Tea In The 40's

[@tracytinker]

My Gran from Ballina used to say that to me all of the time. It will do nothing but serve you and it will do you no harm. I wish she was still living. But that would make her 123yrs old. Makes me home sick. I havn't been since 2008. Maybe sometime soon.

[@chagadelica]

I wish Garron would do more long-form videos. May be my favorite science vlogger

[@rachelnorton-lr6ew]

I agree!! I could watch garron all day everyday!! Garron is an instant cure for a rough day!!

[@brianmcglynn8865]

I grew up with tea, it could fix any problem. My mom would rattle a spoon in a cup and we'd come running. When I started working in Manhattan, I would order a tea to go, from the deli, they would put the milk in first, then the tea bag and then the warm water, it was horrible and it was impossible to teach them the right way. I had to switch to coffee. Love the video and still prefer a cuppa when its made right

[@lellyt2372]

I went on holiday to New York with my now husband and the tea was a war crime. Fecking Lipton's tea bags were all they had ANYWHERE and it is muck compared to our tea here and yes, they put the milk in first (except in the Irish bars when they had actual Irish people serving. In fact it was a girl in an Irish pub who warned us about Lipton's the first night we arrived and asked for tea lol). The first thing I did when the plane landed in Dublin was run to the arrivals area and thankfully there was a cart with tea and muffins and stuff (the flight landed from New York before 6am so nothing else was open) and I got a proper cup of tea. Not kidding about it being the first thing either, I left my husband to get the bags (he didn't care as he loves coffee so he enjoyed New York's coffee choices) and went for tea. I was gasping for one 😁

[@jenzabel]

Western Canadian here. Garron I had an Irish Nan and she used to have tea school to teach the young how to make tea "Right and good and no arguments!!" Tea can cure almost any ill in your world!

[@Heterogeneity]

American from California here. My Irish Nan also specialized in teaching her grandchildren correct tea making technique, polite behavior for taking tea in company and how to politely receive a cup of tea made not exactly to your liking while visiting. She held "views" on bagged tea vs loose leaf.

[@Womanwithblackdog]

I laughed so hard . Even though I know most of the rules this was still great fun and your commentary was delightful. I used to visit a friend from Donegal and she would put the tea and the fresh water in the kettle and boil them together! Just before the boiling happened she rinsed the cups with hot water . At boiling point she turned the heat off and as soon as the tea was still she put it into the cups and added warm milk as requested. It was amazing tea. It was certainly never insipid!

[@marymcintyre706]

Sometimes the like button just doesn’t say it all… this needs a love button ❤❤❤

[@lindahansen2237]

Please, more vintage educational videos.

[@neonempire77]

I learned something today

[@Mitch-Hendren]

Did anyone see yer man blink? 😁 He winked at one point! Best tea is made with tea leaves and soft mayo county council water ( if we're not on boil notice this week ) and of course Barry's. . 😉😉🤪. Brilliant video as usual . Hello From Shrule down the other end of county . P.s for god's sake dont do a tour of here ! Blink an yer miss it .

[@irishcountrygirl78]

It's Lyons in Donegal, I'll fight ya on it. 😂

[@annmartin5347]

I once bought Netto own brand tea bags. It was like drinking sawdust! Threw away the rest of the box. When I was growing up in the 70s/80s, my Mum used Lyons loose tea. Was lovely with boiled well water. She used the used squeezed out tea leaves to scatter on the kitchen floor to stop the dust rising while sweeping the cement floor. The water quality does make a difference. I have lived in the chalky south of England and now in the North where the water is softer, tea does taste different. I was the only one my father-in-law would allow to make him a cuppa. He liked it best stewed in the pot until there was a skin on top and only the tiniest drop of milk added. Chopped up rhubarb added to the teapot and allowed to boil until the rhubarb soft make the teapot sparkling clean. Milk was added back in the day first when using bone china cups, to prevent the cups from cracking from the heat

[@darakelly1322]

We need a sequel to Breakoing Bad that involves two lads brewing up a new kind of tea in a mobile home and selling it large

[@darakelly1322]

Breaking. Whoopsie.

[@madboydaz]

did you learn nothing dara kelly. you can't make it for later it has to be brewed fresh!

[@Awhi]

I've currently got loose leaf tea. Came in a friends food parcel 😂 They couldn't be bothered with the halabaloo that comes with tea making. Makes me appreciate the pioneers if yesteryear 😊 Imagine if this guy talked about infusing weed...Does anyone remember the teapot cozies?

[@ticketyboo2456]

Remember tea cosies? I still have one and use it. Nothing like a nice milky cuppa.

[@sawahtb]

I have tea pots, i collect them. If I use any I always put boiling hot water in and pour it through the sprout in case there's a spider hiding in there. Mostly I use my kettle and make one cup to be honest. No, my house isn't full of spiders, but they're sneaky.

[@eveny119]

ditto, I have a collection of tea pots, coffee, pitchers and Chocolate pots. But I usually get dead flies in mine. I love my Asian tea pots.

[@nienke7713]

​​@@eveny119get yourself some spiders, they'll get rid of the flies for you 😉

[@MickModelmaking-eu9mn]

Tea, that was great. There was a lot to jot down, I had to rewind the video a few times but I got it in the end. Thank you .

[@eileendeshpande5902]

Loved this! Although the tea scientist was a bit menacing looking! But excellent tea tips! Love your videos!

[@derekpink]

19:49 😂 started so confident and enthusiastic… then ends with “this man… whose name I didn’t quite catch.”

[@willsmith3484]

Call me a rebel, call me a pirate, but I put the milk in last.

[@LabradorLady]

Same! ☕️

[@EmilyGallagher]

Garron, the Tea Scientist looks like a Serial Killer, so, of course, they premilk the tea. Tea Scientist doesn't blink.

[@alliedatheistalliance6776]

That's how they caught the Yorkshire Ripper

[@authormichellefranklin]

The important educational content the world needs.

[@TaraSykes3]

Hilarious Garron, you cracked me up. I'm still living in the loose tea and teapot days, none of your plastic coated tea bags for me. A small pre warmed pot to myself every morning. Oh and I warm the cup to, I can't be doing with the milk or sugar. Spoils a good cuppa. Keep em coming we need more like this one.

[@francesbaldwin2526]

Milk still a hate crime. I was born in the tea leaf days. Tea tasted better. But there is nothing like a cup of tea for any occasion. Garron you come up with the most Rediculous subjects but each one delightful. Thank you.

[@missyoreilly4815]

Even as a coffee lover I agree, that first sip of a perfect cup of tea is the best feeling in the world.

[@rstrgal99]

I've still got my dad's sterling silver tea strainer from the 1940's. Removable basket, handle and stand. Very strofty!

[@grandy_rho]

I'm a loose tea lover, and have a few reusable muslin tea bags. They do take a bit of work to get clean, but not as bad as you're thinking. Great video, thank you Garron!

[@Heterogeneity]

If you're in N America I recommend the OXO brand stainless steel tea strainer with lid. I'm a loose leaf lover and it's a very durable, functional item. I only replaced my first one last year after thirteen years of flawless daily use because it had finally begun to rust.

[@grandy_rho]

@@Heterogeneity Thanks for the tea tip! I have a floating duckie strainer now I got as a gift, but will keep OXO in mind when it needs replacing :)

[@pixiepianoplayer114]

This is the programme that played in the computer's software when Arthur Dent asked the Heart of Gold for " actaul tea" .

[@squirrelorama]

I believe the Heart of Gold, just like our man Garron, got tripped up on the non-numbered MultiPot addendum to the 6 Golden Rules. It all makes perfect sense now! ...BUT I am glad it happened as it did -- or we would never have met Slartibartfast nor learned of his Major Award for Fjord Design.

[@clareomalley5644]

The great Barry's v Lyons feud was never mentioned . I'm a Barry's man I won't deny it .

[@alliedatheistalliance6776]

Troubles II: The Tea Wars

[@Scott_A]

There is no feud, the people that drink Barry's are right and everyone else can fuck off about it 😂😂

[@alliedatheistalliance6776]

@@Scott_A Nambarrie checking in. #1 Tea

[@carmelhughesparolya899]

Yes! Barry’s tea is the best! Fallons is awful between you & me Garron 😂(sorry it’s no laughing matter) 🫖 😢

[@tanyah.9131]

I wasn't expecting the meth reference.. nearly snorted my cereal from laughing 😅😅

[@Zumii]

Milk first is correct if the tea is being brewed in a separate pot and not in the cup. Milk second if you're brewing with a teabag in a cup, since tea needs to be brewed at boiling. Simple rules. My grandfather always used to brew a pot of tea and put milk in the cups first, it was like having a luxurious tea experience every time I visited. Teabag + milk second didn't even come close.

[@SharonPadget]

USA here. I only use tea bags for hot tea. Sorry about that. Mostly in America we drink iced tea. In the north sugar free. In the south always sugar added. I had a confusing childhood. I was born in Michigan but my parents came from Arkansas so I was raised with sweetened iced tea. I quit putting sugar in my tea when I got married because that’s how my husband likes it. After all these years I absolutely can’t stand sugar in my tea hot or cold. Really funny video. Thanks.

[@joekavanagh5708]

The best tea is made in the bog, when the drooth is on ya from cutting turf.

[@savinggift158]

I have no idea what you wrote but it sounds grand 🎉🎉

[@joekavanagh5708]

@@savinggift158 'cutting turf' = harvesting heating fuel'. Drooth = thirst The bog is where the fuel (turf') grows over centuries. The water that collects in depressions ,holes, in the bog has a unique flavour that greatly enhances the taste of tea.

[@eoinc_Ire]

Tea pot is still alive and kicking in our house! Have a big 10 cup pot and a selection of cozies too! Barry’s Tea (Black Lable if possible). Go on and treat yourself to a teapot! (10 mins to brew and then take the bags out! )

[@deedeesden3745]

Love it. I still have loose leaf tea in America Barry’s of course ! Tea in America is awful. I’m from Mayo so I love my tea

[@Justalibrarian]

I’m rolling on the floor laughing. Insipid tea! OMG!

[@jeannemara1600]

No matter what illness we had, with the exception of post tonsillectomy, highly sweetened hot tea was the first of anything given to make one feel better. You knew Mom thought you were getting better when she included buttered toast with the tea.

[@JoRiver11]

I was in a posh coffee/tea shop recently (Canada) and was served a tiny little pitcher of sugar syrup with my tea. It was lovely.

[@tanyah.9131]

I grew up with just herbal teas that I didn't like because I'd rather have juice over flavored water lol! Not until I went overseas to Scotland in college and started having afternoon tea with other students did i discover how good tea is when you add milk and sugar !

[@lornahuddleston1453]

I was shown to put the milk or cream into the cup first when I was in the SS Oriana, a P&O Orient ship in 1964. I was 11 years old and as an American, I was going to listen to the wise lady. She said to do it that way so the milky would be mixed in by putting tea over it. Also, I think it warmed the milk.

[@deborahrolski7737]

Garron....I am overwhelmed 😅

[@lindihilditch590]

Brilliant Garron. More please

[@ahquinn]

I hear you, tea is the supreme hot drink. I make good tea. Great video and homage to tea.

[@charlotterolph5373]

My great auntie used to pre-milk the cups! Clearly it was the done thing in those days.

[@Heterogeneity]

My Nan taught me it keeps your fragile china cups from cracking with rapid temp changes?

[@karendaley3184]

I think the 8 gallon urns would have been insulated in some way so they don't get cold. This was the vessel that took 20 minutes to steep.

[@auntyangie33]

When I make tea in a pot, I put the milk in the cup first. When I make tea in a cup, I warm the cup first, then make the tea with boiling water and put the milk in last.

[@marthastrogen9001]

I heard that the order of putting the milk in had to do with the quality of your crockery or china and how apt it was to crack when you added very hot tea. So if it was cheap, you should put a bit of milk in first to prevent cracking. Richer folk, with better china, could put their milk in last. That’s just what I heard. I don’t like milk or sugar in my tea.😊

[@barbarahampton771]

I always enjoyed making loose leaf tea. I found the ritual of it comforting. When I was a little girl my grandmother used to gently warm milk and cream to add to the tea. Such wonderful memories.

[@Roguewarrior37]

I am a coffee and tea drinker but i drink fir the taste tbe pleasure of drunking them. Tea and coffee are both morale boosting

[@seriousfrog7271]

Hate to be a Debby Downer here, but.....The scientist guy looks like lots of the villains I've seen in British mysteries. He scared me even more than the thought of serving contaminated tea. Damn, Garron, you're really challenging us here. Top o' the mornin'.

[@RodonTanaka]

YORKSHIRE YORKSHIRE YORKSHIRE TEA... That is all!! 💛🤍💙🤍💛

[@helenwatkinson681]

Yup😂

[@JoRiver11]

Yes! Even here in Canada it is fairly easy to find Yorkshire Gold. It's that or cream Earl Grey for me (a particularly good one which I'm pretty sure comes from the UK but it is rebranded as Metropolitan here, not sure the parent company).

[@conshea7382]

Barrys is best up Cork

[@Elaine-p3g]

​@@conshea7382What's the difference between PG tips and Barry's .....asked the American lady.

[@conshea7382]

@@Elaine-p3g i guess its a matter of taste being from Cork ill always be a Barrys man you can find both in stores in the US you should by both and try them out

[@alliedatheistalliance6776]

Irish person: "IRISH ARE NOT BRITISH!!" 'Okay, wanna cup of tea?' irish Person: "Don't mind if I do old, chap, spiffing!" 🧐☕🇬🇧

[@sdd1210]

The caterpillar across that man’s brow is impressive.

[@joanmurphy7705]

😂 😂😂

[@onesunnyday5699]

He looks like a decendant of REM's drummer Bill Berry 😅

[@Nonameforyoudangit]

His teeth look like they hurt.

[@BeardyBaldyBob]

I still use a tea pot. I make an full large pot, then put it in a big thermos... That way I have a hot tea ready almost all day without having to make it over and over. 👍

[@franrobertson9024]

I stayed with a family in Rathfriland who made the tea then put the pot back on the hob gor 20 minutes. You could strip paint with it!

[@awb7701]

23:14 Its like you palate cleansing 😂

[@ninapitzel3090]

Dude, your a hoot!!

[@davidearlewatson]

Try whole leaf tea. It will change your life. They don’t lie. Good quality tea is cheaper in the long run

[@dantheman8193]

Can never get enough of this beautiful content 😊, if I ever see you in Ballina by some chance, can I come say hi? Also keep up the vids love them so much your the best 🙏

[@hufflepuff0074]

Top notch content Garron 👌

[@maranathasos3381]

brilliant. educational.

[@honeym210]

I think in order to clean that giant tea bag, you would just let it dry and then shake out the dried tea, wash the bag and hang to dry... you could also use the old tea in a compost heap.

[@rswife777]

All I can focus on is the tea guy's caterpillar unibrow.

[@tessabutwithoutnumbers]

I do believe it's the most intense eyebrow I've ever seen. He could have been a hypnotist if tea science hadn't worked out for him.

[@conshea7382]

They could have used better lighting too but it was wartime so theres probably a reason why hes being filmed in the dark

[@patrickmcnamara8575]

when we were kids we never got tea bags so we used to use the strainer to get out what my dad called the bangers he never used the strainer and had the leafs as afters for when he finished his brew

[@nicki9379]

the milk first was a hate crime

[@madboydaz]

ah if yer having it from a teapot its grand, putting milk in the cup, but not with making it in a cup

[@sparagmos4748]

You could see after the crazed eyes of a madman!

[@reesemorgan2259]

I saw Paul Mccartney putting the milk in first (making tea in a cup) on some TV show and I was so disappointed.

[@sparagmos4748]

@@reesemorgan2259 Some incidents just change you....🥺

[@reesemorgan2259]

@@sparagmos4748 I mean, it just didn't make sense and since then, nothing has.

[@Scott_A]

Milk first also means that it mixes together as you pour in the tea. As the tea is pre sweetened too then you dont need a spoon

[@_km.2024]

First sip. Yah. Best.

[@Pretparry]

From the look of yer mano, he had probably made the meth creation documentary not long previous to this riveting tea guide.

[@karendaley3184]

I expect they had multiple muslin bags that they could leave to dry overnight. That way the leaves would just shake off, presto, ready to use

[@veganstevenmusic]

they put the milk in first to stop the china cracking by the way, china used to be alot easyer to brake in the 40s, big fan xoxo of the channel

[@alicemilligan2699]

The "ordinary people" all sound like the queen. 😂 The first time I went to make a pot of tea in Ireland the whole room jumped up and erupted in a horrified "NO" when I neglected to warm the pot first 😂

[@lauramcnamee1510]

I grew up in a family of 5, I was the only one who didn't drink tea. Yet, I was always asked to make it, my mam and dad taught mine was the nicest. As I don't drink tea (I know it's unusual being Irish) I have no idea what I was doing different that they like so much 😳

[@ozzyangel82]

Garron, did you just compare making tea to making crystal meth? 😂

[@Heterogeneity]

Having had a brew-up with serious tea drinkers and also having worked for meth manufacturers (it was rural California in the nineties, okay?) I can attest from experience that enthusiasts in both arenas share similar levels of intensity, ritual and rigidity.

[@lilesosannaflower9956]

milk goes into the cup 1st because china which the cups were made of would crack with the hot tea. Once the leaves are removed from the tea you can keep the tea warm because it won't get that stewed taste off it; but if the milk goes in the tea it makes it taste rancid.

[@theeaskey]

We couldnt afford a capital T we had to make do with much lower case t,,,in fact we were so poor my mother would bring a button to the neighbors house to get a shirt sewed on it.

[@KingFinkyStingers]

I’m here a year late,fair enough,but this about Tea Making Tips in the 40’s,so,on we craic 🙂😎

[@JoRiver11]

Oh my god, is the Irish word craic the correct word in the phrase "let's crack/craic on" or "let's get cracking/craicing"??? I never made the connection before. I'm from Canada, and the word craic isn't really known here... I only knew of it from watching Dara O'Briain online.

[@goudagirl6095]

Saw a video where the narrator asked the tea guy: "So I hear it's been a bad century for tea." To which the tea pro snapped immediately: "It's been a DASTARDLY century for tea!" LOL Apparently last century was MUCH better!

[@mysticsuzi]

Allegedly milk was added first to prevent the cups from breaking from the hot tea being added. Please lord, stop people from making tea in the Microwave! thank you Garron for this public service announcement on Proper Tea Making.

[@MollyNelson-c8l]

I can make anyone a grand cup of tea, because I'm a true tea apreciater. I know exactly how you have to do the whole kit and caboodle

[@HarrysHouseChannel]

I’ve been having (hot) tea for years ever since I found out about it (I’m American) and any time anyone asks me for a cup I make it the way I have it. You can have honey or milk (depending on the leaf).

[@simonhough]

father ted go on father have a cup of tea

[@meintjesevanza]

Definitely sending you some SA tea also!

[@LeahWriter]

Thoroughly enjoyed. I think if I had ever tasted a proper cup of tea I might spit out my coffee. 😀

[@Just-Jill]

Irish Breakfast Tea

[@85481]

I'm a big coffee drinker, it's just an acceptable addiction to be honest. Tea, on the other hand, is basically a panacea. No matter how much I like coffee there really isn't anything like a good cup of tea.

[@cheesegoddess1]

I love how passive aggressive these old videos are. 😅

[@theresadoran1893]

Thanks for the tips 😂

[@One_Flew_West]

I used to always add milk after the tea, but my husband said it's better with the milk first, and I have to admit, it is creamier that way.

[@alliedatheistalliance6776]

I wish we had the technology to get a full argument between garron and this mad scientist tea guy about pre milking cups

[@JesseLopez-s1k]

Yo..you Crack me up😂😂😂😂🎉

[@onesunnyday5699]

I like tea in the fall & winter, coffee in the Spring & Summer

[@Paul5520]

Tea everyday works well for me

[@madboydaz]

coffee all day every day but always tea with food

[@leahmcrae]

Keep up the good work

[@kerrywoods5314]

I have tea trauma. I once got slapped in the face with a used teabag.

[@Crim_tams]

A tea scientist 😂

[@GreatName-Bob]

Cream vs milk. Or half n half. I prefer some substance. Skim tastes like mopwater. In Tibet they add yak butter. I've tried cow butter. Why not. Not bad

[@madboydaz]

full fat milk only, yeah I see the same with the skim shite, mop bucket tea :)

[@maranathasos3381]

Afghanis boil tea bags in pure milk for an hour. Then they take sugar cubes and toss them into the mouth and drink the tea letting the hot tea melt the sugar cubes in the mouth.

[@gabriellecooper2544]

Milk first makes the tea taste better , as boiling water straight on a tea bag burns it , try it , see if you see a difference

[@madboydaz]

with the bag or without? I would be milk first with the teapot, takes ages for the tea to strain if I put the milk in then water, but I do it when I dont want to wait and just leave the bag in for ages - oh that boiling water=bitter taste, same with coffee, major difference if you put in the boiled water straight away - i'll try it with the tea

[@marymcintyre706]

The teabag or tea leaves must be hot with boiling water can only pre milk the cups if the water is pre infused with the tea ye see 😂

[@seanblaine2827]

I cant let my tea steep for more than 2 mins or less than 2 mins

[@offaloffadangoo]

LOVE

[@irishcountrygirl78]

My aunt makes the most beautiful tea, l watched her one day, she whirls the tea bag around but NEVER SQUEEZES it, l do this now and it is probably placebo, but it is somehow better. Lyons for rhe win.

[@madboydaz]

yeah, yeah squeezing is bad for the tayshte, it releases the tanins that are bitter :)

[@jeannemara1600]

I like coffee, but I would much rather have tea.

[@declanmcardle]

"I want this job - tea scientist". Not sure you have the eyebrows for it....

[@lellyt2372]

Pre-milking the cups allows you to make sure everyone has milk for their tea (if you are not going to add it to the urn before serving). They didn't have litres of milk lying around to spare and if you had someone with a heavy hand with the milk you will end up with the last few (or more) with no milk for their tea. Soldiers or someone who's house was bombed would not take kindly to no milk in their tea I would wager !

[@joanmurphy7705]

Oh yes I do hate that “stale” water lol. 🫖🫖🫖🫖👨🏻‍🏫

[@maresewalsh]

Couldn't agree more with ya Garron....I make tea with loose tea and like yourself....its fucken delishious. I am from Galway, we have 'notions' oh we think we are shit hot here in Galway, dont know why, cos no one here has a notion how to make great tea. I mean even posh places use tea bags for fucks sake. Enough to make ya leave town...but where would an aul wan like me to go to find proper tea??