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Absolutely true. Everyday at 8am, 3pm and 7pm we receive texts and emails telling us when to have tea. The alarm is old hat technology now and discontinued across many parts of the country except for forests and mountains where the phone reception is poor. Prior to 1911 they used to employ "Tea criers" whose job it was to walk the streets banging on old biscuit tins with a dead squirrel, but sadly after Nigel Whistlethrop invented the electric tea alarm system in October of that year they were all rounded up by the King's guard and fed to the wild haggis population. This was quite fortunate for them in reality as the notorious tea strikes of 1912 meant they'd have been out of a job anyway. Thank goodness those strikes ended at the outset of WWII. Of course, even though the alarms are now mostly via sms, deaf people still have the original Whistlethrop flashing lanterns installed in their houses. I understand there's currently research into nanobot technology which means that the tea alarm can be injected directly into a body which will cause dry mouth at the correct times, negating the need to carry around a fully charged phone. Can't wait, got my name down for a jab, we all have 😂😂😂
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Well done that man! A comprehensive reply 😂😂😂
Fabulous! 😂😂😂😂😂
😂😂😂😂😂brilliant love it hahaha well thought of
All you need is Yorkshire teabags.
Twinings is pronounced twynings, as in a capital i.
Also, teacups are needed when using a teapot with the bags left brewing. The volume of a teacup is not really enough to do it the way you did. Teabags only go directly into mugs, not teacups. Just a FYI.
Yorkshire Tea?
P.G. Tips all the way.
Also, teacups don't work without saucers.
@@araptorofnote5938..ask the aliens for some Togo with the cups
PG Tips bags split too easily. Tetley is the solution - delicious and robust 👍
Actually Thompsons tea based in Belfast 👌
My parents had a teas-made! Litterally an alarm clock with a built-in kettle that boils and pours a cup of boiling water when it goes off, you just leave the teabag in the cup overnight and wake up to tea. Not common these days but they were absolutely a thing in the 80s
I remember them well. Lots of people got them as Wedding presents 👍👍
Someone send some milk chocolate digestives and Yorkshire tea bags ASAP 😂😂
AS..AP!!!! 😅👍
Well They have tried Tetley now, and they do have Yorkshire and Yorkshire Gold but how about throwing in PG Tips into the ring as the three main Tea blends in my house are PG Tips, Tetley and Yorkshire
Yes, in factories - you will get tea breaks where a siren goes off and everyone gets a tea break. Not as much as it use to back in the day.
Erm, no lol. Sirens? U in some old ass 1930s factory? We just used to look at the time bro and then go lol
In some offices a tea trolley (small hand cart) comes round, the 'tea lady' will make her presents known (twice per day).
There is also a program on BBC Radio 2, which announced afternoon tea, (not sure if that's still a think) was often played over Tannoy (speaker system) in factories.
It now will depend on the industry. Many factories required everyone to be working at the same time and often in very loud environments. But back in the day, entire towns would go to work and take their holidays and schools would close all at the same time because one industry would employ everyone. (its like there's whole world out there you should find out about - and some history too mate)@@rusty5078
Yep Factory tea breaks
Maltesers... Say , Mall ( As in the shopping centre) T's and then Ers ( said like hers but without the H)....MALL T's Ers
Fun tea fact! A lot of teas are blended with the local water source in mind. For example, Yorkshire Tea tastes best in Yorkshire because it was blended to work with the local mineral content in the water.
I live in Norfolk and Yorkshire Tea is the best tea regardless, don't need those fancy northern minerals ;)
@glennmiller3630 speaking as a Sotonian anyone from anywhere north of Winchester is a northerner. Fun fact Sotonian auto corrects to solo onion if you type it with a lowercase S
York is the boundary between North + Midlands. Maybe Thirsk at a stretch...
@@raymondporter2094I can't accept that Hull, Leeds, Bradford, Manchester and Liverpool are now in the Midlands.
@@G0Lg0Th4N rubbish. as a leamingtonian i resent this.
6:52 MALT TEASE ERS
MALTESERS! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
im actually dying laughing at these comments, tea alarms and wild haggis 😂😂😂😂
"Builder's Tea" is a classic style in the UK. Which is what every tradesman expects when working on your home. A double strength tea with loads of milk and sugar, served in a large mug.
Loads of milk doesn't sound accurate. Small splash of milk, no sugar, leave the teabag in. Cheers
They used to do Builder's Brew tea bags, almost double strength compared to Yorkshire or Barry's.
That's what 'builder's tea' is? I have that as my morning tea, super strong with 2 teabags steeped for too long, 4 sugars, and it's 15 to 20% milk.
Has to be strong enough to degrease an axle, according to my late nan.
@@RoxanneLavenderBest way to do it!
A tea alarm. Omfg. If there has been I've obviously been deaf for the past 28 years. I'm in tears laughing.
Also thank you for not sticking those teas in the microwave.
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I think there's be a few fireworks if they did put some of those cups in a microwave, what with the metallic leafing they have on them.
We don't need an alarm, that's what the ad break is for!
I feel like this might have been a thing in some places more like 100 years ago when factory work was so big. Some work places might have break alarms and you just drink tea on your break.
i have a whistle on mi kettle that’s an alarm ish.
Tea is much better without adding sugar, especially if you're having sugary snacks like cakes or cookies with it, much more refreshing. Earl Grey and Lady Grey tea is meant to be drank without milk. Malteasers are pronounced 'malt eez ers' and Twinings is prounounced 'tw eye nings. Glad you enjoyed, tea and biscuits are addictive! :)
Sugar in tea is a matter of preference, surely. I prefer a little sugar
Earl Grey & Lady Grey are meant to be drank without milk,
I drink Earl Grey with a slice of real lemon in it sometimes,
I use sweetners instead of proper sugar, 😊
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@@morganetches3749honey is used not sugar as that's for the unrefined people honey also has some minor health benefits
It's all personal preference. I cannot drink black tea without sugar and milk. Tea may be better without sugar for you but that doesn't go for everyone.
There is a difference between a Cookie and a Biscuit, Much like cake, cookies are made from a soft, thick dough and are denser than an English biscuit. When they are finished, cookies are larger, softer, and chunkier than their biscuit cousins. In contrast, the word “biscuit” comes from the Latin 'bis' (twice) and 'coquere' (cooked). It essentially means twice baked! Biscuits were baked twice to make them harder, so that they would last longer on a long sea Voyage and not get stale quickly.
After WW2 there were an awful lot of air raid sirens surplus to requirements and there were an awful lot of vast factories and building sites doing.......rebuilding. It was impractical to expect George the tea boy to cover these vast sites telling everyone the tea was ready so they decided to repurpose the sirens.
my granddad used to work in a steel mill after the war, he was to copy paperwork, but his second job was to do the tea siren, he always told me "the best part of the day was hearing that siren ring out without shitting yourself thinking the germans were about to blow you to bits"
edit: when the factory closed he nicked the siren, its currently in my attic
I miss the siren test once a month in the 80's. Every second Thursday of the month, just in time for elevensies
@@Rachel_M_ Come to Plymouth on a Monday at 11:00 am and you can relive those moments. If you hear it after or before 11.00 run like hell.
I thought this was an outstanding joke until I read the comments. Tea sirens are probably the most British thing ever.
@@SkleppyKins It makes perfect sense though, factories and building sites are large noisy places and so a siren is perfect to make people hear. It was also used for lunch and end of the day.
Tetleys is my go to Tea also! I drink roughly 6-7 cups of tea a day. I drink mine with milk (about a shot glass), no sugars. I cannot function without a cuppa lol. It's refreshing to see Americans actually use proper milk ratios lol. It's also refreshing to see the water being boiled properly, and not 'heated' in the microwave 😂
6-7 cups a day is pretty low to be fair.
12-16 - one cup per hour awake would be more average - Some people might even get through a cup every half hour :)
Tetleys is horrible so weak... BUT... whenever i go to the states to visit my relations i would take a tetley uk bag over ANYTHING they get over there.. there tea is litreally like milk water
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@@franohmsford7548 I drunk tea as the only liquid, but I couldn't drink so much, unless the cups are barely over 100ml. You usually just need maybe 2 liters of water per day.
I drink 1-2 cups and for context my cup is 2 litres so often use a full kettle, also drink slow to not burn throat and fast so not cold at end from about an hour to drink
Annas hair has clearly been made 'silky smooth' by the Zohan.
Exquisite little finger action JT, bravo.
I don't know why, but "hold on to your flump woman" said had me crying laughing.
Imagine you have someone who teases you at the mall.... they would be a mall-teaser
We have a device in England that you put on your bedside table, thats an alarm clock with teapot and water container, called a Teasmade you prepare it the day before with the tea and water, and it wakes you up with a hot pot of Tea, ready for pouring without getting out of bed 😊
I forgot about them things are they still a thing cause I thought them things died out many years ago
I had a swan teasmade for years. Anything floral or lemon in tea I tend to not add milk. 😊
@@JonEvans-st9kt I remember my Aunt had one of the really old versions, but they are still available on Amazon
@@martynward4000 OK cool I am coffee drinker so a coffee version would be better for me 😂
@@JonEvans-st9ktswan/salter brands personal coffee maker 😊 digital clock on it programmed like a basic digital alarm clock and wake up to the smell of fresh coffee. Only does 400ml but enough to get the day/night started
lol love it when JT trys to pronounce tea products & snacks .. its " MOL .. TEE .. SERS " and " TWY .. NINGS " lol when I buy a pack of maltesers I growl at anyone who even comes near the pack MY CHOCCY ! When making a cuppa T squeeze the teabag with the spoon on the inside of the mug to squeeze out all the yummy'ness from the teabag and Im soooo happy ya put ya lil pinky out too hahaha TWININGS / TETLEY & TYPHOO cuz ya gotta OOOOOOH when ya drink Typhoo top tier UK tea bags for sure !
I can remember JT in his truck.
Calling his boss, saying he’s quitting his job.
Going to try to do something different.
Hoping that it would be better. JT! You come a long way Baby!! In my opinion, the best decision you ever made.❤
You don’t have PG tips or Yorkshire tea? There the best
Yorkshire tea is by far the best tea I've ever sipped
I have to agree …. I was always a PG tips kinda guy maybe tetlys at a push…. But then Yorkshire hit the scene and I was a total convert from my first cup!
Each to their own you shouldn't tell people what to drink
@spikeandrews1 nobody is telling anyone what to drink. They are just saying what they prefer..
Yorkshire tea all day long
Lol, you have no idea the levels of anxiety i felt when I couldnt see the milk at the start😂
the colour of tea and how much milk is a heated debate
Yep, the lack of milk worried me at the start too 😂
Yay! So refreshing to see Americans actually make tea correctly 😂 Well done!
“Hold on to your flump women” 🤣
Yorkshire tea I think has a good flavour compared to most but if you can get it loose asam tea made in a pot and steeped for a few minutes is fantastic, tea a drop of milk and teaspoon of raw sugar now we talking tea Best wishes Tim Sunday photographic promotions UK
This is a very serious question. I have scoured the UK for the best tea and i have to say the best i have tried is Welsh Brew Kenyan and Assam tea bags.
Sensational and very reasonably priced.
Everyone saying tetley or yorkshire tea don't know what they are talking about.
@picklerick7872 people don't know what they are talking about when it comes to talking about their favourite tea? Sorry, I didn't realise you knew what their favourite really was and they had it wrong all this time.
The tea alarm is absolutely real. Every day at 3pm. They used to use the old war siren system but with a jolly jingle. Now it's an alert on peoples' phones. Most people drop what they're doing and gather at the nearest tea station in an orderly queue.
Absolutely Jess. The alarm dates back to the old Ministry for Tea, a government department that was set up following the closure of the East India Company. The first government Tea Minister was Earl Gray, hence he had a tea named after him and after his wife. Things are different now, but anybody caught not observing their 3pm tea break in the old days could face harsh punishment. And lets not re-open the wounds of the Great Tea War between those who put the milk in first and those who put it in last. Riots still break out to this day between the milk firsters and the milk lasters.
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A lot of Factories in the UK also had regular set breaks with a bell/alarm signifying when to break for tea
I am old enough to remember Workers playtime on the radio it went When your working hard at home or relaxing or your in a crowded factory just set yourself free when the clock strikes three everything stops for tea. You also need Ginger Nuts to dip in your tea.
Me too! 😂
Hold onto your flump, woman! Is gonna be my new catchphrase!!! Made me laugh out loud!!
The taste of tea comes down to your water type. How much chemicals your water is treated with. I live in an area of Scotland where the water isn’t treated with harsh chemicals so I buy teabags that are designed with that in mind. For example, anything that reads Scottish blend means that it is ideally used in a water supply without harsh chemicals as in an area that has water treatment chemicals added it will ruin the taste.
I've always found Scottish Blend "strong and bitter". Not that that is a complaint mind.
So Scottish tea is more mild? I filter my water, and with boiling too that makes it not so chemical-laden, but it is fairly hard water though, without filtering it smells lie, chlorine coming out of the tap. Idk what tea to get, but i thought of going full-on fancy and getting Pukka breakfast tea. People seem to think Pukka is fancy, it is, i cut open the turmeric one and use it in curry, it's almost a match to my Indian Gujarati grandma's spice blend, it's turmeric and a bunch of other spices, etc, very mild, very specific, with potatoes or whatever, then add black mustard seeds, fresh coriander and fresh tomatoes, and it's a Gujarati curry.
This ^^
Yes I'm Scottish and moved to England and the water makes the tea taste so different
I’ve always wanted to visit Scotland but after doing my DNA test came back 41% from Scotland made me want to even more! I’ll give the tea a try but can’t imagine ever liking it better than some good ole’ Texas sweet iced tea or Dr Pepper :)
Seeing you guys dip biscuits in tea for the first time is so wholesome
Next: try dipped in coffee 👌
Rich tea biscuits dipped in Tetly tea yep
@@laurina257you had to ruin it 😂
The Teasmade was popular in the 1970's, it was an Alarm Clock that brewed and made a pot of Tea at your bedside first thing in the morning, they are not very popular these days and are considered a bit Old Fashioned
After Three Teaspoons of Sugar it does not get any sweeter it just does not dissolve and settles at the bottom of your cup, Sugar and milk is Optional, to everyone's personal taste
Tea Alarm Time ( most commonly known by its acronym T.A.T) was a British tradition going way back. It was a working class affair mainly - the gentry had tea ceremonies with bone China cups and slices of lemon, the upper classes tended to drink Earl Grey and the like - altogether a fancy affair. 'Tat' was a different case entirely. The 'Tat' alarm would ring out at noon every working day, people would stop what they were doing immediately and head to the nearest 'Tat' station. Once there you would be given a cup of black tea with a splash of milk. Sugar was somewhat of a luxury but most 'Tat' stations prided themselves on providing a small cube for every cup. However the whole tradition was jeopardized by the great war, fresh milk was getting harder and harder to come by and it's said that desperate 'Tat' stations (worried that factory workers would riot if denied their tea) would have to resort to procuring milk from wet nurses. That's where the saying "Tit for Tat" comes from 😉
Barry's is an Irish tea brand. It's the best tea. I won't drink anything else.
Chickatees are Irish too. They're really tasty. It looks like someone from Ireland has been sending you stuff.
Why hasn’t anyone sent em Yorkshire tea??? It’s the best tea hands down, tastes like iron 😂
My fav tea too.
I wouldn't send them Yorkshire tea without knowing the water quality in order to know whether they need the soft or hard water blend
@@MerryG2012luckily all of America Is hard Water it was invented with them in mind I remember the old advert
This comment got me laughing
It's definitely one of the best and my favourite
I know people have Tea with sugar in it in Britain also, but you need to try it without!
Tea shouldn't be sweet in my eyes, but each to their own!
Love seeing you guys try British things, keep up the good work ❤
They dont need to try it without if they like sugar!
Many of us drink plain black tea others tea with milk others tea milk and sugar exactly as we drink coffee. It's a personal choice
English Breakfast teabag, 2 teaspoons of sugar(or 3 cubes), add boiling water(as quickly and hot as possible, not just boiled but still boiling preferably), stir well, let stew for at least 3mins, stir well again, squeeze teabag carefully against side of cup/mug with a spoon(don't burst it or burn your fingers*) and remove, tiny splash of milk(or to personal taste), stir a final time.
In my opinion, the hotter the tea the better it is and is best when consumed at the highest temperature you can stand drinking it without it actually burning your mouth. More hardened tea drinkers will often just blow the steam off their cup and start slurping away at it straight away.
*some of us develop asbestos fingertips/lips/tongues due to the constant teamaking and tea drinking we do from an early age.
The tea alarm originally came in the blitz where a siren would sound as tea was rationed so they all drank tea at one time to use less of it
Tea and biscuits: a winning combo. In fact the best ever! Glad you agree JT!
Rich Tea or Digestives are a good starting point (for the type of Biscuit).
@@stephenlee5929 Hear, hear!
@@stephenlee5929 digestives are the best dunkers!! 😂
02:05 JT, I am so glad you identified Barry's as Irish otherwise I would have pointed it out 😆 For Irish tea, my favourite must be Lyons instead of Barry's.
02:24 Although I am Irish, I spend a lot of time in the UK. I can categorically say without doubt, there is no such thing as a "tea alarm". I would honestly love to know where you got that from! 🤣 The closest we get to a "tea alarm" is a teasmade, which is an alarm clock to wake you up in the morning but it also makes a fresh cup/mug of tea, so you can drink it before getting out of bed.
It would seem like Americans do not know how to make tea. Those cups did not look good:
1. Reduce the amount of sugar to 1 teaspoon or cube, otherwise you cannot taste the tea.
2. Put the sugar in first, so it can dissolve properly with the boiling water.
3. When the tea has had time to brew, squeeze the teabag as you remove it, then you get the proper strength of the tea.
What tea was used in the tall cup in the middle? Because honestly, that just looked like slightly darkened milk.
If you are going to dunk biscuits into tea, you can only use Rich Tea biscuits, anything else is illegal! 😝
Suppose you're working outdoors or you're head down in your schoolwork - it's very easy to not look at your watch or a clock and you could miss teatime. That's why most towns and big cities have the tea siren so that nobody misses their cuppa. In many villages without a siren, they ring the church bell. We use both in my town - ten second of siren followed by a short peel of the parish church bell.
Remember back in the late 90s in our government office. When they had meetings, they would order "tea and biscuits" from the canteen. The canteen would supply insulated jugs of tea and coffee, and a plate of small packets of biscuits. So we would always scavenge the uneaten biscuits after the meetings. Back then we still had a tea trolley come around for our morning and afternoon 15 minute breaks. With filled rolls in the morning, and cakes in the afternoon.
Remember going to school in Salisbury for a year, I'm from north east England. And they had a tea trolley go round twice a day.. Was shocked, but was great. 😮🎉😊☕🍪
Tea is an odd drink also in that it warms you up on a cold day, but cools you down (somehow) on a hot day.
You need a Yorkshire breakfast or builders tea, and don't add milk to flowery/herbal teas (like lady/earl grey)
I love Lady Grey but will admit to being a heathen and adding milk to it because I like the addition.
I prefer my earl grey with milk
To cut a long story short, there is no tea alarm lol to put it bluntly, there's always time for tea :)
So, pronounciation guide.
Malteasers = Malt (like you put in milkshakes) teasers, like when you tease someone.
Twinings - Twine (like fine) ings
Lady Grey and Earl Grey are usually drunk without milk, and are often decribed as floral or perfumey.
I would try each one without sugar, then add a cube, then add another to find what works best for you for each one.
I think the easiest way for you to pronounce malteasers is mall-teasers 😊 they are the best snacks!
more "Mull" than "Mall"
You have to elongate the vowell in "Mall" and when people say Maltesers that doesn't happen.
EDIT Oh and some people might see "Mall" and think it rhymes with Hal or Val rather than Ball, Wall, Call, Tall :)
@@franohmsford7548it's Malt Teasers
Don't really matter how you pronounce moll-teezers just so's you cram as many in your mouth as you can then relax while they dissolve into that sweet sweet malty goo.
Mol-tee-zerz
What is the problem saying malt teasers?
Love the vids. I won't personally put milk in Lady Grey. English blend, english breakfast etc. would usually have milk. They are pronounced Mal-tease-ers and Twine-ings. Keep up the good work. 👍
Twinings is pronounced: Twine-ings. Maltesers is pronounced: Malt-ease-ers. In my experience, you never eat chocolate BEFORE having a cuppa, as the sweetness of the chocolate overrides the sugar in your tea. Always taste your tea with the sugar in it first. Then you'll know exactly how many teaspoons of sugar or sugar cubes are to your liking. I'm Scottish and Tetley has always been my favourite.
Loved you guys being shocked at the 80 tea bags I buy bags of 440 and I got through about 5 of them a year on my own that doesn't include tea elsewhere that I may have or coffee😂
Hi Folks,
A lot depends on how hard/soft your water is (hard water contains more Calcium) it alters how the tea reacts.
For Hard water use Yorkshire teas.
The Lady Grey, would normally not be served with milk.
So pleased you boiled the water properly, also timing the steep, well done.
Glad you liked them.
Lady Grey was actually designed about 30 odd years ago to go with milk or without,It a trademarked tea,meaning only one company can make it , unlike Earl Grey,Basically same as hHobnobs, a new thing pretending to me an old thing.
I like milk in Lady Grey
😂😂 its nuts that you're only just hearing about the tea alarm! We learn about it as toddlers! Every day regular as clockwork, compulsory cuppa tea👌👌
Stop it…..they’re Americans…. They’re already really dumb don’t make em dumber!!! (Only joking JT&A 😜)
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As a Brit that doesn't like/drink tea, I always have to run and hide in the cupboard under the stairs whenever if goes off so that the police don't spot me breaching regulation.
@@AxR558 you should be careful telling people that! I hear they have tea detection vans that drive around looking for people who aren't partaking in the national brew. Like those bbc ones in the 80s 😂
@@AxR558 Hahahaha
Industrial sites even have tea boys to deliver the hourly brews
And it is actually illegal to take breakfast tea into ANY work place
The tea alarm does carry the authority of the King, but the actual timing is commanded by the head raven at the Tower of London. The head raven communicates it to the raven keeper and the actual alarms are then triggered by the Yeoman Gaoler from the white tower.
This is why alarms are necessary as it is not at fixed times each day.
There's a tea alarm in Scotland when the bag pipes are calling the kettles boiling 😂🏴🏴🏴
Okay now you guys need to find some crumpets to have with tea, and please make sure to spread some salted butter on the (toasted) crumpet.
And after you spread some butter on em, Spread some more.
Yep! Every town and village has a tea time alarm. Traditionally these are fitted onto the village/town hall and local churches. It used to be performed by a special ringing of the bells at the church but modern alarms are electric. Some are left over air raid sirens from the war. There are also proposals for a network alert to be sent out to everyone's phones but this isn't practical everywhere due to reception and the elderly not necessarily having modern smart phones. For the more remote areas without a church or town hall the town crier will stand nearby and ring his hand bell.
Tetley Tea is my Favourite especially for Dunkin’ your Biscuits or Shortbread in 👊
There are 'tea alarms' in factories. There used to be a radio jingle about tea:
"If you're sitting all at home and relaxing
Or you're working in a busy factory
Just set yourself free when the clock strikes three
'Cos everything stops for tea!"
You forgot the lines.
If you're having a pee,
or having a plop,
It all has to stop for Tea!
The tea alarm nationwide is not real, but factories etc. used to (might still do) have tea breaks where they sound a whistle and everyone has a break (and a cuppa if they want one ).
As far as I’m aware, the tradition of large factories having regulated tea breaks that needed a hooter/siren hasn’t been a thing for many decades.
I’m pretty sure the black and white films when I was a kid would take a tea break for everyone for granted - but I’ve never known it for real.
The tea making - as I saw someone else comment, the best tea really depends on the water. The hardness of water in particular makes a huge difference to the taste of tea - a tea that tastes great in one town might be awful somewhere else, and visa versa. A common praise for a “nice cup of tea” would be “ah, brewed to suit the water of the district”.
Once you’d steeped the tea, you needed to add sugar and milk straight away. A good cup of tea should be drunk as soon as it’s cooled enough to not burn the mouth. The Lady Grey/Earl Grey teas are very different to the standard “breakfast” tea which the others were.
Tea should definitely be lighter than coffee.
I been watching these two last 3 weeks i love them me i never seen two American love British stuff so much thank you keeping us entertained BIG LOVE❤❤
I have never heard of a tea alarm before hahaha! It makes sense for there to be some in factories though so people know when to have a break.
They're referring to an online vid where a guy is saying we have sirens out on the streets, that go off at a certain time (like air raid sirens) & we all have to go & have a cup of tea, no matter where you are, or what you're doing... It's like 100% clear it's a wind up.
@AD270479 well, that's obvious but they're asking if it's real. Hence why I said "I've never heard of a tea alarm before". Should I have put a no at the beginning so it was more literally obvious I was saying there wasn't one?
Someone always has to ruin the joke
@lewis123417 ah yes, including the plethora of other people that have commented on this video in even more detail about tea alarms 👌🏻
@@roxyleighsmith6601 Well yes, 'no' would be better Roxy. Because do you know what isn't obvious? At no point did you state you were from the UK, so unless you expect me to assume you have heard of everything that exists in the world, or expect me to just assume you are British, saying 'no, it's fake' is much better confirmation of it being untrue, than 'I've never heard of it before' is. You could have been an American, just stating you had never heard about the UK having tea alarms?... Then the fact you went on about alarms in factories, made it look like you didn't know exactly which tea alarm they were actually referring to either, again you expect me to know you had seen the vid they were referring to? Being literal saves a lot of ppl from having to assume things & saves confusion.
lol no we dont have tea alarms, we dont wait to be told to drink tea. we just make one (10x a day lol) its America where you would have a coffee break alarm i think! also its pronounced MALL-TEASERS :)
Here are my tips for making and enjoying a good cup of tea - don't have anything sweet or sugary before drinking it, don't brush your teeth before drinking it, put the sugar in first, leave it to brew, stir it, really squeeze the tea bag against the side of the cup, slowly pour in the milk while stirring until it's a nice colour, leave it for about 5 minutes to cool down enough, then drink it :)
That english afternoon tea is the tea that we have at 12:30-13:00 which is the second tea alarm of the day
11am
12:30pm
and lastly 7pm
And its like a loud siren across the town when everybody stops and makes a cuppa
I never thought I’d be willingly watching a video of other people drinking tea. And then finding it hilarious. 😂
Side note- IMO eating anything sweet will alter the taste of your tea. I always have my snack after my tea or it tastes yucky.
In the British army, white tea with two sugars is called NATO standard. That's how you get it in giant flasks when you're on the ranges etc.
Two sugars *shudder"
@@raymondporter2094 at least theres no milk added, we dont want a fatboy builders brew
We don't have the butter in a squeeze bottle, but we do have similar butter in 250g 500g and 1kg tubs, that we spread easily, only butter that's hard is the block of butter if it is cold
If your kettle came from uk its 240w American wattage is 120w therefore it will take twice as long to boil than what it was designed for. The 70s was the last of the tea sirens,tea breaks as they were called changed during the 80s to taking tea at your desk or vending machines anytime
You need to try Yorkshire tea. I'm not even from Yorkshire but I think it's the best lol
Btw that other tea company is pronounced Twine-ings.
And they're pronounced malt-teasers
Damn "Hold on to your flumph woman" has to be JT's catch phrase. Love your hair Anna c
Definitively:
Twhy (like 'why' but with a t at the start) nings.
Mol-teasers (as in the word 'tease' with 'ers' on the end)
During the industrial era in England it was quite common for the workers in factories to be treatedto a cup of tea on their break and break time was announced to the workers by the sounding of a bell
There is an alarm clock that makes your tea in the morning. At work we call it a tea break, its just 10-20 minute breaks you have at work.
Tea alarms are not a thing nowadays. More your factories etc back in the day, I guess some places still have a bell/siren notifying workers of break time. Have you heard of Division bells in the pubs and restaurants in Westminster?up until fairly recently they were used to call MPs back to the houses of parliament - think theres an app for it now though!
its prounced like "Mall-teas-ers" My Dad (Who is from Berkshire) calls them "Small Geezers" like Cockney Rhyming Slang haha
Lady Grey and Earl Grey tea come from the area I live in. It is specifically blended for the water around the Howick Hall estate in Northumberland UK. It is an acquired taste
Tea leaves are better then tea bags where you need a tea strainer so you don't get tea leaves in your tea. Most tea bags are bleached, also it depends on the water you use in the tea. At home we have a reverse osmosis filter on our tap so we don't fluoride, chlorine or any nasty stuff in the water.
Someone knows. Any tea fine enough to fit in a teabag isn't going to be good quality
You should also try twinnings Assam tea. It’s a strong tea and has some malty tones to it. My go to.
Keep up the amazing content and congratulations on your new property
Having tea is more like afternoon snacks type of thing. They drink tea & have little sandwiches & biscuits (cookies). It's like when we would come home after school or kids at daycare eat snacks in the afternoon to satisfy your stomach until time for dinner/supper
You guys need to learn how to make a cup of tea.
1, fill and boil kettle, prepare cup with teabag and sugar (if sugar is required)
2, when kettle has boiled, pour into cup up to about 2cm or just under an inch below the rim and stir immediately to agitate the bag and dissolve the sugar
3, let it sit (steep/brew) for about 3 minutes
4, stir again and remove and squeeze teabag against the side of the cup
5, add mil to required taste. Stir again to dissipate the milk throughout.
6, drink
Think you need to try Yorkshire Gold tea thats my favourite. Tea instructions boiling hot water , pour in stir bag leave for couple minutes add a dash of milk to desired strength level sugar if you have it sweet. the Malteasers pronunciation Malt - teasers.
Straight away I see there’s no Yorkshire tea - it’s a firm favourite, brewed by Taylor’s of Harrogate, I’m never without it..!!
Here’s a tip - try a cuppa tea straight after fried food - you’ll thank me later!
The timings on the box of teabags are nonsense too. Just whomp the bag in the water, whirl it around for a bit, then mash the bag up against the side of the cup a couple of times. Quickest (and probably the most authentically British working class from my experience) way to make a good strong cuppa. Hardly anybody pours the water in and waits around for three minutes, especially without stirring/mashing the bag.
It so refreshing to see an american make a cup of tea in the proper way, electric kettle and adding everything in the correct order! Can't beat a cup of tea and biscuits!
Also I dont know anyone who would buy Twinings tea regularly - its the one that comes free in hotels maybe. Top 3 are probably Tetleys, PG Tips, Yorkshire tea.
Lol. The alarm question is hilarious, and I've a feeling you'll get mixed answers haha. I mean, some people genuinely have set times they drink tea - so probably do set alarms (I know my old parents do, and even complain if they miss the time)... Also, interesting fact, the UK is the only country that has electic use surge times that power stations are even aware and prepared for... and they are based around the commerical break times in TV soaps like Emmerdale and Coronation Street - when someone will leave the living room and immediately turn the kettle on, and open the fridge for the milk - causing a massive useage surge nationwide... there's UA-cam documentaries on it :D
They mean the tea time alarm that goes off every day - you know the masts that look like the 5G ones? I guess if you don’t live near one you might not know about it, but in towns and cities all across the country, there is an alarm every day signalling tea time.
This is also why the adverts are at a higher volume than normal programmes. So they can still be heard out of the living room.
@@lalunacee9168 That makes sense!! I always wondered why the heck I had to turn the TV down during them... looool.
Pretty sure this old though, I don't know a single person who watches tv anymore, other than for news channels
@RittingsTN loud adverts and Piers Morgan were the reasons I finally stopped watching TV channels 🤷♀️
I can't stand Piers at any volume. Even muted. After a random rant at him at the TV one morning, I just unplugged the lot 🤷♀️
I don't know if that's what you mean, but some people have a bedside alarm clock that automatically makes a pot of tea just before the alarm is set to wake you up. It's called a 'Teasmade'.
Other brands to try- "PG tips" , "Yorkshire Tea" and "Typhoo Tea"
Tetley's Tea is good, so is Red Label Tea and PG Tips aswell. However the best tea imo is definitely Yorkshire Tea , especially since I am a Yorkshire guy born and bread aswell.
Of course everyone has an alarm for Tea!! If we didn’t we’d all be checking our watches all the time.
Yorkshire Tea takes some beating.
Your videos are great 👍🏼
I tried Yorkshire Tea to see what all the fuss was about. Went back to my usual PG Tips.
@@davidrobinson4400Pg tips is the worst tea, Tetley all day every day
It’s not tea unless it’s Yorkshire tea in my house
All I’m going to say is where is everyone in the country? Coz I’ve found no matter what tea! It’s the water that makes a helllll of a difference…. And that change’s a lot where you are in this country!
@@brianbrotherston5940 I don’t have a sainsburys near me but I do a tesco!! Funny enough there own brand ain’t bad.. but I do drink Yorkshire otherwise! As a builder I’ve traveled around the country a bit (England) so I’ve tasted the same tea but in different waters, and I tell you it tastes totally different!! Especially north to south… Americans only going by the shy’t we get sent here which isn’t great but still covered by are food standard laws I couldn’t say as I’ve never been there to taste what they really eat!
You may not like the Lady Grey, but you probably might like Earl Grey. Rather than being citrusy it has bergamot so has a more flowery taste to it. I like to have it when I'm feeling a bit fancy. My general go to is Yorkshire tea.
Lady Grey, like Earl Grey also contains essential oil (from the rind of bergamot oranges,) but it also contains lemon peel and orange peel.
Bergamot is a citrus fruit, very similar to an orange. Bergamot is used extensively in perfumery to add a citrus note.
Fair enough, I've just never gotten citrus notes when drinking Earl Grey seems more flowery
Try to ensure that the water is boiling when you pour it into the cup and squeeze the teabag when infused. You don't usually add milk to delicate and flavoured teas but if you like it, go for it.
Yes we actually do have a tea alarm. In small villages like where I live they ring the bell 4 times to signal tea time.
You are probably the only american youtubers to achieve 'optimal milk level' in your tea
Yeah I don’t have milk in my tea but thought that is spot on except the herbal tea the lady gray is supposed to be black
@@roseyperkins1058 yeah I fully agree with that. I’m kinda weird tho I have like a full on timetable: it’s a really strong black breakfast tea with skimmed milk and no sugar for breakfast, whatever in the middle of the day and then an earl grey (or lady grey) in evening
@@WijaLE I have tried doing no sugar with my black tea but it was weird so I swapped it out for honey instead i haven’t had milky tea since I was 16 or 17 I’m 24 but I do alternate green tea in the morning Yorkshire tea around 11 second Yorkshire around 3 and then green tea after 8 and then sleepy tea before bed because I was having trouble staying asleep
@@roseyperkins1058 … just NO….🤮 lol
@@Gloopster what comment of mine makes you feel poorly
Unfortunately you're missing the greatest tea of all which is Yorkshire tea, and you have to have rich tea biscuits to dunk, also should have poured the water over the sugar, it would help it melt faster
Yorkshire tea is really not that good.
Yorkshire Gold for hard water areas.
12:11 the sound of stirring a cup of tea. Perfection
We don’t really have a tea alarm over here, but we do have something called the Tv Pick Up! Where the electric companies have to boost their power for the UK because we all go and make tea and turn our kettles on at the same time! Theres even a wiki article about it 😆
The tea alarm just went into overdrive when you put milk in Lady Grey 😭
Of course there's a tea alarm, how else would we know when to drink our tea? It can be annoying sometimes when you're in the middle of something and the alarm goes off and we have to stop for tea, but I suppose in the scale of things, it's not the worst problem to have in the world! 😂
Actually its to tell every one to get back to work after the tea break
After leaving school in the early 80's i worked in a factory in Birmingham and we use to have a siren to say the 15 minute break is starting so get the Tea On, 3 Times a day, Not including Lunch.
No there's no tea alarm 😂😂😂😂😂
You need some Yorkshire tea, best tea in the UK by a mile… Tetley and PG Tips was always common for me growing up but they can leave your mouth dry and needing water lol