How to Make the PERFECT Cup of Tea (and who was EARL GREY, anyway?)
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From tea bags to loose leaf, not all tea is created equal. We teamed up with Harney & Sons to reveal the secrets to making the most flavorful brew - from kettle to cup. We even wade into controversial territory (milk before or after? sugar, too?!).
PLUS we take a closer look at one of the world’s most popular teas - Earl Grey. What is it? What is bergamot? (Now there’s a hint!) What does this quintessential English tea have to do with Italy? And who the heck was Earl Grey, anyway?
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Quick note, temperature is important, don't use boiling water for green and white teas, same issues with tannins, green and white teas are more delicate and will release tannins before you get all the flavor if you use boiling water
Source:I've been working in a tea shop for 2.5 years
Nicely said! Yes, I should've emphasized that I was just focusing on black tea here!
Came to say this.... Boiling water would badly scald and ruin most of the teas I drink and is an ABSOLUTE NO-NO.
wrestling
Iliyame.
So what kind of water to use if we wanna drink green/ white teas?
Took almost 6 minutes to actually start the tea making. Starts at around 5:34
Thanks daddy
Thanks. Fast forwarded..
Thank you for your service
gotta get to the useless 10 minute mark
It was actually some good context to tea in general but whatever
this woman is very passionate about her tea
Shes highbas a kite
@@harrisonwilbanks2380 plus some Glee club extracurricular activities surely...dat Dramatic effect
Its TEA after all
Well.....she married a Brit, dude. Lol
Lol yeah
I can’t believe I’m watching a video on how to make a perfect tea from a tea bag 😭
Procrastination brought me here, what was your excuse? lol
Finding out is important!!!!
I brew my tea like this but I flavor it with honey and a twist of lemon.
yeap, and for those who's looking to level it up a bit, use raw honey. The taste between pasteurized from raw is night and day.
honey and lemon tea is only acceptable when you have a cold. And never with an earl grey, just with plain old english breakfast.
I actually choose based upon the type of tea I want and what i'm going for. But I never once thought about adding milk. Only in Chai.
Mister Grandpa's Bakery I’m allergic to honey
@@jessevu6830 then....... don't use honey....
I know how to make tea
Trow it in the harbor.
:0 *history class flash backs*
ehhh that's not really "making" it but fair enough
You Damn Americans you say you won the war of independence. We see it as a lucky god damn escape.
@@generic_asian_ that's great! Now you know how WE (americans) felt.
@@generic_asian_ blasphemy
Oops, looks like I'm *guilt-tea* of over-steeping! Currently enjoying a hot cup of Earl Grey with a splash of full-fat milk ;)
I see what you did there. ;)
Well, remember, it can get a bit *steep* buying lots of good quality tea but it's worth it!
If India or Sri Lanka are off the list for filming, Mauritius has a tea industry, based in Bois cheri.
TEA. EARL GREY. HOT.
I dont know if you're the only one who posted this but well done.
Aye, captain
E N G A G E
Specify temperature.
Nice!
Oolong tea taste so good, tea is more healthy than coffee.
Indeed
For all you guys who’ve asked us about doing a “How Does it Grow?” episode on tea. The answer is YES - it’s high on the list so long as we can secure the resources to film it… we’re working on it!
hurrayyy
TRUE FOOD TV please film it in Darjeeling, India
TRUE FOOD TV try early grey with honey and light cream, it's a game changer.
AMAZING DORMITORY they do grow tea in us
You are orriganilly villa s.govani becouse your face really from massina hhhh
If there was an award for best supporting "acting" on UA-cam, then Mark Jolly should win the runner up!!!
Runner up? Surely I'm a shoo-in for winner!
These pretzels are making me thirsty....needed to work that line in!
As an Englishman may I say that this video has restored my faith in the American people! Having travelled through many states from coast to coast, by car and motorcycle I can honestly say that I have never had a decent cuppa in your great nation. The Canadians were a little better, but not much. As you point out, the key ingredients are boiling water and a good quality tea bag. I still refuse to visit my sister for a cup because she insists on buying cheap bulk teabags made with the factory floor sweepings!
I did take a sharp intake of breath with the milk - to me Earl Grey is best enjoyed black or with a hint of lemon - and even in an English Breakfast tea I will only add the tiniest amount of milk - just enough to turn it a dark orange colour. However these are personal tastes and if one prefers milky dishwater to a crisp clean brew that is your prerogative😉. Never sugar though!
As an aside, during my time in the Royal Navy thirty years ago, a Royal Marines Sergeant taught me that the best way to quench your thirst during strenuous military exercises was a good hot cuppa - something to do with the hot liquid causing your body to start cooling itself. It's always worked for me.
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This video speaks to my soul!! 👏👏 I love tea!!! Tea and books! And on that note, I don't know what I like best: the video, the history lesson, the George Orwell reference or that amazing Great Gatsby mug!!! 😍😍😍😍
p.s. my Earl Grey is perfect sans tea and sugar. ;)
This comment absolutely MADE MY NIGHT! We are two peas in a pod, it seems.
Awww!! I'm so flattered!! And you made my day! ❤❤❤
I love tea too! I think I've become a flavor junkie though. With chai and tropical being at the top of my list. Does anyone know the best chai tea is in DC? I'm speaking of loose or bag tea.
Literature, history, tea... what's not to love?? :D I know a kindred spirit when I see one (hopefully you caught that literary reference). Y'know, I think you would LOVE my tea and history channel, SteamPour. Please go have a look!! ua-cam.com/channels/wAAQg0fwlQs8zjJQBzaxGA.html Thank you.
Well we don't have 'Earl Grey' here in India, unfortunately. But, as a silver line, since we are the largest producers of Tea, we get a lot of loose tea to make out our own blends.
However, I'd love to try 'Harney & Sons' once before I die.
I don't even have a tea bag in my house, and i live in the USA
Goodwyn is my favourite tea brand. If nowhere, you'll find one at most airports or online in India.
I am an Indian, from Bengal... from where Darjeeling tea comes... Darjeeling tea requires less brewing time as its whole leaves and its the black tea which we have instead of putting milk.. While we also have Assam tea, which are the tea buds... which we boil in milk instead of water... to get a thick consistency...
And Tea is called Chai in India! So don't call it Chai Tea... that sounds stupid.
Haha! Thanks for clearing up the "chai" point.
Abhishek Dey chai T
"Tea" and "Chai" both originate from different Chinese Languages (yes, they are more than just dialects) while Mandarin and Cantonese speaking population called it "chá", in Min Chinese it is referred as " té", "tèh", "tey" etc.
Portuguese merchants imported tea through Macao, so they and other countries that imported it overland (such as Russians, Arabs, Turks etc) call it as "cha", "chai", "çay" etc. but Since Dutch merchants imported it from Fujian region and sell to Spain, Italy, England, Germany etc. these countries use the derivations of "tea".
It gets even confusing lately since the American marketing geniuses(!) had the idea of calling tea prepared with milk and other herbs as "chai". That's why there are drinks called "Chai Tea Latte" sold at Starbucks all over the world.
@@dh00mketu I am not sure about what you mean with that. Historically and Etymologically Tea originates from China (according to a legend, goes back to 2700 BCE) and not much to do with India. It's just that India is one of the biggest tea producers in the world and have their own tea culture but so Persia, Turkey, Morocco and even Russia too. (Turkey is by far the biggest Tea consumer when you look at the individual consumption). For more information regarding the origins of the word you can check the link below (or simply read the "Tea" article in Wikipedia):
wals.info/chapter/138
@@enesfarukballi9790 I was just going to explain that it's not just the name! It's the herbs and spices! Oh good gracious, I sound like I'm talking about KFC🤦 let me stop lol
I was just literally looking for "how to make a perfect cup of Earl Grey tea with milk and sugar" and here we go! Thanks a lot 😊😊😊😊😊😍😍🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩
I'm British, from Northern Ireland, my family love drinking tea and my English university friends think we make tea weirdly.
Boiling water into a metal teapot with three or four teabags (I use Tetney) depending on the size of the teapot teabags. We then put the teapot on the stove ring for a few minutes before pouring into the cups and adding a wee bit of milk
I could totally get behind that!
TRUE FOOD TV omg you've made my day just by replying =D ♥
You can do a video - How does it grow, tea leaves. Many newly-weds shoot their wedding images in tea farms.
From a country of origin for tea, I rarely drink tea nowdays. Just wont make a fuss. Have been drinking pure water for many years.
Water is the best! Nothing wrong with that.
“What could’ve been so important that it required depriving the captain of his cup of earl grey?”
This is how I make my tea.
1. Boil water to 90 degrees
2. Get red top milk.
3. Open food bin.
4. Get brown sugar
5. Place tea bag in cup on top of a sponge next to the sink.
6. Pour water, if you use red top you pour less water because it has less fat.
7. Get a tea spoon and table spoon and make sure to squeeze till all the tea comes out of the teabag, when it starts to split throw it away.
8. Pour red top in and keep stirring with tea spoon.
9. Your looking for a brown-grey type of colour.
10. Put in how much sugar you want (I use 1 tea spoon of sugar) which is 6g, if you try and flatten it you get like 4g.
11. Stir for 30 seconds (I don't know why but I like to)
12. Hit the tea spoon 3 times on the cup (I don't know why but I do it all the time unconsciously when I make tea.)
Chai for me! Boiling the milk is essential ;). I would love love more tea videos.
Will do! Thanks for the feedback!
What’s your recipe
I agree with all you've said, but instead of letting my tea steep for 5 min in an open cup, which allows for the water to cool down faster, I place a lid on top of my cup OR I make it in my stainless steel thermos coffee cup, which has it's own lid. This way, when I add the milk/cream, my tea hasn't cooled down. Nothing worse than drinking a lukewarm tea.
Ooh, nice one!
Wow, thank you for saving me from my own ignorance and years of bad tea. I was both not brewing hot enough and not removing the tea afterwards. I adjusted and there is a difference!
Why am I watching this?
Because even though I have the ability to make some tea...
I want to make sure that it's worth going down stairs and sitting there for 10 minutes.
We Southerners are absolutely in love with iced teas. We have the countries only working tea plantation just outside Charleston.I can honestly say that the best glass of iced tea I have ever had was from the Charleston Tea Plantation.Give it a try if you are down our way.
I live in southeast MO and we/I likes that iced tea, too! It enhances all spring/summertime/fall feasts, lunch, etc. I could gulp a big glass down right now - haven't had any iced tea in way too long! ;( I don't like my tea with lemon though (unless I add it) because then I should've just got a lemonade! Can you dig? Bless up & tea up!
I like tea..
For English tea.. i like Garl Grey.
But l like Chinese tea the most. And there many ways to brew chinese tea
As it got different varieties of chinese tea.. from green tea to black tea. And most chinese tea doesn't comes with tea bags. We love to brew from the whole leaves... giving the best aroma possible. Water temp too must adjust according to which type of tea you are brewing. We also got diffrent varieties of tea pot shape and sizes to suit diffrent tea. We also got diff cup saiz too as we enjoying the good aromatic tea.. we like to sipping the tea to enjoying the aroma.
Enjoy your cup of tea ya!
I usually spend the time waiting for my tea to brew to make toast w/ honey or jam. It goes great with the tea since i only add milk to it.
I grew up drinking tea and our family always preferred the tea leaves that gave the darkest color and the strongest flavor to a cup. These days im more into green teas and drinking a "Apple Cinnamon" flavored one from Lipton. But I would love to try Earl Gray. Love your humor, love the tutorial and love the info, absolutely refreshing. I thoroughly enjoyed the video. Also I understand the part completely about getting inspiration from your grandparents or ancestors and im pretty sure you are greatly influenced by your Italian heritage and its not just the tea or the citrus fruit (I forgot the name :) thanks so much for a great video Nicole as always ;)
Thank you, Violet! Hope you're enjoying a comfort cup tonight!
My mother is from London, so I can say your instructions are spot on! I will add that tea tastes best out of a cup made of fine bone english china which tends to retain heat very well.
Another great video. Though I depart with you on the milk...I can't bring myself to add milk to a cup of tea lol
That is very fair indeed!
it’s actually really good
They have that brand where I work!! I was putting it on the shelves, and the smell was so great!! I had a feeling it was going to be a nice blend, so now I'm really tempted to try it!!! Thank you for explaining this to me, I really had no idea how to make tea this way, and I always left the tea bag in (for any tea) for a "stronger" flavor...but now I know why it never really worked lol Thank you!!
Currently having a cup of English breakfast tea with a splash of full fat milk and half a teaspoon of honey!
Nice!!
That too much drinking tea is true and I witness it everyday,
My dad became a tea lover after he went to England
Those English people spreading their addiction! ;)
Oh how I LOVE my cup of Ear Grey tea! I actually get happy when I’m about to have the deliciousness! Thank you so much for answering those questions Ive always had but never knew till now! And btw I also like mine with milk and sugar! YUM! 😋
I don’t usually drink tea but when I do, I heat a cup of milk and then place the tea bag in the milk. This goes really great with biscuits and other snacks.
Grandma's foot was no duck's, it was bear's foot...
This channel should be getting more love. Sad to see sponsored a video.. I was hoping it would be journey into different kinds of teas.. "Tea: How does it grow"
I absolutely plan to do a HDIG tea episode. One day when we can afford to travel to a major tea growing region!
Absolutely addicted to this wonderful channel.
You are such an amazing presenter. I truly look forward to click on your videos all the time.
Such sweet comments. Thank you for the support!
Talk about going round the houses. The woman loves the sound of her own voice. It took her six minutes just to say "boil a kettle"
Good info but when you remove the tea bag from the cup do you squeeze the liquid out of the bag or just discard the bag? Can you reuse the bags?
Haha. I like this video. Apparently I know how to make tea didn’t know ppl made it wrong. Lol
Tea with honey and lemon is heaven for me 🤗🤗
All you need is a synthesizer. Next you make you best Picard impression and say "Tea, earl grey, hot". There you go, the perfect cup of tea.
Types of black and green teas
The blends are the most common form of teas. Estate black teas are typically higher quality than blended ones. The common blends are - English Breakfast - meant to be brewed strong and taken with milk although it can be consumed other ways. An inexpensive yet rather popular tea. More popular in Britain than elsewhere although popular also in Canada and the US and other countries.
Orange pekoe is an amber tea blend and you can brew it according to how you like it. Can be taken with milk although also straight. It has a smoother note although varies in quality. Tetleys is more like Builders Brew whereas other orange pekoe blends can have a very interesting flavour and do better with no milk. These can take honey or lemon for those that like that. Earl Grey or the bergamot tea is also relatively cheap and like the above two offered in most commercial places. It does not brew up as strong, and is best taken straight though milk or additions can work in it. Basic green tea is offered in most tea cases or stores although not much variety of them.
Estate black teas are more expensive ones and you will not find them at Tim Hortons or McDonalds or most restaurants and havae to be bought in a supermarket with a decent tea selection or in a coffee/tea place specializing further. Assam is a higher than quality English Breakfast. Often it pairs with milk although some Assams can even have a black gunpowdery taste. It is good for a higher quality chai base. Strong and malty, it can hold milk and spices
Ceylon black is more subtle, best taken straight although can take fruit flavourings and some can do milk. Assam brews up quickly, Ceylon less so. It is more reddish gold in color and high grown ones are more valuable. Darjeeling is another one of these, often best drank straight and much more subtle - it has a slight floral yet bittersweet finish, although not like Earl Gray, and is slower to brew. Lapsang Souchong is a smoke bomb one. It can brew up faster than you think. Takes additions although is very tasty straight. It can stink up other teas however so you may need a separate pot and storage area for it.
Kenya blacks (loose leaf) and Keemuns have a balanced taste and are best for straight drinking
With green tea - Dragonwell is smooth and gentle. Taiwan greens have a similar profile. Genmatcha is the one that tastes of gunpowder and can make your heart race. Hojicha is a smoky green that again you may have to separate from other teas so they wont catch its smell. Matcha is the fishy tasting one that requires different preparation, often in a cup or bowl rather than a pot.
Oolongs, whites and puerhs are less common although interesting. Some oolongs are floral and others smoky. Formosa and black dragon are common ones, the first more floral and the later stronger. Puerh comes in cakes although you only need a bit of the cake to make a cup. It tastes earthy and probably should not be milked, although when you milk it it tastes of a chai ice cream. Brew them according to how you like. Don't wait 5 minutes rather pour a bit in the cup with any tea to see if the strength is what you want. If it is not enough wait. If it is a bit overbrewed, water it down, although do not leave it sitting in the pot. Ditch the leaves when you think it is brewed ideally. With orthodox estate teas, do not wash the leaves down the drain either as with CTC it works although they can get stuck in there, so compost them instead in the organic waste material.
4:45 when she starts the recipe
I’m going to be that stereotypical southerner who recommends a tall glass of sweet iced tea. Growing up, when we asked for tea it was understood that it was going to be iced just like pop. I’ve sense learned to love hot tea as well (London Fog is my favorite way to enjoy a cup of Earl Grey), but good ol’ sweet iced tea will always stick with me.
I'm so glad you mentioned this! When we were down in Georgia filming our HDIG pecan episode, we had a lot of fun trying to get hot tea. It was definitely not the norm!
Here in Kerala we prepare our tea differently
We add tea leaves to boiling milk and later we add sugar to the still boiling tea and let it in the boiling condition 2 to 3 minutes. Mmwwwaah delicious it is.
Sounds great!
Tea in India is like a wake up drink , evening break ,and for get-togethers
We add many more ingredients like lemon grass,ginger,spices like cardamom,cloves, cinnamon
Use them,it would definately change your preference
I love Indian chai! It definitely wakes you up!
TRUE FOOD TV ,you said CHAI,oye hoye, coolest person ever
LagiNaLangAko23 , sometimes, every day is a different experimentation
I assumed Bergamot was an herb. It's fun to learn that it's a citrus. Also, yes to cream and sugar. A little bit of heavy cream in a strong cup of tea. Definitely always add the cream and sugar after brewing since it also affects the waters ability to draw out the compounds from the tea leaves. Tea contains polyphenols but no tannic acid, and the addition of lemon juice prevents the polyphenols from binding any nonheme iron and calcium (thereby allowing you to absorb any iron and calcium in the plant based food you eat with your tea). Since bergamot is a citrus I wonder if it has the same effect as lemon juice. That may explain part of why Earl Grey is so good. And finally I drink most of my teas brewed at 175F or crab eyes stage, but I do like boiling water for earl grey.
Right: black tea indeed contains tannins (plant polyphenols) but not tannic acid. But that's a very interesting question about the bergamot. My guess is that it doesn't have the same effect, since the bergamot added to EG is an oil from the rind, not the juice.
Thanks for a great comment, Christopher!
I prefer my Earl Grey tea plain and pure,
I put honey and lemon on my black tea sometimes
I need to know, do I put sugar in the tea after I put the pack thing in the water. I tasted it plain and it was nasty so what do I put in it
I buy my tea at a specialzed British store and I was told I should NEVER pour boiled water, but wait a lil´bit, use only a very tiny bit candis/crystal sugar, never ever use metal spoon, never use the same mug you use for coffee.
There is a huge difference among the leaves too, the best quality leaves are the first picked.
One of my favorite teas at the moment is a blend of mate, cinnamon, curcuma and green tea.
damn, that's why my tea sucks...it had to be boiling water. thank goodness for this video.
My favorite drink of the day. Oh how i love your channel
Me I will take what ever beverage I find in the dumpster whether it is Tea, Coffee, Soda or Water and anything else. My mother bought me a box of Great Value gallon size tea bags and what I will do is, put 1 bag in a gallon pitcher, pour in cold water, let in sit several hours up to 24 hours, put sugar in and pour it over ice. I say I prefer cold tea more than hot tea. I once tried a box of Lipton Mango Tea I found in the dumpster and it was OK tea, never had it before I pulled it out of the dumpster. HAVE A BLESSED DAY!
Im a beginner and love tea now. When making a pot how much water per each tea bag or tsp of loose tea?
I prefer green or oolong tea, or jasmine (or flower aroma) black tea. If it is a good tea, I hot tea without any sugar or milk, as it would ruin the taste. Otherwise better to be cold tea with little bit of sugar. For some reason I never like earl grey much.
*_I try to drink it as hot as possible, that's what makes it so good!_*
And you can get cancer(free)
He is hilarious! "A cup of tea??" :-)
I still remember my grandmother gave me tea, as a child and I thought it was coffee because it had milk in it. I almost choke, not gonna lie, I thought she tried to kill me, lol.
I love love looooove this channel.
Thank you!
Another great video!
I started drinking tea after I found out coffee wasn't giving me the kick anymore. It's been one of my best decisions ever.
Personally I prefer Chai blends, with lots of spices. I buy the spices whole and some loose leaf black and green tea, then brew it all together.
Keep these amazing videos coming!
Oh, I love chai! And you make your own blend - very impressive!
When I make tea i start with water at 190 degrees F, steep for 4 to 5 minutes for blacks. Greens i use 180 degrees. For loose leaf i use two to three tea spoons of leaves, adjusting leaves to taste.
I don't add milk or sugar. I like it straight.
Generally i drink oolong, a variety of greens,and a few other blacks depending on my mood.
I love Masala Chai.. I add Assam tea, ginger, cinnamon, cloves to boiling water.. Let it boil for couple of mins, then add milk.. Once the milk boils, I add cardamom (always add cardamom in the end) and sugar..
Another variation to this is adding little orange zest along with tea and other spices..
I love love love earl grey as a matter of fact I'm drinking it rn
High-five!
Just watched all your videos
You are doing a great work. Congrats!
Thank you so much!! Glad to have you watching.
i like to add a slice of lemon and some sugar in my tea and let it sit a bit so when you sip the tea you get this nice sweet lemon flavor mix with the earl gray
No. If your british you have committed a sin against our culture. I’m joking but the best way is no fruit, sugar and milk in the tea is the way to go
Sugar will negate the benefits of tea. Also, one needs to keep in mind that herbal aromated teas are not 'true teas'. They have no caffeine, and typically a lot less antioxidants
Glad to find a channel without any people pulling faces or making weird noises. Actual facts and good content with no terrible loud music drowning out all the commentary.
You should come to India for a perfect cup of tea... And I like your channel very much and you are the nicest person ever...☺
I've never seen anything greater than this video... I'm in awe right now
I actually recommend steeping the tea for over 10 minutes to release more tannins. I find that the bitterness goes even better with milk and honey.
Its like listening to a kinder garden student tell you what they learned in class today, cuteness everywhere but silly knowledge is what lands on your ears, i love this girl but i am a king of making tea and all i got from this video was watching someone cute say nothing.
You lead where we all follow!
is that sewing machine table behind you?
Yes, good eye! It was my grandmother's!
Now I love the Italians!!!q
I was taught how to make a proper cup of tea while visiting England, when I was eighteen, on New Years Eve by a an drunken elderly man who needed to be walked home, whom I let believe was walking me home, however I don't drink , and we walked to his home where he was determined to show the American girl how to make a proper cup of tea. (There is a whole lovely crazy story there.) To sort out the cream in the cup part of the argument - If you are steeping in a pot, and serving for guests - then while the tea is steeping you would ask your guests if they prefer cream and sugar (one lump or two?). If your guest replies in the affirmative - then you would put the cream and sugar in the cup before pouring from the pot (the cream having no effect on the steeping). Stirring, then placing the tiny tiny tea spoon on the saucer, making sure there is no clinking (you wouldn't want to damage the antique china) before handing the cup off to the guest. However, you are only serving yourself in the mug, you are correct, you would not place the cream in the mug first because it would mess up the steeping.
This video is so perfect right now for my Tea faze! ❤💓💓💓
What do you suggest if i love my tea cold?
My husband told me "hey u know that girl you like and think thats super pretty, she just uploaded a tea video" hahaha 💖💖
Aw, how sweet are you?! Welcome to my tea world! ;) I think EG would be lovely cold with its hint of citrus. Have you tried it that way yet?
Well played, Mr. Herrera, sir!
Love Earl Gray iced!
Once again you have out done yourself. Your ability to share and help in simple and fun ways is much appreciated.
What a kind comment! Thank you so much!
Orange pekoe tea runs deep in my veins. It's the tea of choice for my family for generations. It was the only tea available I'm sure for many many years. I always enjoy it with some sugar and milk... And yes, it's the tea bag variety that is most prominent around my family's households. What everyones opinions on whats best to do with the bag when done? Leave it in? Just scoop it out? Squish it against the side of the mug to get all that extra tea-y goodness out?
My father used to make moring tea in this way using Earl Grey. However he would make his own blend by taking normal tea leaves and mix in a Earl Grey. It used to be his signature tea and was enjoyed by us all. Thank you this video.
I love how you present but what I love the most is how normal you are
As a new convert to tea, this video could not have come at a better time! Down with tea bags! (Visit your local famer's market/natural food store for inexpensive loose leas tea.)
As always, I loved the video!!
BTW - I'm loving the small clips of Mark. It makes the videos entertaining!
I can't seem to hold back on the comments on this video. I also became a fan of essential oils and - BURGAMOT!! OMG - My fav. I had no idea Earl Gray had bergamot in it.
You guys are awesome.
Geoff Bernard try ceylon tea
I will! Just got my first cooked pureh and it was quite an experience. I also just got my first black teak which is why I said it's good timing on this video:)
Thanks for the advice!
Geoff, welcome to tea land!! Haha! I loved your comments. And I'm so glad you're finding those glimpses of Mark as fun as they are to make. ;)
Thanks Geoff - we always have a blast making these films, and I live for my, um, 1.5 seconds of fame!
You, sir are living my dream. Looking forward to the next one ;)
I absolutely love your channel. I am a coffee drinker. But now I want to try tea, you convinced me. I'm going to try it just the way you suggested. Wish me luck.
Good luck! And let me know what you think. I love coffee as much as I love tea. But it is a completely different experience entirely!
While Earl Grey discovered this tea while trading, it most likely originated in several countries as a result of mixing ingredients. It is also very popular in Iran as a breakfast tea.
--When making tea, the water temperature should never exceed 80c when making any tea as the aromatic oils will be lost. Ideally the temperature of the water should stay above 70c and not above 80c for most black teas. Earl Grey has additional aromatic oils that must be taken care of. The lower temperature (between 70-75c) brew yields a better flavor profile. As for green teas, especially those from Japan, MUST be steeped at temperatures of 70c or slightly less. This is a fascinating video! I really enjoyed it.
Try making tea in an earthen pot in 1:1 ratio. Full cream milk to water sweetened with jaggery ( definitely not in sugar).
Loose tea leaves of best tea available in your country and drinking from a 'raw' earthen cup.
Also try 2:1 ratio, i.e. 2 cups of full cream milk to one cup water. In India its known as 'double- pani kum.'
Best tea brand is ceylon tea from sri lanka and dajilin india tea also good chinese tea is so bitter taste i like to drink tea with milk
High-five for tea with milk! ;)
I like my tea with no milk, we call it 'Teh-O'.
Love earl grey but my fav is camomile tea with honey.
Nice vid and Happy Holiday.
Thank you! You too!
I just love a cup of strong tea with honey and milk and I leave the tea bag in the cup lol
I wish I was one of the Sons of Liberty who threw 90,000 pounds of tea into Boston Harbor. Those guys were living their best life.
Milk! Sugar! for Earl Grey? nay. Also my English aunties say to dunk the bags into the boiled water. Not pour boiling water over the bag. Haarumph!
Tee-hee! I love your English aunties. But I'm not dunking my tea INTO the water! ;)
Omg literally took 5 mins before she even started making the actual tea 💁🏾♀️💁🏾♀️ so much talking lol, jjust get to the instructions!
I learned to drink tea when residing in New Zealand and lemons were readily available. Then I acquired some Amalfi lemons and thought I'd gone to heaven.
That Orwell reference made me grab my 1984 book, make green tea, and add some lemon and honey!
Yes!! Happy reading and sipping!
Earl Grey?!?!
It tastes like poison!
Okay, so , not quite poison, but it does taste like Froot Loops, or Potpouri.
I have never been able to understand it.
Red Rose Black Tea is where it is at!
Basic is Best
Ha!! I think there are a lot of EGs out there that DO taste like potpourri. But I swear, good ones, like Harney &Sons, do get the balance right!
Last Minute Laura I love Earl Grey. Jasmine tea... now that's potpourri
it does remind me of fruit loops! thats kinda why i love it.
You are not exaggerating,it tastes perfumy to me to. Potpourri is kinda spot on. Not that I've ever drank it.lol
Thanks! I learned something new today and I'm glad cause I love tea but always wondered about the bitter taste. Thanks!
Haha, i find this video of yours is lovely and funny because I didnt know how to make a good cup of tea and it wasnt my things until i got married to my British husband too. Love your video. As always
You know what I'm talking about then! ;)
I discovered your videos after watching the oatmeal hack, and was SO impressed that subscribed (I'll be picking up old fashioned oats and will make it tonight for tomorrow; I can't wait!). And after watching this video, I have to say, you were meant to do this and are really in your element! I usually end up fast forwarding to the recipe part, but I find myself hanging onto your every word! Lol. Great delivery! And I'm glad I did, really great historical info that I can share with friends the next time I make them an Earl Grey tea (my fav!). And what a great story and connection from your roots to your husband's. Super cute! ☕❤ The rest of the tea stuff I knew, but what a great idea to warm the mug first! I was like, oh right! Duh! Why haven't I been doing that?! Lol. Anywho, keep up your awesome videos, they are very enjoyable to watch! Cheers!
What a lovely, lovely comment! Thank you so much for taking the time to write -- and subscribe! -- I'm thrilled to have you watching. And I hope to hear from you again. (Let me know what you think of the oatmeal!) To keep on the theme of Italy/citrus, may I suggest your next video be "The Flying Farmer" -- all about an amazing 80+ year old lemon farmer in Amalfi. It was a really special video for me to make. xx
TRUE FOOD TV Thanks! Will do! I meant to make the oatmeal last night but 2 kids under 2 got busy putting them to bed, dishes from dinner, working out, etc. Lol. I will definitely prep tonight to try to tomorrow morning! I'll keep you posted! Cheers! 😀👍
I didn’t even need to watch this video to know she wasn’t British.
"...that's just silly." Best line in the video.
I keep hearing recently about the scare of pesticides left on tea leaves when they dry them. You can probably wash the pesticides off raspberries but I wonder what effect the pesticides on tea has on us if we consume a lot of tea. Any idea? Or are tea leaves washed after harvest and before they are dried? And if pesticides are not used, like on organic farms, what challenges do they have in growing them?
I’ve gotta say I’m a Twinnings person myself - my only issue is your drinking tea out of a mug not a tea cup haha - still this might be one of my favourite videos I love how candid this was!
I'm so glad you liked the style! We're experimenting with different types of videos -- a little bit of everything. ;)