I found myself nodding all the way through this video. That's a reet posh kettle Keef, excellent to demonstrate the importance of using boiling water. The tea cosy is sublime!
Rouge Squadron I’ve always loved tea! I got a dna test last year actually and was kinda surprised to find that I’m 78 percent English! Now I’m embracing it haha
Yorkshire tea is actually grown in India and Africa. There was recently a humorous exchange between their twitter account and a slightly racist man who was quite shocked by the whole thing.
The temperature of the water used depends on the type of tea you’re using. You cannot use boiling water with green tea, but you can use it with black tea.
@@Keefcooks looking at history tea at first was shipped to England from China was ether Oolong tea or Green tea. I think that is why America told King George III stick his taxes and tea at the Boston tea party. They prefer their coffee🤣. Anyhow Keef I really enjoyed this video.
Fun fact: The Boston tea party was just an American attempt at making the east coast into a nice large pot of tea. You have to burn the ship in order to properly boil the ocean water.
It depends on what tea I'm looking for. I like Yorkshire Tea, but PG is my go-to. For Earl Grey, we have Bigelow where I live, and it's the only one I've had that doesn't have that icky aftertaste I hate so much.
My friends mother in the USA had tea cozies, which isn’t common here. I thought that they made the pot look like old lady hats. She hand steeped tea. The one that Mrs Keef Cooks is cute.
Twinings Earl Grey 😎👍, I also love crushed licorice root tea, and Lapsang Souchong is a wonderful complement to a smoked meat dish. Hats off to Mrs Keef for the off-the-hook cozy! I just awoke to a light snow. Perfect time for a cup. Cheers!
Licorice root can raise your blood pressure. JUST FYI. 🥰 I am a Registered Nurse. I can’t control the giving of the unsolicited advice. BOSSY IS MY LOVE LANGUAGE, 😂
Love Lapsang souchong. I once asked my very kd school, conservative father if he liked Lapsang souchong and he replied, " I don't DO Lapsang souchong!" 🤣
Well I cannot abide unsolicited advice givers at least you admit it and I like your spirit! I am a holistic practitioner and I have learned that licorice is helpful for people with burned out adrenals who usually have low blood pressure. Cheers
Proper British tea for the Brit's, thanks for sharing Keef...love a good cuppa, made with an old fashioned whistling kettle and fresh milk straight from the milkman...., sweet memories of Great Britain. God bless you and Mrs Keep from the South Coast
Well one day I didn't bother with temper the pot...my favorite tea pot, Beatrix Potter bunnies cuteness, exploded to bits. What a mess. Sad very sad day.
Spot on Keef, we do our Tea the exact same way, winter it's all about the pot, summer mugs as we go. Yorkshire Tea is sourced from Assam In North East India as i recall, Tetley and PG Tips used to get a lot of their stock from Kandy in Sri Lanka not sure if they still do. I used to travel to SL and India with business very often and would take Tea tours when i had the chance. Cheers Moose. P.S. the Tea Cosy is the love child of Lady Gaga and Dame Edna. lol, classic.
I'm from Norway, i've never liked tea really, or rather i just didn't prefer it over a cup of coffee. But only recently i was told it was because i might be making it wrong, or i had hard water in the tap. I actually found that yorkshire tea had a brand for people with hard water in their homes, so i thought i'd buy it and check out a video on how to make it. And what do you know you're also using yorkshire tea, must be the perfect brand then!
Thank you for the video. Also, I love that mug of British sayings. Here in the southern U.S., we say the 'fair to middlin' one. I guess we carried it over with us.
Here in the Southern USA , It has to be SWEET ICED TEA I don't like hot coffee or tea I do however like a cold Mocha coffee with milk. only if it is not a Starbucks lol because they are pricey and I hear bad things about their water ( like fecal matter in it)
Fanks, Luv. I would have liked to see you pour out the tea from your tea pot. Just to have a full circle experience. I've always liked Yorkshire Gold , but now I shall have to give the red a go. Blessings.
That box of Yorkshire tea... I have two huge ones in the pantry. Every time I use a SINGLE bag, my husband bitches. He believes we cannot purchase more because his aunt in Letchworth sent it to us by $50 post... Hell.
@@englishatheart If you put the milk in second, it will scald when it hits the tea. You've got to warm the mug first, then put the milk in, then put the tea in.
I'm one of those horrible people who drink rather weak tea instead of "builder's tea". Also, I use loose leaf tea -- which requires me to shop at Indian markets instead of supermarkets (which stock only tea bags).
Wow, my children, and I are impressed with all these tips! Warm the tea kettle, roaring boil to be used immediately for the water (and my own) of warming the milk, cream, or honey too. Much more factually thorough than other tea videos. Next time, please do a video on serving tea, and what accompaniments go with tea (scones, sandwiches, etc.) Thank you! 🙏
This is great thank you for the video. I am finding myself drink more and more tea these days. Definitely have to try it your way. I love the tea cozy very cute😊
Yes 🙋 oh I laughed when you said one for the pot and memories of Billy cans of brew on worksites sprung to mind. When we had visitors my mum would say Bren go put the kettle on which was code for put tea in the pot with boiling water let it draw for a bit so you could find the biscuit tin them a drop of milk in china cups topped with tea from the pot brought to you with a teaspoon on the saucer for stirring, and god help us if we went somewhere and had tea ands she got a cracked or chipped cup. She only drank instant coffee made with milk from a mug. 😍💕 My dad wasn't so fussy as long as it was wet and warm as he would say 😀 That cozy is the Bomb Diddy.
If you ever get a chance try Barry's Irish tea. Its the best selling tea in Ireland apparently. They had it in Tesco a while back and now its the only tea I use.
A few years ago my son had a project for school where he had to study a country. He picked Ireland. I happened to find Twinnings Irish Breakfast. The day of his presentation I made 2 large thermos bottles of the tea with milk and sugar and Irish soda bread with Kerry gold butter. It was a hit!! Here in America, especially South texas we only drink sweet iced tea so this was a very new thing for the class of 8 year olds. I will look for Barry's now 😉
Just ordered me an 80 pack of yorkshire and I'm going to enjoy my first cup of british tea here in the states. Genuinely enjoyed the video and all the info!
Tea bags here in the US like Tetley are proper rubbish. It's Green Tea that has to be brewed off the boil at around 180 F/ 82 C not black tea. I am partial to builders tea my self. Nice review Keef, Cheers
We yanks almost all have garbage disposals in our kitchen sinks, so loose leaf isn't such a hassle for us. We can simply rinse out the pot in the sink.
“A topic surrounded by myths, legends, and a fair bit of snobbery” 😂 🤣😅🤣 Indeed, who doesn’t think of a bunch of Victorian snobs when you hear the term, British tea. That was hilarious👌
You say milk. Is there any sort of variations of what “milk” is in America compared to UK? Honest question. Milk here is way too refined for me so I usually go with half n half or just cream
Sorry you lost me at "put a teabag in a mug"! It's snobbery; I genuinely believe, and maintain, that tea tastes far better when brewed properly in a tea pot, which I'm please to say you demonstrated quite adequately.
I just got tired of listening to John B Wells radio Host talking about a "Proper Cup of Tea" n being an american mostly coffee drinker I finally wondered enough to ask what the hell is he talking about? N when do you drink your tea Morning noon or night?
I think the extra bag is possibly because when you're making a pot you usually don't put in the exact amount of water you'll need like you do when pouring in a mug. You typically add a bit more just to be safe. Maybe half a mugs worth more. So it will be a bit stronger but spread out to 3 or 4 cups it comes out just right imo
There actually is a huge difference between tea bags and loose leaf. The stuff in tea bags is ground up left over stems and bad leafes. They release a bitter taste which good quality loose leaf doesn't. So you don't have to add sugar, milk or cream :)
I've recently started using loose tea (because the bags don't compost properly). I can't say I've noticed ANY difference. And I think this thing about teabags containing rubbish is possibly an urban myth. Given that about 70% of tea sold is in teabag form, it can't ALL be sweepings, unless they deliberately throw it on the floor!
@@Keefcooks I'd suggest you look into a tea set like kamjove or something :) very easy to brew lose leaf tea that way! And thats possibly true that it's not all sweeping but it definitely is the lesser quality leafes :) but hey, to each there own! Just stumbled upon your video haha. I'm just a tea purist, in my opinion using milk and sugar negates the health benefits of tea and it loses its taste. But again to each there own. I still liked you video and your charisma!
I've got a micro-perforated pot that sits in the mug while the leaves are steeping. Works great and is the least messy way of dealing with leaf tea I've ever come across.
I don't think it's terribly safe to boil a mug of water in the microwave. But the only 'sinful' bit would be if you had your teabag in before the water was boiling. It's crucial that the water is boiling when it hits the tea.
I am a Constant Comment tea girl. When I was a little girl 58yrs ago, my dad would smuggle it in for me when you could only buy it in Canada. I like the pomp and circumstance surrounding the tradition, plus the taste!
Any reason you would pre-warm the tea pot & use a cozy when you don't do any of that for a mug? We often put a little plate on the top of our mug when steeping our tea, but most people don't do that, I guess.
I think it's because a big ceramic teapot can get very cold and significantly affect the brew, whereas mugs don't get anywhere near as cold. But you can warm your mug if you wish.
I believe when societies drank beer and ale at daytime historically, that it was usually very weak, having even less alchohol than an American light beer
Czechia here: Lemon is mandatory in many teas there. Also, we use honey instead of sugar for tea. And if you ask for milk to your tea, everyone will look weird at you, I have been there 😂 And lose leaf tea is “better” because low quality waste leafs and grit are more obvious in it, so there is smaller chance they will put it in there. While this lower quality product can be hidden in the bag.
Many people like to say the tea in bags is entirely made up of sweepings from the floor. Given that tea in bags now accounts for 80% of all tea sold, that means that workers are deliberately throwing tea onto the floor and then sweeping it up to put in the bags. Not likely really. You carry on with your loose tea habit while I enjoy the luxury of not having my kitchen sink blocked by tealeaves. 😀
@@Keefcooks Well it is easier to put this “bad” parts of tea in the bag, but it doesn’t mean they did it. I was just telling the believe people have, that’s all 🤷♀️ It is only in “you can see it better in lose leaf” that’s all. I do like my black tea in bag (you just need to find good seller). But there are some teas I like lose leaf, because I find great local seller with amazing blends that are only lose leaf. And you can regulate how strong you make it this way. And also, Czech people has long tradition in herbal teas (almost everyone with garden has herbs in there just for teas. And you use this as lose leaf tea, in strainer). But in the end, if seller is good, it doesn’t matter if it’s in tea bag or lose leaf.
Hello, how much milk should I add to 2 dcl of black english breakfast tea? 1 tea spoon? 2 tea spoons? or 50ml? How much, traditional english tea drinkers?
He put 1 tea bag in a mug, that looks to be about 15 oz. That seems to go against the 6oz I've seen. Also, how much water for the kettle? He put 3 bags in. I need specifics! 😜
'He' finds it quite rude being addressed in the third person. It's a standard sized mug. 6 ounces would be a teacup and you wouldn't use a teabag in that. A pot full of water. It's not engineering, sorry.
If you're using a teabag in a mug, milk and sugar go in after the tea had brewed and you've removed the bag. If using a teapot, milk goes in the mug or cup first, then the tea, then sugar if using.
You can replace milk with a vodka to get the perfect cup of Russian tea.
So I can’t have tea in Russia xD I’m english
Harrison Saunders after a several hours in Russia you will realize yourself as a russian guy 😉
Don't the Russians love a LOT of lemon in their tea too??
@@TheEvilEve2012 that's actually kind of interesting, is that a genetic thing? I have a lot of Slavic decent and looove a lot of lemon in mine.
is it just regular milk ¿?
I found myself nodding all the way through this video. That's a reet posh kettle Keef, excellent to demonstrate the importance of using boiling water. The tea cosy is sublime!
Pete Thomas you can get those kettles on Amazon for around $20-30...I love mine!
0:49 is he talking about politicians as well here? Sounds like it.
Thank you for sharing this...Being an American I found this helpful in my new love of tea and my new found DNA relation to England.
Rouge Squadron I’ve always loved tea! I got a dna test last year actually and was kinda surprised to find that I’m 78 percent English! Now I’m embracing it haha
I started drinking tea recently because I had a cold. Now just give me all the tea!
Yorkshire tea is actually grown in India and Africa. There was recently a humorous exchange between their twitter account and a slightly racist man who was quite shocked by the whole thing.
LOL
No shit tea isn't grown in the UK.
@@callum5733 -- In earlier videos, Keef took viewers on tours of the great tea plantations that surround Leeds and Doncaster.
well is there anything in England that is they are proud of is not from India ?
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The temperature of the water used depends on the type of tea you’re using. You cannot use boiling water with green tea, but you can use it with black tea.
I should have clarified - I only ever drink black tea - can't stand green!
@@Keefcooks looking at history tea at first was shipped to England from China was ether Oolong tea or Green tea. I think that is why America told King George III stick his taxes and tea at the Boston tea party. They prefer their coffee🤣.
Anyhow Keef I really enjoyed this video.
Green teas are great, but the video is titled British Tea, which is always black tea and never green tea.
@@Keefcooks Green tea tastes like lawn clippings.
@@MichaelTheophilus906 Green tea is the equivalent of fresh beef. Black tea is marinated beef. ^-^
My American mom taught me to make tea,like this. Apparently her British grandfather passed on the proper way to make tea!
Rip he passed away
Sorry for your lost
I dont know why but it makes me happy to see someone having fun while he brews up some tee.
Fun fact: The Boston tea party was just an American attempt at making the east coast into a nice large pot of tea. You have to burn the ship in order to properly boil the ocean water.
😉
I LOVE THIS
I love Yorkshire Tea, my favourite is the Gold one.
I prefer Tetley as my primary choice.
@@isaakhernandez1265 yeah it's not bad but I prefer PG by far
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It depends on what tea I'm looking for. I like Yorkshire Tea, but PG is my go-to. For Earl Grey, we have Bigelow where I live, and it's the only one I've had that doesn't have that icky aftertaste I hate so much.
My friends mother in the USA had tea cozies, which isn’t common here. I thought that they made the pot look like old lady hats. She hand steeped tea. The one that Mrs Keef Cooks is cute.
I have the same teapot but in black. I prefer a strong builders brew in the morning.
In Indonesia we usually drink tea with only sugar or less sugar and with milk is usually for children(in here)
Indo nongol
Twinings Earl Grey 😎👍, I also love crushed licorice root tea, and Lapsang Souchong is a wonderful complement to a smoked meat dish.
Hats off to Mrs Keef for the off-the-hook cozy!
I just awoke to a light snow. Perfect time for a cup. Cheers!
Yes, I always comming back to this tea, If you want to try something really special, try Harney & Sons Earl Grey Imperial
Licorice root can raise your blood pressure. JUST FYI. 🥰 I am a Registered Nurse. I can’t control the giving of the unsolicited advice. BOSSY IS MY LOVE LANGUAGE, 😂
Love Lapsang souchong. I once asked my very kd school, conservative father if he liked Lapsang souchong and he replied,
" I don't DO Lapsang souchong!" 🤣
Well I cannot abide unsolicited advice givers at least you admit it and I like your spirit!
I am a holistic practitioner and I have learned that licorice is helpful for people with burned out adrenals who usually have low blood pressure. Cheers
Thanks Keef. Nothing better than a cuppa. Happy to see you represent Yorkshire..
"Some naughty stuff" Keef this is my favourite video I've ever watched
Of course it is. Thank you 😀
Proper British tea for the Brit's, thanks for sharing Keef...love a good cuppa, made with an old fashioned whistling kettle and fresh milk straight from the milkman...., sweet memories of Great Britain. God bless you and Mrs Keep from the South Coast
Brits* Apostrophes aren't used to make plurals.
Well one day I didn't bother with temper the pot...my favorite tea pot, Beatrix Potter bunnies cuteness, exploded to bits. What a mess. Sad very sad day.
Ouch!
Spot on Keef, we do our Tea the exact same way, winter it's all about the pot, summer mugs as we go. Yorkshire Tea is sourced from Assam In North East India as i recall, Tetley and PG Tips used to get a lot of their stock from Kandy in Sri Lanka not sure if they still do. I used to travel to SL and India with business very often and would take Tea tours when i had the chance. Cheers Moose. P.S. the Tea Cosy is the love child of Lady Gaga and Dame Edna. lol, classic.
I'm from Norway, i've never liked tea really, or rather i just didn't prefer it over a cup of coffee. But only recently i was told it was because i might be making it wrong, or i had hard water in the tap.
I actually found that yorkshire tea had a brand for people with hard water in their homes, so i thought i'd buy it and check out a video on how to make it. And what do you know you're also using yorkshire tea, must be the perfect brand then!
builders tea i always thought was a kind of tea instead of a way to serve, good to know
Ohh yeah I'm from Poland 🇵🇱and we drink with lemon !!! 😍😉
Thank you for the video. Also, I love that mug of British sayings. Here in the southern U.S., we say the 'fair to middlin' one. I guess we carried it over with us.
What about the tea stains in the mug... is it a sin to clean it or is it a sin to leave it ? Hahaha... nice video. I am from Germany. :-)
lol - I scrub out my mugs every day or two - I've no idea if the accumulated tannin would be harmful - it just doesn't look very nice!
@@Keefcooks It just doesn't look nice. I doubt it would harm anyone.
My tea cozies only work for about a few minutes longer, but never two hours! That's so cool. I'll have to knit one. I sewed mine
Here in the Southern USA , It has to be SWEET ICED TEA I don't like hot coffee or tea I do however like a cold Mocha coffee with milk. only if it is not a Starbucks lol because they are pricey and I hear bad things about their water ( like fecal matter in it)
I like my tea inside a thermal mug with the bag left in . Helps me make it fast but drink it slow haha
My kettle takes about a minute or so to come to a boil. It's electric, a little blue one I bought for $10. That's a lovely one you have.
Fanks, Luv.
I would have liked to see you pour out the tea from your tea pot. Just to have a full circle experience. I've always liked Yorkshire Gold , but now I shall have to give the red a go. Blessings.
That box of Yorkshire tea... I have two huge ones in the pantry. Every time I use a SINGLE bag, my husband bitches. He believes we cannot purchase more because his aunt in Letchworth sent it to us by $50 post... Hell.
Wait, but if you make your tea in the mug, we can't have the tea-first-or-milk-first argument.
If you brew the tea in the cup, the milk comes second. If you brew it in a pot, milk goes in the cup first.
@@englishatheart If you put the milk in second, it will scald when it hits the tea. You've got to warm the mug first, then put the milk in, then put the tea in.
That boiling pot is awesome
It's a kettle
It's a kettle
Mate that’s a kettle
This was very educational thank you! I had no idea so much went into a cup of tea. 😊
Very good ppl complicate it grate vidio
I'm one of those horrible people who drink rather weak tea instead of "builder's tea".
Also, I use loose leaf tea -- which requires me to shop at Indian markets instead of supermarkets (which stock only tea bags).
Wow, my children, and I are impressed with all these tips! Warm the tea kettle, roaring boil to be used immediately for the water (and my own) of warming the milk, cream, or honey too. Much more factually thorough than other tea videos. Next time, please do a video on serving tea, and what accompaniments go with tea (scones, sandwiches, etc.) Thank you! 🙏
I'd just pour the water from the teapot warming back in the kettle for reheat.
This is great thank you for the video. I am finding myself drink more and more tea these days. Definitely have to try it your way. I love the tea cozy very cute😊
Yes 🙋 oh I laughed when you said one for the pot and memories of Billy cans of brew on worksites sprung to mind. When we had visitors my mum would say Bren go put the kettle on which was code for put tea in the pot with boiling water let it draw for a bit so you could find the biscuit tin them a drop of milk in china cups topped with tea from the pot brought to you with a teaspoon on the saucer for stirring, and god help us if we went somewhere and had tea ands she got a cracked or chipped cup. She only drank instant coffee made with milk from a mug. 😍💕 My dad wasn't so fussy as long as it was wet and warm as he would say 😀
That cozy is the Bomb Diddy.
😀
I like a coffee, but NEED my tea.
Pls make a video on the Afternoon Tea etiquette and different recipes for the same
Hmm, there's a lot of stuff goes into an afternoon tea - could be an epic effort.
The pot method takes me back to making tea for my mum... 😭😭
If you ever get a chance try Barry's Irish tea. Its the best selling tea in Ireland apparently. They had it in Tesco a while back and now its the only tea I use.
Hear of it, but not seen it.
A few years ago my son had a project for school where he had to study a country. He picked Ireland. I happened to find Twinnings Irish Breakfast. The day of his presentation I made 2 large thermos bottles of the tea with milk and sugar and Irish soda bread with Kerry gold butter. It was a hit!! Here in America, especially South texas we only drink sweet iced tea so this was a very new thing for the class of 8 year olds. I will look for Barry's now 😉
Just ordered me an 80 pack of yorkshire and I'm going to enjoy my first cup of british tea here in the states. Genuinely enjoyed the video and all the info!
Hope you enjoy it!
The best blac tea is Ceylon tea which comes from Sri Lanka. ❤️🇬🇧
just perfect
I need that kettle
I find milk in my tea a bit posh
✨☕✨✨👌 The magic of a cup of TEA.
Tea bags here in the US like Tetley are proper rubbish. It's Green Tea that has to be brewed off the boil at around 180 F/ 82 C not black tea. I am partial to builders tea my self. Nice review Keef, Cheers
How would one acquire a British style brew in the States?
Internet
Hello From North Yorkshire we Also use Yorkshire tea I was brought up with Yorkshire tea
We yanks almost all have garbage disposals in our kitchen sinks, so loose leaf isn't such a hassle for us. We can simply rinse out the pot in the sink.
Finally a good man shows how to cook British tea...
... the other videos are just crap... ...
Hey thank you!
“A topic surrounded by myths, legends, and a fair bit of snobbery” 😂 🤣😅🤣 Indeed, who doesn’t think of a bunch of Victorian snobs when you hear the term, British tea. That was hilarious👌
Thank you Keef, I really love your videos, a cross between professional and homespun. Don't ever change and you can give me a shout out anytime.
Cheers Cindy!
That's a mighty fine kettle you got there
Thank you!
That's tempting me😋
Frm India...
Wait,
Colonel Sanders?
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My boyfriend bought it for me! Learning how to make the proper tea
Nice video
I use 'Ahmed tea' English breakfast tea
Do you recommend other types of English tea?
I've never heard of Ahmed Tea. Before I became devoted to Yorkshire Tea, I would use Tetley's or PG Tips.
i am coming from the spiffing brit very bad in my country there is no yokshire tea
lol... I would love to know how to make that tea cozy!!!! its amazing!!
Ah, many long hours of knitting and crocheting
You say milk. Is there any sort of variations of what “milk” is in America compared to UK? Honest question. Milk here is way too refined for me so I usually go with half n half or just cream
@Nacho the Don It's semi-skimmed (1.8% fat), homogenised, pasteurized (not UHT). I would NEVER put cream in tea.
Britains trying to make tea is on eof my favorite things to watch.
'Trying' to make tea? Faint praise or lost in translation?
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That would be perfect with my pretend risotto😉 love ya Keefy baby😉
Sorry you lost me at "put a teabag in a mug"! It's snobbery; I genuinely believe, and maintain, that tea tastes far better when brewed properly in a tea pot, which I'm please to say you demonstrated quite adequately.
I'm guessing you meant to say it's NOT snobbery...at least you didn't claim teabags are full of sweepings from the factory floor!
I just got tired of listening to John B Wells radio Host talking about a "Proper Cup of Tea" n being an american mostly coffee drinker I finally wondered enough to ask what the hell is he talking about? N when do you drink your tea Morning noon or night?
I drink tea all day long then switch to beer.
There most definitely a difference between tea bags and loose tea.
I thought one made tea just off the boil. Guess I was wrong.
Entertaining and educational. Thanks.
I want to purchase a tea cozy from Mrs Keef......my favorite tea is Black Currant
Zero chance of buying a tea cosy, sorry!
Thanks Keefs,I Didn't know Proper varieties. 😊. Both My Grandma's, From UK Liked two different Kinds 😁. Okay cool, on Builders Tea. !!
I think the extra bag is possibly because when you're making a pot you usually don't put in the exact amount of water you'll need like you do when pouring in a mug. You typically add a bit more just to be safe. Maybe half a mugs worth more. So it will be a bit stronger but spread out to 3 or 4 cups it comes out just right imo
There actually is a huge difference between tea bags and loose leaf. The stuff in tea bags is ground up left over stems and bad leafes. They release a bitter taste which good quality loose leaf doesn't. So you don't have to add sugar, milk or cream :)
I've recently started using loose tea (because the bags don't compost properly). I can't say I've noticed ANY difference. And I think this thing about teabags containing rubbish is possibly an urban myth. Given that about 70% of tea sold is in teabag form, it can't ALL be sweepings, unless they deliberately throw it on the floor!
@@Keefcooks I'd suggest you look into a tea set like kamjove or something :) very easy to brew lose leaf tea that way! And thats possibly true that it's not all sweeping but it definitely is the lesser quality leafes :) but hey, to each there own! Just stumbled upon your video haha. I'm just a tea purist, in my opinion using milk and sugar negates the health benefits of tea and it loses its taste. But again to each there own. I still liked you video and your charisma!
I've got a micro-perforated pot that sits in the mug while the leaves are steeping. Works great and is the least messy way of dealing with leaf tea I've ever come across.
KEEF!!! I have a question. I have been shamed for using a microwave instead of a kettle. Is this a sin or is it ok?
I don't think it's terribly safe to boil a mug of water in the microwave. But the only 'sinful' bit would be if you had your teabag in before the water was boiling. It's crucial that the water is boiling when it hits the tea.
We have the exact same red teapot and Yorkshire mug.
In India people drink tea with loads of milks but I actually prefer the raw one. That have a class. A Teaholic Mate.
Yep, not keen on too much milk. And it's usually out of a can too.
I am a Constant Comment tea girl. When I was a little girl 58yrs ago, my dad would smuggle it in for me when you could only buy it in Canada. I like the pomp and circumstance surrounding the tradition, plus the taste!
Louis Tomlinson.
I beg your pardon, but you didnt mention if the milk was boiling, hot, or just room temperature???
It's normally straight from the fridge
Any reason you would pre-warm the tea pot & use a cozy when you don't do any of that for a mug? We often put a little plate on the top of our mug when steeping our tea, but most people don't do that, I guess.
I think it's because a big ceramic teapot can get very cold and significantly affect the brew, whereas mugs don't get anywhere near as cold. But you can warm your mug if you wish.
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I believe when societies drank beer and ale at daytime historically, that it was usually very weak, having even less alchohol than an American light beer
Yes, and it was known as 'small beer'.
Nice video. Thank you! ☺️
Yorkshire Red and PG Tips are my two favorite British brands of tea bags.I love my tea!
Yorkshire Red? I don't know.
Czechia here: Lemon is mandatory in many teas there. Also, we use honey instead of sugar for tea. And if you ask for milk to your tea, everyone will look weird at you, I have been there 😂
And lose leaf tea is “better” because low quality waste leafs and grit are more obvious in it, so there is smaller chance they will put it in there. While this lower quality product can be hidden in the bag.
Many people like to say the tea in bags is entirely made up of sweepings from the floor. Given that tea in bags now accounts for 80% of all tea sold, that means that workers are deliberately throwing tea onto the floor and then sweeping it up to put in the bags. Not likely really. You carry on with your loose tea habit while I enjoy the luxury of not having my kitchen sink blocked by tealeaves. 😀
@@Keefcooks Well it is easier to put this “bad” parts of tea in the bag, but it doesn’t mean they did it. I was just telling the believe people have, that’s all 🤷♀️ It is only in “you can see it better in lose leaf” that’s all. I do like my black tea in bag (you just need to find good seller). But there are some teas I like lose leaf, because I find great local seller with amazing blends that are only lose leaf. And you can regulate how strong you make it this way. And also, Czech people has long tradition in herbal teas (almost everyone with garden has herbs in there just for teas. And you use this as lose leaf tea, in strainer). But in the end, if seller is good, it doesn’t matter if it’s in tea bag or lose leaf.
Yorkshire tea is my favorite. Nice video!
Get meh the tea!!!!!!!!
Oops 🙊...
I spilt the tea noooooooooooooooo
Tea is good but.. single sourced Sumatran black coffee is the best hahaha
Yeah but, coffee isn't tea...
You didn't use sugar cubes in your tea! Only a barbarian puts granulated sugar in tea. How horrid!
You do realise sugar cubes are just granulated sugar stuck together for the benefit of people too stupid to use a spoon.
What kind of teapot boils water that fast? Nuclear powered?
1) it's a kettle, not a teapot.
2) editing.
It's September and the weather has a nip.I had my first cup of hot tea yesterday.I always forget how good hot tea is from year to year.
We have hot tea all year round, even in Dubai and Madrid. Why would you not?
Can you please tell me where I can purchase that boiling pitcher?
I'm sure you'll be able to find 'glass electric kettles' on Amazon!
that marine reef tea cosy though.... love it!!
Hello, how much milk should I add to 2 dcl of black english breakfast tea? 1 tea spoon? 2 tea spoons? or 50ml? How much, traditional english tea drinkers?
It's up to you - some people like a lot of milk, some none. I probably add about a tablespoon, but I've never measured it.
@@Keefcooks Thank you. So thats about 3 teaspoons. I'll try it at beginning as reference, and then adjust it. Thank you.
it's really the same as the Brazilian tea
Bet all the Americans r watching this
Nice video mostly people will not use citibank cards to buy tea bags
Umm, I don't know what your point is here...is there one?
He put 1 tea bag in a mug, that looks to be about 15 oz. That seems to go against the 6oz I've seen. Also, how much water for the kettle? He put 3 bags in. I need specifics! 😜
'He' finds it quite rude being addressed in the third person. It's a standard sized mug. 6 ounces would be a teacup and you wouldn't use a teabag in that. A pot full of water. It's not engineering, sorry.
@@Keefcooks My apologies, I was not trying to be rude.
Thank you for the information. Do you put your sugar and milk in the mug before or after the tea
If you're using a teabag in a mug, milk and sugar go in after the tea had brewed and you've removed the bag. If using a teapot, milk goes in the mug or cup first, then the tea, then sugar if using.