First Cream Tea - Americans in England trying Scones & Clotted Cream for the First Time

[@jamesbeeching6138]

What a lovely setting with a lush cream tea!! The reason British butter/cream is slightly yellow is that the majority of our cows are fed on grass outside...Rather than on grain....🐄🐄🐄🐄🐄

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

@@jamesbeeching6138 grass fed is FAR superior!!

[@jamesbeeching6138]

@@MagentaOtterTravels and better for the cows!!

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

@@jamesbeeching6138 definitely! 💖🐄

[@tracyglasgow5571]

That is very interesting. Thanks for sharing!

[@kevinwhite981]

I've lived in England all my life when i was young i just didn't really notice all the beautiful old buildings and rolling hills, I'm 67 now and love watching your video's, your appreciation of this country has made me take more notice and realise how lucky i am to have been born here, its your home as well as our history's are so entwined.

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

@@kevinwhite981 oh, bless your little cotton socks! Your comment made my day 💖! Cheers! Dara

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

@@fionagregory9147 no worries! KZbin comments are full of typos because we are all either voice texting or typing on tiny phone keyboards! It's all good...

[@da90sReAlvloc]

​@@MagentaOtterTravels I have I spoon of sugar. And the scones and clotted cream looks lovely, Good video stay safe 👍

[@dogwithwigwamz.7320]

I have exactly the same experience. `Grew up in England and have spent largely the most part of my life here. In the 1970`s I was a child who couldn`t think of anything more boring than an afternoon spent looking round a 600 year old village with its thousand year old church. As a child, I`d have knocked them all down and built Go - Kart tracks over such places. Thank God no one took any notice of the ten year old.....`Philistinian. Now that I`m ( much ) older - and may count decades as I once counted year - I can appreciate the character that even stone acquires with age. I often pass on the road old houses with inscriptions written on their cornerstones ( who doesn`t ? ). And I wonder, what was the man thinking when he wrote this in stone ? Not meaning to deride : I also wonder what kind of clothing the people wore who first called that house their home. Not that long ago they`d be on their way through the door to catch up on what Mr Charles Dickens had to say in the newspapers about London Society..... This place ( England ) is ridiculous ! Wich is not to neglect mainland Europe.

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

@@dogwithwigwamz.7320 🥰

[@hs964]

The benefit of so much rain in the UK is that beautiful green grass and trees

[@EileenHall-j9f]

And well cared for cows.

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

@@hs964 yes, when it rains in the summer I try to not complain, because if we go too many weeks without rain it's so bad for the plants! Although I must say I have enjoyed the fact that this summer a lot of the rain has been during the night when I'm asleep... not during the day when Iwant to be running around 😉

[@Tom-xy9yy]

What a wonderful video! My mother, who was not British, was a massive fan of cream teas and would take visitors - ALL visitors - to one of the many cream tea places she knew in the southeast of England. The reaction was identical to that on this video! As her life drew to a close, she would get someone to buy scones, good jam and clotted cream from the supermarket and place all that in front of visitors to her in the home, along with a pot of tea. Magnifique! Wunderbar! Mmm! and so on.

[@raycooke3666]

Best cream teas are found in the south-west. Devon and Cornwall are their natural homes!

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

That is a wonderful story! Thanks for sharing the sweet memories of your mother💖

[@Tom-xy9yy]

@@raycooke3666 Sometimes the best cream teas are known to migrate from ooh-arr land to other places. ;-)

[@Sue474]

Such a gorgeous video Dara. I can sense your pride in showing your friends the beauty of the Cotswolds. If they didn't before, they will now surely understand why you and Ian spend half the year in the UK. I know there is a lot of scenic beauty in the USA, but, as your friend said, there's nowhere like the Cotswolds there. It's the history with the beauty that makes it so special.

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

Yes, all my friends come to visit and say "I know why you come live here!" And then they don't want to leave! Lol

[@kathchandler4919]

Ps, Dara, so glad you're home with Ian . A pleasure to meet your friend too 🧡

[@gerrymccartney3561]

The Epitome of England. Afternoon tea and a superb view.

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

It is such a great setting!

[@jasmineteehee3612]

What a lovely video Dara, how sweet to take Tracy for tea. I almost chocked when your husband put clotted cream in his tea, oh my it curdled, it must have tasted revolting, bless him, he didn’t want to offend anyone. I hope Tracy had a great time.

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

Ian didn't want to waste that delicious clotted cream, but the scones were gone... so that was his brilliant idea. But goodness, it looked absolutely terrible, didn't it?!

[@martinalloway6980]

It wouldn’t curdle. It would break up and May have oil blobs on the surface, but it would still taste ok, if you want clotted cream in herbal tea.

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

@@martinalloway6980 Ian insisted it tasted good. I was just making fun of its appearance 🤓

[@fizzyridertoo]

@@MagentaOtterTravels We Ians are a tough breed ;)

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

@@fizzyridertoo and a little bit nutty! Lol

[@lovelybitofbugle219]

I can't thank you enough for making my country look so wonderful.

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

Thank YOU for not lecturing me about my herbal tea, how I pronounce scone, and cream first! LOL

[@TravelingTramps]

Absolutely gorgeous setting which to enjoy it too! Lovely time, Dara, Ian, Tracy and Brett.

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

@@TravelingTramps thank so much! Always fun to share favourite things with favourite people!💖💖

[@davidmcdonagh7756]

Jam, cream and scones brilliant I like them with just a ordinary cup of tea.

[@vallee3140]

to my mind proper tea is the thing with a cream tea, I personally dont drink tea never have.

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

@@davidmcdonagh7756 classic 👍

[@beverleyringe7014]

Would have had a proper English cup of tea, herbal not my thing,looks horrible.

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

@@beverleyringe7014 yes it does! 😂

[@martintabony611]

I'm not sure if you know but those mushroom shaped stones are "Staddle Stones" They were used to support a granary off the ground to keep damp and vermin out.

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

@@martintabony611 I had heard that! I need to remember to tell my American visitors about that. They will think it's fascinating!

[@kathchandler4919]

The inset into the fireplace is called the inglenook , or just, as we say, the ingle ❤

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

It was a beautiful Ingelnook! Do you think the thing off to the side was a bread oven? I know sometimes they have another use, but I couldn't remember the name of it

[@kathchandler4919]

@MagentaOtterTravels absolutely, I'm certain you're correct Dara x

[@kathchandler4919]

@@MagentaOtterTravels if it helps, it would normally be called the village communal oven (most folk wouldn't be able to afford to bake their food )

[@WIDGI]

@@kathchandler4919 "(most folk wouldn't be able to afford to bake their food)" back in the 1990s?

[@kathchandler4919]

@WIDGI have you ever seen an oven like that, built into a building in the 1990's ? They were certainly still in use in the 1920's/30's during the big depression!

[@tracyglasgow5571]

This was such a beautiful setting. I can’t wait to go back and do it again!

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

@@tracyglasgow5571 next time, Buckland Manor! 👍👍

[@SimonEllwood]

A great video to watch this time of year, only 3 days to the shortest day. The days will be getting longer by the end of the week.

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

@@SimonEllwood yes it's a dark and cold time of year... nice to remember the sunny days of summer! ☀️ Cheers for watching! Dara

[@markjones127]

What a gorgeous setting for someone's first cream tea! Look forward to seeing a sat on a drizzly promenade eating fish and chips video!

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

@@markjones127 oh, you HAVE to watch this video to see where I took my friend Christa for her very first Cornish pasty in Cornwall! That was a hilarious setting... kzbin.info/www/bejne/pX21mqR8h8usp7ssi=sJw9bf9v2qyybIgm

[@hs964]

Scones are so cheap and easy to make - and grey freeze well. Just add cream, jam and tea ( it has to be tea as it's more refreshing with a dry-ish scone)

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

@@hs964 scones are definitely inexpensive to make, and in theory they are easy. Although I've never made a batch yet but I thought was really good. However, I plan to try some new recipes when I'm back in Texas later this year...

[@RogersRamblings]

Glad to see Tracy and Brett enjoyed their first experience of one of the finer things in English life. I visited a cottage in one of the more remote Cotswold valleys, the nearest neighbours were about a quarter of a mile away but the noise was deafening. Nothing but birds singing and sheep bleating.

[@vallee3140]

how wonderful, my idea of heaven.

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

@@RogersRamblings I love hearing the sheep and the birds! My only tiny complaint is that when the bird starts singing at 4:30 AM and your windows are open, it's not always appreciated 😉

[@WITYTRAVELS]

What a great friend you are to introduce such amazing experiences to everyone!

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

Awww thank you. It has been a fun summer! 💖

[@dee2251]

Clotted cream is made from the cream from the milk of grass-fed Jersey cows. That may account for the difference in taste when trying to make it in the States.

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

Yes, all the dairy products in Britain just taste better...

[@ShaneNixonFamily]

Some really gorgeous Cotswold scenery right there. Iconic even. I guessed from the context what a cream tea was but here in Oz we'd go to a tea room or cafe for a devonshire tea. Same thing though, tea and scones with jam and cream. We have clotted cream here but I don't recall having it much. If we have scones we'd usually have whipped cream (I like it whipped till it is almost butter) or thickened cream or double cream. Butter will even do in a pinch. Funnily enough, this very evening, coincidently, my dad was reminiscing about the war and post war period. He remembered bringing in milk from the freshly milked cows, and they'd separate the milk and cream in a hand cranked separator clamped to the kitchen table. Then the cream would be churned for butter. He said they were lucky in the country. They could make butter. Citysiders had more trouble sourcing butter during rationing. As another aside he also mentioned that they'd go through about a dozen or 15 sheep a year. Actually, I'm not sure if he meant when he was a kid or when I was a kid? I do remember have a lot of lamb and mutton as a kid but not that much. I know one or two cows ended up in the fridge though. Ah yes, I was a farm boy for the first 10 or so years of my life. Yee haaaaaw. 😂

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

I learned something new about you today, Shane! Didn't know you were a cowboy 🤠!! Clotted cream really is the best! Similar in many ways to a really thick double cream, or cream that's being turned into butter. But it's delicious. We can't get a proper clotted cream in the US, so I'm curious how available it is down under? Whipped cream is just not the same!

[@itsonlyme9938]

Epic setting and it would be fantastic for a wedding reception.

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

@@itsonlyme9938 yes absolutely!!

[@perrin6]

Cream tea, beaut setting AND sunny weather !

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

@@perrin6 we were very lucky!

[@johnregan2443]

Thanks for showing us around ,very enjoyable. Such a beautiful place.

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

@@johnregan2443 thank YOU for watching! Cheers! Dara

[@williamoates1754]

The trick with making decent scones, use sultanas, and keep your handling of the flour to a minimum, as over handling with hot hands will make the scones hard. There is a device you can buy which consists of a rubber handle about 15cm long with strands of wire in an arc connecting both ends. This will allow minimum handling. You can also soak your hands in ice water, which is not recommended. Your scones will be light and airy.

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

Thanks for the advice!

[@junecaffyn357]

HI Dara, my son and family sent me a voucher for an afternoon luxury tea at the Avisford Park Hotel and it was yummy! We got a window table so we looked at the lovely garden and had fun naming the chirping birds outside. I would far rather have a voucher for 2 people for a cream tea or an afternoon luxury tea than get a present! I put my cream on the scone first as reminds me more of putting butter on first! Love from Sussex

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

@@junecaffyn357 oh I totally agree! Much better to enjoy a tea looking out a window at a lovely garden... better than another gift of stuff 😉

[@RichardFedczuk]

We were scoffing clotted cream and English strawberries yesterday, yummy. Now watching and craving more.

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

Ooooh British berries are fab! Just had local berries for brekkie here in Wales!🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 But no clotted cream today... yet 😉

[@DVB1848]

I am British and 76. I love going for an afternoon (cream) tea. I take my visitors from abroad to enjoy this unique experience. I had an afternoon tea in Australia, NZ and Singapore, but it lacked certain something!

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

I bet it lacked proper clotted cream! Down Under and in the US they often use whipped cream... so this is HILARIOUS... I just typed that first sentence and then realised that I am here in a German laundrettes with 3 Australians! I asked them and they confirmed. Whipped cream! Definitely not the same 👎. That's great that you take visitors to afternoon or cream tea. It seems like more of a tourist thing than a native Briton thing 😉

[@DVB1848]

@@MagentaOtterTravels British too enjoy having this treat for special occasions.

[@theresabigwideworld2632]

Beautiful location for a first Cream Tea experience (a perfect example of why coming to the UK in summer is the best time to come!) As well as the food I think ambience (so location) makes an Afternoon Tea or Cream Tea experience wonderful.

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

@@theresabigwideworld2632 I absolutely agree! That's why we took Tracy and Brett here. It has such a beautiful setting 💖

[@TravelingTramps]

The scones with strawberry jam and clotted cream delicious. The strawberries are in season up here now and while strawberry shortcake isn't the same, but we have it on biscuits with plenty of whipped cream! Plenty of sugar too!

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

@@TravelingTramps oooh strawberry shortcake is delicious! Perfect summer food!

[@johnadey9464]

Lovely video, loverly setting and perfect weather! Hope to see more of your friends impressions of England.

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

The best video is next Friday! Tracy sits down with me right before heading to the airport to fly back to Texas ... and recaps all of her impressions of England! We filmed it in Hyde Park, and the best little surprise is that a celebrity was filming in Hyde Park at the same time as we were! Lol

[@voododd666]

Hi, I loved the video i saw one of your videos on, Natasha and Debbie's channel, and i had to come and say hi, Natasha and Debbie loved one of your shows, we are trying to convert them to British lol, I think we are getting there, so you keep up the amazing work on your channel.

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

Thank you so much for coming to visit my channel! Natasha and Debbie are great fun! I think they love a lot of things about Britain, so I think all of you British subscribers are definitely winning them over!❤️🇬🇧 Cheers! XX Dara

[@cornwallglory]

Your friend must have been thrilled with the beautiful house and that tea, clotted cream is so tasty 😋 ❤

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

@@cornwallglory especially Cornish cream! No comment about Jam First?! 😉

[@cornwallglory]

Ha don’t tell anyone but I really don’t mind what goes on first, it’ll be amazing whatever ❤

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

@@cornwallglory very sensible!

[@peckelhaze6934]

I love clotted cream ice cream. My mother, she was from Devon, used to bake Chudleigh's. Chudleigh's are like scones but are taller. Usually there were two cuts in the Chudleigh one for clotted cream and other for strawberry jam.

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

I've never heard of that. Sounds very interesting! And yes, I also love clotted cream ice cream! Yum!

[@ItsArtByDonna]

Lovely place to go for Tracey and Brett's first experience Dara and Ian...great choice...I must say it does look a lot like our butter....I've been to a few High Tea's in LA and was pretty impressed with the scones and cream and jam...home made of course...I loved the little tea sandwiches...you're making me want to take a little ride and do it again, it's been a while! Thank you for such a lovely video today!

[@ians3586]

I don't know if Dara remembers this but we had a cream tea at the Huntington in Pasadena or San Marino many years ago (over 30!).

[@judithrichardson3684]

Sounds lovely but more like Afternoon Tea than a High Tea which should have a hot main dish.

[@ItsArtByDonna]

@@ians3586 San Marino! Very hard to get reservations now ! It is beautiful with the gardens…I love a small place in Montrose called The T Room

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

I really want to know if they served real clotted cream in the place you went in Los Angeles!

[@ItsArtByDonna]

@@MagentaOtterTravels how would I truly know if it’s real! I’ll have to come and visit you and compare to truly know 😆

[@stue2485]

I'm so happy you enjoyed our cream teas, and our green and pleasant land. I will check out more of your vlogs

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

Why thank you so very much! What part of Britain do you call home?

[@stue2485]

I live in Southampton on south coast of England

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

@@stue2485 you know, that's an area we have not really explored yet! Probably the closest area that I have done Vlogs about is Kent and Sussex. But I have loads of friends that love to take cruises, and it seems like they always leave from Southampton! I'm sure I will get there one of these days.

[@maxwellfan55]

Sun shining, smell of freshly mown grass, girls in pretty summer dresses, polite conversation about the weather, glorious English countryside and.......cream teas. What could be nicer? Put Taylors of Ashburton, Devon on your list, next time you're down. A lovely tea room you will adore. I took my American cousin there, his face just lit up. Dara and Ian, please enjoy your stay and come back. You are SO welcome!

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

@@maxwellfan55 thanks so much! I do hope to get back to Devon next summer!

[@MarkmanOTW]

What a lovely way to introduce your friends to a cream tea. Great location - nicely done, Dara. I was weaned off sugar in my tea in childhood, so my tea is always strong and counters the sweetness of the jam, and the fat of the cream. Tea is a great way to refresh and cut through fat making it a great accompaniment to a full english breakfast.

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

I understand the appeal of tea and coffee to balance the sweetness of this sugary food. Unfortunately, I don't drink either of them. But it really is a bit much to have a sweet drink with an afternoon tea. One of my friends, who also doesn't drink tea or coffee, ordered a hot chocolate with a full afternoon tea! I don't think I could do that!😳 I frequently drink herbal teas or fruit tea. Even today when I had my blackberry tea I was thinking of all the scolding comments I've received on this video as I went ahead and put two sweeteners in it! Lol

[@MarkmanOTW]

@@MagentaOtterTravels 😄 Hey, each to their own. Whatever works best for you. 😊

[@terrymacdad8742]

Hello, I've only as an English man had English cream tea the once, in Whitstable at an old eatery there, I loved it ❤ I'm so glad I saw your video it reminded me to go and have another 😎

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

Wow, why only once? Did you not like it... or was it too sweet? Do you normally eat healthier foods?

[@terrymacdad8742]

​@@MagentaOtterTravels thank you for replying, I'm very eclectic with my foods I literally try something different almost daily 😂 my Yorkshire tea will always be a permanent tho ✌️

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

@@terrymacdad8742 I can understand that! I have the same thing for breakfast every day, but for my other meals I enjoy trying new things!

[@forthedisenfranchised4366]

I hope your friends had a wonderful visit, looking forward to the next video. :)

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

This Friday's video is a good one. I hope you enjoy it 💖

[@forthedisenfranchised4366]

@@MagentaOtterTravels I can't wait, it'll make my day.

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

@@forthedisenfranchised4366 you are very kind

[@carolineskipper6976]

Looks like a great place to get a cream tea- beautiful!

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

It was a fun day!

[@IamaDutch-Kiwi]

Oh what a fun introduction for your BFF to English culture. I've got to mention though- Ian that 'tea' didn't look at all appetizing. - Now the herbal teas- interesting. Looked like they were definitely 'germinating' in that tea pot. Lovely grounds and definitely the perfect setting for your friends. 👌🇳🇱🙋‍♀🥝

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

@@IamaDutch-Kiwi oh yes, Ian's tea looked horrendous with that clotted cream decomposing in it! Lol

[@jonathanhodgson2142]

Thank God your friends are civilised. Love from Devon.

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

😂😂😂 I happen to love both Devon and Cornwall. But when it comes to scones, cream first makes sense to me!

[@jonathanhodgson2142]

@@MagentaOtterTravels It just simply replaces the butter.

[@andypandy9013]

10:16 Those mushroom shaped stones, now used as garden ornaments, were originally used underneath Haystacks (piles of harvested and dried Hay and Wheat), one on each corner, to prevent vermin like Rats and Mice from climbing up from ground level into them. 🙂

[@mikegettings2171]

They are called “staddle stones” (note not saddle)!

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

You know, I have heard that before, but it doesn't really make sense to me. Can rats not really climb up those little mushrooms? I've always been curious about that...

[@andypandy9013]

@@MagentaOtterTravels Whilst they can climb up the lower vertical "Trunk" OK, the horizontal underside of the upper domed "Cap" was thought to be an impossible task for them. They can't really hang upside down whilst clinging to the stone's underside. My understanding is that in general they worked.😃

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

@@andypandy9013 thank you for explaining that! I really was wondering. Yes, I can understand the point about them not being able to hang upside down 😉

[@andypandy9013]

@@mikegettings2171 "Straddle" Stones in my part of Yorkshire. 😉

[@charlesjames799]

I have been too the states on many occasions definitely more than 20 times, I even work there and I loved the place cities as well the USA has its own charm, we in the UK have the history which all Americans fall in love with old houses Castles stately homes and no language barrier.

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

Well, not TOO much of a language barrier, anyway 😉

[@charlesjames799]

@@MagentaOtterTravels

[@donaldomahoney1774]

Glad to see you back

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

@@donaldomahoney1774 actually, we leave England next week! The summer has flown by too fast. But watch the space... I will be publishing videos of our British adventures for months to come! 😉

[@The_Brit_Girls]

What a beautiful location for your friend's first-ever cream tea experience ❤ Perfect 👌

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

@@The_Brit_Girls we had a great time! 💖

[@terencecarroll1812]

What's funny is Americans seem to want nothing to do with UK (civil war) but the come here and absolutely love the place, the culture, the people, the food and most of all the heritage

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

@@terencecarroll1812 do you mean the English Civil War or the revolutionary war between the colonies and England?

[@Michelle_Kemp]

Jam first and then a heaped dollop of cream 👌🏻

[@riculfriculfson7243]

I always put butter on first. Then jam and then cream as high as it can go.

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

Sounds perfect!

[@PostcardAndAPint]

What a beautiful place to take your friend. Haha that's like our house those ceiling heights. Oo we're not fans of herbal tea - we call it gerbil tea as it tastes nasty!! We love a cream tea though! That one looked delicious. Poor Ian - clotted cream was never made to go in tea!! Bless him. That inglenook fireplace is so sweet. Stunning views outside. What a lovely treat. 🍻

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

@@PostcardAndAPint yes, you can't take us anywhere! We drink gerbil tea and then pollute it with globs of curdled clotted cream! Uncultured swine, we are! 🐖

[@britainonabudget]

What an incredible location for a fantastic tea!

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

It is a lovely place! I have no idea why this video is getting so many views, but it's a bit of a shock, since it's a bunch of new people who don't know me and are giving me no end of grief over drinking herbal tea! With sugar no less! Lol

[@The_Brit_Girls]

Hi Dara, congratulations on already getting more than 10K views! 🎉

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

@@The_Brit_Girls thank you so much! It's madness! This is not really that good of a video. But the KZbin algorithm is completely bizarre. After 4 1/2 years, I still can't figure out what it will support and what it will bury 🤷‍♀️

[@stephenpetermay1721]

I'm probably showing my lack of class or the competitive nature of upbringing with three siblings but we all mastered the skill of splitting a scone into 3, 4 or more layers so that we could maximise the jam/cream to scone ratio. We were always disappointed if the jam and/or cream were portion controlled in pots unlike the way presented at this place.

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

I would love to have a scone thick enough to split it into four layers! Great idea! And yes, they didn't give us nearly enough cream! After I filmed this, I asked for more cream before I ate my scones! Lol

[@BlackCatKitchen]

The tea looks amazing! I think I'll need to add this to places we need to visit for afternoon tea! Like you say, we've found afternoon tea to be really hit and miss too. The Ivy is the standard for us; they've never served us a bad afternoon tea! But, they've now limited afternoon teas to their "Garden" restaurants. I love it when my friends come over from Canada and experience real clotted cream for the first time! 💖😻

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

After filming this video, we went back to Buckland Manor. It is near Broadway. I think they have the best afternoon tea and cream tea. The scones are better there. I know you are a connoisseur, so I don't want to lead you astray!💖 Dani, I am leaving England in a week. So sad we weren't able to get together this summer! Hopefully next year!

[@BlackCatKitchen]

@@MagentaOtterTravels - I was planning on emailing you this week to see if you wanted to meet up soon! 😿 I'm sorry I didn't get in touch sooner. It's been a bit crazy these last few months. Let's try and get something planned for when you're back in the UK. When do you think you'll be back next? We could do afternoon tea at Buckland Manor? 💖😻

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

@@BlackCatKitchen definitely send me an email when you have a minute. I'll share with you some context and let you know our plans for next year 👍👍. I also want to hear if you've been able to meet up with Jim yet!

[@BlackCatKitchen]

@@MagentaOtterTravels - I'll drop you a message later! Jim is visiting this Friday! 💖😻

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

@@BlackCatKitchen fantastic! Will you guys be filming together?

[@Poliss95]

What a lovely view. ❤❤❤❤❤

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

@@Poliss95 I agree!

[@TravelingTramps]

If it's anything like "cream soda" I'm all in! 😁😁

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

@@TravelingTramps oh no, nothing like that, Dave! 😂😂

[@shanewaterman4125]

😂😂😂😂😂 .... nope!

[@PhilipShand]

Murican.....right ?

[@shanewaterman4125]

@@PhilipShand 🤣🤣🤣

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

@@PhilipShand yep!

[@terrym3837]

Jam first then clotted cream watching this makes me want to go and have one

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

Go ahead! You have my permission 😉

[@welshrarebit1153]

Hey magenta!! I love your travel vlogs. They are now my handy guide whenever I am researching places to visit. Currently contemplating a trip to Devon and what’s holding me back is a video that places the county as one of the most decrepit and polluted in England. As someone who has seen most all of Devon your input will be really helpful. TIA

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

@@welshrarebit1153 wow, I hadn't heard that! I really love Devon! I think there are good and bad areas all over Britain. We have really enjoyed staying in Tavistock, which is near Dartmoor national Park. Because the park is a protected area, it is beautiful and un spoiled. And Tavistock is a nice town! I did a vlog about it. You can explore both Devon and Cornwall from there. Or, North Devon is really lovely in the Lynmouth and Lynton area. I also have a video about that. It's very hilly, and there are lovely views of the sea. The South west coast Path runs through there . Also, check out my video of Lustleigh in south Devon. And my favourite otter sanctuary is in Buckfastleigh!

[@welshrarebit1153]

@@MagentaOtterTravels thank you so much. I found this video turdtowns in Devon and it showed footage of some decrepit places in what are famous tourist or scenic spots. So thank you for your info

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

@@welshrarebit1153 that channel exists just to show the nasty side of everything 😉

[@davidlauder-qi5zv]

Devon? Decrepit? Polluted? Never heard any such nonsense before. I think you have been sorely misinformed. The "Turd town" books are not meant to be taken too seriously.

[@sharonkay8638]

Something to save up for (currently around £70 I think.) but try tea at the Ritz Hotel in London. Situated in the famous Palm Court, it’s a gorgeous experience, extra top ups and the scones are never dry! Fantastic for a special occasion, my eldest daughter chose this as her 13th birthday treat - she’s now 37!😊🥂

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

Sounds like you raised your daughter right! Lol I would want an afternoon tea for my birthday as well! The most expensive afternoon tea I ever had was at Fortnum & Mason. This was many years ago, before I had a KZbin channel. I've also seen videos of the Ritz, and I think there's is better 😉

[@catherinecorless33]

Your friend needed to be more liberal with the cream and jam so the scone doesn't feel too dry. But glad you enjoyed your cream tea. Lovely manor house.

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

To be fair, I think she didn't put on very much cream because it was her first time and she thought it was like butter. Also, they didn't give us enough clotted cream at first. But I asked for more, and then we all had plenty! In fact, Ian felt we had too much going to waste which is why he decided to add it to his tea! Lol

[@griswald7156]

Well done Tracey….

[@johnmannymoo8626]

Exactly.... It's more like butter and butter always good first.

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

@@johnmannymoo8626 yup 👍

[@wencireone]

Ian taken it literal with cream tea😂

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

Yes!!! he swore it tasted good, but I couldn't get past the curdled appearance...

[@wencireone]

@@MagentaOtterTravels I had a tea like that last week, but my milk had gone off 😩

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

@@wencireone oh my! 😂😂

[@Andy_U]

Hiya. For me, it used to be two lumps or two teaspoons but now it's two sweeteners. And I say again, it's white sugar for tea and brown for coffee, but you know that. And I must try Ian's recipe. Stay safe. All the best to you.

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

@@Andy_U no need to try Ian's recipe! It looks revolting!

[@akula9713]

Nice to see your channel growing.

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

@@akula9713 thanks so much! That's very kind of you to say. It's nice to see some videos be well received after I've worked hard on them. But I know sometimes growth is short lived 😉... I just try to enjoy it while I can! 🙌

[@akula9713]

@@MagentaOtterTravels I started watching your videos when you were at about 4K subs. I’ve had many different account names over the years. You’ve got yourself out of the southern bubble and shown there is a lot more to the U.K. than London. Many thanks from those of us up in the chilly north 😁

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

@@akula9713 aaah that's why I don't recognise your name 😉... thanks so much for your support!!

[@ghichens3418]

Glad you are enjoying the UK ! Yes it can be dear . Greetings from a rather soggy Cornwall , where we do things a bit different . You must go to Saint Michaels Mount in Cornwall ! A gem , Cheers !

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

@@ghichens3418 it's raining in Cornwall? That means it must be opposite day! Because I'm up here in North Wales, and it's gloriously sunny! Lol 😂 We hope to return to Cornwall next summer. I really love it, and need to explore more of it! We did get to Saint Michael's Mount on our first visit. Here is the video kzbin.info/www/bejne/i5rQYo2EabhpY5Isi=VNzh06sp4XJjXJn0

[@ghichens3418]

@@MagentaOtterTravels Okay ! thats great I will check that out , Glad you enjoyed ! Graham thanks for getting back

[@155stw]

I was at Dyrham today. Hot day and a steep hill. Beautiful place. But crowdstrike palava caused problems for online payment at National Trusts everywhere. Oh but we did put our jam before our clotted cream!!

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

Oh no! I'm sorry to hear that technical difficulties were interfering with your online payment! Dyrham is an interesting place. Did you watch Poldark?

[@paoloemmersoni]

Traditional tea only for me!

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

@@paoloemmersoni any sugar or milk?

[@charlesjames799]

No sugar whatsoever. Lots of people in UK love this especially the English. However I’m not a huge fan although I don’t mind the occasional one because I love the clotted cream.

[@glastonbury4304]

What a gorgeous setting...the views are to die for and such a beautiful house...i love cream teas but can only have Yorkshire Tea or black tea of any sort with milk and white sugar ❤😉...havent yet found a tea i like that you cant put milk in yet...😅

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

I'm sure it would be better to have a strong tea with no sugar in it. But since I can't drink regular black tea, I just try to choose less sweet herbal options. But honestly, I can't manage to drink it without sugar! I'm hopeless...🙄

[@glastonbury4304]

@MagentaOtterTravels ...I've got to have milk in my tea , so a good Northern Brew is the drink for me...if I got to like herbal tea I'd have to grow my hair long again and collect crystals 😉😂🥰

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

@@glastonbury4304 and then you could live in Glastonbury like all the other hippies!

[@glastonbury4304]

@@MagentaOtterTravels ...I'll always be a hippy 😉😎🤣🤣💞

[@fleabiter]

"the big decision", hehe, true. I go cream then jam also. mixing clotted cream in hot tea is a chemistry experiment I haven't tried.

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

@@fleabiter look at the result! I think it's a chemistry experiment gone wrong! 🤢

[@davidsewellclarke4997]

Butter Clotted cream Jam is my choice, but either way goes so long as there is plenty of clotted cream. Luvvly Jubbly.

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

@@davidsewellclarke4997 yes, ample clotted cream is essential!

[@hilaryweber1903]

Dara! I never thought you could look like a Hobbit until watching this video! Haha! You can sympathize with my vertically challenged status now. I love that beautiful and quaint hotel. Also, the lemon ginger tea sounded amazing and putting brown sugar in it is something I have never thought about. Was it good? I think I would have chosen Ian’s path with putting clotted cream in that tea. Haha! It all looked so delicious and made me wish we had real clotted cream in the US.

[@tracyglasgow5571]

Hilary this makes me want a scone with clotted cream right now!

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

Come to England, Hilary! I will find doorways that you will bang your head on! You will feel like a giant! Lemon ginger tea is very good. But I have received countless scathing, scolding comments telling me that I should not be putting sugar in my herbal tea! So, don't follow my bad example! Although I'm not sure you should follow Ian's example either. That clotted cream looked disgusting in the tea ...🤢

[@mandykesby9284]

Tea etiquette - always take your spoon out of the cup once stirred!

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

@@mandykesby9284 thanks for the tip!

[@robertwatford7425]

Dara, you should be made a Dame for your services to the English Tourist Board! I've lived here all my life and I want to come for a visit :-)

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

@@robertwatford7425 😂😂😂 You are too kind!

[@RosebudSims]

How cute is that house!!!

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

@@RosebudSims it's so lovely 🥰

[@brucebello2049]

Brilliant venue, new owner has done a great job, new chef is extremely competent, however, I strongly disagree with clotted cream 1st, it’s got to be jam 1st! Have so many great memories of Charingworth Manor, love the grounds, the Manor and the staff, very good choice.

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

It is such a lovely place! I would like to have dinner there sometime 💖

[@andywrong3247]

As an english person I've tried the experience, its not my everyday cup of tea,its to posh for me,don't get me wrong it's divine& i liked my experience taste etc,but you pay for the experience, i could easily replicate that @ home for a pittance, as a modern practical sought of guy i would be more than happy to have a decent coffee & two toasted currant teacakes buttered one with either strawberry or raspberry jam the other with apricot jam,in just an ordinary cafe no belts & braces @ affordable prices..

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

I hear you. I don't have scones often because when I make them myself it's a faff and they don't turn out great. And most of the ones I get at tea shops or restaurants are too stale and dry. Also, I try to eat really healthy 80% of the time. This is really an occasional treat, that I do with American visitors... and I try to go someplace really special so it's worth it ;-) Thanks for your comment! Dara

[@andywrong3247]

Try looking @ different recipes or Delia Smith abit of perseverance will help,but I appreciate the healthy diet.

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

@@andywrong3247 yes, someone else recommended that I try Delia Smith's recipe. Will give that a go when I'm back in Texas!

[@AdrianCurtis-n7f]

Even nicer with the jam first then a big dollop of cream on top 👍🏼😁

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

@@AdrianCurtis-n7f 😉

[@susansmiles2242]

Nah the cream slides off 🤭

[@AdrianCurtis-n7f]

@@susansmiles2242 it's the proper Cornish way 👍🏼

[@AdrianCurtis-n7f]

@@susansmiles2242 I've never seen anyone spread the cream on then spread the cream , you have to give both a gurt dollop ,🎬

[@AdrianCurtis-n7f]

@@susansmiles2242 that's why you're supposed to dollop the jam and cream , not to spread 👍🏼

[@RichardWells1]

Well, you delivered the perfect training for consumption of a cream tea, Dara! I could almost taste the clotted cream and jam! Oh...one thing: adding sugar to herbal tea - whatever flavour - seems a little odd; didn't it kill the authentic flavour? Anyway, a cream tea is a splendid welcome for anyone who's just arrived in England - good choice!

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

@@RichardWells1 the Moroccans drink loads of sugar in mint tea, and they know what they're doing! It's delicious! A bit of sugar in a berry or other floral tea is simply delicious. With no sweetener at all it's often a bit too sour or bitter in my opinion.

[@RichardWells1]

@@MagentaOtterTravels Looks like I need to give it a try!

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

@@RichardWells1 well, I've had countless British people tell me how terrible I am for putting sugar in my herbal and fruit tees. So maybe you shouldn't follow my example! But definitely try it in peppermint tea!!

[@michaelobrien6118]

Back in the 1960s if you wanted a cream tea the only place for proper cream tea was only served in Devon. The correct creamed tea involved having English black tea. The taste combines the scone, clotted cream, jam, & black tea. That's the correct Devonshire creamed tea.

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

@@michaelobrien6118 yes, we were definitely doing our own weird version of it! But since we don't drink coffee or tea, we are just glad that we could have some kind of tea to go along with what we really wanted... the scones and clotted cream and jam 💖

[@davidcoan4899]

It does look very nice location and food

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

@@davidcoan4899 it was a fun day!

[@wencireone]

You have the perfect example of a scone serving, on the Battle of the Scones thumbnail

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

I remember how difficult it was to take that photo! Cream just does not belong on top of the jam!

[@wencireone]

@@MagentaOtterTravels 😪🙃🤣

[@Shoomer1988]

It's been scientifically proven that it's impossible to put too much cream on the scone.

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

@@Shoomer1988 I agree! 🙌

[@stevel2504]

I believe that study was done at Bletchley park, proven by Alan Turin.

[@notreyf]

Clotted cream tea!! 8:25 Love it. We Brits have missed a trick.

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

You really think so, huh? I thought it looked rather revolting! Lol

[@Poliss95]

I was just explaining to an American what clotted cream was.

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

Yes, always very confusing

[@dogwithwigwamz.7320]

40 years ago I was 20 years old and driving up ( I think ) the A65 between Kingston upon Hull and Scarborough. `Stopped for a bite to eat at a pub - and I`d never heard of cheescake before let alone tried it. So I saw it and I tried it - with milk cream. `Never had a more delicious dessert. 2 years ago I was driving through a run down S*`ole of a town and popped into a bakery where I saw cheescake for sale. I took it away and ate it in the car. I had to go back and tell the staff that made the bakery about the time ( 38 years earlier ) I`d tried my first `cake and thought it delicious and that I`d never had an equal one since, until that day. Their faces lit up ! Cream teas, cheescakes, apple crumbles with icecream / custard, cream and strawberry jam scones.... It`s absolutely awful having to live here amongst these things.

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

Thanks for your comment. I am also 60 years old! Well, I will be next month anyway... Funny you should mention cheesecake. My 26 year-old son lives in Utah and has been perfecting homemade cheesecake recipes. I was on a video chat with him this morning and he was showing me the piece of chocolate cheesecake he was eating for breakfast! Lol

[@fizzyridertoo]

I had a similar experience driving north across the Cornish moors. I was starving so detoured into this small town that had a bakery. The pasties looked amazing, as did the vanilla slices, so that was my dinner sorted. I wish I could remember where it was because both items were fantastic and easily the best I have ever had and probably ever will.

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

@@fizzyridertoo you are like me, great food memories never fade!

[@Kevinattheabbey]

This is the proper cream tea. If you go for a cream tea and you get a wrapped butter, jam in a small blister pack and cream other that it served in a bowl it's not the pucker one!!!

[@Francis-xl2gu]

Had a seagull pinch my scone down Devon last week, managed to eat half of eat, was good though

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

They are so devious! I was in Llandudno in North Wales last week. It's a seaside resort town also, and there was a sign I saw in one place that said "seagulls operate in this area"... warning people to watch their food!😳

[@mattbentley9270]

This video is insanely stunning ! nothing beats a proper cream tea, never been there before ... not sure I fancy the pond water this ! not u hype tea fan but I do for that sort occasion, ... no sugar in tea! argh sweet tea is gross... and jam first always !!

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

@@mattbentley9270 definitely stuck to your regular tea... 🫖... I can understand that you don't find the pond water appetising 😂! Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment! Cheers! Dara

[@deborahwhitney9427]

Exactly always jam first then cream on top.

[@MousePotato]

I will have to try that. Clotted cream in tea 😃

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

No, I don't recommend it! Did you see how gross it looked?🤢

[@MousePotato]

@@MagentaOtterTravels Bet it tasted nice though :D

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

@@MousePotato as Victor Meldrew would say "I don't believe it!" 😂

[@pershorefoodbanktrusselltr3632]

I say, load on the cream with the jam to taste and I prefer raspberry jam 😊

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

I agree completely! Loads of cream, and I also prefer raspberry 👍

[@JohnResalb]

Well done. Since my days of becoming kind of "fighting fit", I can no longer partake in the world of scones and cream. But however, everyone can still indulge in afternoon tea with a selection of "finger" sandwiches - each one with a different filling, and using the the best freshly baked grannery bread, or rolls. Yes, tell Tracey that afternoon tea locations can be kind of "hit and miss", but try to check out the on-line reviews (if you think that might help). I hope Tracey won't be missing McDonald's.! How long is Tracey staying.? I Hope it's more than just a few days - you know how long it's taken you guys to see around.! And be careful about letting Tracey behind the steering wheel.!!

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

You will be happy to know that only Ian does the driving! He is way better suited to it than the rest of us!😂 Tracy stayed for about 10 days. She has been back home in Texas for a while, but next Friday's video is a very special one! Don't miss it! Right before leaving flying back home, she tells all of her impressions of England. And we definitely discuss American fast food chains! Lol

[@paulguise698]

Hiya Dara, I hope You and your friend enjoyed your afternoon tea, I cant believe how small the doorways were, Americanisms has gone past 8,000 views, (Way To Go), this is Choppy

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

@@paulguise698 yes I'm lucky to have a few videos lately which have done well!

[@djs98blue]

Looks nice. We are currently holidaying in the North norfolk near Sandringham. Have you visited this area?

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

No, but I am desperate to visit Norfolk! Hopefully next summer! My dear friends are from there @The_Brit_Girls What places have you enjoyed visiting in Norfolk?

[@susansmiles2242]

@@MagentaOtterTravels Lavenham in Suffolk is also a must visit. I can also recommend The Swan in Lavenham we had an excellent lunch there a few weeks ago

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

@@susansmiles2242 oh yes, I definitely want to go to Lavenham! I've heard great things

[@stoneagepig3768]

If your from somewhere other than Devon or Cornwall, you can put the jam and cream on however you want. Same even if you are from Devon or Cornwall. People who complain or criticise about how you eat your own scone get on my nerves, mind your own business!! Having said that, let's discuss the tea you were drinking here.....😉 lol glad you all enjoyed yourselves

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

When I filmed this vlog I was NOT expecting it to get so many views... therefore I was NOT expecting to get a severe scolding from countless people about: - Not drinking "real" tea - Jam first - Saying scone incorrectly Members of the Magenta Otter Tribe are used to the way I enjoy cream teas or afternoon teas with my own spin on it. I'm ready to move on to new material after getting lectured all week about these same 3 topics. Ha! Tomorrow's video will be a special one because my best friend Tracy shares her impressions of England... as we sit and talk in Hyde Park... right before she boards a plane back to Texas! I hope you watch that one ;-) Cheers! Dara

[@BillySugger1965]

The last video I saw was a full on advert for a garden centre, with little or no coverage of the experience of a visitor, which is was the reason I watched. Let’s see whether this is any more of a view of a visitor’s experience… Still much of an ad for the venue and your other videos but yes more of your, Tracy and Brett’s experience this time, thank you 😊

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

Well, next Friday's video is Tracy telling all of her impressions of England. Hopefully you will get to hear more from her then.💖

[@susansmiles2242]

Not enough cream or jam in my opinion. You need a big dollop of cream that you can make a well in so you can pile as much jam as possible into it. Not that I am greedy of course 🤭🤭 But I have to say your friend did an excellent job of splitting that scone without using the knife. Well done 👏🏻 👏🏻👏🏻

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

I agree, lots of cream!

[@what_im_eatin_uk]

I often just get coffee with a cream tea because i am that much of a rebel haha.

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

@@what_im_eatin_uk ooooh SO rebellious! 😂 You probably get scolded as much as I do for having herbal tea! 🍵 🤓

[@what_im_eatin_uk]

@@MagentaOtterTravels I have 1 cup of regular tea a year on Christmas eve just because I'm British and feel I have to. Rest of the time it's herbal tea or coffee for me. I like a good Blackberry and Raspberry tea or peppermint

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

@@what_im_eatin_uk I find your comment about Christmas really funny! And yes, we love those herbal tea flavours as well 👍