As a Chinese student who studied in the UK, I was once with my Chinese friends at a small fish and chips place in the small town we go to school in. They sat down, ordered a tower burger, fish and chips, and calmly told the waiter that they also want some Chinese curry. I was like.... those two words don't go together mate. When the curry came, it was neither Indian, nor Japanese, and most definitely not Chinese, it was something completely different from anything I've had in my life up till that point. That was the biggest culture shock I have ever had in my life to this day.
@@Muzzaa i studied abroad at oxford, my friend studied in edinburgh, we both loved the UK but the food… well you know. aside from that, loved everything else.
Love sugar in Iced Tea, but I use half the amount it calls for on the packaging (1/2 cup per gallon). For hot tea, lemon and honey. It also depends on the tea. Adding fresh mint and lemon to Iced tea is fantastic
For what it's worth, sweet iced tea is a SOUTHERN thing, very regional. It's not what Americans all over drink. But there are places where you have to be careful when you order, because "tea" just means "sweet iced tea". EDIT - apparently a lot of people can't read. I did NOT say that "iced tea" was only available in the South. I said that "sweet iced tea" was a Southern thing, as in, going into a restaurant and ordering "tea" and they bring you a glass of iced tea with sugar already in it, as the default.
additionally, southern sweet tea is almost NEVER prepared single serve. It's supposed to last the whole week, hence the metal pot prep method. However, I must admit that pouring boiling water directly into a plastic container and then placing that piping hot mess almost immediately into a refrigerator is mental.
@Timbothruster-fh3cw most people enjoy things whose process of manufacture is suspect. while it is technically hypocritical, it could be argued that this variation of hypocrisy is mitigated by how omnipresent it is.
You brew the tea at double strength for 15 minutes, dissolve the sugar, then dilute it by half with could water. It goes in the fridge warm at hottest@@somedude7938
The Toast Sandwich had me heehawing! 😂 plus the street food for first time dog humans. Also, that lady and her daughter did not make American Sweet Tea right at all.
This comment is gonna make me seem like ☝️🤓, but the British stereotype of “bad teeth” is that they’re slightly discolored and crooked, not that they’re literally rotting, and it’s because the UK doesn’t have the impossibly high dental beauty standards of the US. They care just enough to not have cavities or disease, but they tend to not care about cosmetic appearance.
To be fair, sickeningly sweet "sweet" tea is a southern thing. I'm from TX, all my extended family drank unsweetened tea (made with a LOT of tea bags). "Sweet" tea had 1 cup of sugar in a huge pitcher. The video showed them adding 2 cups of sugar. When I moved to TN, I ordered "sweet" tea exactly once because it's disgustingly sweet.
As a representative from the American south: That woman does not speak for us. She didn't use enough tea bags. She didn't make tea, she made leaf water.
I mean ... technically, Tea IS leaf juice. I also find it hilarious that THAT's the thing you take offense with, as if adding a metric ton of sugar was any better.
We make tea like this, but in stead of a pot we use a kettle and I agree that’s wayyyy to much sugar, HOWEVER, we don’t consider this ‘normal tea’ its ’iced tea’ or ‘sweet tea’, different from other kinds of tea, this is an acceptable way to make tea, in my opinion, as long as it’s not the only way you make tea. Just for clarification.
Because it is. Fried potato sandwiches and canned beans on toast sounds like something I'd slap together in college instead of eating ramen again. Except who in their right mind slaps fried starch between two slices of starch, that's just mental 😂
Yeah but that was not good sweet tea they were making. That way way too much sugar and not enough tea bags for that amount of water. That was just going to take like syrup
Obviously they’d freak out. most of that drink is sugar, there’s a difference between knowing something is in unholy proportion diabetes causing and liking it, doesn’t mean they can’t go together. u love a burger yet you know it’s unhealthy. Americas way of tea is disgusting, no wonder you’re struggling with obesity.
They drank that sweet tea up on the video before when Jolly brought it to them and LOVED it....Now they're acting as if it's something they've never tried and liked. LMAO
I see a bunch of tea stuff, but as an American we do like putting "crisps" and "chips" on sandwiches but usually as an extra on a meat sandwich. We might put a layer of "chips" on a burger or "crisps" on a cold deli sandwich.
Ok I might get called weird for this but here goes I take spaghetti seasoning and mix it up with tomato sauce melt cheese in with it mix it up with fries and use either bread or tortillas and make a sandwich or a taco out of it
I LOVE how they're all so horrified at how southern iced tea is made How they manage to keep it together until they see how much sugar is added in and just LOSE IT there
Greetings from North Carolina 😁 I've made GALLONS of southern Sweet Tea and there is positively NOT that much sugar in it. That woman had to be trolling.
@@krissyg7026 british people always default to punching down towards the US because they know punching at literally any other country means they'd lose
@krissyg7026 I'd say more of our food is red than yellow. I might just be having a brain fart but what yellow do you speak of? I'm only thinking mustard and cheese
The reactions to iced tea or "sweet tea" remind me of a funny story my grandmother once told about going to the UK in the 1990s. She and my grandfather were driving to Dumfries to see our ancestral castle (we're of Scottish decent), and they stopped to have lunch at a little restaurant. My grandmother had asked for a cup of tea and a glass of ice, which perplexed the waitress. When the waitress brought it over, she watched my grandmother pour the tea into the glass with ice. The waitress shook her head and walked away while muttering "barbarian" under her breath. My grandmother, like the rest of my family prefer both iced tea and hot tea unsweetened, however.
My family and I are as American as they come, but we have strong English and Scottish roots and heritage on my mothers side. I've always felt a strong connection to anything british or from the UK in general. I love the accents, the mannerisms, the history, the landscapes, the tv. I hope to visit one day and appreciate it all in person!
That would ruin the storyline they were going for lol. Not surprising, though. Everyone bashes American food, but then it's thriving all over the world lol.
@@grimwaltzmanthat’s how you make sweet tea which is what they loved. The clip is how sweet tea is made. They misspoke when they said sweetened ice tea. There’s a difference. This clip represents what they loved
I must admit, I was stationed in England in 1990-1992, and I’ve had a kettle ever since! I use milk in my hot tea and no sugar. My mom thought I was crazy!! 😂😂
If I make hot tea I make it extremely strong and I put honey and canned milk in it. I like my cold tea equally strong but no sweetener or artificial sweetener. Those are disgusting.
🤷🏾♀️ the funny thing about it I wouldn't be surprised if it was a sweetener and not actual sugar 😂 unless I see the actual bag of sugar I don't trust it
@@ceg4609 Americans only eat veggies if it has 1000 calories of cheese and potato added on top. 😂😂 Completely negating any benefit of the vegetables involved.
@@_Professor_Oak Americans pick fruit off of trees to eat, and eat corn straight off the Cobb. We make bread out of zucchini, and specifically pre-cut carrots for people to eat more conveniently... we eat veggies.
@@Kelnx Versatile! It's very good at melting due to the emulsifiers, so it's good for mac n' cheese, grilled cheese, burgers, ramen cups, etc. Things where you want a melted cheese, sometimes a fully melted cheese!
I spent 20 days in England, way back in the early 1990s. I tried all kinds of traditional English food for the first four days.....then LITERALLY ate nothing but fish & chips for the next 16 days. True story. 😄
The video shows how to make "Sweet Tea" which is popular in the southern states. In the north, we make tea like Brits -- we heat water in a kettle, pour the hot water in a teapot or a cup, and steep the tea in the hot water for 3 - 5 minutes. Milk and/or sweetener is added after the tea is in the cup. In the summer, if ice tea is desired, we put the tea in the refrigerator and serve it over ice. Sweetener is added after the tea is in the glass.
4 cups of sugar is for shock value. Growing up we made our sweet tea this way, the boiling water helps the sugar dissolve. BUT 2 cups of sugar is all you need for very sweet tea so these folks are making it concentrated so it lasts longer or dad is a dentist.
They didn't add 4 cups though. 😂 I mean, I use about 1 cup of sugar per gallon, and honestly I've had other (home made) sweet tea in restaurants where I'm pretty sure they've used 2 cups per gallon. Definitely sweeter, but not so sweet that it should have garnered the reactions these kids had, lolll.
The thing about American cheese is that it's made specifically so that it can melt without splitting, which is why it's considered the best cheese for burgers and sandwiches over almost anything else. It's wrapped in single slices because most refrigerators aren't cold enough for it to keep its shape if it's sold in blocks.
Yep. I watched a video on how it's made. Turns out it's real cheddar cheese mixed with an emulsifier so that it can easily melt. Doesn't look great, but does the trick.
A burger is the only place that a cheese slice is acceptable, because of what you said. But, it is possible to use better cheese on a burger, the American slice is just easier, more consistent results, and probably a lot cheaper.
Idk, all I can think about is the time I threw a piece of single wrapped American cheese on a blazing campfire as a kid and watched that thing just solidify on a burning log 💀 it outlasted the fire, it just ended up being a solid charred square. I haven't been able to eat it since. I spend the couple extra dollars and get fresh sliced American cheese or cheddar from the deli. I redid my experiment with the fresh deli cheese and it actually melts and the liquid evaporates. Perfect--much better than single wrapped cheese on a burger or sandwich. I'm convinced Kraft singles are some sort of chemistry experiment and not meant to be consumed by humans 😂. More power to ya if you enjoy them, but the image of what that "cheese" looked like after exposed to extreme heat scarred my impression a bit lol
Chip Butties are actually pretty tasty. Back in the '70's my friends & I saw the Scottish pop-rock group The Bay City Rollers on The Dinah Shore Show. Lead singer Les McKeown was explaining that it was a popular treat in the UK and how to make them. So we met at one of our houses and tried it. They are very good but not something you you should eat often!
I think the average person who likes sweet pea, put about a cup per gallon to me that still too much. I like my tea sweetened rather than sweet, if that makes sense. Too much sugar takes away the flavor of the tea, but just the right amount, enhances the tea flavor, like salt does for food
I'm going to take these potatoes and I'm going to throw them between two slices of buttered toasted Pullman loaf cut in an extra thick slices that's in some places is called Texas toast.
As someone who now only drinks unsweetened tea, there’s a difference between liking something, and then realising just how much sugar is inside it. (Also, my fellow Brits, learn from my mistakes. Unsweetened tea and zero sugar tea ARE NOT THE SAME!)
All I could think is why they would not just put it in that same pot. And why add more tap water after? Boil the water you need, put the bags, and let it cool.
In my house we didn't boil the tea, we put water in a big glass jar and added the tea bags. Then we sealed it up and put it out in the sun for a few hours. After taking the bags out we'd add some sugar and we'd have a thing of sun tea.
we put cheese on stuff like burgers, fries [for chili cheese fries], grilled cheese [a British food popular in America], as well as things like nachos. cheese normally isn't eaten like that without some sort of alternate with it, you will rarely find a cheese nibbler now and days.
In the south here in America we have a slap your knees and say “right” thing but it’s just “Well” but really long and drawn out. You could slap your knees, you could just stand up, but most importantly you say “WEEeellL” and you don’t even need to say the rest like “well I need to go because…” you can just say well and the other person is just like “see ya” it works on phone calls too.
@@Axqu7227 No, see, in the midwest you hit the "Welp" and thats the signal that you WILL leave two hoours from now, when they finally let you, and they've hugged you five times at the door. Difference in culture lmao
American southerner here. 1) They put way too much sugar in the tea. 2) If you lived in the southern U.S., you would understand why we like our tea iced, and not hot. (It is HOT outside!) 3) I dare you to try real southern iced tea, and say you don’t like it!
For the kiddos...since the revolution tea and tea culture in the United States changed alot. But to be dreadfully specific about why us southerners drink *Sweet Iced Tea* it is because we have days where it's 43.33 degrees Celsius in the shade. Sugar acted as a bit of a preservative, especially when talking about Peach tea or any tea that features fruits or preserves for additional flavoring.
Think you got that the wrong way around. Unless otherwise preserved, the sugar in sweet tea ferments ridiculously quickly into a stale, almost bad breath flavor. It's the citric acid in fruit that acts as a preservative, which is why you will find citric acid on the list of ingredients for any bottled tea. Restaurants that brew it fresh preserve it by either chilling it in tea coolers or chilling it with ice, otherwise they'd end up serving a rather disgusting product by the end of the day, unless the customers drank it quickly enough that the restaurant needed to rebrew a couple of times.
You can get enough sugar into a liquid to make it shelf stable, but it's well into syrup territory at that point. Before that (and even the sweetest of sweet tea is well before that) the sugar is just food for yeast and bacteria.
I thought the tea video was going to be troll because there's SO MANY americans trolling british people on that, but no that is in fact one of the ways to make sweet tea lmao, it's a batch thing so you use these giant tea bags and make a whole gallon or more at once. It's like you might see people making batch tea for like a boba tea shop, it's just one of the ingredients and you make it en masse. What's REALLY fun is making sweet tea at a restaurant for those GIANT 30 GALLON DISPENSERS lol. You'll never see so much sugar.
Cracker Barrel has both in made and buy as jugs. don't remember how much sugar though. but you heat up the water to almost boiling then you turn it off and put sugar in, then keep stirring till the water is clear. then you add tea bags
Yeah idk why Brits get so puritanical about the "making" of tea...it's literally boiled water with steeped tea leaves, doesn't matter if it's by kettle or by boiling pot. As you point out, Asian countries from which they acquired the tea originally make batch tea this way for Boba.
@@cutapacka4 because they have absolutely no culture and cling to whatever scraps of consumerism their grandparents thought was important as some sort of sacred pasttime it's depressing really, the middle and lower british class are entirely devoid of a shared cultural identity other than NOT being posh. the UK practically has a caste system lmfao
I always add a little bit of boiling water to the sugar and mix it until it is a clear, simple syrup and mix it into the tea after it has already steeped. Makes sure the sugar is uniform throughout the drink and none sinks to the bottom.
7:30- because a lot of people have to work SO much their kids are often left home alone to make themselves food, its easy for a kid to get a slice of cheese without using a sharp tool. also you get even slices when you need slices for layering or whatever else youre doing with it.
2:39 Listen kid, our fast food chains are arriving and multiplying in the U.K. and Europe. That Diabetes Train is coming for u too when that teenage metabolism slows down into an adult metabolism. Choo, Chew!!!😜🍔🚅
Yeah fast food has been here for decades, i think the first mcdonalds in UK came in the early 70s. Now unless youre in buttfzck nowhere, youre never more than 15-20 minutes from a mcdonalds
I have never seen anyone make tea like that! In Minnesota, we always just filled a gallon mason jar with water and tea and let it sit in the sun and add honey for sweetness!
I respect it because that’s definitely Minnesota for you, but realistically no one is thinking of Minnesota when they think of American sweet tea. They’re thinking of Texas, Mississippi, Georgia, Louisiana, Memphis, etc. and I can promise you no one is sticking a Mason jar of water in the sun or using honey instead of sugar in these parts. But also that video was a blight on true sweet tea. When you’re pouring it over ice and it’s still warm you know you’re fixing to taste something delicious.
It's individually wrapped for people who need to pack lunch or businesses, sanitary and travel purposes. We have real cheese blocks that come in blocks and slices, do they not know this? Lol
it's individually wrapped because it is liquid and only solidifies into a cheese "slice" when between the two pieces of plastic. i grew up calling it government cheese because it was so cheap and you could get so much of it with food stamps. But now that we know plastic is problematic, they should just make it in a big block to be sliced at the deli. I don't think bringing an individual kraft single for lunch is particularly common
@@asunbeam5479 You can get sliced American cheese from the deli counter in most places. It's honestly my favorite cheese when making melts or burgers. Not really good for much else though.
@@asunbeam5479 The government had stockpiles of cheese due to a market stabilization effort. That cheese is not a liquid, lol. It does melt well, but it will stay solid if you leave it unwrapped on the counter at room temp for some time.
No, that's not how Americans make tea. That's how southern people make something called Southern sweet iced tea. It's a different drink than just tea. But of course, the video fails to mention that.
@Timbothruster-fh3cw The fact that generally only Southerners do it, means most Americans don't. So to just call it "American" and not "Southern American" would be misleading.
“It is a bit true.” 😂 My guy, may you enjoy your blissful youth and done all you’ve ever wanted before you find out how much of an understatement that statement is.
I am never not horrified by their food and confused by the lack of their use of the spices they conquered the known world for. Jamie Oliver is a travesty to food.
There's also something called sun tea that we make in the south. You use a big glass jug with a lid, fill it with water (not hot, just water), add several tea bags, & leave it out in the sun for a few hours to steep. Once it's the right color, you put it in the fridge to chill.
We did this all the time growing up. It was kind of a fun way to make something, and if you served with a bit of sugar and lemon, it really felt special.
I’m from the southern US and the lady made tea completely WRONG. You boil like 4-5 tea bags in a much larger pot of water, turn down the heat and steep for 15-20min, stir ONE CUP to ONE AND A HALF CUPS of sugar into the concentrate until it dissolves, then distribute your concentrate into a couple of gallon sized pitchers and add ice cold water to dilute. Chill it in the fridge until it’s cold and then serve it over plenty of ice!
I was wondering how they'd react to sun tea. Tap water into a jar with tea bags, screw on the lid, leave it in the sun for 3-4 hours, then serve cold. I'm pretty sure that would shock them!
Amen brother! As a New Yorker, I was cringing so hard! Also pouring boiling water straight into a plastic pitcher?! Enjoy drinking your microplastics! You're supposed to let your tea steep, cool off, then pour it into your pitcher; and you don't water down your tea, you put in ice cubes which melt quickly, cool your tea to the perfect frosty temperature, and which create the perfect water ratio.
@@i_am_talin Don't they have tea kettles or electric kettles in the USA? What about using carafes made of glass or ceramics? And the amount of sugar was horrendous.
@@coolmeisemeisenmann1416 Typically, the kind of people who own a kettle or electric kettle are the kind of people who are very particular about tea. I drink a lot of loose leaf blends, so I have an electric one which I can preset to a temp and time best for a specific type. That said, most Americans prefer coffee to tea, so you're more likely to see coffee makers. As for the amount of sugar they used, I've worked in places that made sweet tea several times a day, and that's pretty standard for what you'll get from a fast food place, or restaurant. Some people may use less sugar at home, but Sweet Tea is typically sugared pretty on par with most Soda.
For true southern tea that’s an appropriate amount of sugar but yes more tea bags. I a southerner of a grand 14 years [i know I’m a tea expert] has tried northern “sweet tea” its not sweet enough
"Why do you have individual sliced cheese" so that we can be lazy and not cut a slice of cheese off the block everyday, and the cheese slices are usually packaged differently from the sliced cheese, because cheese slices are made with cheese plus a jelly like substance(made of nonharmful tasteless chemicals) to make it stick together better and to make it melt better and that's just how the machine that makes them packages them to cool into a slice perfectly, it would take forever to seperate all that with butcher paper like normal sliced cheese, tho it would be better if we cooled it in one area and package it elsewhere so that we can avoid too much plastic use
That is only 4 cups of sugar. Well maybe your poor 3 rd world countries can’t afford sugar but us Americans are allotted 8 kilos of sugar everyday and we are required to consume it.
As someone from the southern United States: the tea making is on point. Not enoguh tea bags though. You need about four for that much. Only real difference is the last step. Instead of topping it off with more water, we topped it off with ice and then refrigerated it (effectively the same step, seeing as the ice is going to melt).
The way we have to make it in restaurants turns my stomach, the customers want it soooo sweet. We don't make it that sweet at home but clearly plenty are cuz they're the ones making the demands. 🤣
@@solitarelee6200 I was at a fast-food place and watched a 10-year-old child accompanied by his mother get a large self-serve soda, then walk over to the condiment area and poured about 15 packets of sugar into his soda. Talk about sugar addiction.
i had a jacket potato after standing in a queue for half an hour it had beans and partialy melted cheese and it was in one of those whit takeaway boxes. i was at school, big up the potato
a note about tea: it’s a southern thing, and the majority of the southern US states are very hot and humid (south the cultural region, not the direction, so not including places in the southwest). the appalachian mountains are actually a temperate rainforest, and doing basically anything outside means you sweat a LOT. one way to get your blood sugar up is to drink things like sweet tea or soda. i grew up working on a farm in the south and to replenish we would have a snack of pepsi and little debbies. it’s a really quick way to rebalance your body, basically. obviously some people put more or less sugar or tea bags/leaves, and it’s very regional, but in general that’s one reason why southern things are so sweet
It's also very good on a peanut butter and toast open-faced sandwich. Which is as simple as it sounds: PB spread on toast, a slice of American cheese singles, melt it a bit (either by making it quickly after the toast while hot, or a few seconds in the microwave), and boom. Delicious.
LOVE this group of guys! I've NEVER seen tea made that way before. Made my teeth hurt to watch that. We have our tea every morning first thing from the Brown Betty. Look forward to seeing more fun with these guys.
Best redemption was when they gave the same kids “Southern” style sweet ice tea…each one immediately broke into a big smile promptly followed by taking another drink!❤
As an American from the Pacific Northwest and Mountain West, I also thought that was a shocking amount of sugar going into that tea! But there's almost that much sugar in sodas too. And that American cheese meme made me laugh out loud
I must be weird because I prefer tea and coffee without sugar nowadays. What's the point of the tea if you can't even taste it over the sugar? Just have a damn coke... 😂😂
Depends on where you grew up. Where I grew up, we made it like that. But I lived on a farm and we worked our butts off. Obesity and diabetes were not things for us. Amazing how many calories hard work can burn.
Boiled water in a pot or kettle is still boiled water. What is unappetizing is the quantity of sugar that can make you sick. As a northerner, we find plain cold tea is very refreshing, but we don't care for all the sugar. When I travel In the south, I will ask the waitress for a cup of hot tea... They bring out a little pot of hot water, a cup and saucer, and an individually wrapped tea bag. Place the teabag in the little pot to steep, then ask the waitress for a large glass and a cup of ice. Pour the steeped tea in the glass, add some ice and water.
@@ruthm4749 Yes, it's still boiled water, that's why I'm asking why they're tripping about boiling water. I'm from Texas, we do make our tea sweet, but not that much sugar. Also more tea bags, usually. You can just ask for unsweet tea, btw.
Watching this, I’m so glad I’m born in Malaysia. You’ve got a mix of so many cultures in food, and so many cultures’ own cuisine here. Cuisines include, but not limited to: Italian, Malaysian, Chinese, Indian, Russian, Arabic, Japanese, Indonesian, Thai, Vietnamese, and most of the common Western and European cuisines. Not to mention the fusion, chicken chop with black pepper sauce and fried rice. Oh my Goooooodd!
@ You’d be surprised; fish and chips 😂. See, it may be staple food and as common as the rain in the UK, but over here, rice is staple. So fish and chips are considered “cuisine”. I think because the fish used, which is Cod, is not a common fish here unless you get prepackaged and frozen fillets (We have Tilapia though). Besides, have you seen the price for a bag of frozen chips lately ? Bloody hell, I tell you what 😂.
They hand picked the most triggering tea making video they could find 😂😂😂
If you get triggered by watching that video it says more about you and how fragile you are.
@@Kikoama burh, I'm southern american and I was triggered by the amount of sugar to tea they used. WTF
they should have hit them with microwaving water to make tea
@KnabTheGoblin don't feed the trolls
yea i know right, like my family use tea kettles
"You absolute melon," went so hard without trying. He had that one queued up the moment he saw it. Brilliant.
This is such a British comment.
Melon or plank or ...donut
Without trying? its literally a very common phrase everyone uses which is why it was the first thing mentioned
Melon is a Dutch insult, just like grape and pancake.
Pear is a compliment. A good pear.
I’ve been called a gas tap
As a Chinese student who studied in the UK, I was once with my Chinese friends at a small fish and chips place in the small town we go to school in. They sat down, ordered a tower burger, fish and chips, and calmly told the waiter that they also want some Chinese curry.
I was like.... those two words don't go together mate. When the curry came, it was neither Indian, nor Japanese, and most definitely not Chinese, it was something completely different from anything I've had in my life up till that point.
That was the biggest culture shock I have ever had in my life to this day.
curry rice is a thing in Hong Kong / China though
Has anyone heard about Italian Sushi?
Yeah that's how it feels the first time I heard about Chinese Curry...
Apart from our beige food, what did you think of it over here?
@@twang5446 what in the unholy hell is italian sushi...?
@@Muzzaa i studied abroad at oxford, my friend studied in edinburgh, we both loved the UK but the food… well you know. aside from that, loved everything else.
It’s funny they were shocked and offended by how sweet tea is made, but when they actually tried it, every single one of them loved it 😂
Well yes, it's sugar.
@scottpenfold4373 the point is they said it would be too sweet but none of them felt like it was when they actually tried it .
No one makes sweet tea with that much sugar. That was crazy
@@Brody1007 they drank sweet tea from a fast food restaurant didn’t they? So it had to be comparable
@Brody1007 if you whole the recipe for sweet tea it comes up 2 cups of sugar per gallon dude. Plenty of people in these comments will tell you they do
The best joke I ever heard about British food was they still eat like they're fighting WW2.
And half the time, it's true 🤣🤣🤣
BEANS 👁️👄👁️
And they actually started eating like this long before WW1...
They're eating like they are still in the great depression
Yesss
We do!!
It’s delicious😂
Believe it or not, some of us American tea-drinkers actually own electric (or stovetop) kettles and don't add sugar. :D
Yes, I’m an American and I use an electric kettle. As a kid we had a kettle we put on the stove.
yeah my wife has an electric kettle and my mom uses and old stove top kettle. this tea preparation is americans from the south
Yup
Love sugar in Iced Tea, but I use half the amount it calls for on the packaging (1/2 cup per gallon). For hot tea, lemon and honey. It also depends on the tea. Adding fresh mint and lemon to Iced tea is fantastic
They also add sugar and, also milk….
For what it's worth, sweet iced tea is a SOUTHERN thing, very regional. It's not what Americans all over drink. But there are places where you have to be careful when you order, because "tea" just means "sweet iced tea". EDIT - apparently a lot of people can't read. I did NOT say that "iced tea" was only available in the South. I said that "sweet iced tea" was a Southern thing, as in, going into a restaurant and ordering "tea" and they bring you a glass of iced tea with sugar already in it, as the default.
additionally, southern sweet tea is almost NEVER prepared single serve. It's supposed to last the whole week, hence the metal pot prep method. However, I must admit that pouring boiling water directly into a plastic container and then placing that piping hot mess almost immediately into a refrigerator is mental.
I don't get it, they've had sweet ice tea before & loved it, and now they look at it like they wouldn't touch it?🤨
@Timbothruster-fh3cw most people enjoy things whose process of manufacture is suspect. while it is technically hypocritical, it could be argued that this variation of hypocrisy is mitigated by how omnipresent it is.
You brew the tea at double strength for 15 minutes, dissolve the sugar, then dilute it by half with could water. It goes in the fridge warm at hottest@@somedude7938
@@somedude7938a kettle can fit the same amount of water as that pot lol
The Toast Sandwich had me heehawing! 😂 plus the street food for first time dog humans. Also, that lady and her daughter did not make American Sweet Tea right at all.
are you a donkey perchance
I'm from the low country (South Carolina) and that video was a joke. We like sweet tea, but that would kill a flock of hummingbirds. 😅
"Her teeth are gonna fall out" - you know you done goofed when a Brit is concerned about your dental care
Ironic as we have some of the best dental care in the world and don’t need veneers 😅
😂😂😂😂
@@robertpetre9378 all that dental care and still looks like somebody just grabbed random size teeth and jammed them in there
it's TEEF !
This comment is gonna make me seem like ☝️🤓, but the British stereotype of “bad teeth” is that they’re slightly discolored and crooked, not that they’re literally rotting, and it’s because the UK doesn’t have the impossibly high dental beauty standards of the US. They care just enough to not have cavities or disease, but they tend to not care about cosmetic appearance.
i find it funny that they literally tried sweet tea in the biscuits and gravy video and there wasn't a single complaint about it 😭
But they didn't see how much sugar goes into southern sweet tea 😂❤
IKR!!!They was slurping it up and asking for seconds! 😮😅😅
To be fair, sickeningly sweet "sweet" tea is a southern thing. I'm from TX, all my extended family drank unsweetened tea (made with a LOT of tea bags). "Sweet" tea had 1 cup of sugar in a huge pitcher. The video showed them adding 2 cups of sugar. When I moved to TN, I ordered "sweet" tea exactly once because it's disgustingly sweet.
I'm from Florida and my grandmother would put about 4 cups of sugar in a 2 gallon jug of tea. LOL
@@kokogaijintbh, I've never seen that much sugar used in homemade sweet tea. That was an insane amount
As a representative from the American south: That woman does not speak for us. She didn't use enough tea bags. She didn't make tea, she made leaf water.
...I feel as though a grave injustice has occurred.
I mean ... technically, Tea IS leaf juice. I also find it hilarious that THAT's the thing you take offense with, as if adding a metric ton of sugar was any better.
That's funny, as I watched that, growing up with sweet tea, all I noticed was the lack of tea bags too! Rest looked spot on :)
Nashville (and North Carolina) concurring.
Agree
2:40 as an American, I am proud to say that I do not make tea like this. And by god I don’t put a cup of sugar in each glass
Thank you so much I needed to make sure I wasn’t the only one drinking diabe-tea-s 😂
We make tea like this, but in stead of a pot we use a kettle and I agree that’s wayyyy to much sugar, HOWEVER, we don’t consider this ‘normal tea’ its ’iced tea’ or ‘sweet tea’, different from other kinds of tea, this is an acceptable way to make tea, in my opinion, as long as it’s not the only way you make tea. Just for clarification.
That was sweet tea. And when these lads tried biscuits and gravy they LOVED the sweet tea
@ a 1-2 sugar ratio is more than sweet
Speak for yourself, yankee
That one kid “no wonder they hate our food. Look what they’re putting in theirs!”
Fair play
Americans actually use seasoning and doesn’t boil everything
@@phgwav3y201Even most of the white folks! The ones who don’t, are probably distantly related to these kids 😂
@@tim.noonanI wouldn't say most. The Plains/Great Lakes/Northeast have some explaining to do.
@@thejackattack To be fair, the great lakes is all cheese and beer. Food in the plains does suck though, can't even get a good burger.
“Fair play” isn’t an American saying. You’re outing yourself.
Slapping your legs, saying “WELP”, and standing up is the polite way of saying “time for you to get the eff out of my house”, in the Midwest
We in the Netherlands say " Zo."
Yes as a hill billy the “**ahem**” before the welp is non negotiable
and [slap] "welp, i s'pose" is 'i need to get the f out of this house'
Ope
It’s apparently German as well lol
A lot of their food reminds me of depression era meals where you grab what you have just to fill you up
Would not surprise me at all if most of these meals came from rationing during and after WWII
Because it is. Fried potato sandwiches and canned beans on toast sounds like something I'd slap together in college instead of eating ramen again. Except who in their right mind slaps fried starch between two slices of starch, that's just mental 😂
How old are you gramps?
@@konqueror07 old enough to read. How ignorant are you?
Britain is cooking like they still have Germans bombing them.
This is probably the first UA-cam video I've watched in a long time. I'm always flipping through UA-cam shorts. This didn’t let me down.
1:20 Their reaction to sweet iced tea is precious. They've tried sweet iced tea already and couldn't get enough of it.
Oh yeah, I forgot all about that. They loved it.
@@anitac197011 Somehow I don't think they made the connection between that and what was being made in the video 🤣
Im not worried what British people think about tea. Yet anothing they colonized and conquered for and act superior about.
Was it these exact kids? I’ve not watched the other video in forever
It’s like eating sausages before watching how they’re made! 😅
I love how they all freak out about the tea but they LOVED sweet tea when they tried it.
Right! 😂
eat a chicken sausage then watch it get made...
That is not tea that is disabilitea
Yeah but that was not good sweet tea they were making. That way way too much sugar and not enough tea bags for that amount of water. That was just going to take like syrup
Obviously they’d freak out. most of that drink is sugar, there’s a difference between knowing something is in unholy proportion diabetes causing and liking it, doesn’t mean they can’t go together. u love a burger yet you know it’s unhealthy. Americas way of tea is disgusting, no wonder you’re struggling with obesity.
They drank that sweet tea up on the video before when Jolly brought it to them and LOVED it....Now they're acting as if it's something they've never tried and liked. LMAO
Tbf there’s a lot of foods that if you saw how it was made you’d like it a bit less
I was looking for this comment, because they LOVED it 🤣
@@jeremylee2879 true and they have no room to talk about OUR tea! 90% of their food is absolutely disgusting!
@@Kikoama You haven't had 90% of their food. Just showing how stupid you are...
@@Kikoama absolute bollocks
I see a bunch of tea stuff, but as an American we do like putting "crisps" and "chips" on sandwiches but usually as an extra on a meat sandwich. We might put a layer of "chips" on a burger or "crisps" on a cold deli sandwich.
I thought everyone who did that was crazy until I tried it last year. It’s amazing I’ve been missing out my whole life
They need to stop at Primanti Brothers restaurant in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania for the chips on sandwiches, a great meal, worth the stop.
Ok I might get called weird for this but here goes I take spaghetti seasoning and mix it up with tomato sauce melt cheese in with it mix it up with fries and use either bread or tortillas and make a sandwich or a taco out of it
Bro you should try adding fries to a burrito.
I legit love how these kids can take the criticism and embrace it so hilariously.
Me too, good sports.
I LOVE how they're all so horrified at how southern iced tea is made
How they manage to keep it together until they see how much sugar is added in and just LOSE IT there
Greetings from North Carolina 😁 I've made GALLONS of southern Sweet Tea and there is positively NOT that much sugar in it. That woman had to be trolling.
Like colas
They thought it was the way to make regular hot tea.
I still usually add a packet of Sweet 'n Low to my sweet tea, anyway. It's just never sweet enough =)
Frrr, as a British person, when I saw the sugar I almost started having hysterics 😭😂
MORE BRITISH HIGHSCHOOLERS please, they are the most fun and entertaining. Plus they are so polite and funny. Thank you JOLLY. Josh and Ollie
I love how they all present, more uniforms 😊
@@Artliker1234uhhh
3:01 No that's diabetical 😂
I wish he said that lmao. That's so funny
From what is shown here, British food comes only in 50 shades of beige with splashes of brown. 😅
Unlike US food which is 50 shades of yellow, which is yellow 5 and chemicals 😂
@@krissyg7026 british people always default to punching down towards the US because they know punching at literally any other country means they'd lose
@@krissyg7026 I’m Brazilian, so… I wouldn’t know 😂
@krissyg7026 I'd say more of our food is red than yellow. I might just be having a brain fart but what yellow do you speak of? I'm only thinking mustard and cheese
@@krissyg7026 All food is chemicals. Literally EVERYTHING is made of chemicals. YOU'RE made of chemicals. So that's a pointless observation.
Sweet tea is Southern. Out West we mostly drink unsweetened ices tea with a lemon wedge.
Up north too
where the sociopaths live.
@@testickles8834What, out west?
Nah thats diabolical
I live in Texas and I drink both and yes I own an electric kettle for my unsweetened tea
The reactions to iced tea or "sweet tea" remind me of a funny story my grandmother once told about going to the UK in the 1990s. She and my grandfather were driving to Dumfries to see our ancestral castle (we're of Scottish decent), and they stopped to have lunch at a little restaurant. My grandmother had asked for a cup of tea and a glass of ice, which perplexed the waitress. When the waitress brought it over, she watched my grandmother pour the tea into the glass with ice. The waitress shook her head and walked away while muttering "barbarian" under her breath. My grandmother, like the rest of my family prefer both iced tea and hot tea unsweetened, however.
Douchey waitress
My family and I are as American as they come, but we have strong English and Scottish roots and heritage on my mothers side. I've always felt a strong connection to anything british or from the UK in general. I love the accents, the mannerisms, the history, the landscapes, the tv. I hope to visit one day and appreciate it all in person!
I laughed until I cried at the comment that said “this looks like the first meal a dog would make after it turns human” 😂😂😂😂
3:13 The funny part is they have HAD sweet tea and they LIKED IT!!!
really blew it by not cutting to clips in the previous video where they were served sweet tea and they ALL LOVED IT
That would ruin the storyline they were going for lol. Not surprising, though. Everyone bashes American food, but then it's thriving all over the world lol.
To be fair, the thing in the vid is less of a tea and more of a tea-flavored syrup with that amout of sugar
@@grimwaltzmanthat’s how you make sweet tea which is what they loved. The clip is how sweet tea is made. They misspoke when they said sweetened ice tea. There’s a difference. This clip represents what they loved
Exactly! I remember that video vividly. They loved sweet tea
@thommygirl1204 have you ever actually tried adding this much sugar to tea? With a ratio like this, it'll have a consistency and texture of syrup.
1:52 HELP HE LOOKS HORRIFIED😭
Fr there just making sweet tea lmao
I must admit, I was stationed in England in 1990-1992, and I’ve had a kettle ever since! I use milk in my hot tea and no sugar. My mom thought I was crazy!! 😂😂
Milk in hot tea is delicious ❤
If I make hot tea I make it extremely strong and I put honey and canned milk in it.
I like my cold tea equally strong but no sweetener or artificial sweetener. Those are disgusting.
@@vinsharky because I didn't grow up with milk in hot tea, and now I think it's delicious
I was stationed there from 2009-2016…but I’ve always used a kettle way before that. We don’t boil water on the stove. That’s insane lol 😂
milk in tea sounds sacriledge. maybe it compliments british tea but in asian and indian herbal teas it sounds nasty.
2:38 “the americans just like diabetes” 💀💀 as an American i’m not even mad lmao
Fair, but we eat veggies here... and they don't look like melted toys.
🤷🏾♀️ the funny thing about it I wouldn't be surprised if it was a sweetener and not actual sugar 😂 unless I see the actual bag of sugar I don't trust it
@@ceg4609 💀💀
@@ceg4609 Americans only eat veggies if it has 1000 calories of cheese and potato added on top. 😂😂 Completely negating any benefit of the vegetables involved.
@@_Professor_Oak Americans pick fruit off of trees to eat, and eat corn straight off the Cobb. We make bread out of zucchini, and specifically pre-cut carrots for people to eat more conveniently... we eat veggies.
The Headmaster is hilarious 😂😂. "It's horrible cheese but, I'd eat it though" 🤣🤣🤣
Hate to say it but those American Cheese singles are perfect for certain things.
He's the best headmaster ever!!
I'm a big fan of his. He is so funny.
@@Kelnx Versatile! It's very good at melting due to the emulsifiers, so it's good for mac n' cheese, grilled cheese, burgers, ramen cups, etc. Things where you want a melted cheese, sometimes a fully melted cheese!
@@Kelnx
I only use it on burgers, grilled cheese sandwiches, or hot dogs. I use real cheese on everything else lol.
0:46 *_"Why is it so white?"_*
Insane out of context
I do love that for some of the memes some of the boys are like "well....that's not entirely untrue" haha
"We don't all say tuna like that! ....except me, I do say it like that. But we don't all!"
I spent 20 days in England, way back in the early 1990s. I tried all kinds of traditional English food for the first four days.....then LITERALLY ate nothing but fish & chips for the next 16 days. True story. 😄
"that's unholy amount of sugar" crack me up so freaking bad 🤣🤣🤣
They should see Kool aid being made then.
The video shows how to make "Sweet Tea" which is popular in the southern states. In the north, we make tea like Brits -- we heat water in a kettle, pour the hot water in a teapot or a cup, and steep the tea in the hot water for 3 - 5 minutes. Milk and/or sweetener is added after the tea is in the cup. In the summer, if ice tea is desired, we put the tea in the refrigerator and serve it over ice. Sweetener is added after the tea is in the glass.
4 cups of sugar is for shock value. Growing up we made our sweet tea this way, the boiling water helps the sugar dissolve. BUT 2 cups of sugar is all you need for very sweet tea so these folks are making it concentrated so it lasts longer or dad is a dentist.
Even 2 cups is crazy!!!!!!
@TheYazmanian nah you just like bland herb water
guys they used one cup of sugar for the tea.. 😭
They didn't add 4 cups though. 😂 I mean, I use about 1 cup of sugar per gallon, and honestly I've had other (home made) sweet tea in restaurants where I'm pretty sure they've used 2 cups per gallon. Definitely sweeter, but not so sweet that it should have garnered the reactions these kids had, lolll.
Jolly has another video where they let these same kids and head master try "Sweet Iced Tea" and most of them loved it. lol
The thing about American cheese is that it's made specifically so that it can melt without splitting, which is why it's considered the best cheese for burgers and sandwiches over almost anything else. It's wrapped in single slices because most refrigerators aren't cold enough for it to keep its shape if it's sold in blocks.
A-ha! Thanks for the clarification. I learnt something new today 😊
Only time I eat American cheese is with a burger something about that processed cheese elevates a good burger to top tier
Yep. I watched a video on how it's made. Turns out it's real cheddar cheese mixed with an emulsifier so that it can easily melt. Doesn't look great, but does the trick.
A burger is the only place that a cheese slice is acceptable, because of what you said. But, it is possible to use better cheese on a burger, the American slice is just easier, more consistent results, and probably a lot cheaper.
Idk, all I can think about is the time I threw a piece of single wrapped American cheese on a blazing campfire as a kid and watched that thing just solidify on a burning log 💀 it outlasted the fire, it just ended up being a solid charred square. I haven't been able to eat it since. I spend the couple extra dollars and get fresh sliced American cheese or cheddar from the deli. I redid my experiment with the fresh deli cheese and it actually melts and the liquid evaporates. Perfect--much better than single wrapped cheese on a burger or sandwich. I'm convinced Kraft singles are some sort of chemistry experiment and not meant to be consumed by humans 😂. More power to ya if you enjoy them, but the image of what that "cheese" looked like after exposed to extreme heat scarred my impression a bit lol
Imagine talking crazy about southern sweet tea and then showing a picture of fries between 2 pieces of toast and start drooling 🤦♂️ a madness truly
unseasoned potatoes, butter and bread... yum
at least sweet tea reminds you that your taste buds are working
Crazy thing is they LOVED sweet tea when they tried it in an older video.🤷🏾♀️
I'm british but this comment is hilarious 😂😂
Chip Butties are actually pretty tasty. Back in the '70's my friends & I saw the Scottish pop-rock group The Bay City Rollers on The Dinah Shore Show. Lead singer Les McKeown was explaining that it was a popular treat in the UK and how to make them. So we met at one of our houses and tried it. They are very good but not something you you should eat often!
Put some gravy and curds on it at the least
1:49 that is not how we make tea. Thats how SHE makes tea lol
Right. Real Americans use a microwave.
@@OEFvet0311 Hell no, we use kettles😂
No real Americans use whatever they have on hand
6:03 Mr. Smith is right, even in America we put “crisps” in sandwiches, but it has to have other stuff as well.
Only if there’s meat involved 😂
Yeah I'm a brit, and only oddballs have a crisp sandwich without anything else in there. The crisps add a crunch to an otherwise un-crunchy sandwich.
@@mymartykins23 exactly
Chips on Sloppy Joes. Yes
No, chips and mustard sandwich here, so good. But the main use is salt and vinegar chips on a tunafish sandwich, outstanding!
As an American who lives in the south (Kentucky, specifically) and drinks coffee but also loves tea, I can agree that was FAR too much sugar
I think the average person who likes sweet pea, put about a cup per gallon to me that still too much. I like my tea sweetened rather than sweet, if that makes sense. Too much sugar takes away the flavor of the tea, but just the right amount, enhances the tea flavor, like salt does for food
I’m deep south, specifically Alabama, not enough bags and right amount of sugar.
kentucky is a northern state that identifies as southern
@@tucker4pf finally! Someone understands
It's a loop of sugar pouring. They made it look like five cups of sugar.. that's not what really happened.
It’s actually hilarious how these kids think Americans don’t use kettles and love Kraft singles
New here? Billions of Kraft singles are consumed yearly.
@@rapid13by who
@@nerluvsyouupoor people
Complaining about sweet tea while eating carbs on carbs is about the most ironic thing I've heard today.
Soooo true!
Awl dat shoogah! ... Bread sammie? Yes please.
Carbs are legitimately worse for your teeth than sugar. Carbohydrates annihilate enamel.
I'm going to take these potatoes and I'm going to throw them between two slices of buttered toasted Pullman loaf cut in an extra thick slices that's in some places is called Texas toast.
@@AdmiralStoicRum Mmm. Gonna take your recipe and wrap it in rolled pasta and baked on a pizza stone.
Their reaction to the Sweet Tea is surprising. I think most of them had sweet tea before, in another video, and they enjoyed it.
thats what i was thinking as well. a lot of them had sweet iced tea and thought it was "brilliant!" lol
Ya they just didnt know how it was made. If you gave it to them then showed how it was made, I wonder what they would have said then.
It probably wasn't diabeetus sweet tho
They enjoyed it but they didn’t know how much sugar was in it. I can enjoy a hot dog but be grossed out by watching it be made ya know
As someone who now only drinks unsweetened tea, there’s a difference between liking something, and then realising just how much sugar is inside it.
(Also, my fellow Brits, learn from my mistakes. Unsweetened tea and zero sugar tea ARE NOT THE SAME!)
"You absolute melon"😭😭
And for the Pokemon fans: you absolute Absol.
When he said that, I had to make sure this wasn't a secret FailRace video. :D
What the heck does "You absolute melon" mean? We don't say that in the US!
@@JasmineHaskins-q2y It is a polite way to call someone stupid.
@@JasmineHaskins-q2y In England, "you absolute " just means "you idiot".
I have watched a lot of videos wit these young men. They just seem so genuine, intelligent, and nice. The kind of people anyone would like to meet.
Nobody pours hot water into a plastic jug unless you like plastic leeching in it
The good news is with an old plastic jug, the chemicals are all gone because people have already consumed them!
Shut up. you just learned this about plastic
@@washingtonrl Not everyone is 13. This is common knowledge.
All I could think is why they would not just put it in that same pot. And why add more tap water after? Boil the water you need, put the bags, and let it cool.
Nah man, you wanna do that every day, acumulate enough microplastic in your balls to father the first full natty plastic doll lmao
In my house we didn't boil the tea, we put water in a big glass jar and added the tea bags. Then we sealed it up and put it out in the sun for a few hours. After taking the bags out we'd add some sugar and we'd have a thing of sun tea.
Isn't that called "sun tea"?
@@robertp457 read the end of my message.
That’s what we do. It goes in like a day or two though.
YES. Sun tea in a glass canister is the best way to make iced tea...and a kettle for hot tea.
My momma did this sometimes.
They've already tried Southern American sweet tea, and they couldn't get enough. lol
we put cheese on stuff like burgers, fries [for chili cheese fries], grilled cheese [a British food popular in America], as well as things like nachos.
cheese normally isn't eaten like that without some sort of alternate with it, you will rarely find a cheese nibbler now and days.
5:18 I’ve never done a “chip butty” but I’ve definitely piled fries into my cheeseburgers or chicken sandwiches.
In the south here in America we have a slap your knees and say “right” thing but it’s just “Well” but really long and drawn out. You could slap your knees, you could just stand up, but most importantly you say “WEEeellL” and you don’t even need to say the rest like “well I need to go because…” you can just say well and the other person is just like “see ya” it works on phone calls too.
The Midwest has this too except it’s a “Welp” or a “Weelllp, I’ll let you get back to it!”
@@Axqu7227 No, see, in the midwest you hit the "Welp" and thats the signal that you WILL leave two hoours from now, when they finally let you, and they've hugged you five times at the door. Difference in culture lmao
American southerner here. 1) They put way too much sugar in the tea. 2) If you lived in the southern U.S., you would understand why we like our tea iced, and not hot. (It is HOT outside!) 3) I dare you to try real southern iced tea, and say you don’t like it!
I don't like it iced coffee yes iced tea no
I think sweet tea is gross but I say if people like it awesome none for me thanks.
It's disgusting
Have you tried iced lemon tea (no sugar)? it's great for the 40+°C weather
I've been living in NC for 2 years and I think sweet tea is disgusting
These kids are such a sport !! Loved their reaction, especially "Is that wet bread in there?"
This video is now very popular on Twitter in Japan as it has spread. Almost everyone who has seen it reacted to that sugar lmao
For the kiddos...since the revolution tea and tea culture in the United States changed alot. But to be dreadfully specific about why us southerners drink *Sweet Iced Tea* it is because we have days where it's 43.33 degrees Celsius in the shade. Sugar acted as a bit of a preservative, especially when talking about Peach tea or any tea that features fruits or preserves for additional flavoring.
Think you got that the wrong way around. Unless otherwise preserved, the sugar in sweet tea ferments ridiculously quickly into a stale, almost bad breath flavor. It's the citric acid in fruit that acts as a preservative, which is why you will find citric acid on the list of ingredients for any bottled tea. Restaurants that brew it fresh preserve it by either chilling it in tea coolers or chilling it with ice, otherwise they'd end up serving a rather disgusting product by the end of the day, unless the customers drank it quickly enough that the restaurant needed to rebrew a couple of times.
You can get enough sugar into a liquid to make it shelf stable, but it's well into syrup territory at that point. Before that (and even the sweetest of sweet tea is well before that) the sugar is just food for yeast and bacteria.
I thought the tea video was going to be troll because there's SO MANY americans trolling british people on that, but no that is in fact one of the ways to make sweet tea lmao, it's a batch thing so you use these giant tea bags and make a whole gallon or more at once. It's like you might see people making batch tea for like a boba tea shop, it's just one of the ingredients and you make it en masse. What's REALLY fun is making sweet tea at a restaurant for those GIANT 30 GALLON DISPENSERS lol. You'll never see so much sugar.
Cracker Barrel has both in made and buy as jugs. don't remember how much sugar though. but you heat up the water to almost boiling then you turn it off and put sugar in, then keep stirring till the water is clear. then you add tea bags
Yeah idk why Brits get so puritanical about the "making" of tea...it's literally boiled water with steeped tea leaves, doesn't matter if it's by kettle or by boiling pot. As you point out, Asian countries from which they acquired the tea originally make batch tea this way for Boba.
personally my family puts ice in it not extra water but yeah it's basically this same process
@@cutapacka4 because they have absolutely no culture and cling to whatever scraps of consumerism their grandparents thought was important as some sort of sacred pasttime
it's depressing really, the middle and lower british class are entirely devoid of a shared cultural identity other than NOT being posh. the UK practically has a caste system lmfao
I always add a little bit of boiling water to the sugar and mix it until it is a clear, simple syrup and mix it into the tea after it has already steeped. Makes sure the sugar is uniform throughout the drink and none sinks to the bottom.
2:54 Everyone of those kids, if they tried sweet tea in the south, would love it. Guarantee it.
7:30- because a lot of people have to work SO much their kids are often left home alone to make themselves food, its easy for a kid to get a slice of cheese without using a sharp tool. also you get even slices when you need slices for layering or whatever else youre doing with it.
British free healthcare privilege
But why do they have to be individually packed? Just put them in one package
My kids at 5yo can easily cut themselves some cheese, wtf
@@einflinkeswiesel2695 itll stick together
@@Thalaranthey ever heard of disabilities
2:39 Listen kid, our fast food chains are arriving and multiplying in the U.K. and Europe. That Diabetes Train is coming for u too when that teenage metabolism slows down into an adult metabolism. Choo, Chew!!!😜🍔🚅
That adult metabolism thing is so real omg :(
Our fast food has been there for a long time. They have KFC, Popeyes, McDonald's, Taco Bell, etc. Fattest country in Europe as well lol.
Yeah fast food has been here for decades, i think the first mcdonalds in UK came in the early 70s. Now unless youre in buttfzck nowhere, youre never more than 15-20 minutes from a mcdonalds
I have never seen anyone make tea like that! In Minnesota, we always just filled a gallon mason jar with water and tea and let it sit in the sun and add honey for sweetness!
I respect it because that’s definitely Minnesota for you, but realistically no one is thinking of Minnesota when they think of American sweet tea. They’re thinking of Texas, Mississippi, Georgia, Louisiana, Memphis, etc. and I can promise you no one is sticking a Mason jar of water in the sun or using honey instead of sugar in these parts. But also that video was a blight on true sweet tea. When you’re pouring it over ice and it’s still warm you know you’re fixing to taste something delicious.
I heard you add the tea to honey, rather than the other way around. (You Americans like to have flavoured sugar as your meals, don't you?)
In the USA, we call chips/crisps on a sandwich (have your pick); *Fat man's lettuce*
It's individually wrapped for people who need to pack lunch or businesses, sanitary and travel purposes. We have real cheese blocks that come in blocks and slices, do they not know this? Lol
it's individually wrapped because it is liquid and only solidifies into a cheese "slice" when between the two pieces of plastic. i grew up calling it government cheese because it was so cheap and you could get so much of it with food stamps. But now that we know plastic is problematic, they should just make it in a big block to be sliced at the deli. I don't think bringing an individual kraft single for lunch is particularly common
@@asunbeam5479 You can get sliced American cheese from the deli counter in most places. It's honestly my favorite cheese when making melts or burgers. Not really good for much else though.
@@asunbeam5479
I've seen Asian street food videos where they use wrapped single slices so it's not just Americans.
@@asunbeam5479 The government had stockpiles of cheese due to a market stabilization effort. That cheese is not a liquid, lol. It does melt well, but it will stay solid if you leave it unwrapped on the counter at room temp for some time.
@@asunbeam5479you can buy “deluxe” American cheese which is pre sliced cheese, which is slightly thicker and doesn’t have the plastic cover.
6:53 staring at baby throw up and he says “that looks good” 😭😭
I'm laughing
No, that's not how Americans make tea. That's how southern people make something called Southern sweet iced tea. It's a different drink than just tea. But of course, the video fails to mention that.
The fact that only Americans do that does make it an American thing though.
You're right, but this way, its funny
100% facts coming from a southerner living in the boondocks
@Timbothruster-fh3cw The fact that generally only Southerners do it, means most Americans don't. So to just call it "American" and not "Southern American" would be misleading.
I'm pretty sure iced tea is a thing all over the place in America. Definitely not South only.
I’m an American. I’ve never made tea that way! We use kettles too.
“It is a bit true.” 😂 My guy, may you enjoy your blissful youth and done all you’ve ever wanted before you find out how much of an understatement that statement is.
I am never not horrified by their food and confused by the lack of their use of the spices they conquered the known world for. Jamie Oliver is a travesty to food.
There's also something called sun tea that we make in the south. You use a big glass jug with a lid, fill it with water (not hot, just water), add several tea bags, & leave it out in the sun for a few hours to steep. Once it's the right color, you put it in the fridge to chill.
There used to be Lipton ads in the United States about making tea that way.
That sounds awesome icl
We did this all the time growing up. It was kind of a fun way to make something, and if you served with a bit of sugar and lemon, it really felt special.
The immaculate fro representation is on point
The fro game is STRONG with some of these boys.
I was thinking the same thing! They rocking the classic fro!
💯💯 halfway through I was like hold on ...fros are ON POINT 😂
I live for these videos. Top tier content - these boys are hilarious.
I’m from the southern US and the lady made tea completely WRONG. You boil like 4-5 tea bags in a much larger pot of water, turn down the heat and steep for 15-20min, stir ONE CUP to ONE AND A HALF CUPS of sugar into the concentrate until it dissolves, then distribute your concentrate into a couple of gallon sized pitchers and add ice cold water to dilute. Chill it in the fridge until it’s cold and then serve it over plenty of ice!
Exactly how we do it in Florida.
@@chrystalwilliams8089 And I’m sure it’s delicious and refreshing on a hot summers day!
I was wondering how they'd react to sun tea. Tap water into a jar with tea bags, screw on the lid, leave it in the sun for 3-4 hours, then serve cold. I'm pretty sure that would shock them!
@@oregonchick76 I’m sure it would! It probably rarely even gets hot enough for sun tea in the UK!
@@soulextracter Oh, absolutely! In most restaurants here it’s served with a lemon wedge!
"Don't knock it til you try it" As they sip on sweet tea in another episode LOL
It was more cause the woman said it was how to make tea. Tea is HOT not cold. Served with some honey/sugar and milk.
As a long-time diplomat of the Northeastern US: That woman needed more tea bags and used way too much sugar.
Amen brother! As a New Yorker, I was cringing so hard!
Also pouring boiling water straight into a plastic pitcher?! Enjoy drinking your microplastics! You're supposed to let your tea steep, cool off, then pour it into your pitcher; and you don't water down your tea, you put in ice cubes which melt quickly, cool your tea to the perfect frosty temperature, and which create the perfect water ratio.
@@i_am_talin Don't they have tea kettles or electric kettles in the USA? What about using carafes made of glass or ceramics? And the amount of sugar was horrendous.
@@coolmeisemeisenmann1416 Typically, the kind of people who own a kettle or electric kettle are the kind of people who are very particular about tea. I drink a lot of loose leaf blends, so I have an electric one which I can preset to a temp and time best for a specific type. That said, most Americans prefer coffee to tea, so you're more likely to see coffee makers.
As for the amount of sugar they used, I've worked in places that made sweet tea several times a day, and that's pretty standard for what you'll get from a fast food place, or restaurant. Some people may use less sugar at home, but Sweet Tea is typically sugared pretty on par with most Soda.
For true southern tea that’s an appropriate amount of sugar but yes more tea bags. I a southerner of a grand 14 years [i know I’m a tea expert] has tried northern “sweet tea” its not sweet enough
As a southerner, I'm actually glad that a Yank is correcting us... for the first time ever. 😢
"Why do you have individual sliced cheese" so that we can be lazy and not cut a slice of cheese off the block everyday, and the cheese slices are usually packaged differently from the sliced cheese, because cheese slices are made with cheese plus a jelly like substance(made of nonharmful tasteless chemicals) to make it stick together better and to make it melt better and that's just how the machine that makes them packages them to cool into a slice perfectly, it would take forever to seperate all that with butcher paper like normal sliced cheese, tho it would be better if we cooled it in one area and package it elsewhere so that we can avoid too much plastic use
The fact theyre saying the way we make tea is unreal but they were enjoying 3 videos ago
Yup, bunch of hypocrites.
We’re normal, we have a kettle
Plus that’s a very unique sweet tea drink. Most of us do boil our water because we don’t have electric kettles, but that’s where the accuracy ends😅
They didn't drink that batch though did they?
@@LJMorti That we invented. You're welcome lol!
2:13 The scream was so valid 😂
I laughed when they all got surprised 😂😂😂 "her teeth are gonna fall out" 😂
Even as an American I can admit that was to much sugar
2:47 "Get arrested" Their hearts will after drinking that...
2:20 btw im american. THATS SO MUCH SUGAR
That is only 4 cups of sugar. Well maybe your poor 3 rd world countries can’t afford sugar but us Americans are allotted 8 kilos of sugar everyday and we are required to consume it.
You ever made kool-aid?
No you can’t be American that’s not enough sugar 😂
They're making sweet tea.
@@DanaFullylove no wonder why you guys suffer from diabetes
As someone from the southern United States: the tea making is on point. Not enoguh tea bags though. You need about four for that much. Only real difference is the last step. Instead of topping it off with more water, we topped it off with ice and then refrigerated it (effectively the same step, seeing as the ice is going to melt).
That’s how white folks in America make tea. Not the way black folks in America make tea. You boil the water with the teabags together
Exactly
7:00
The way he explained that made it sound amazing and now I’m going to the UK just for that dish
This is sweet tea. It's ridiculously sweet and Southerners love it. Too sweet for me.
Way too sweet for my dives here in Texas
The way we have to make it in restaurants turns my stomach, the customers want it soooo sweet. We don't make it that sweet at home but clearly plenty are cuz they're the ones making the demands. 🤣
Some of us use less sugar than that.
@@JustMe-dc6ks at restaurants you can just say half sweet if needed, mc Donald's does this
@@solitarelee6200 I was at a fast-food place and watched a 10-year-old child accompanied by his mother get a large self-serve soda, then walk over to the condiment area and poured about 15 packets of sugar into his soda. Talk about sugar addiction.
i had a jacket potato after standing in a queue for half an hour it had beans and partialy melted cheese and it was in one of those whit takeaway boxes. i was at school, big up the potato
As a southern American that is not how I was taught to make sweet tea, I mean that was just sugar with a hint of tea lmao 🤣
5:05 Leng in cantonese also means attractive/beautiful 🤯
I did wonder if it was a Canto loan word!
the way that, as a canto speaker who's lived in the uk my entire life, i'd never made that connection until now lmao
🤯🤯
Hong Kong
@@neo-cb9lc it’s never too late to get enlightened.
Not them coming for the way we make tea! I remember specifically in one of the episodes they brought sweet tea and every one of them loved it!
Coming for the way it's made and drinking it aren't the same thing. You can be taken aback by how somethings made and still enjoy it
@@Foop6570Agreed. I like sweet tea, but that video triggered my proper tea-brewing New Englander a$$.
@@Foop6570 No. They reacted as if they hadn’t tasted it themselves. Different story.
a note about tea: it’s a southern thing, and the majority of the southern US states are very hot and humid (south the cultural region, not the direction, so not including places in the southwest). the appalachian mountains are actually a temperate rainforest, and doing basically anything outside means you sweat a LOT. one way to get your blood sugar up is to drink things like sweet tea or soda. i grew up working on a farm in the south and to replenish we would have a snack of pepsi and little debbies. it’s a really quick way to rebalance your body, basically. obviously some people put more or less sugar or tea bags/leaves, and it’s very regional, but in general that’s one reason why southern things are so sweet
Individual packed cheese is for making grilled cheese sandwiches.
Considering the travesty Gordon Ramsey made, I think we can guess they don't know what that is.
And it's individually wrapped to help keep it fresh.
If you had a whole block it would run the risk of drying out. 🧀
It's also very good on a peanut butter and toast open-faced sandwich. Which is as simple as it sounds: PB spread on toast, a slice of American cheese singles, melt it a bit (either by making it quickly after the toast while hot, or a few seconds in the microwave), and boom. Delicious.
@@briansmith48just but real cheese though. That stuff is maybe ok on a grilled cheese or burger but get better cheese for sandwiches and whatever.
The slices stick together if they’re not wrapped
10:21 to be fair we did literally throw your tea in the harbor in the war sooo yeah I’ll give it to him 😂
LOVE this group of guys! I've NEVER seen tea made that way before. Made my teeth hurt to watch that. We have our tea every morning first thing from the Brown Betty. Look forward to seeing more fun with these guys.
Best redemption was when they gave the same kids “Southern” style sweet ice tea…each one immediately broke into a big smile promptly followed by taking another drink!❤
As an American from the Pacific Northwest and Mountain West, I also thought that was a shocking amount of sugar going into that tea! But there's almost that much sugar in sodas too. And that American cheese meme made me laugh out loud
I'm Southern and I can't stand sweet tea..
I must be weird because I prefer tea and coffee without sugar nowadays. What's the point of the tea if you can't even taste it over the sugar? Just have a damn coke... 😂😂
As a southerner, I thought that was a shocking amount of sugar. I do sweeten my tea, just not like that
@@ChildOfDarkDefiance Milo's is awful it's so sweet! And I'm like you I want some sugar but 3/4 of a cup less than what they made lol
As an American, from the South, let me say most of us never make that "liquid diabetes" she made. I use 1/2 cup of sugar per gallon.
I figured it would use the same ratio as sugar for Kool-Aid. I am talking about those packets
You guys are hurting my soul😭
1 cup per gallon
Depends on where you grew up.
Where I grew up, we made it like that.
But I lived on a farm and we worked our butts off.
Obesity and diabetes were not things for us.
Amazing how many calories hard work can burn.
Why is the idea of boiling water for tea so revolting? What do they think a tea kettle does? lmao
Boiled water in a pot or kettle is still boiled water. What is unappetizing is the quantity of sugar that can make you sick. As a northerner, we find plain cold tea is very refreshing, but we don't care for all the sugar. When I travel In the south, I will ask the waitress for a cup of hot tea... They bring out a little pot of hot water, a cup and saucer, and an individually wrapped tea bag. Place the teabag in the little pot to steep, then ask the waitress for a large glass and a cup of ice. Pour the steeped tea in the glass, add some ice and water.
@@ruthm4749 Yes, it's still boiled water, that's why I'm asking why they're tripping about boiling water.
I'm from Texas, we do make our tea sweet, but not that much sugar. Also more tea bags, usually.
You can just ask for unsweet tea, btw.
They make cups of tea. A kettle only makes about 4 to 6 cups. That probably was their first time seeing a gallon of ice tea getting made.
yeah I have no problem with boiling the water but the sugar made my eyes go wide😮
Not revolting, just an ancient method.
3:29 the southern iced tea thing…it should be honey and lemon should be in too. But good lord. That was AN INSANE amount of sugar
Watching this, I’m so glad I’m born in Malaysia. You’ve got a mix of so many cultures in food, and so many cultures’ own cuisine here. Cuisines include, but not limited to: Italian, Malaysian, Chinese, Indian, Russian, Arabic, Japanese, Indonesian, Thai, Vietnamese, and most of the common Western and European cuisines. Not to mention the fusion, chicken chop with black pepper sauce and fried rice. Oh my Goooooodd!
Which of the food items you’ve just seen would you describe as “cuisine?” 😂
@ You’d be surprised; fish and chips 😂. See, it may be staple food and as common as the rain in the UK, but over here, rice is staple. So fish and chips are considered “cuisine”. I think because the fish used, which is Cod, is not a common fish here unless you get prepackaged and frozen fillets (We have Tilapia though). Besides, have you seen the price for a bag of frozen chips lately ? Bloody hell, I tell you what 😂.