Proper British Tea | How to Make Tea
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- Опубликовано: 1 июн 2024
- The British are renowned for their love of a good cup of tea, but in the last few years its popularity has been falling. This is a shame because a good strong cup of British tea is so refreshing. However, when it comes to making British tea properly, many establishments get it wrong. The water must be boiling when it is poured onto the tea, and the tea must be allowed to steep for 4-5 minutes.
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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 ¿?
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. ^-^
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 ?
@@rituchowdhury4755 real land rover defenders 😏
I dont know why but it makes me happy to see someone having fun while he brews up some tee.
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.
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
In Indonesia we usually drink tea with only sugar or less sugar and with milk is usually for children(in here)
Indo nongol
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.
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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
Twinings
Federal Bureau of Investigation yessir
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.
I have the same teapot but in black. I prefer a strong builders brew in the morning.
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.
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
"Some naughty stuff" Keef this is my favourite video I've ever watched
Of course it is. Thank you 😀
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.
Thanks Keef. Nothing better than a cuppa. Happy to see you represent Yorkshire..
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.
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!
Love your personality! Great video, thx for sharing
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😊
This was very educational thank you! I had no idea so much went into a cup of tea. 😊
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.
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!
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
Thank you so much, such a nice demonstration for tea
It just makes me so happy to see you happy brewing tea. I could not help smiling and that kettle warmer, nothing tops that! I am a coffee lover, but I do enjoy cup of tea the English way. I am gonna have one right now, Thanks!!!!
just perfect
I need that kettle
Ohh yeah I'm from Poland 🇵🇱and we drink with lemon !!! 😍😉
that marine reef tea cosy though.... love it!!
Yorkshire Red and PG Tips are my two favorite British brands of tea bags.I love my tea!
Yorkshire Red? I don't know.
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
Wonderful. Bravo! Subscribed!
i love keef cooks as much as i love tea, thanks keef for this truly inspiring content :)
thanks Keef!! another great video thank you
I love your channel so much!
Entertaining and educational. Thanks.
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.
American tea lover here. Great video. Thank you
Hahahahahaha that’s amazing I see you have put the Keef Cooks sign on the kitchen cupboard so viewers see it hahahah absolutely amazing!
I’m from Texas and never knew how to make a proper cup of tea! Thank you!
Thank you for showing how to do tea properly
Nice video. Thank you! ☺️
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.
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?
I love tea. I enjoy videos like this. Wholesome
We have the exact same red teapot and Yorkshire mug.
Yorkshire tea is my favorite. Nice video!
Thank you for this; this is just how I have been making my tea here in the chilly Autumn nights in Pennsylvania. For the authentic experience, I'm using a genuine British tea sold locally as "Make Mine A Builders", imported from Britain.
I like my tea inside a thermal mug with the bag left in . Helps me make it fast but drink it slow haha
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.
Greetings From Texas. Thanks for the video, mate!
Absolutely spot on ❤️
Thank you for the shout out Keef, it is only an oo when you make Ty-phoo, lol
Hello From North Yorkshire we Also use Yorkshire tea I was brought up with Yorkshire tea
The good folks in Cape Breton drink their tea with evaporated can milk. And that’s what I prefer too
Well, good luck with that. I personally think it's vile!
KeefCooks to each their own
Love your Electric Kettle.
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.
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.
Now that's a proper cuppa! Yorkshire Tea is just the best, nice and strong. A few years ago, I switched from regular sugar to brown rock sugar (similar to what Frisians do, they use white though). Makes a huge difference, and really adds to the malty flavour of the tea.
Love that rock brown sugar but it's quite dear where I live.
Drop the sugar its much nicer. I finally stopped sugar in my 30s, wish I had done it much earlier.
thank you so much!
lol... I would love to know how to make that tea cozy!!!! its amazing!!
Ah, many long hours of knitting and crocheting
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 😉
The tea cozy was sensational!
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.
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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!
My boyfriend bought it for me! Learning how to make the proper 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.
This was actually very well explained. Thank you from Germany. We drink tea here too :)
Yes, we do ... but only at home where I can make a proper cuppa (like my English Nana taught me). When I go out in Germany, I never drink tea because in this country, you always just get a cup (or glass) of hot water and a teabag to put into it. Horrible. Without using boiling water, it's simply not a real cup of tea - it's just a lightly flavored warm beverage. Not willing to pay money for that. There are a few exceptions - in a few cafés or restaurants, they actually make real tea that is drinkable. Usually, however, they are pretty expensive.
Thanks Keefs,I Didn't know Proper varieties. 😊. Both My Grandma's, From UK Liked two different Kinds 😁. Okay cool, on Builders Tea. !!
LMAO. I love how British people talk. That accent is just so amazing.
Thank you - grew it myself!
@@Keefcooks cheers, mate. I have generally consumed Tetley tea in the past however I will have to try Yorkshire Tea. A few friends of mine from the UK have told me Yorkshire really is the best brand for tea. Great video, BTW
I used to be a Tetley fan, but changed to Yorkshire when we moved back to Yorkshire - it's not compulsory, honest! But I do like it.
Just recently I was turned on to white tea, delicious!
love the positivi - tea ☕
builders tea i always thought was a kind of tea instead of a way to serve, good to know
Good! Thank You!
Hello keef, great channel, great video and great tea. For me the best is tea. Coffee is ok but I think tea quenches my thirst better. 🙂👍
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.
I'm from FLORIDA we boil black tea about 6 to8 bags in a kettle then make a gallon and add 2 cups of sugar . Then refrigerate .add ice
Thats not tea.
@@7531monkey it is 😂 but not to you
Hi nice to see you. I truly love Yorkshire tea 🇬🇧❤️
Omg, I knew that tea cozies were a thing, but I never expected your tea cozy to be that quirky! I also knit and crochet too. The tea cozies I happened to see online (I literally have never googled tea cozies or British tea before the pandemic, not even after I developed a celebrity crush on Benedict Cumberbatch) looked like colorful oven mitts or something all sewn together.
Mrs Keef Cooks crocheted that coral reef tea cosy. I adore it, but we almost never make tea in the teapot so I don't get to see it much.
Love the tea cozy
I very much enjoyed your video
More childhood memories. On the weekends my mom served elevenses. Sometimes we'd make diminutive cucumber sandwiches, or watercress, or very thin ham--"fairy sandwiches," as I called them. Sometimes we'd have scones or dainty cakes. This served as lunch, as we seldom had afternoon tea (although we never ate dinner earlier than 7:30). It was loose tea in our home and the Brown Betty for a casual service.
Whoa-oh Brown Betty, bam-a-lang!
my dad always had his elevenses. and we lived in the states! But my grandmother was English and my father grew up with these customs which continued. My mother used to make capers for us and fried bread with our eggs on special mornings. Yum.
That was supposed to say kippers!!!
Oh yes! My mother used to make the most wonderful tea sandwiches cucumber water cress being her specialties. She always made of nice trade them for birthday parties and special occasions. tea sandwiches are the greatest!
That was supposed to say "a nice tray of them"!
I really enjoy your channel. I'm a 2nd generation Irish transplant and can't remember when I didn't drink tea. I never order it when I'm out. They just haven't been trained properly. If there are any restauranteurs out there I suggest they show this episode at your next in-service. Thank you.🍀🎑
I like mint tea and green tea. I prefer my tea without anything added, for the most part. My choice of additive would be honey. Cheers Keef!
at the end, you called it builder's tea. that's good stuff. in the u.s., all I can get is twinings.
Builder's tea is tea with sugar and milk. It is not a brand.
Thanks Keef!
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I remember when I discovered Yorkshire tea..... so lovely. My visiting in-laws even asked ..that's nice tea, what brands that....
amazing thank you
I enjoyed this. Thanks. I usually steep my tea in a 6 cup ceramic pot (warmed, of course) but do a single mug sometimes. The recommendation of steeping 4 minutes or so produces a liquor that is just a bit aggressive. Using Yorkshire tea bags, 2 and a half to three minutes works well. For me. Am I missing something inhe process?
If you like your tea a bit weaker than the Builder's strength, that's fine!
I am from Hawai`i. Heavily influenced by England before American Anexation and statehood, we drink both hot tea and iced tea here. We sweeten but do not put milk in our tea. Iced tea is very popular throughout the United States as it is an alternative to drinking soda.
How do i go about getting that exact same Yorkshire dialect mug keef? I absolutely love it!
@Omar Hussain Hello Omar - we no longer have that mug, it got broken. 😞 So I can't tell you who made it. I can tell you we bought it from the Tourist Information Centre at Halifax Library in West Yorkshire, but it was 5 years ago. A quick search on Amazon and Ebay throw up a few similar items, but I think this is the closest: amzn.to/2BEY6Bu - it might even be the exact one.
@@Keefcooks Yeah I live in Batley so Halifax int too far from me. If you bought your sen one 5 year ago. I doubt the chances of em still selling it. Anyways the one you found on amazon is more or less the same an el do just fine. Cheers keef!
Nice. I like Lapsang Souchong, and I use the loose leaf form. It's as easy as using teabags if you have a good teaball.
+stamasd Yes, I sometimes like a cup of LS for a change. We do have a few teaballs around the place.
This video made my day thank you for being such an amazing sweetheart
No problem 😊
I’m an American who lives in Texas and I actually love a cup of English tea ☕️ midday.
Lemon in Earl Grey is delicious. I love me a good lemon tea.
✨☕✨✨👌 The magic of a cup of TEA.
I'm also from Yorkshire thou knows and I rip open my T bags and pour half the contents into a hot mug. This makes a perfect cup of T for my tastes and halves my costs! Plus every so often I get a hearty laugh when someone I've made a cupa for downs the lot and gets a mouth full of leafs.
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).
Love that yea cozy