British Couple Reacts to 6 British Things That Are Actually American

[@-EchoesIntoEternity-]

15:30 british tea invention? China and India would like to have a word with you James

[@markreed392]

Darn, you beat me to the punch.

[@ObelixCMM]

China invented chai not tea, and America invented "chai tea"🤣

[@revtoyota]

Sorry Millie I have to do this... Tea is Chinese not British.

[@Boodieman72]

British people drink tea from India anyway.

[@JustMe-gn6yf]

​@@Boodieman72point is they're not growing their own

[@Boodieman72]

@@JustMe-gn6yf Considering the growing requirements of the tea plant, I doubt Britain would ever be able to grow tea.

[@ashmituk]

@@Boodieman72 We can and do grow tea in Britain.

[@-EchoesIntoEternity-]

@@ashmituk 30 acres in Cornwall is just barely growing tea. its a cute garden experiment

[@mudcatjones9366]

Uh, I hate to break it to you, but tea is not a British invention. But I'm sure you knew that. It may have been popularized there for the western world, but they have been drinking tea in India and China for centuries. Of course, Britain got it from India when they took over that country for a long time.

[@LadyBeyondTheWall]

Brits are weird about their tea. I've had some of them try to make fun of how young the US is (for whatever reason) by telling me stuff like "We've been drinking tea for hundreds of years before your country was even created!" which is hilariously wrong. I don't think many of them even realize "afternoon tea" was only popularized fairly recently compared to tea drinking around the world in general.

[@katherinemarkva7552]

It's the way we have tea that makes it cultural.

[@nadjasunflower1387]

Lawrence actually explains in his video where Britain got their tea habit...it wasn't India. It was a future Queen who brought it with her.

[@RogCBrand]

@@nadjasunflower1387 It was Catherine, the wife of Charles II. She was from Portugal and they had started getting tea from China in the 1500s, so when she came to England, her drinking tea made it fashionable. I've wondered, if Charles had instead married someone from a coffee drinking region, if the British might never have turned to tea!

[@nadjasunflower1387]

@@RogCBrand thanks for the details. If so, then your saying instead of a Boston Tea party, we'd have had a Boston Coffee Break ? LOL 😂

[@jimikelley189]

As a Life Member of the VFW Auxiliary, we sell and wear the poppies to honor Veterans and to raise money for Veteran programs. This is a long tradition. Happy Veterans Day to American Vets and Happy Remembrance Day to British Veterans. Welcome Home and Thank You for your Service

[@chrisjarvis2287]

Tea is from Asia , and nobody invented it lol. 🤣🤣.

[@columbusga7067]

Millie is a dumb bird

[@Deedric_Kee]

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[@nikoknightpuppetproduction369]

It was actually accidently discovered when tea leaves fell into boiling water many centuries ago in Asia.

[@lps468]

I know a few other people have said this is the comments already lol.... But I still feel like saying it.. Tea was NOT invented in Britian. Actually, Britian didn't even exist when tea was invented. Tea was likely invented in China in 2737 BC, although there is evidence of tea being cultivated there as far back as 6,000 years ago. Tea didn't make its way to Europe until the early 1600's. Over 4,300 years later.

[@allensanders5535]

According to Chinese legend, the history of tea began in 2737 B.C.E. when the Emperor Shen Nong, a skilled ruler and scientist, accidentally discovered tea. While boiling water in the garden, a leaf from an overhanging wild tea tree drifted into his pot. The Emperor enjoyed drinking the infused water so much that he was compelled to research the plant further.

[@myrnafields2075]

Yes you are quite right.

[@SergioArellano-yd7ik]

BC

[@roshellboudreaux6263]

No, the UK didn't invent 🍵 tea. Think China 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Real_LiamOBryan]

He was saying that you guys had Father Christmas and we had Santa Claus, and they were different. Father Christmas was smaller, wore green, and had a laurel wreath rather than the hat of Santa Claus. However, Father Christmas started to slowly become more and more like Santa Claus until he became essentially the same.

[@gawainethefirst]

We didn’t invent tea, but we did perfect it with ice and sugar.

[@Ghostgirl1967]

The American auxiliary still sells poppies on November 11th every year. In memory of those who gave the ultimate price.

[@billchmelik5697]

There is sweet tea, hot tea and unsweetened ice tea

[@colej.banning2419]

Also sweetened iced tea that's not as sweet as Southern sweet tea.

[@JustMe-dc6ks]

Green tea, rooibos, flavored teas

[@trans_panda]

@@colej.banning2419 Glad y'all are conscious about that fact /j 😂

[@ESUSAMEX]

Tea is Chinese.

[@billchmelik5697]

Tea is Chinese

[@duckydewer]

The Chinese first drank Tea in 2,737 BC. Long before the British. Sorry.

[@tomhalla426]

The current version of Santa Claus is a product of Clement Clark Moore’s poem, Thomas Nast’s cartoons, both in the 19th Century, and Coca Cola ads in the 1930’s.

[@Ira88881]

Yep. The Coke ads had the major influence on how we visualize Santa in AMERICA, but I don’t think most of the world.

[@tomhalla426]

@@Ira88881 I would think anyplace that buys into Santa is using the postWWII US Santa, and that was the origin of the current trope.

[@Ira88881]

@@tomhalla426 I just don’t know. Never looked into it.

[@JustMe-dc6ks]

Is he wearing red with white fur trim?

[@tomhalla426]

@@JustMe-dc6ks The Moore poem had Santa as fat, as did Nast cartoons, which were in black and white. The color scheme was Coke ads

[@janetbaker645]

Where we are in Pennsylvania, we can get coffee in bags for single portions…I love them…very quick

[@jameswoodard4304]

Leave it to Brits to think they literally invented tea. "I don't like it when people claim what's not theirs!" Ummm Millie, I think the Chinese would like a word. They've been drinking tea since about 1000 BC or so.

[@helgar791]

As an old timer and as a child, I went to summer camp, and in that camp (in the late 50's and early 60's) we used to collectively sing songs before meals. One of those songs was "You'll Never Walk Alone" which we sang often, of which I quickly became to this day, over familiar. By the way, tea is Chinese, not British. It was the Dutch who first brought it to Europe. The Portuguese however, who had a base in the far east, were the first to taste tea. Hence why Catherine brought it to England.

[@chancemeyers8502]

I hope that the fact that the chinese made tea doesnt hurt your heart

[@rhast57]

I love your absolutely serious defense of Santa! ❤ Here in Wisconsin (Milwaukee actually) tea is gaining popularity. Especially loose leaf. "Tea bags isn't real tea" Stores like Teavana and Fava Tea have a crazy amount of loose leaf tea for sale by the pound or oz

[@michaelschemlab]

You might want to sit down and take a deep breath for what I’m about to tell you… tea is Chinese.

[@yugioht42]

Every country has a form of Santa Claus. You should see the storytellers at Epcot during the festival of the holidays as they tell the legends of their country’s Santa or equivalent. Each storyteller dresses in a version of their Santa’s costume. They are so different place to place. Father Christmas that person uses a green and red combination suit to tell stories but uses the large hood. Santa is always traditional with the standard red suit. China has a new year thing going on as technically the Chinese don’t celebrate Christmas but many Chinese Americans have adopted it and created traditions that are more like the old feast of the festivals with a fish, bird, and pork or beef symbolizing welcoming luck for the upcoming year although gifts are now exchanged. The Japanese have adopted Christmas but in their terms with a special chicken meal instead of goose or turkey. It’s the same for them every year with a large chicken and sides of their choice but a strawberry shortcake as dessert. Most restaurants have a waiting list to get it and you need to order at least a month ahead. Trust me Christmas is a very special time of the year just be respectful to the Jewish population as they celebrate Hanukah or Passover depending on the year. i know the Jewish population well as they used to come to the family restaurant during Christmas and we always had a packed house. I always listened to the grandparents telling stories about past events like the night of broken glass or their journey to America. I may have worked there but even my parents were enthralled by the stories told and the suffering they endured.

[@Ira88881]

Jewish people aren’t offended by Christians celebrating Christmas. Not a single one!

[@erIkkellstrom9007]

It's called veterans day over here on 11/11.

[@damonbryan7232]

What's funny. British tea is comes from and grown in India.

[@ericbarlow6772]

Your Remembrance Day is Veterans Day for us. We have our own Memorial Day in May to honor our war dead. Veterans Day is to honor all who have served.

[@D.C.1989]

So glad you posted this. Bless the veterans

[@robertnelson1249]

And Veterans Day used to be called Armistice Day, to commemorate the end of WW1.

[@jacqueline-ki6bk]

Thank you! It seemed they were calling it Labor Day for a minute. That's in September!

[@michaelschemlab]

The British equivalent of Labor Day (at least in the way it’s celebrated) is called May Day. It’s in May, and not September though.

[@SnaFubar_24]

What you call Remembrance Day, we Americans call Veterans Day and it is celebrated on 11-11 no matter the day of the week it falls on. Incidentally I call it my birthday too...

[@Brat0064]

You can thank Asia for tea. I do.

[@shaner9155]

I think you missed the point about bluebirds. It's not that the British actually claim them so much because the man who wrote the song wasn't British it's just that the song became very popular during the war and then went on to become a British classic.

[@DeAnne1233]

Happens, when you’re talking instead of paying attention.

[@obxwave]

Hilarious…but I’ve got bad news. Tea comes from South and East Asia. Britain has no claim on it at all….

[@Cricket2731]

A Scottish ancestor of mine, Robert Fortune, was one of the folks instrumental in starting the tea plantations in India. He was a well-known botanist back in the day.

[@obxwave]

@@Cricket2731 where did he get the tea?

[@Cricket2731]

@@obxwave, from China. There's a good biography about his adventures, called "All the Tea in China". I believe the author is Sarah Rose.

[@texasdustfart]

11 November is known as Veteran's Day in the U.S. and I hate to break the news to you but tea was first drank in China during the Shang Dynasty, love your videos.

[@pacmanc8103]

It is also known among older people as Armistice Day from November 11, 1918, when WW1 ended.

[@brandonaston301]

Santa Claus has a summer cottage in Florida, you guys can keep your father christmas lol

[@lilyz2156]

I think I've seen Santa at the pier in my neighborhood. He was in shorts, sunglasses and flip flops, Think I saw him working on his sleigh.

[@lynn2574]

Lol at keeping Santa real. I never believed. My mother is ultra religious and used to say “Santa is just one letter away from being Satan!” 😂 Childhood trauma fun. I enjoyed raising my daughter with Santa traditions.

[@williambryan3346]

In The Last Boy Scout, Bruce Willis’ daughter drew a picture of “Satan Claus”. 🤣

[@lynn2574]

@@williambryan3346 LOL. I’ve never seen it, but sounds like something my mom would approve of. 😂

[@jamesmorgan9280]

I thoroughly enjoyed your reactions to this video. I really like how animated, and how you both were laughing. Loved it!

[@larrym.johnson9219]

Remembrance Day for you, is Veterans Day in America and if I remember correctly it is on the same day it is the 11th of November.

[@wandak7577]

yes, there is coffee available in teabags, but I only use it for camping

[@rugan0723]

I'm okay with Mounds bars (Bounty). But add the (Almond)s and I really en(Joy) them. I may have to pick one up next time I go to the market. "Tea IS British" made me laugh so hard. I hope the comment section is kind😂

[@NathanMalnaa]

Tea was invented in China i believe a long time ago lol

[@WillowWhispers]

Veterans Day, November 11, Poppies are worn for Memorial Day, May 30.

[@billbrosey5909]

There'll be bluebirds over the white cliffs of Dover.... Lol, my grandfather would mention that song to me. When he first was drafted into World War 2, he first landed in England. He loved your country side. So do I.

[@jeffhampton2767]

Santa Claus is originally from Turkey but the modern-day Santa Claus with the red suit was invented in the United States

[@alankemper4068]

don't be so smug about tea being British, you guys got it from Asia. I don't mean any offense. Japan and China were making tea while england was dealing with rome and vikings.

[@bookwoman53]

I entered a local NY state school music contest at age 15 and was given Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “You’ll Never Walk Alone” which I never heard before.

[@richardyett3985]

Tea originated in India and China not Britain or America. Americans like coffee and tea, I have coffee in the morning and tea at night and also drink Iced tea for dinner or when it's hot weather.

[@kawawangkowboy9566]

The difference between almond joy & mounds is not light or dark chocolate. As the jingle goes, "Almond Joys' got nuts. Mounds dont"

[@audiencemember0098]

okay okay father christmas is all yours you win!...

[@dirtcop11]

cThe description of Santa Clause is mainly from C. Clement Moore. His "Visit from St Nicolas" became the description of Santa Clause. He was inspired by the carriage driver (it may have been a sleigh) who was a chubby, rosy cheeked Dutchman.

[@CosmicGoku529]

And the red outfit he is known for came from Coke-Cola.

[@sarahmplays9663]

November 11 is Veterans Day. To pay respects to people who have served in the armed forces. Labor Day is usually the first Monday in September. It was a day of protests to have fair work hours and wages. Protest to have a 40 hour work week.

[@mikeg.4211]

On November 11, Americans celebrate Veterans' Day. (Chicago's football stadium, Soldier Field, was dedicated to WWI veterans.) Also, the tea itself is from India (sometimes China). The only thing actually "from" Britain about the tea or the tea bags is that they are popular there.

[@Perktube1]

Coffee bags are a thing, but they are new to me, a recent discovery. 😊

[@narsil100]

The bluebird one always reminds me of Billy Connolly ranting about Englishmen writing folk songs about Scotland and getting the landscape descriptions wrong because they've never been there 😆

[@corinnepmorrison1854]

Love Billy Connolly…and I am an American woman who has been to Scotland… Beautiful COUNTRY and lovely people!! 🇺🇸❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@michaelmardling3152]

We still call them Bounty here in Canada, or at least where I am in Ontario, they are in fact sold in Dollarama's and Walmart

[@skyhawk_4526]

As an American, I've never seen coffee in a bag (like a tea bag), but it totally seems like it would work. The process should turn out the same as it would when brewing coffee through a filter.

[@ObelixCMM]

Nespresso uses paper bags/pods for their coffee machines.

[@flashcar60]

According to a history magazine I read 20 years ago, in the 1930s the Coca-Cola Company was looking for ways to increase sales of their beverage -- which was popular during the warmer months of the year -- in the colder months. So they placed newspaper and magazine ads featuring Santa Claus enjoying Coke. His red-and-white garb conformed to the colors of the company's logo. From that time forward, Santa was never depicted -- in the US - wearing any other colors

[@David_Werbenjagermanjensen]

lmao "congratulations, you made bags"....as an american i laughed at that line just as hard as you guys hahaha sincerely

[@LisaCupcake]

We had Bounty candy bars here (America) when I was a kid in the 70's.

[@suzettesanborn5659]

Yep I used to use coffee bags all the time when I worked night shift.

[@joannetompkins7833]

U.S. has Veteran's Day on November 11 and Memorial Day the last week of May.

[@taobarb1]

Tea originated in China and India (and areas in between, including northern Myanmar). It’s now grown in shrubs on immense plantations, but is thought to have first been grown in China during the Shang dynasty, as a medicinal. Tea was introduced to India by the British in the nineteenth century - I think by the East India company - to overcome the monopoly of Chinese production. Sort of a nasty situation then as China was at the time begging Queen Victoria to order the company to stop moving opium from India to China in huge masses. Ugly times in these decisions which sadly enriched the EIC and her majesty, but addicted the Chinese and SE Asians. So…yah, there’s all that, but it’s water under the bridge. Do try loose leaf white, green and black pu-er teas. Just pour off the first steep. Sorry - I got carried away. 🤪

[@moorek1967]

Tea BAGS. Our invention.

[@Tam58851520]

We, the US, do poppies for Veterans Day (formerly Armistice Day) in November. Any donation to the American Legion and you receive a red poppy. Catherine of Braganza was from Portugal and therefore the tea she "brought with her" and introduced to England in 1660's makes British Tea - Portuguese. Tea Bags afd American.

[@MasterDanielson]

The comment section is gonna really make James and Millie quit KZbin after seeing so many people say that “the Brits didn’t invent tea, the Chinese did” 🤣

[@bethlovcy1276]

Coffee bags were in grocery stores for a time. Probably way before your time. The Righteous Brothers did a rendition of There'll be blue birds over the White Cliffs of Dover in the 60's and You'll Never Walk Alone. Besides the poppy emblem, it was common in churches to receive a red carnation if your mother was living or a white one if she was deceased on Mother's Day.

[@lilyz2156]

In grocery stores where I live. In kitchen cabinet, roomies decaf stash. I snagged one for a late night decaf cup. Not bad at all. Maxwell House makes them in a box.

[@-EchoesIntoEternity-]

pre-ground coffee in a bag was once a thing back in the 90s is the last time ive seen it. that concept just doesnt work as well with coffee as it does for tea.

[@lilyz2156]

My roomie has a box of Maxwell house decaf coffee bags in the kitchen.

[@loreo4612]

@sneakpeep In a way they're still being used. Every pot of coffee is strikes through a strainer and usually coffee filters. Nobody likes drinking tea or coffee with leaves or grounds in it.

[@wendyorr4931]

Santa Clause is neither American nor English...He's Northpolian! LOL🤣🤣🤣

[@btnhstillfire]

Teabags are pretty great actually. They make it much easier to brew. Much quicker.

[@krisschobelock4973]

Your Remembrance Day - is our Veteran's Day which we celebrate on November 11th. All he is saying is the "Red" Santa Clause originated in US lol It's all one Santa - and I believe!!!

[@sharonsmith583]

In the US, we have Veterans Day now and we celebrate our Veterans. Memorial day in May is to honor our fallen servicemen and women.

[@staceybert1975]

You can tell you guys are now parents. The Santa 🎅 Claus debate

[@ShaneWorden-b8h]

The British imported tea from Holland, then got it directly from China, then grew it in India when they conquered India.

[@UnlicensedOkie]

The gas station where I used to work we always used coffee in bags

[@LincolnHawk-bk5yr]

Britain got tea from China.

[@texasborn2720]

Story I hear was when Prince Charlies was in the White House back in the 80s. He was given hot water with a tea bag. And did not know what that bag was ? Or what it is for ? So he just sip the hot water ?

[@Ceractucus]

The White Cliffs of Dover is a lovely song, I hope you will listen to it. As others have pointed out, tea is Chinese not English. What is true is that Great Britain has done more to further the drinking of tea than any other nation aside from China. The Scotsman Robert Fortune stole tea from China and brought it to India, and the British have certainly popularized it as well.

[@truthbetold2567]

Tea was first cultivated in China.

[@itme420]

Tea is from China, not Britain.

[@toomanyopinions8353]

Tea was first drank in China, but today its drank all over eurasia and the middle east. Every language calls it something along the lines of "chai' or "tea". But it was immensely popular throughout all of Asia before the British had ever heard of it.

[@sherryford667]

Sorry guys, but tea bags and tea leaf holders are two different items. A tea leaf holder, mine is porcelain, sits inside your mug/cup and holds your desired kind of tea leaves. You then pour the hot water through the tea tea leaves, let it steep for a minute or for whatever amount of time you wish before removing the holder, leaves and all before relaxing and enjoying your perfect cup of tea.

[@Roh_Echt]

LOL...pretty sure "TEA" is Chinese, not "British." It was brought to England in the 1600's; around 4000+ years after tea is recorded to being first used in China to drink.

[@JustMe-gn6yf]

Today 11-10-23 is the Marine Corps birthday and tomorrow 11-11-23 is Veterans Day and also the birthday of the most Badass Marine to ever serve Sergeant Major Dan Daly, Happy Birthday Devil Dogs

[@JPMadden]

When Armistice/Remembrance Day was created to commemorate the end of the Great War (World War One), the U.S. already had a day for honoring military dead--Memorial Day. It dates to our Civil War. We renamed Armistice/Remembrance Day to Veterans' Day, which honors all who served. I've often thought we should swap the two days, because Memorial Day, observed on the last Monday of May, is considered the unofficial beginning of summer. More Americans attend a cookout or other summer party than a military commemoration.

[@elliottgatehouse6568]

Tea was created by the Chinese when a tea leave fell in a cup of hot water. Brittian never grew tea as a crop until 2005

[@corinnepmorrison1854]

You two are entertaining AND educational, at the same time… Thank you James and Millie!! PS…my maternal grandmother was from Yorkshire…❤ AND my paternal grandfather was from Suffolk…❤

[@rosalopez2510]

You can keep the tea.

[@patrickpost4294]

So funny you played this one ON Veterans Day in the USA. It's today!

[@Proudtman]

I've been to some Rogers and Hammerstein plays! They were fun

[@TheAmericanDreamChaser]

I'm with you on this millie, there is only one Santa Claus and he is from the North Pole 🤬it! 😂

[@XenFayed]

November 11 is called Veterans Day in the U.S.

[@SherriLyle80s]

Guys, tea origins are from Asia but you guys make it better ❤

[@xJamesLaughx]

Chinese created tea, British Stole the tea, the US perfected it with the tea bag lol.

[@quinn-tessential3232]

Yes, tea is British...culturally speaking. But the tea itself is 100% imported. Same relationship that the USA has with coffee.

[@JustMe-dc6ks]

Hawaii grows coffee.

[@CosmicGoku529]

A lot of British food is British culturally speaking but come from other countries.

[@samanthao5018]

When I was a young girl, I remember my father, a member of the American Legion, walking me to the bank downtown where I stood on that corner collecting donations for veterans, handing out a poppy to all who donated. An activist at age 8! I forgot all about that until just now.

[@YManCyberDude]

Even she did it at the end. She said "Believe in Santa" not "Believe in Father Christmas" . . .

[@colleenmonell1601]

I'm feeling the new mama vibes from Millie. Deep breath darlin!

[@staceybert1975]

US labor day 1st Monday in September US veteran's day 11th November

[@gofortharts]

No Tea came from Asia, China, Japan, India. All had varieties before England.

[@Jesussayspayattention]

Yes we Americans absolutely love tea, we always have. Ever heard of the Boston Tea Party lol. We drink all kinds of tea everyday, at night, on the job, tea time is any time.😊

[@kimberlys8422]

Ya'll have to try "biscuits and gravy" in America; it's like a savory muffin doused in sausage gravy.

[@daniellarodgers7908]

We call that holiday Veterans Day

[@livinglife8333]

We used to get an orange and some peanuts and a candy cane in our stocking 🥰🥰. I miss that 😢

[@justinweatherford8129]

We have Bounty in the United States, but you might not want to eat it. It is a brand of paper towels. Lol

[@ObelixCMM]

Not only they didn't know that tea (chi hence China) is not English, they didn't listen to Lawrence explain who brought it to England