug, a teabag of Twinings 1706, add hot water, let it steep for a bit, add the semi-skimmed, if accidentally added too much milk - give the teabag a squeeze with the tongs, remove bag, add brown crystal sugar (cubes at a pinch), stir with teaspoon until you no longer hear the crystals clinking as the side of the mug as you stir, blow on it and drink.Would no more add milk before the water than I would put jam on a scone before the clotted cream (or pronounce it 'skonn'). Fun fact: it is a sufficiently British thing that one of the requirements for British tanks (regardless of budget cuts) is having a hot water boiler to make tea.

[@allenwilliams1306]

NO! When you add the BOILING (not very hot) water to a mug you fill it up. I fill mine to the brim. You then leave the tea alone - to mash for 5 minutes, or so, depending on the type and brand of tea. You then remove the bag - you do not stir it, and you do not squeeze it, either. Add sugar if required, and, lastly, milk, if you like it (you have made room for it by removing the bag from the full mug). People do not generally put milk in Earl Grey; some people add lemon. Et voila! Properly made tea. There is method in this madness. If the water is not boiling, the tea does not mash properly. If you add milk before the tea has completed its mashing process, the liquid cools down too quickly for the mashing process to complete. You should always use freshly drawn water in the kettle. Boiling it reduces the oxygen in the water, so if you use water that has previously been boiled, there is insufficient oxygen in it for the tea to mash properly. What you did do correctly was pour the boiling water gradually, directly on the bag, which should float, because it should have some air in it to assist the mashing process. Of course, tea should be made from leaves which are not ground down to a powder like those in a tea bag, and be made in a teapot, which, if ceramic but not if metal, should be warmed before any loose tea is put in it. Again, this is owing to the need to keep the strike temperature from being reduced. Then add one heaped teaspoon of loose tea per cup the pot is intended for, plus “one for the pot”. You will note this is a common UK expression for “a bit extra for good measure” in any context, and this is where the saying comes from. Then the boiling water is added to fill the pot up and the lid is put on. So is a tea cosy to insulate it. Leave to mash for five minutes or so, then pour into cups through a tea strainer. If you use a pot, it doesn't matter if you put the milk in cups first, because the tea is already made. However, it is polite to let the drinker put additives in to their taste, not yours, so don't put milk or sugar in if you are making the tea for someone else. Perhaps Americans don't use electric kettles because they operate at a ridiculously low mains voltage over there. However, there is no excuse not to have a non-electric kettle which is boiled on a hotplate or gas ring, preferably with a whistle on the spout which tells you when the water's boiling. I do not like Earl Grey tea, because it is flavoured with bergamot oil, which is distasteful. I do not like herb teas either. However, there are many varieties of black tea, each with their own characteristics, for the tea connoisseur. It is not all builders' tea.

[@beherb4164]

Yes mate!

[@ElizabethDebbie24]

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[@MusingMamie]

The other reason for not adding milk before the tea is finished brewing is that milk reduces the oxygen content in the water and that air is needed for the tea to infuse properly. Side note: This is why dairy farmers must declare waste milk; it can't be allowed to enter the water supply. It's all chemistry.

[@justinhamilton497]

Mask, not mash

[@allenwilliams1306]

@@justinhamilton497 No: one mashes tea.

[@dougtodd24]

I've never boiled water tea in a microwave as I'm Scottish and I have a kettle. Also, taking after my mum's parents/family, if it's a food cupboard I call it a pantry.

[@BillCameronWC]

I do sometimes use a teabag and brew the tea in a mug, but I would NEVER add milk whilst the teabag is still in there. However, even if I am just making tea for myself, I usually make it in a teapot with a couple of teabags, pour the tea into a cup or mug, then add milk. In earlier years I always used loose tea, but when I went decaf for both tea & coffee about 20 years ago, as it’s more difficult to buy loose decaffeinated tea,, I resigned myself to using teabags. Apart from Chinese green tea, which has less caffeine than black teas I believe, when I mostly use loose tea & of course never add milk to that. But in fact I don’t drink much tea at all now, maybe 1/2 cups a week max, instead I mainly drink decaf coffee, either using ground coffee from the shop, or more frequently decaf whole beans which I grind myself. I mostly drink my decaf as a latte, if I make it at home I add a little of both whole milk & double/heavy cream. I will very occasionally, maybe once every couple of weeks, have a cup of decaf using a good quality instant decaf, but only if I’m feeling lazy or am in a hurry.

[@panchomcsporran2083]

I don't drink as much tea as I used to, probably less than 8 a day, though l do use a half litre mug. Brew the tea, take the bag out once its brewed add the milk,(if you add milk,the temperature is reduced and the tea stops brewing) If you squeeze the bag the tea will be more bitter.

[@DayVid2.0]

I give your tea making skills 3/10 ha

[@kphedges1]

Yorkshire Tea has a better flavour than PG (fact) hot water straight onto teabag let it stew for a minute before squeezing out with a spoon before removing, then add milk, which lets you access how strong or weak you wish to make it, plus add two sugars or more and stir. Builders would do a shoddy job if you served them that tea ☕️ 😄. Love your channel.

[@GirlGoneLondonofficial]

Haha, love your insights, thanks for sharing!

[@RunrigFan]

@@GirlGoneLondonofficial trust me you wont be disappointed

[@KevinMcNeill-n7h]

My grandma would be appalled, the kettle always went on the hob, tea was always loose in the pot and milk went first in the cup. On the other hand my mother had an electric kettle when we moved to Canada and used tea bags, my uncle said she was the only woman he knew who could get three tea pots of tea out of one bag.

[@christopherrawsthorne7145]

You need to brew your tea in England and leave it to brew before adding the milk. That's why we call it a brew. 30 seconds ain't brewing.

[@jazzzzdude]

You can also buy kettles that are designed to go on the gas stove. They were common before elctricity was ubiquitous and almost disappeared in the later 20th century but have become a retro fashion item for the kitchen in recent years.

[@deec1601]

Earl Grey Tea is considered a posh cup of tea by most Brits .. it's very flowery tasting too ... and I've never had a cup of PG Tips Decaf .. I'm Irish living in the UK and my go to brand would be Yorkshire Tea or Barry's in Ireland .. what you have there in your hand is a milky cup of flowery water lass 🙃

[@jacob8565]

Using the stove to boil water isn't unheard of especially for camping but its pritty rare at at home

[@iphobley]

Unless you have an aga!

[@TimHoverd]

One of the reasons that electric kettles are so rare in the US is that with a simple connection, that is a plug into a wall outlet, to the power system your kettle won't boil very quickly. That is, the power available is too low to boil quickly. The same situation doesn't apply to a cooker, on which you put a saucepan, as it isn't plugged into a simple wall outlet.

[@SB-ss1gv]

110v takes forever

[@stephenhodgson3506]

or better still a stove kettle with a whistle so you know when it's boiled.

[@MrPercy112]

No no no no NO! You must NEVER add milk whilst the teabag is in the cup - never! I haven’t yet read any of the comments, but I’d be immensely surprised if I’m the only person to point this out. Further, try warming the cup beforehand, as one would if using a teapot. Regards. x

[@thefowlyetti2]

leave the bag in for at least 2 mins, take out the bag before adding milk

[@rogerwitte]

You can boil the water on the stove if you have a proper stove top kettle.

[@danjdubya]

Very sorry, Brit here. I suspect yours would be a household with guests offering to make the tea. Otherwise, loving the videos, the one where you explained the UK as damp gave me a chuckle.

[@cryterion7770]

Oh God, I can tell you're British by the way you speak 😆👌 glad to hear it though. I liked the video as well

[@peterraisis9975]

I can't get enough of your videos, they are brilliant. Keep them coming.

[@vickytaylor9155]

Earl Grey and Lady Grey are not meant to have milk added, just a slice of lemon and if you like it sweet then add sugar. Tea should be made in a teapot that you heat with water first. Throw that water away and add more water with one teabag per person and one for the pot. Steep the teabags until you get the required colour. If using a porcelain mug you add milk into the mug or cup first. If using a ceramic cup add the milk afterwards. Then add sugar.

[@toddbrady8540]

While in Boston on trip to see the Pats, a lady in a diner made me an English cup of tea and it was the best brew I've ever had👍🇬🇧🇺🇸❤️

[@lawrencegt2229]

I never take the bag out. I'll leave it in and then when I make the next cup just add another one, so by the end of the morning I'll have about 5 or 6 bags in the cup and the brew will be getting quite strong. I'll then level out for an hour couple of hours and start again after lunch - probably another four or five bags before the end of the afternoon. Cheerio

[@thezigenzag]

Absolute cretin haha! Whatever floats your boat I guess ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@louisegoodwin6842]

Hahaha love this. Kettles are unique (I think to the UK). I had a Spanish housemate who was fascinated by the kettle when he arrived in the UK having never visited before. I also work with two Spanish ladies who thought the kettle was also amazing!

[@raymondporter2094]

Don't Aussies, Kiwi and SAfricans use kettles...? What do they do (before microwaves, just boil water usung a saucepan?).

[@thepepsiman18]

@@raymondporter2094 I live in NZ(I'm originally from UK) and we have ketles but in NZ alot of kiwis call them Jugs

[@andysutcliffe3915]

I think it’s related to the power system, if you have 240 volts kettles are common, if you have 110 they’d take forever to boil.

[@gregbramwell7666]

Yes my brother in Australia uses kettles to make tea and coffee

[@brandonp3354]

I'm originally from South Africa and I don't know anybody who didn't have an electric kettle.

[@lesley585]

Sorry, but none of your teas is a basic British tea. Most people drink blends of black tea (not flavoured with other things or decaf). Try Yorkshire tea. And the 'proper' way is with a teapot and loose tea, using a strainer, but for convenience and speed we tend nowadays to use bags and a cup or mug. Never add milk during the brewing process as it interferes with it. Milk and sugar to taste are added after brewing. Also for taste, use china cups (not plastic, glass or earthenware) as they enhance the flavour. Bon appetite!

[@tobytaylor2154]

Yep! Pg but not decaf for me, some put milk before water I prefer milk last

[@kiljaeden7663]

Still remember my first sip of PG Tips. The rest of it ended up in the sink. It really should be banned under the Geneva Convention.

[@markyinoz]

Don’t put the milk in until you have removed the tea bag . The milk stops the tea steaping.

[@corringhamdepot4434]

When we were kids, we had to make my stepfather tea about every hour, on the hour during the evening. He started constantly complaining that the tea we served him was not hot enough, So we boiled up the milk as well, and heated up the cups too. He nearly jumped out of his seat when he tried to drink that cup, but he never complained again after that. :)

[@AMayT1992]

Best way to make a cuppa is with a teapot.

[@mathewdunstan4142]

If you add milk just after pouring the boiling water on the teabag the fat in the milk tends to clog up the pores in the teabag, so it’s best to dunk and squeeze the bag before adding the milk. Also Earl Grey is not usually drunk with milk. Yuck! Tastes like a cup of perfume

[@MrPercy112]

✔️

[@TheHuntFamilyuk]

Twinings Everyday Tea is my favourite you have all my branch of favourite they're thank you from the hump handling UK

[@gwendee5070]

we just call it a' kettle' nothing more... don't forget the sugar?!

[@Trident22]

You said Earl Grey is more upmarket but then said its the most popular basic tea? And the kettle sounded like it had hardly any water in at all.

[@jeremywilson2022]

You can add 1or 2 tea spoons of sugar to taste.

[@MrBrock-kp5te]

Best to put milk , if available, in first in foreign countries to try to kill the bugs. I have lived in countries where the temperature can exceed 110F and can confirm hot tea is cooling. If only because you have to sip it slowly. Iced teas in my view are just the food companies trying to sell yet more sugar.

[@MrPercy112]

one small point: scouring milk with hot water, in order to kill germs, is mostly ineffective. Even the boiling water itself, will not be germ free.

[@Dailybeanz.enterprises]

You squeeze the tea bag with the spoon on the side of the cup so the flavor is more strong and so it's a bit darker

[@barryfeatherstone1616]

Arrrggghhhh!!! You must not put the milk in until it's brewed. When brewed, add sugar (if you like), give tea bag final stir and squeeze before removing THEN add milk to taste. The tea CANNOT brew if you add milk because ou reduce the temperature & tea needs boiling water (or very close to) in order to extract the full flavour. Otherwise, very good esp the electric kettle...😊

[@thomaspanton4298]

She makes it look alot harder than it needs to be.

[@andytapster]

Just found your channel and decided to "dip in". I'm a a brit, and I LOATHE tea :D

[@RedcoatT]

You wouldn’t find that variety of teas in the vast majority of British homes, most stick to a single brand.

[@RunrigFan]

Not true I love breakfast tea from majority of brands

[@ZJ913]

As a certified professional British, I can indeed say that this is how British tea is made

[@Bodneyblue]

I love tea..China Oolong, Russian Caravan and Gunpower are my favs. No milk or sugar..with ANY tea....is how I take it.

[@anthonyholden3373]

Another popular and stronger tea is Yorkshire Tea. They say that the tea should be left for 5 minutes before drinking, although I do not leave it that long. The fruit teas shown by you are not the main teas drunk by the British. Keep up the good work.

[@davidharvey4323]

I think to much is said about tea most Americans seem to think Yorkshire tea or earl gray is the top teas , but depending on your budget Tesco tea is quite good , most videos I have seen of Americans making tea they don’t leave the tea bag in long enough and if you like it stronger put two tea bags in also never,never,never put milk in while the tea is brewing. To give yourself a treat try making a builders or soldiers tea, then you will know why we like tea so much.

[@paulwhitear4983]

I make tea like you did. But best in a rea pot.

[@michelleadams3722]

I think you would find an electric kettle in a lot of US households today. I would say somewhere around the last 5 years I started seeing them everywhere. (at least in the Northeast.)

[@leesae8324]

Brit here - the meaning of 'builder's tea' means a strong cup of tea and not necessarily tea made for a builder.

[@GirlGoneLondonofficial]

Thank you!

[@richardhoffmann179]

If you're living in London, I imagine you have to descale your kettle regularly. You should also filter the water.

[@daviddalby4730]

How about an episode using a tea pot and a tea cosy!

[@ParanoimiaUK]

Nope. Bag in the cup, boil the water, pour the water, stir/squeeze the tea bag until you have a decent strength cup, then _REMOVE_ the bag before adding milk. As a Brit, I'm not a fan of tea at all. Mum and Dad always drank gallons of the stuff (a strong cup of PG Tips was their go-to), but I've preferred coffee since I was about 14 years old. I occasionally have a cup of decaf green tea as I have a mild liver problem, and the antioxidants are supposed to be good for it, but I have coffee 99% of the time. Also - with the greatest respect - you need to descale your kettle! 😛😁 It'll boil quicker and quieter. Which reminds me... I need to do mine.

[@skariapothen3066]

What is the big difference in taste or quality in making tea exactly the way the Brits make tea.

[@heatherhursell3721]

Not drinking that tea milk was put in far too soon and you can still use water boiled in a kettle on the hob

[@jmj1903]

Hi , Kalyn . Came across your channel trawling through youtube on a boring Tuesday evening& subscribed, deserves more views. Are you sure your husband really is British , one cup of tea a month sounds suspicious to me. Would like you to do a quick review of the food you make at the end of the videos.

[@susanstein6604]

I’m American. I don’t microwave teas do I have an electric tea kettle that brews Black tea Green at the proper temperature.

[@stevealharris6669]

I do like Tea (Yorkshire is the best) ,but my go to is Coffee Bags

[@stevenconnor4221]

I did not realise only us have a kettle ..weird. T bag brand and choice is very personal and subjective and possibly depends on how your water is, hard (yeuch!) Or soft (yeah) lol, and also the brew time. I have tried all sorts of teas but have come full circle backround to a nice strong brewed (or stewed) cup of Tetly some sugar and loads of milk. Im in Scotland where we have real water comming out our taps lol. The teapot only comes out if your making loads of tea for a few more people.

[@Michelleandemily]

I'm British and don't drink anything but coffee

[@deborahwhitney9427]

Your like my mum she loves her coffee. She does have the occasional cup of tea but you have to put the tea bag in and out of the cup straight away. I tell her it looks more like a cup of milk because it's so weak

[@Snazzyhaz420]

either pg tips or tetly are the way to go

[@gregbramwell7666]

You have normal tea like pg tips twining breakfast or dajiling and herbal teas like camomile mint ect less popular drinks

[@tonightwefly]

I also have a variety of teas in my pantry, I like all different teas and will have 8 -10 cups a day

[@GirlGoneLondonofficial]

8-10 cups, wow!!

[@sheffladpaul1983]

@@GirlGoneLondonofficial 8 to 10 cups is child's play. When i am at home its a cuppa every 30min to 45min. The kettle never goes cold

[@_starfiend]

Only 5 or so cups a day for me, but mine are 1 pint mugs!!! :)

[@larryablitt3342]

No no no, no milk with earl gray, earl Gray is scented, use red label or pg or Yorkshire tea or simular, and just use a tiny drop of milk,

[@tomtheyank1]

Can't live without my tea kettle. Living in 🇮🇪 , 20 years now... back stateside none anywhere...

[@BigC1290]

Yeah tetley, pg tips and typhoo are just standard builder's tea

[@garyrowden7150]

yes this is how you make tea in NZ as well, but we would never say three forths, we would say three quarters full, we use Dilma in our house

[@stevenruffell601]

GirlGoneLondon I've only recently found your KZbin channel and have found it fun, as a Brit watching it...but I've just seen this video on making tea and firstly, you nearly boiled the kettle dry by the sound it was making, secondly you have to leave the tea to steep for a few minutes...only when it's brewed do you include the milk.

[@robertwebb9008]

sorry but milk in Earl Grey Noooooooo! and I don't know anyone in the UK who would call what you made tea no were steep long enough my Nan would call what you made gnat's piss and would put it down the drain

[@melvincain5012]

30 seconds? At least 3 mins.

[@stephenlee5929]

Sorry, mostly you don't have English tea. Some infusions (camamil etc), White and Green tea, these are tea but don't boil the water for them, they get scorched the same as coffee. Earl Grey, not with milk please. And Decaf, No. Nice try though. :-)

[@Bodneyblue]

The reason milk was put in first dates back to the early days of tea drinking. The quality of the china cups back then was not great...so if you poured boiling hot water into the cup first, it could crack the cup...So putting milk in first prevented and lessened the possibility of the china cup cracking...But cups today are made of better quality and so putting milk in first is no longer needed. Plus if you put the milk in first..you can't take it out, meaning you could end up with a weak cuppa.

[@grahamtravers4522]

Do you know what temperature cups are fired at ? Much more than the temperature of boiling water. The alternative explanation for milk is that employers wanted to get workers from their tea breaks more quickly, and added milk to cool it and make it drinkable sooner.

[@Bodneyblue]

Considering tea was for the upper class when if first appeared in England...it would not have been available to workers...so that answer does not stand up. And if you research you will find many sites which talk about the history of tea....the cracking china theory is widley considered as the reason for putting milk in first. As such..it is the idea I consider to be the correct answer.. And you can believe your theory. Each to their own. This entry regarding the question comes from a person with a BA in Art with an emphasis in Ceramics... " Imported porcelain from china became a status symbol and super trendy. This created a huge demand in Europe, but they still didn't have the technology, so they made knockoffs which were likely to crack if you pour boiling water directly into them. Since tea in England was mostly consumed with milk, people who couldn't afford porcelain from China would pour in their milk first then carefully pour the boiling water on top. It soon became a class distinction. If you added milk first, you were dirty and poor, so many people started associating adding milk first with it being gross. Many years after high-fire porcelain technology was discovered in Europe, it became available at reasonable prices to lower classes, but the stigma of milk-pouring still prevails."

[@grahamtravers4522]

@@Bodneyblue " Tea arrived in Briton in 1660, however in 1655, a Dutch traveler by the name of Jean Nieuhoff experienced tea with milk at a banquet in Canton given by the Chinese Emperor Shunzhi." So nothing to do with poor cups, then.

[@fox39forever]

Dear oh dear! ❤ 1) You warm the cup, by pouring boiling water into it and tipping the water down the sink. 2) THEN you put the tea-bag into the mug and you leave it in for 3-5 minutes (I do 4 minutes, but it's to your own preference). 3) After the tea has brewed for 3-5 minutes, THEN you remove the tea-bag and put it in the bin. 4) Then you add milk to your taste. 5) Then, you add sugar or sweetener or skip this part, if you like the tea unsweetened. 😁

[@bics-tc8vr]

I use loose tea and pop it in the mug and then add water and milk..... Drink it but not the bottom half as that's full of tea.

[@wayneholland8746]

It has bean proven that a hot cup of tea in hot weather cools you down more than a cold drink . That's why in Arab country they drink tea to stay cool.