How to Make a British Cup of Tea
By popular demand, I show you how to make a proper cup of tea the BRITISH way! Apologies to all of you in the UK as this will be stating the obvious - but I'd love to hear if you do it differently!
It's just a short 5 minute video tonight!
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As a British I can confirm that this is how British makes tea, great tutorial!
I’ve read some of the comments where people are dissatisfied with the length of this video. Makes me sad. Stephanie has been very clear about her Sunday schedule. She has always been consistent, and announces when changes will occur. Things are nuts around the world right now, if she had a normal Sunday video, she would have been raked through the coals for one thin or another. Maybe, if everyone just took the time to have a comforting cup of tea, the day would be brighter. Peace and love. 💃🌻❤️👍🏻🥰
@catherinedurbin9298
2 жыл бұрын
Amen!!
@siamgirl31
2 жыл бұрын
And can we also remember, someone just arrived from A horrible situation, and I’m sure it impacts the whole household. Can you imagine your homeland being ripped apart, and you show up to a party? Let’s all remember she shows us glimpses of her life, and HOME. I apologize for the rant.
@danielintheantipodes6741
2 жыл бұрын
@@siamgirl31 No need to apologise. More's the pity, it needed to be said.
@lenoracooper7729
2 жыл бұрын
Exactly, she clearly stated in Venice that the Sunday videos were only coming back for a short time, they were NOT going to be a regular thing, so I invite those complaining to be happy that you were able to view ANY new content on on Sunday. SMH!!!
@sarahblue5112
2 жыл бұрын
Well said!! 😊👍🏻 I'll change this to Well said, agreeing with all the above comments. Stephanie's vlogs are a pleasant vignette in my life every few days watched in between what I am doing, goodness, I don't need constantly entertained, we all certainly have a life and so does she. 😄
I am British and this is true but I recommend putting sugar in at the start with the tea bag because the sugar will disolve propely.
In between Stephanie’s delightful videos there is another vlog called Journey to the Chateau, starring two fun guys who have just found their Chateau and are just starting their journey. I’ve been supplementing my days when Stephanie doesn’t upload with these guys and they are quite enjoyable. I hope Stephanie, Patrick and Stuart know how much pleasure they bring to us during these stressful times. And the Pethericks too, of course. And Carol and Adrian of Chateau de la Ferte!
Thank you Stephanie! As a mostly-coffee-drinking, but-sometimes-tea-drinking American, I enjoy a good cup of tea but have always wondered if I was getting the most out of it. I so appreciate this video and looking forward to your afternoon tea vlog! ❤
Loved this! Can't wait for the full presentation. Thank you!
Amazing! Thanks for sharing this with us. I love Yorkshire tea! Was in Yorkshire for a couple of years ago and after that I used to by this massive amount of teabags so I never run out of tea ☕️ Just before Brexit I bought 1100 teabags!
I’ve been making my tea the British way my whole life and I had no idea 🤷🏼♀️🫖☕️🥛 Thank you this was a fun video! 😃 Can’t wait to see the next proper tea video! 👌
Perfectly lovely Sunday afternoon vlog! Thank you very much Stephanie🙏🏼❤️🍣☕️
This is the best thing out there on the internet!! Yes Stephanie!!!🥰
Thank you for this! I drink my tea the same way. And much prefer it made single mug then a pot. I didn't mind the short video at all and in fact am happy to hear you talking about sewing and doing little projects again. Reminds me of the beginning days of your KZread channel! Plus and more importantly it means you are finding balance and time to do what you want to do besides editing! Thank you for sharing this with us. Perhaps those who don't like the short time frame need to be reminded that it didn't take you only 6 minutes or so to film, edit and upload it, but much longer! Cheers to you Lalanders!
As always, great content.
These are the videos I love in between the diaries! 🫖🤍 Thank you Stephanie for clarifying this! Thanks Dan for filming 😍
Your cup of tea and your lovely instructions make me quite happy. Thanks for your sweet little video. ❤️
I loved that video, Stephanie! Good job Dan as well.
A lovely little vlog Stephanie, thank you for brightening us all up as usual. You made me laugh out loud - and I’m British!! You take care, much love xx
I loved the tea acceptance graciousness level comparison portion of the video best, excellent work, Steph!
Can't wait for the next proper tea video!!!!!!!
Great as always Stephanie! Good to know I’ve been doing it correctly!
Great tutorial!!! Many thanks.
Loved this so much!!!!!!♥️♥️♥️♥️
I love to listen to you and thank you for the tip to help me when I offer tea to my glass painting students from the UK.I love your blue and white kitchen.Your dress is lovely too!
Really enjoyed this.
Thank you! I needed to know this.💕
I really loved this lesson. Thank you beautiful one.
Love it! ❤️
This video was tea-rrific, Stephanie! 🤩💞😅
I live in TN but raised in Western New York, South of Buffalo. We also made our tea that way as you Brits do. Boiling water over the tea bag. We also preheated the teapot if more than a cup was wanted.
@pattyhill4682
2 жыл бұрын
We don't add milk in tea in Mississippi.
@tamaliaalisjahbana9354
2 жыл бұрын
Where is TN?
@jenniferrayhill2000
2 жыл бұрын
Tennessee in US
@grace7701
2 жыл бұрын
I grew up in New England with a lot of tea drinkers (I am both coffee and tea drinker equally) and we always made tea this same way. I hate when ordering tea and thry give yiu hot water and a tea bag, awful lol
@kristinedunkleman8767
2 жыл бұрын
@@grace7701 and you are lucky if the water is even warm. Went to Olive Garden for lunch and it was not only hot water it was enough for almost another cup of tea. Meal was pretty good also.
This was really cool!! Thank you for posting. I always wondered after watching The Mentalist.
Thank you for clarifying this Stephanie 🙏😍❤️
Loved this video! 😊
Perfect every time!
I quite literally was just looking in my cupboard to see which tea was calling for me. Looks like I’m about to find out!
Thanks Steph for a light hearted tea break as only you can do it
Now I want a cup of tea! Thank you for the information - and I even have some Yorkshire tea in the cupboard!
I have just seen a old chateau diaries 128 from over a year ago. It was so nice and true.Please don't change to much in your direction. It makes it so special
Thank you. That cleared up a lot of questions for me.
Loved this, Stephanie 💖🫖
love it!!! I understand, I believe all tea lovers would understand, GREAT fun loving video!!!
Lovely, thank you!
Thank you so much for that!
I'm Canadian and love my black tea! One of the things I love about visiting the UK is that you can always be assured of a good cuppa, just about anywhere. ☺️
@htukram
2 жыл бұрын
Make that black tea with milk, of course
What attention to the details, as usual, even the earrings❣🍵🌿
I have now been thoroughly educated in the art of tea. Thanks Stephanie!
Thank you Stephanie
I started making my tea the way you presented .and I love it!
Thank you for this vital information. Cheers!
Nothing beats a nice cup of tea. So soothing ❤
5 minutes brew is my favorite and then some half and half - best cup of tea ever!!!
🌻Thanks Stephanie!
I watched your blog late last night and found myself making tea!!! When I normally would go to bed with a glass of water!! Actually very nice!
I love the British way. This is how we grew up making our tea. I use orange pepper, Tetley, and I love it. I will have to try Yorkshire tea sometime.
Great video. Loved it. Looking forward to the afternoon tea video.
I bought the Yorkshire Gold after watching this and I love it! Amazon sells it, at least in the US where I am. Make sure you get the tea bags that don't have strings or tags, they are smaller. Get the bags without strings, they are larger and perfect for one cup. American and Asian tea bags with strings are so small I'll have to use 2 or 3 per cup to get any sort of flavor. I'm so happy you posted this because I love this tea, thank you!
@TheChateauDiaries
2 жыл бұрын
I’m so happy you’re enjoying it!
Thank you so much! I've watched other videos but this one has been the most informative!
Enjoyed. Love to all ❤
Thanks for sharing. 🌷🌷🌷
Thank you!
Thanks for the cup of tea video. No spilled tea here! It is the way I make tea, anyway. Thank you for sharing!
I love it Stephanie do any comical shorts you can dream up ... My dad would of loved this and you for it ... As an Englishman in Canada it was the bain of his life!
Thank you for this. I always wanted to know.
This was outstanding!
so glad i have been making it correctly!! i am ready to have steph over now!!
Perfect! ☕️😊
Thank you for the British tea-lesson, @TheChateauDiaries! Cheers! 💚🌿💐🌿🫖☕🍶🌿💐🌿💚
Wonderful. Wonderful.
Love it.
Loved today’s tea tutorial! Tea tastes better when I pour boiling water on a tea bag. I’ve tried preparing it the other way and noticed the tea is less flavorful. Lately, I’ve been drinking jasmine green tea with dim sum. Earl Grey tea is my second choice. Hope you’ll soon recover from your cold. 🌻 Thank you!
Thank you Ms. S - always fun and educational. When I first moved to UK my partner was less than enamored with my tea making skills. Just like driving my BMW on the narrow lanes that resulted in my thwacking many parked cars side mirrors, after a while I became a pretty good tea maker and was able to navigate the narrow roads without incident. Totally spot on.
Loved this 😁😁😁😁😁
Stéphanie, merci d'avoir pris la peine de faire cette jolie petite vidéo sur le thé anglais :) It was much appreciated in this sad time. Lots of people have already told you that you helped them maintain their mental health during lock down; I wasn't so much affected by lock downs but now I can tell you that you, and Dan, and all the Lalanders, are literally saving my sanity these days. That, and videos of funny dogs :) Keep going Steph! :)
I’m quite ready for the loose leaf tea guide!!
Who knew. I must be English, I have been doing my tea exactly as you described for the correct English method. Thank you for sharing.
Great instructional video
great video! i am an american enjoying a proper cup o tea for the first time!
Love the video Stephanie, despite not being a tea drinker, and I will forthwith correct my tea-for-friends making efforts! I would also love to serve them Marmite but not sure that would go down so well! I have lived in Norway for years and felt instantly at home with the coffee drinking culture here but even I was shocked at the limpid "hot" water in a mug and accompanying tea bag that you find everywhere (except when visiting the aforementioned Brit friends!). Lovely start to the week!
Very cute and funny!! And helpful to know!! :) ☕️
Good video Stephanie! I brew tea your way, and I love good old Yorkshire tea. I like some honey in my black tea, and lemon with a floral tea. - Eric in IL
My Welsh grandfather loved his Earl Grey with milk. His wife, my Polish grandmother, adopted tea drinking because of him. She drank pipping hot tea. She boiled the water for 5 minutes to ensure it was hot enough... I kid you not. The time it took to pour the boiling water into her tea cup - these few seconds - made the tea cold. Never seen anything like it. If there was a way to prevent her lips from being burned when sipping from the rim of the pot, she would have happily engaged. R.I.P. grandma and grandpa Davey. You brought up some great memories Stephanie. Thank you so very much.
I’ve learned a good deal today. Thank you!
My mother was born in Belfast , Northern Ireland. She taught me how to make tea. Thanks for bringing back great memories. 🥰
haha you nailed it Steph! that's exactly the best way to make tea :)
Well Stephanie I had just got into bed ….watched this …had to.get up and make a cup of Yorkshire tea!😂 Loved this & loved your perfectly co-ordinated outfit in front of the dresser😘 ‘Butler’ Dan (yet another job description) did a good job too🤙 xx
Spot on !
I love that my daughter has the same dress as you!
I loved this! Now I know why my tea comes too light. I put the bag in afterward! Definitely will follow your steps. Your pretty dress looks lovely against the blouse and white China! ♥️✌🏼
This is spot on 🎉!
Lovely vlog. Off to get a cup of coffee, I'm British but love coffee 😉❤️. I do make however, a biscoff tea latte. It's hot milk, poured directly into the (Yorkshire tea biscoff tea bag), and then stir. Add sugar if needed. But a lovely warming take on a cup of tea, especially at night time. Hope you are all keeping well ❤️
Well that was simple and to the point 😀
Working in the bush, in Australia, you boil the water in the billy,( a pot over the campfire) chuck in however much loose tea you want and you have it. Best stirred with a peeled gum stick with a leaf off a eucalyptus tree ( also called a gum tree). Then you pour into a battered tin mug and attempt to hold said mug. Sitting on either a log or near by rock. If you have a folding chair or /and a tea bag you're a ring- in- just visiting for the day . My personal love is Russian Caravan tea from Twinning. Smoky and delicious but that's here in my office watching you.
@TheChateauDiaries
2 жыл бұрын
I love this 😊
@LaReynedEpee
2 жыл бұрын
I'm making it this way from now on 😄
That was fun!
Loved this video! This American makes her tea this British way, always have and always will👍🏻❤️can’t wait for the Afternoon tea tutorial! 🇺🇸🇬🇧
Thank you love, you were soooo helpful ❤️ cheers
Lol what a great vlog, 😀😀😀💕 I have 2 cups of builders tea, with toast butter and marmite!!! I LOVE IT
That was good fun!
Absolutely the perfect colour a cup of tea should be, you just can't beat Yorkshire tea!! ❤
Thank you for this Stephanie, this subject is a constant cause for distressing talks with my daughter who believes the milk should go in the cup first with the tea bag!! I adore my tea but not hers! I’ll be sharing this with her soon!
Oh fantastic, you are wearing the teacup earrings I sent to you! So pleased you eventually received them 😍
@TheChateauDiaries
2 жыл бұрын
I love them! Thank you so much, I was hoping you’d see me wearing them ❤️
Love it I make my tea that way as well
Love this little video so much. They don’t always have to be 30 minutes long. I love the short ones too. Look at Dan’s 5 minute videos so full of content. 😄You could do Tuesday videos again with shorts or 5 minute videos. I’m TN born and raised (southern) and this is how I make hot tea also minus the milk. I’m a coffee girl myself but occasionally drink hot tea. Yes in the south we differentiate between hot and cold tea. Ice cold sweet tea is a southern staple for most. The argument here is 1 cup of sugar vs 2 cups of sugar per gallon 🤣🤣for me one cup per gallon is perfect. ( I don’t drink it anymore. No one needs to be drinking that much sugar🤭). Black coffee and water are my drinks of choice……and wine……and beer😃😃
@hahna77
2 жыл бұрын
We do 1/2 cup of sugar to 3 family sized tea bags, but the rest of my family and friends all use a full cup. I agree that 2 cups is just too much.
@joyeddlemon798
2 жыл бұрын
@@hahna77 yes I imagine the 1/2 cup of sugar tastes really good.
@joyeddlemon798
2 жыл бұрын
@@deesa3500 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣