Real life footage of a Brit in Germany People from Britain keep telling me that they are tea lovers, and then they drink only black tea!?!?! Find Britain's most wanted here: @mr.magicbean #germany #british #radicalliving
Haha, they did not really won the war. There ist no document that shows that the Allies won the war. We made a suggestion to lay down the weapons and they killed more Germans after the war then during the war against approx. the whole world. Actually the war would have been over for the Britons already in 1940 at Dunkirk, when Hitler decided not to kill the rest of your army and let them flee to help their british wifes in the kitchen ;-) We would have won the war even if our own dishonorable people (our current government, which, by the way, is in office illegally and serves the enemy, is made up of the worst traitors the world has ever seen) had not committed excessive sabotage and treachery against us. Why do so many files still remain closed to the world public? Who benefits from it? Censorship only serves the liar and cheater. And what does it look like today in the multicultural countries of our enemies, who have not yet noticed that we are in the same boat and are being played off against each other by those who control the money and the media worldwide? It is time for the Germans to finally get a peace treaty after more than 100 years so that the old war and trade treaties can be dissolved, which to this day have disastrous consequences for the freedom of the former states, which are now just companies that are easier to get are expropriated.
As a Brit myself I have and the only time we discussed about it was when were at a museum, but I never talk down on someone who wasn’t even alive during such a dark chapter of human history, just because their nation may have been opposed to mine in the past, I have alot of German friends some I consider to be brothers despite not being related 🇬🇧❤🇩🇪
@hmvollbanane1259 The houses built in the 50s and 60s in the UK are palatial by comparison with new builds. Same number of rooms but bigger rooms so they are multi purpose. Houses built then were similarly sized. I've been down cul-de-sacs with new builds on and the further you get from the main road the bigger the houses so they have four or more bedrooms with two garages. The Victorian villas were the biggest often with three or four floors to house servants as well and stables at the back. Nobody could afford to buy one of those houses so they get turned into flats or used for business purposes with a flat upstairs.
@@hmvollbanane1259But a much higher proportion of people in the UK live in houses or single family homes than in Germany or houses converted into flats. Living in purpose built apartment buildings is less common.
Priorities. I used to have the same load of teas. Fun fact, I am German and moved to the UK in 2018. In the beginning I was really suffering because I was not able to buy my usual herbal teas and flavoured black teas, but now after 5 years I am converted, I cannot stand all of the herbal teas any more and drink Breakfast Tea or sometimes Early Grey pretty much the whole day. When I last visited Germany I couldn't bring myself to drink the calming evening herbal tea I was offered and couldn't wake up the next day without some proper English tea :-)
The German breakfast was a shock to me. I stayed with a family and they gave some crazy dense bread, soft cheese, a slice of cake and brutally dark coffee. It was really good though.
@@iracture I come to think that the British in America and on the Island thinned out their bread and thats how Toast was born. I assume that the English had the same type of bread befrore (similar). If you thin out the dough you make more bread, thus more pounds (Kg's & $'s). In times of inflation or when grain is expensive or when not enough grain is available thinning out the dough could have a counter effect on missing nutrition. I once read a poem (song) of German Americans on the east coast of the USA speaking of this thinned out bread. I keep looking for it but cant find it anymore.
I have a couple of friends with a German mother. Every time we were eating together and their mother would say "today we try something new" they would look at each other and mutter "we are screwed"...😂
I really enjoy this. Being Czech working with both Germans and Brits it makes me laugh hard. Also it is funny how much we have in common with Germans in these little things.
The Brit only drinks FOUR cups of tea per day?!?!??? Most of us Brits get through 8 to 12 cups every day. Two hours without tea and I'm hallucinating! Fun video. Painfully true. Most of us like being a bit weird compared with other Europeans tbh.
The quirkiness of Britain! I LOVE IT! My German fiancé recently saw the national British shield with the lion and the unicorn and he said: that explains a lot 😂
I live in America now, but I am half British and half Norwegian. I feel the same way about all three countries (all are great in their own way), so I get what you mean, mate. :)
German here who used to live in the UK for a few years. I relate so hard. The tea situation over there was really disappointing for me at first, but I ended up loving English Breakfast tea (PG tips, I miss you😢). The bread situation, though...it's dire. Had the whole toast isn’t bread argument too many times to count 😂
As a Brit who's lived in Germany, Austria, the Netherlands, Spain and SA I agree about the bread situation here being dire. Even in a gigantic warehouse supermarket the ''fresh'' bread section is pathetic and there is a 20 metre long aisle filled on both sides with Toastbrot. Fortunately Lidl came here and I can buy Broetchen and decent fresh loaves, also Pumpernickel.
When I lived in England I started baking my own focaccia (the easiest Italian bread to make) because to me toast isn't bread. Funnily enough all my English friends loved my home-made focaccia too...demonstrating that taste buds are predisposed in English babies too: the just need to be activated.
can I intervene here? living in Germany for 20 odd years,I still don't know what 90 percent of the bread and Brötchens in der Bäckereiare are called and neither do most Germans ;) Kaisersemmel/brötchen is probably the only one I know when I see it at the Bäckereiare
Honestly, I can’t imagine there even being more than three types of tea in my cabinet, and I only usually hold one type as it is. PG tips or Yorkshire tea.😆
Yes! We are PA Dutch and my mom has an entire lazy susan corner cabinet of different tea options. And she watches Midsommar and is absolutely incredulous that they put milk in the cup first and then tea because she drinks her tea plain 😂
@@danielwhyatt3278 A British friend of mine got to me try Yorkshire tea before. I have to add something like sugar or Honey to it cause it's to dry for me.
Haha! I had to laugh at all these awkward situations. Some of them made me feel sorry for the English guy, especially complaining in a restaurant. It reminds me of a sentence I heard from a british comedian. She said at a point: "I was so livid, I was considering to complain!". Thanks so much for this video!
Every time he takes his tea set out no matter where, reminds me of us, Argentines, we carry our mate set everywhere we go and drink mate all the time! 😂
I loved this 😆 Being English, I relate to lots of this... the apologising when I haven't done anything wrong, not wanting to bother people, enjoy sub-par weather, the PG tips and then the tea generally.. it made me laugh out loud 😆 I went to Leipzig for a week earlier in the year and had to scout out some black/everyday tea and bought some long-life milk so I could have 'proper tea' for the week 😅I went to a hotel in Munich last year too and there was no kettle at all, I was distraught..
@@undeadwerewolves9463 Don't worry, a good variety of black tea is available in all German supermarkets, and all hotels offer some black tea for breakfast. Kettle in the room isn't a thing though. Germany even contains a region where they celebrate their tea more than the British: East Frisia. But the rest of the country isn't like that.
@@xaverlustig3581 I come from a region close to East Frisia and tea is an absolute must throughout the whole day. If you get used to this tea culture and then move to other parts in Germany it is the first thing you will notice. The kettle situation in hotels is a hit and miss. I have found a kettle more often than not in hotel rooms in bigger German cities but it is definitely not the norm.
My husband is British and I'm American. This video was hilarious. However we have many herbal teas in the pantry and he likes them, too.😂 I watch your videos while exercising and they make me laugh. Thanks..
I’ve had the TEA situation at my friend’s house once (but apparently she is from Ukraine, not UK) - she had like 15 kinds of tea including a kiwi tea (who the hell even thought that a kiwi flavor in the tea is a good idea?!), and NO regular tea at all!
That sounds like my Czech mom, I am always looking for some normal black tea or earl grey and it's always somewhere hidden that I am looking for it like 10 minutes. I hate it when they offer me a tea which is not made of tea leaves, it's not a tea the hell, don't do that. 😀
@@Pidalin I used to live in Prague and to be honest I don’t think I ever saw any Czech person drink tea lol. Only coffee in the morning and beer after 5pm 😁 I’m pretty sure they have a better selection of beers in comparison with flavored tea options available 😅
I work with British people and I approve of this video - what was missing though was them insisting on watching a rugby/football/cricket match instead of sightseeing or clubbing 🤣 Also, using English expressions you've never heard before because they are e.g. from Yorkshire. An idea for a video: explore my hometown of Poznań/Posen (we also like many different teas 🤣)
@@voyance4elle The joke is that most Brits would go for something with a familiar name like PG Tips, Yorkshire or Breakfast rather than exotic sounding Darjeeling, although their favourite brand my actually use tea from Darjeeling 🤣 (well, PG Tips is actually Kenyan, not Indian). It's as if tea was supposed to grow in the UK. Same thing happens with Jesus, many Christians prefer him white, blonde and... ehm... Christian rather than Jewish.
you nailed the tea thing. I was in a restaurant in Hungary and a British person wanted tea for breakfast. She was offered all kinds of flavored teas then freaked out because they did not have plain black tea.
It's a "must" to have because it's not the same as hot flavoured water 🤪 English tea with milk is relaxing, soothing and filling. Most flavoured teas smell weird, and just feel like drinking strange flavoured hot water. There's no "substance" to it.
Damn 😂😂 These types of videos are my favorites! I love the funny aspects of your comparisons when you make a video about "when people from X come to Germany."!
I looove German food and breakfast ! Just visit Germany for a week , but it was more than enough to get the concept of the breakfast . I am Bulgarian and my cupboard is also only different herbal teas, many , many , different herbal teas !
But to be fair, i dont think any of those boxes contained teas, they're just (mostly fruit) infusions. Even the darjeeling is a little too weak to drink with milk... but if thats all you have. Btw, its true, its not uncommon for a Brit to travel with a few teabags hidden in his luggage, my uncle even takes a mini kettle for use in hotel rooms 😁
" dont think any of those boxes contained teas, they're just (mostly fruit) infusions."- Precisely. What is going on insidie the British mind when a Brit is looking at such "tea collection" would be "I cannot wait for the moment when we will finally come across any kind of tea among all those herbal infusions of yours..."
We will sneak a kettle into anything. Apparently we even had kettles built into our tanks at one point because the tankers would so often leave the tank for a cuppa and get shot. Now they can make their lovely brew inside the giant hunk of metal. 😁☕️🇬🇧
As an American who once spent two weeks touring the UK, I can tell you that English breakfast tea with milk was a true revelation to me, and I will never again drink any other kind of tea.
For me (a Brit) I find English breakfast tea soothing and relaxing. For me, flavoured tea doesn't feel like much substance, and the smell of warmed unusual flavours make me gag a bit 😅
I have family in Germany (Munich though, I know, I know, i didn't chose it either). Whenever we visit them, the supermarket tea isle feels like you've died from a tea overdose and gone to tea heaven. Whenever they visit us, they bring... Interesting kinds of tea 😊
Love it! And yeah, all this "only one type of tea" thing makes me so confused, hahaha. It's the same in Ireland, and they always laugh at me when I drink other types of tea other than the Irish Breakfast tea 😅
The sausage sandwich had me rolling!!!!😂😂😂😂 I was on the floor when the other guy slapped it outta his hands!!! Don't eat that!!!! I'm dying!!!! 😂😂😂😂😂😅😅
All true! 😁 After living in Berlin and then moving to London, I realised how much I had adapted to and appreciated German bread and cheese. The English have no idea about such things. I started to regret the move. Mind you, at least in the UK, I could get a decent cup of tea. German black tea is like dish water. 😃
Czech black tea is like gray dish water! Beer is cheap, too, which is great, but "coffee" is ubiquitously Turkish coffee, unless (sometimes) you specify otherwise. I prefer German food to Czech food, but they are not hugely dissimilar. Whenever in Britian--which I love---I tend to go to foreign restaurants, depending on where I am and if they're available. Cheers from the Czech Republic to you all!
@@peterkroupa4124 I did the same in the UK, and sought out speciality suppliers. I had to go to London Bridge Markets to find decent bread, cheese and other continental products.
@@LeoPlaw We are a German family living in Wales and we have finally ought a breadmaker to bake our own as we could no longer stand the soft and squishy sliced bread/toast
But on the other hand I now bring back some PG tips or other breakfast tea when we are visiting family in Germany as I can no longer stand the black tea there, tastes like you said gray dish water ;-)
@@helenebach3440 I feel your desperation. =) But I wonder what happened to British bread. They must have at some point in time shared a similar bread culture with the continent. BTW, French bread is a disaster also. Germans do the best bread and dairy products.
"Feels kind of wrong!" Damn right! Especially after the German scorned your proper sausage sarnie! Could have used some brown sauce tho' :) Top kudos for reasonable amounts of tea consumption ... but ... PG? Really!? Just say no to the floor sweepings! :D Yorkshire FTW! Loved the subtle bits, like apologising for being walked into and talking about the weather at every opportunity :chuckles: By the way, serious culture question to end with, how offensive, if at all, is it to refer to a German as a Kraut?
I don't speak for all the Germans but to me being called a Kraut isn't offensive. I consider calling someone a cabbage a weird flex, and it amuses me, that English speakers tend to get more offended, if a German gets called a Kraut, than the Germans that have been "insulted" are. I'd say whether it's actually offensive highly depends on the context. Are carrots offensive to you and would you feel offended if I accused you of being a carrot? :D
@@PhlegmaticAbsentee How dare you, sir?! :) I am no carrot top! :lol: It was one of those points of slang language that I was unsure how it had 'aged', so to speak. We used to call the French, Frogs, (and they called us Rostbifs) but that is deemed politically incorrect these days. In similar vein, Americans call us Limeys, for example, and it can be offensive but that is *if* the person speaking is trying to be offensive - otherwise it is a jokey 'insult' between friends sort of deal.
The violin whenever English set is brought out!! 😂😂 As someone who lived in Germany, the tea is accurate. Not even in Mauritius, my natal country, do we have that large collection of tea. 😂
🤣🤣 You forgot to have the Brit inquire about a side of peas! I'm American (specifically, southern)and my Gran was from England. She would begrudgingly make "iced tea" for my dad. 🤣 Went to Scotland for honeymoon and they gave me the stink eye when I would ask for "a cup'a" along with a glass of ice. 😄 I inquired if they might have something similar to ham steak (thick slice of ham) and had to have someone at a neighboring table translate what I was referring to. 😆
As chilean 🇨🇱 I can relate to both regarding tea. I do like my english brakfast tea with milk, but also have a collection of different types of tea 😂🍵☕
I just finished volunteering at a museum in the UK, where sometimes the line could be up to an hour long. My supervisor once told me that on really busy days, when the line would loop around the square and be almost 4 hours, there’d be people who wait through the whole line only to get to the front and ask, “So what’s this line for?” Apparently British people love cueing so much that sometimes they don’t even need a good reason for it? 😂
@@Dave.Thatcher1Exactly. The myth stems from the fact we like to queue NICELY (rather than a mess of people with no idea what's happening). We don't actually like the queuing itself.
This had me laughing so much. 😂 I’m a Brit, who has lived abroad for most of my life, & discovered the delights of fruit & herbal teas whilst visiting family friends in Austria back in my teens. It was a revelation to me & I was hooked! I ‘m a bit of a British outlier in that I really don’t like normal English tea, I can only really handle earl grey tea, definitely without milk too. I’m the only one in my family that’s like this, (the ubiquitous black sheep). The bread thing is also another area where I much prefer the continental rye breads & I thank god for the current craze on sourdough breads in the uk. I love the German/Austrian/Swiss/Scandinavian style meals, especially the breakfasts. So delicious & generally healthier. It would have been even funnier if the skit had of included the classic British thing of a thermos flask of hot tea whilst picnicking, or when having a pit stop on the side of the road on a long car journey or a day out. 😂
I went from Hungary to England for three weeks in the eighties. I tasted bread in England. I'm sorry, but it was similar to when I chewed the edge of my exercise book as a child. When I was a child, my grandmother baked sourdough bread and other delicacies in the furnace, which was in every yard in a village at that time. I have been living in the city for a long time. Large shopping centers also appeared here e.g. penny, lidl, tesco etc. where you can get all kinds of bread (from toast to German bread and various domestic breads). Domestic bakeries have sourdough breads and pastries (delicious ones are healthier without food additives and technological aids: preservatives, emulsifiers etc. ).
That's so true. I lived in Germany for 5 months and I have lived in the UK for 10 months already. British habits are strange indeed compared to Germany. No usual bread, instead toast bread everywhere. Pretty strange beer without gas. Only grilled sausages. Meanwhile weather in Germany was about 32 in Cambridge it was like 18. Houses in the UK are just a disaster, cold, thin, cheap, the floor is so cold so nobody takes off street shoes on the ground floor. About 9-10 months per year u have to heat the house. But what I love about the UK is the culture of small talks. Decent tea, variety and quality of milk products and... that's it
Haha ONE MILLION PERCENT that's us Brits 😀 There's not one thing you got wrong there brother. I love sausage sandwiches just like your friend made - although it would have to have brown sauce on. But, when in Rome and all that I absolutely love love love your Wurst. So tasty and a massive selection. I'll be back again in November for the 7th time and I'm counting the days. Much love
I lived in Germany in the 80s the idea that a train would be late is alien to me. I was always amazed that the trains would stop the moment the clock ticked over to their arrival time.
Ah, yes, that huge tea collection probably without anything a British person would actually call "tea".😂 Though I must admit, that I sometimes like to drink black tea with milk, too (even though I am from Northern Germany, I am not Frisian or something). And I absolutely would have eaten that first sausage sandwich and in fact I do kind of like "Toastbrot" whether toasted or not. Please don't throw me out of the country.😟
@@LeyCarnifex for me untoasted is ok, maybe even better than toasted. However, I feel like the sandwich could have used some butter.😅 The sausage is probably greasy enough, but the bread still looked so plain to me... Or at least some ketchup, mustard or other sauce...
The brit is right. Not every beer needs to be cooled (or just a little lower than room temperature). Take that from a bavarian. If you can't stand "warm" beer at all then that beer isn't really good. It is good beer when it is still kinda ok although warm. But sure, northern-German bitter pisswater is not bearable above +4°C. Cooling kills aroma and if you have to cool it...
I wish Mr. Bean would make more videos. I think he is very sympathetic as a person from what I saw here. I checked out his channel and left a subscribe. Hoping that there will be some more content of his adventures in the future. :)
Russians obsessed with tea some-time at the same levels as British people. So I completely understand this British guy. And I also can drink one kind of tea for months. Only one thing shocked me here. Why British guy use tea bags and not actual long-leaf tea
I do not agree about drinking one kind of a tee, but totally agree about tea bags, if you going to drink just plain black tee you should at least make it the right way, and tea bags isn't the right way.
What Russians do to tea in British terms is a sacrilege. Since drinking the same black tea for 2 days or more is completely off putting for any self respecting British tea lover.
@lemsip207 I think that's a joke in the video because British people who need to drink tea outside without buying tea normally drink straight from the flask.
As an Italian, that sausage bread is the weirdest food item I've ever seen. And I'm from Sardinia where we have "casu marzu": rotten cheese with living worms inside. The second weirdest thing was that such a little sandwich is considered a lunch. A lunch is a dish of pasta, or rice, or soup, followed by meat or fish with fresh vegetables, then fruits, then coffee. By the way, the video was very funny. Try with an Italian next time.
5:00 I'm not British but this gives me existential crisis. I have several mugs of black tea on my table and this is all i drink. I don't know why i don't have other kinds of tea
