How to Make Tea the British Way - Anglophenia Ep 31 

Yall realise that scientists at a university had to figure out whether it was tea first or milk first I feel like that's the most British debate tbh

I am a Spanish guy who spent around 8-9 months living and working in England some years ago. Before that, I think I had only drunk tea 2-3 times in my life. But living there made me love tea. When I returned to Spain, I immediately bought a kettle. Now I cannot possibly imagine my day-to-day life without tea. I have it the British way; with a little splash of milk. And no sugar. I prefer tea bags. I also have a pot but I rarely use it. I also love coffee, though. In Spain we are coffee lovers and tea is not very popular. But in my case I love both!

I'm from the States and I adore several types of tea. Right now I'm drinking Jasmine and Rose loose leaf tea, which I put in a tea strainer and put in a tea pot. I let it brew for at least 5 minutes. I also love Harley and Sons Green Citron tea that comes in a box full of 50 tea bags. I never brew them separately, but put 3 tea bags in a tea pot. I like my tea strong. I get loose leaf Jasmine tea at a small grocery store that has lots of different types of tea in plastic containers. Last, I was raised on Lipton tea. My Mum was half Irish and preferred her tea with milk, no sugar. That's where I get my love of tea and yes, I always have a box of Lipton tea. I'm also fond of Barry's Irish Breakfast tea, which comes from Ireland and comes in these big box shaped tea bags. Very strong and quite lovely.

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believe too it took a Brit to add the string to the American tea bag. Tea in Raffles Singapore - loose tea and infuse for 4 minutes, wonderful.

How to make tea the southern American way: Put sugar in until you think you've put in too much, then add more.

I was never a big fan of tea or coffee but two years ago I started watching Downton Abbey and thought "hmmm... I wanna try that tea that they drink there". Went to get some and fell in love. I am a tea person now. Altho I mostly drink peppermint, green tea I find lovely. English breakfast or earl grey with oat milk are delicious. Never from a tea bag unless it is eco-friendly. I prefer loose leaf tea. Whenever I visit England ♥ the only "must" I have on my to-do list is going to a café and ordering tea. If it does not come in a teapot, I do not want it. I refuse to drink out of single-use mugs, those things are nasty.

I need to know how Louis Tomlinson likes his tea

She didn’t use the boiled water to take “the chill off” the cup.

Coffee is the only way. Tea is only used when you have a cold ;-)

Everyone: Hey, Britain, wanna drink some water? Britain: Naah, mate. I'm fine. China: What if we put leaf in it? Britain: Say no more, fam!

"So don't even go theRe! 💁🏼‍♀️🇺🇸" that was the best part 😂

"I drink tea darlin" -Tom Holland

You didn't dunk your digestive for long enough.

Who tf puts milk before the tea? Probably the same people who put milk before cereal!

Muricans: Cereal before milk or milk before cereal? Bri’ish people: Milk before tea or tea before milk?

3:11 "So don't even go theeree"

"Don' eevan go thaaar"

The milk obviously gets added afterwards so that you can judge the amount you need. Or, you can just pour it in blindly as shown in this video and end up with something resembling a cup of milk.

As an American, I’m so jealous of Britain’s tea culture. I would love a daily afternoon tea with finger sandwiches and biscuits and scones. Protect this at all costs!

Wanna know how Americans make tea We make it by... Trowing it in the harbor.

You are supposed to put: Tea-Sugar-Milk This is due to the fact that the hot tea will dissolve the sugar and add an even flavour. Milk will help cool down the tea and make it a perfect temperature for drinking and dipping.

Tea? Earl Grey. Hot.

tea bag water smush the tea bag remove tea bag (optional) add milk add sugar (optional) mix drink (optional)

What kind of barbarian would put milk in first? hahaha

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I think that's the weakest, milkiest tea I have ever seen!

When she said “don’t even go there!” 😆

The idea of adding the milk first was started back when tea was served in fine china cups. The shock of boiling water caused the cups to break so the milk was put in first to take the instant shock of heat out of the tea. Also Just for the Americans, fruit teas are never served with milk and Earl Gray is served with fresh lemon. Loose tea should be strained but if its large loose tea, its not necessary but a very small splash of cold water will make the leaves sink to the bottom just as cold milk will.

I'm Indian and we prefer loose leaf. It brings out the rich aroma and the taste is just superb ......perfect tea to wake you right up👍👍

USA Southern born and raised. We drink sweet iced tea, because it's hot and humid most of the year. In winter we like hot coco. But every morning all year long, coffee. 😊

I feel a little proud of myself. I knew about 80% of this... and I'm an American. :)

Just came back from a trip to China, all I can say is...we Westerners don't know anything about tea

Iced tea? What is this abomination? What next? Boiled ice cream!

I used to drink my tea with milk when I was a child and enjoyed dunking Maries in it. By the I was in my teens, coke, pepsi and other fizzy drinks replaced my once beloved tea. I met a Morrocan man when I was in France and was in my early 30s and he reintroduced me to tea and I got to know Morrocan mint tea afterwards. Since then I got hooked to tea. Now in my 40s my pantry is full of boxes of tea. Earl grey and Lady Grey are my favourites, not to mention mint tea.

Tea bag?! Wash your mouth out, young lady!

I find her extremely attractive.

Your tea isn't even strong enough, it's too milky for 'British tea'

I could never understand how can you drink tea with milk... We only add milk to coffee here. But I think I'll be brave and try it your way even though it seems a bit odd and I'm scared of the taste. I hope it won't be that bad :)

She put SOOOO much milk in the tea

Here’s the way nearly everyone in my town makes tea: - Get the cups - Fill kettle (if needed) and turn on - Put tea bag in (usually circular one) - Put sugar in (most people have 2 tsp) - Wait for water to boil. *Next part is hard to explain so sorry if it’s unclear* - Fill the water up leaving roughly 2-3cm - Add milk leaving 1cm of nothing - Stir it well - *TAKE THE TEA BAG OUT* - Let it cool so you don’t burn your mouth -When it is the perfect temp drink while dunking biscuits (Optional) Sugar, Milk, Biscuits Other things people eat while drinking (no dunking involved) : - Treats (Chocolate, Marshmallows, etc...) - Pastries - Crumpets - Any food We barely ever add ice. Even if it’s hot we drink tea. NO ICE. If you come to England and ask for a cuppa and don’t drink it. We will be offended as you wasted this perfectly good cup of tea. Edit: Just realised I’m four years late. And also the least amount of time you should dunk is 3 seconds.

I was taught how to make a proper cup of tea by my grandmother when I was younger. ❤️ Most times I have a cup, I still think of our weekends spent together.

98% drink tea with milk!? Well. as a black tea drinker, im suddenly feeling very special.

Anglophenia fans are the best, not a single inappropriate comment. Also, Marry Me Kate!

"The best cup of tea is when it's made by someone else." Oh that's so wrong.

As a French person , I was just adding hot water with my tea and 1 sugar , I understand now why my tea taste disgusting 😂 . Thank you , now it taste way better 😂♥️

Tea, earl grey, hot.

I love tea. Admittedly my favorite way is steeped over night in the harbor.

I m Chinese. The very first time I tasted English tea is like: Eww, this is diluted milk tea; The second time: emmm, not bad The third time: I am addicted... I love to add milk into English breakfast or otherwise it is too bitter, and the milk in UK is much more delicious than those back home. Sometimes I even put salt in my tea. personally I think it is delicious.

I'm an American, born and raised in Texas, so grew up drinking iced sweet tea, but over the past few years, I've taken a liking to English Breakfast tea with milk and sugar, although recently, I've fallen in love with Earl Grey with lemon and just a little sugar. I've always used teabags myself

In India, tea comes in all variants you can possibly imagine. My favorite: 1 cup water 1 cup milk 2 teaspoon tea leaves Sugar as needed Boil all this for 10-15 mins. When it starts boiling (you'll know), add any of these spices - ginger, dry ginger powder, black pepper powder, mint leaves, Tulsi leave (Basil leaves in english, not sure) Boil 5 mins more. Strain. Enjoy the indian "Chai". Thank You 🙏

So the British way is using a tea bag and adding boiling water? that's disappointingly simple

"So don't even go there." Nice! I like that. But that raises the question...should one forego the tea entirely and just have American cookies?

I'm American and I like loose leaf tea with no additions. Yerba mate or guayusa in the morning, black tea (usually bohea, but there are many nice choices) during the day, jasmine in the evening, and something with peppermint before bed. I either use a tea ball or bag the loose leaf.

What tea? All I see are two cups of milk.

Im Egyptian and we make our cuppas' waay richer 😃😃 we boil tea leaves and sugar together on low heat then you can add flavours; like mint leaves , cardamom,cloves.. then it comes out extremely rich that it almost black liquid and strong flavours too 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻

The story I heard for adding milk to tea goes back 2-300 years when English pottery factories were attempting to copy the porcelain cups that came from China. A genuine Chinese cup could withstand any temperature, but if you poured hot tea from a pot into an English cup, it would crack. However, few people could afford genuine Chinese porcelain. The solution was to put a couple of teaspoons of cold milk into the cup first, then pour the hot tea onto the milk. This would reduce the heat shock on the cup and it would survive. Adding milk after you'd poured the tea meant you could afford the more expensive genuine porcelain, and hence was the start of the class divide that is supposed to surround the milk first/last issue. No idea if this is true or just a myth...

America: milk then cereal or cereal then milk Britain: milk then tea or tea then milk

This is really passive aggressive toward America lol. I live in Seattle so basically it's coffee land. Tea is great though, I love both.

Tried to censor the brands. Still knew them.

I'm not British and this is exactly how I make tea. Well I do have a lot of British relatives.

You can also use honey instead of sugar. I like Dilmah Ceylon tea with goat milk and honey.

I like straight tea. No sugar, no milk

American here and I have always taken my tea with milk and sugar it is the only way to do it. I don't know how people can drink tea plain with nothing in it. Oh well!

You know your a true brit When you complain about the weather.

I do like to add milk to my tea after it is brewed so I can make sure I get the right colour.

No serious tea drinker would ever use teabags when real loose tea is available. Warm the teapot, put in one spoonful of tea per person and one for the pot, pour in boiling water and let it steep for two or three minutes - large leaf tea like Darjeeling needs slightly longer. Milk first or tea first ? Makes no difference to the taste but sugar ruins it. Best tea in the world ? Try Daintree from Australia. Visit a tea plantation to see what goes into teabags and you will never use one again

3:07 “ sO dOnT eVeN gO tHeRe” 😒

I’m American and I do milk and sugar in my tea. Always have. It makes sense how British does it. Especially when to add the milk. I actually use cream instead of milk. Gives it a more richer taste

I actually remember reading in a college anthropology book about how one American company in England failed because they wouldn't give their British employees their tea breaks. From what I remember they said how the Brits like to brew their own tea, but the company put in a tea making machine which dispensed in a small paper cup, but that just pissed everyone off to the point of protest which collapsed the company.

Builder's brew with Earl Grey or English Breakfast and I don't let most people make my tea because American's can't make tea properly. ;)

Put the bag in the mug, pour boiling water directly onto the bag, stir, squeeze the life out of the bag (press it against the walls of the mug), possibly repeat, remove bag, add milk.

Why are you speaking too fast? I have to take a lesson on Rapidly- British accent before learn how to make british tea 😃

Wait you mean to say that Americans _don't_ own kettles?!

In Syria, we like to brew our teabags in the pot for at least three minutes. The result is a very strong dark tea and with added sugar, it becomes the best breakfast drink.

After watching this, it makes me feel better that I add a splash of milk in my tea and I'm American. Of course not all teas are good with milk added. But no matter what the flavor you have to add a bit of sugar or honey, at least I do, even if there's milk. :)

The best part of this clip is with an American accent Kate said, "So don't even go there." Totally spot on. LOL.

So hot. Not the tea.

"So don't even GO there!" Nice. Never could understand why the Brits make tea that's seemingly a riddiculous 80% milk.

She is the most british fellow ever doing most british stuff 😂

OK now you're talking! And "Builders Brew" please , thank you. I take mine after lunch or after dinner especially on a chilly day.

put the tea bag in, put the water in, use a spoon to squish the tea bag against the cup to get all the flavour (flavor? flavour?), then use the spoon to get the tea bag in, put your preferred amount of milk in then add your desired amount of sugar, I usually get told I make the best tea but that might just be the preference of the people I make tea for, I dunno

Great! How about if one day you make a video to give some tips on how to get closer with a british woman?

I'd always thought my favourite was Twinings until I chanced upon Yorkshire Gold at a supermarket. My God, that tea cleared pretty much my entire cabinet of PG Tips, Twining's English Breakfast etc - it is that mindblowingly good!

Boil the kettle Tea bag The the water Add your sugar if you have it (If you like strong) Stir until quite dark (don't wait like she did) Take tea bag out and squeeze it with the spoon to add the last bit of tea/liquid to the cup Then simply a "drop" of milk, so that its between medium-dark-brownish-orange to the right level of dark but not too much (Go by judge of eye) Stir the spoon once more before removing sand then drink as you please

Who else is American and wish they were British??? (Guitlty xD)

moinsen!! Ich muss mir das jetzt angucken, wegen online schule und so.

Mug. Add teabag. Add boiling water. Stir vigorously. Add milk. Remove teabag.

When Kate talked about how american cookies crumble on hot tea unlike british biscuits an said "so dont even go there" with that sassy tone, i literally fell on the ground laughing. i love it when Kate gets hilariously sassy XD

Masala chai tea maker: she’s showing us how to make the perfect tea, guys Matcha master: how cultured Gongfu cha master: how cute

I like my tea to be AT LEAST 50% milk. It's like hot chocolate, the more milk it contains, the nicer the flavour and the cream-ier it is. At least 3 sugars as well. Ultra sweet and creamy. Anyone else take their tea like this?

three tbl spons of Sri Lankan tea a tiny pinch of freshly ground Safran and one freshly ground bit of cardamom, three tbl spons of sugar all added to 1.0 ltr of boiled water wait until the leafs start floating to the surface and it shall be ready for enjoyment

Kate had six cups of strong tea, then made the video.

Definitely tea first then milk

I’m glad Tracer from Overwatch was able to show me this.

Wow i love the way you talk speak and your voice ✌️😍

yorkshire tea with a splash of milk and a choc hobnob

* 3:10 Very Funny! Perfect impression. * One thing I didn't see Kate mention is warming your tea pot first by swishing hot water around it and then discarding that, adding your teabags, then adding fresh hot water. * I find it sacrilege when someone adds milk while the tea is steeping; it ruins the process. Quick serve restaurants tend to do this when you order a tea to go (takeaway). Solution: Specify the milk on the side or take it black if they can't accommodate. * I take only a splash of milk. If the tea has been brewed in a pot, I was taught as a child to add the milk to the cup first, then the tea. My father used to joke that "you want to scald the milk."

Shes the most british person I’ve ever heard her thick accent combine with an old royal family prince’s assistant facial expression is marvelous

I'm from north Germany and we drink here a lot of black tea too. XD. We also put milk in our tea but we also put cream in it (I prefer cream). And very important is the Kluntje ( brown sugar which looks like little brown stones)! 😊🤗 I hope my english is not that bad. 😅