The pots that you buy die so quickly because every little stalk is a whole plant. They sow lots of seeds so they grow quickly and can be sold quickly, but the soil/pebbles they’re in doesn’t have enough nutrients to support that many plants. If you want to grow those, you need to break the clump of plants apart and plant one or two of them into a different pot with proper soil. Or get Ebbers to do it for you.

Video idea: Gifts and Gadgets revisited. I want to know what gifts from previous videos you've loved. Also ones that turned out to not be so great once you got them home. Tell me about your sausage maker has it changed your life or is it just taking up closet space now?

What I like about that olive oil gift set is that it's hard to be a miss. Even if someone doesn't care about the difference or even taste any difference, you still need olive oil. And you just saved them the cost of their next 5 bottles of olive oil.

My partner is the head chef at a high end restaurant and it’s always hard to but gifts for him, until you started this series! He always loves the gifts! Thank you sorted!

I love that Mike is willing to start with “I’m going to ask a REALLY stupid question!?”………he asks so we don’t have to!🤷‍♀️😅🤣🥰

When Ben said that they were filming in mid July, I couldn't help thinking that they have a surprisingly long turnaround time, even with filming in batches. Fortunately, the last segment explained it.

We don’t give Mike enough credit for being a good host and good gifter.

Those hydroponics kits are SO EXPENSIVE! Aside from the plant food solution, you could do everything the kit has done at home for just a few dollars >.

For the vinaigrier, you’re definitely paying for the beautiful crockery. You can make vinegar in a plain old mason jar with cheesecloth. You don’t even have to start with fancy cider or alcohol; you can even just start with fruit scraps and water (though you may or may not need to add yeast or unpasteurized “starter” vinegar).

Suggestion for a pass it on. Cook using only tinned ingredients. The twist being that the tins don't have lables. And you have to use which ever tins you pick.

In Spain we taste oils by pouring them on bread, like a slice of baguette with oil in top and a bit of salt is delicious

I think the best part of the vinegar jar is that it has a REAL SPOUT. I can't tell you how many nice glass tea or lemonade jugs I've seen. And turned around because they have a garbage plastic spout

Couldn’t they have given Barry some bread to try the olive oil with, rather than just drinking it? 🤣🤣

"I'm living the flipping dream". My boy gets it. Love me a good olive oil as a drizzle over salad should I eat them so he's got a point.

I started making my own vinegar with a bunch of blueberries that I picked three weeks ago, so I was super excited to see that vinegre... vinegra... that mason jar. I went so far as to ferment my own blueberry wine, and I could totally see myself buying one of those in the future if I take to this hobby.

The vinegar jar looks really beautiful! Kinda reminds me of my grandma's ceramic pickle jars. If you are Indian you would know the typical pickle jar found in most homes.

I would love to see the old 24 hour food tour challenge segment again, food trucks or something. I love that vlog type format

The vinegar has a use I'm surprised didn't get mentioned - making it with different fruits as it is being created and you have essentially the original gatorade/soda. The fruited vinegar, sometimes mixed with some brown sugar or molasses and ice water (back in the day, usually just kept in a cold creek near where you were working in the fields and the jug it would be sealed in would be lovely and cold when wanted) and taken out into the fields or by the barn when a ton of work was expected to go on. Sounds gross, perhaps, but next time you get a chance, get a bottle of something like white balsamic or even a really good quality cider and give it a sip. Adding a bit of sugar and water creates a lovely sweet(ish) drink that is far more refreshing than even just plain cold water in miserably hot weather. You know that kinda gross feeling you get when you overheat where there is almost a bad taste in your mouth from being dehydrated and things taste off? The vinegar cuts thru that and helps you drink more liquids than trying to just gulp down water. Can also help settle your stomach when overheated and if you decide to drink it when you are just not feeling great, a pinch of salt help cross it from 'pleasant drink' to 'use when sick like you would pedialite or gatorade. Use just a trace of sweetener for a light drink, but hell, I've had it when people make it near Kool-Aid strength! ANY natural sweetener - raw honey, molasses, sugar, even fruit juice concentrates. No clue about artificial sugars, I stay away from those personally, but try what you like. Oh... and Ebbers? Should you read this - yes. A nice splash of ice cold gin, some of a fruity vinegar and a bit of ice makes a lovely summer cocktail at the end of the day. Just so it's said!

Don't use alcohol with too high of a proof to make the vinegar or the alcohol will eat the cork. I believe it is at 45% or 55% alcohol when it becomes a problem.(for whiskey storage just tip the bottle upside down to lightly wet the cork every 2 months or so.

I want to see you guys try the vinegar made from different things. Sake, whisky, vodka, beer, etc I'm super intrigued. I really want one of these now!

The vingerier's bigger problem over the £80 is its size, can swing the cash for someone who would enjoy the vinegar but thats quite a big bit of kit compared to the rest which can go on shelves/windowsills

Normally when traveling abroad I try to find good local coffee beans for family members.... It's relatively cheap, easy to bring back and makes a good delicious souvenir

I absolutely want to get that olive oil set for at least a couple members of my family. It's such a cool idea!

As someone from the Philippines the countdown begins to Christmas when the months end with -ber! Might be early but I can’t wait for more of these gift video ideas to come out especially Christmas themed videos 😁

Love the idea of making my own vinegar, and I know a couple of cooks in my life who would as well. Thanks for the idea!

The herb kit, you can do exactly the same thing for a tenth of the price with old food jars (large wide-neck pickle jars work best), ordinary mineral water, and seeds from any whole foods outlet or online. I've been doing this since the early 1970s.

This honestly had the feel of a Pretentious or Not video. Seeing Barry with a load of olive oils that he couldn't taste the difference in was definitely a Pretentious or Not vibe.

The nice thing about a vinaigrier is : you can just use the half glass of wine that’s a bit turned, the cheap cooking wine that you opened for a recipe that you don’t want to drink the rest of, … my grandmother used to put crushed overripe grapes in it from the family vineyard. Basically every household had one in the countryside, gifted for weddings or passed down to children.

Having fewer plants in one pot works way better when you are growing them from the supermarket bunches yourselves. This summer I have grown the leftovers of my mum's supermarket basil. One pot of plants died to the cold, one died to bugs that come from a cucumber plant. The first set of cuttings is now a nice small flowering plant (30cm ish) by the tomatoes. Only one plant I took from a cutting is thriving. It now is a fully grown plant with two main stems of >60cm with a bushy underbelly (to get that you need to prune the plant). I am watering it twice a week by having a bottle with slits sawn into the twisty top sitting in the pot upside down.

i wish you guys used chapters. it would make showing specific items or clips from these types of videos to friends/family so much easier. That vinegar one is neat.

I am in love with the vinegar jar!! It's decorative, it's low maintenence, and what a conversation starter when you whip out a little bottle of artisan vinegar!

I love having fresh herbs on hand all season long! It's a learning process every year

These videos are a go to for buying presents for my family. Keep up the good work

In the history of SortedFood, no gift will beat that handwritten note that Jamie outsourced to someone and there were details that no one till date has been able to decipher.

Continuing of the theme of DIY, I think you guys should take some inspiration from the youtuber Johnny Kyunghwo and try to make fruit/other syrups (cheong) the Korean way he does. And then try to infuse them in a meal, dessert or drink afterwards and see who got the most create with their choices!

I love how committed Sorted is to trying these products. Waiting the full length to try them out is so awesome! I love seeing it!

Hooray for canned cocktails! Aluminum is the best for single-use packaging - it is infinitely recyclable.

3:13 So, basically a Home Version of an Allotment? Why wasn’t this gifted to Ben, I wonder? 😂

Vinegar's definitely worth it, long as you have the space. The herb one? Absolutely not. Especially not for something like mint which grows really well

My Dad makes (sweet) fruit vinegars every year with the last of his raspberry/blackberry crops but he doesn't use a vinaigrier - he just does it on large baking trays covered in cling film and leaves them in the garage 😂 They're cracking on salads but also really good on pancakes! We get gifted a new bottle every year and it goes to the back of the cupboard and we leave them as long as we can until we open them - currently working on 2015's batch! Yum yum

I know households where any leftover red wine would be drained into the vinaigrier that was lurking in the corner…they kept this going for decades.

That 'Oh, well damn' from Mike is one of my favourites haha, what a reaction.

So here are my thoughts : Olive oil: seems like a pretty nice gift, good olive oils can be expensive so I feel like the price is fine for what it is. But it wouldn't be for me, I can't differentiate olive. (but it might be a way for me to do it, but I'm sure I couldn't make the difference) great for people who can make the difference and/or care about olive oils Herbs: nice but way too expensive. Just buy a pot of herbs and don't do like Jamie and forget to water it and you'll have herbs forever for a low low price (the soil to repot the herbs is probably the most expensive part) Cocktails: pretty neat, decent price considering they seem to be fairly high quality cocktails, judging by all the positive reactions everyone gave. It's no worse than ordering those cocktails in a pub or restaurant, except it's on the go or at home, without needing to mix it yourself. But it would be interesting to know if they sell, say, a 4 or 6 pack of one or the other, if there's one I really like more than the rest. Vinaigrier: fairly high price, and that's without taking into account the cost of the cider/wine/other that you turn into vinegar. But like olive oils, good vinegars can be in the fairly expensive side of things, and since you can infuse it with whatever you want, and probably let it age longer to let it develop more aromas or flavour (I would assume?) I'd be curious to make a price comparison, by volume, with a store bought aromatic vinegar, because despite the high cost of the thing + ingredients, it might still be cheaper, and it's a nice DIY "project" with literally zero efforts.

Consider that a standard gift might be a bunch of flowers or bottle of wine. Any of these gifts are heaps more interesting, it's just the cost at times that makes it prohibitive for some.

I just downloaded the app and it's incredible. Great job guys putting all the recipes together with audio and visual steps. I've only made a couple of the recipes so far but they are both great! Keep up the good work and keep on bringing us these quick easy and tasty meals. Life saver for me and my family.

I think this format is my absolute favorite one on this channel! It's so exciting to see all the different foodie gift ideas out there!

Always best part of my day getting a notification from sorted 🙌 thanks guys x

Love the effort that goes into the vids, months from start to end for this bad boy just shows the commitment. Keep up the great content sorted team!

The guys missed a few points out about the Hydro-herb kits that may help. Everything in the kits is recycled or biodegradable. The recycled wine bottles are cut and ground by hand by the team in Suffolk where we also produce the other parts of the kit. The hydroponic fluid is organic and vegan friendly, also there is enough in the kit to last for 3 years so the idea is to cut and grow continually. There are also spare parts on the kit so if you have a single season herb like basil or have a disaster you can grow again and get at least another years worth.

I made fruit vinegars for Christmas last year, blueberry, mango, fig and raisin. It was such a great process, I'm keen to try different vinegars!

The vinegar pot is really cool. The oils? Maybe, if you are really into it, like people that enjoy wine. At least you have some more olive oil at home, I guess?

Barry sniffing the vinegar like it’s a ‘room odouriser’ lol

Great choices this go round. I think this is the perfect time to start showing ideas like this too for end of year shopping.

"Rather than watering it every day" - well I think we've quickly discovered the reason Jamie kills his herbs, he's drowning them 😂 mint is practically invasive it grows so fast, so easily a re-gift from anyone with a green thumb.

14:23 Barry’s reaction was just so funny lol

The the vinaigrier sounds awesome, id still want to know how to make just normal white vinegar but for flavored stuff that sounds awesome. Other than sourcing the mother vinegar this seems cool. Even if someone doesnt use it for vinegar it is still a decorative pot with a spigot

I’m Just loving the bloopers! Thanks!

On the Vinaigrier, that pot alone is worth 80€ if only as a beautiful jar to have on your shelf.

Mid july?! Damn these guys sure know how to plan ahead.

I thought the vinegar jar was a Kombucha jar. That's cool. When I make home made Kombucha I will sometimes let one batch go to far and make Kombucha vinegar. Oh has Ben made coffee Kombucha yet?

I never thought the variety of olive oil mattered until I did a tasting in Mexico. I loved one so much that I took the risk and put two bottles in my packed luggage on the way home. (Thankfully, they didn't break.) That is such a fun gift!

I find these videos so interesting, I hope you continue to do more!

I don’t drink, but there is something so intriguing and interesting about cocktails in cans. It gives me happy vibes for some reason I can’t explain.

Ok with the vinegaria you could make a shrub in there (a fruity vinegar blend that you add to mix drinks or seltzer)

This is how I found you guys, looking for reviews couldn't believe my luck you cooked also, then couldn't believe my luck how I loved watching you. Win win...looking forward to the next video seeing you out and about

I love these vids and really appreciate it coming out a few months before Christmas so I can start planning what to get my foodie friends (or hint at as gifts for myself!)

I love the oil set, would love to see more like it!

That vinegar one looks pretty awesome. Also I gotta say super jealous of Barry's glorious hair 😂

That wine bottle… how incredibly easy to have fresh herbs in the depths of winter! Reusable , can be sterilized… brilliant!

In NZ, we have something similar to the hydro herb kit, with soil tablets and little packets of seeds (usually for herbs, but can also come as a starter for bigger veges). Plus these are given away by supermarkets in spring - spend $20, get 1 set, to get people into growing their own food and get into gardening :-)

I would have loved any of the gifts shown today. They are all lovely splurges that I wouldn't buy for myself, but would appreciate immensely.

White box cocktails are banging. Especially the Old Fashioned 😍😍😍

So... Whitebox cocktails are not £29, they are actually £31 and UK delivery is £4.50, so £35.50 in total... making these a whopping £5.92 each!

I once tried to make Apple Cider, from scratch (as in crush a heap of apples, add some sugar and water and use the natural yeast on the apples to do the fermentation). It didn't go exactly to plan, but I did end up with about 10L of the best apple cider vinegar I've ever had (still have 1/2 dozen bottles in the cellar years later).

The cocktail box was my favourite, I just love gifts that the gifted "has" to share :)

Ben: (grows Herbs for a month) Jamie: (chills canned Cocktails) The world is indeed in equilibrium again.

The olive oils are a definite winner, and making my own vinegar would be fun,so many possibilities!!

those bottles/pots are the coolest thing ever

Hahaha Mike's facial expression to his reaction to the martini was hilarious!! Great video!

It says something that Barry's dream is tasting olive oils.

I always feel tempted to send these gift videos to friends and family as not so subtle hints.

Gift ideas are always appreciated.

This was great! Lovely gift ideas as well.

The vinegar jug and the oil flight. Heck, half of my Christmas shopping is now done! Thanks!

This was great timing for people to order Xmas gifts!

unrelated to the video at hand - my mum and i watched all of your videos together. she just passed after a battle with cancer, but these sorted videos are a nice salve as i think of how much she'd like them. she didn't even cook that much but she loved you guys!

I love how when making the vinegar, everybody's foreheads are folded lol, actually invested in seeing it through.

I would love to get the vinegria. Not only can you make different flavoured vinegars, that's also a lovely looking jar!

That's AMAZING. I want that vinegarierer thing

Love this videos, but the only foodie in my group of friends is myself and one who is 19 hours away. Maybe ill show my boyfriend some of these, just as a hint. Even still, I love the care and attention that the crew gives each gift, even if they prove the gifts arent idiot proof. One of my favorites things is the showcasing of local, small, or ethically sourced gifts.

The cocktails are an amazing gift! So many give wine, so this is a wonderful alternative to that

13:35 I love how you're still using the Supoon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I bought one after watching the show and use it for everything! 🤣🤩

I’ve bought the vinegar pot…that raspberry and basil sounds so good

Loved the olive oil gift box. Oliveoil tasting is big business here in the Western Cape. The cocktails in tins leave me cold. It's all about the ritual of making the cocktails. The vinegar making kit looks wonderful.

I would use the large jar to make rumtopf for all year round but especially Christmas 🎄

We have used a bottle glass cutter and made hydro herb container. With the small dirt pods (10 for $5) and simple strips of cotton cloth as water wicks ($1) we made 10 for $6. Miracle Grow liquid fertilizer we already had and the 6 ounce bottle was $5 a year ago. Lots of people around where we live sell vinegar/kombucha crocks. We use them for homemade kombucha.

I like when you buy gifts for each other

I have been on an olive oil tasting virtual session. It is interesting to taste the difference between them without buying large bottles. Good gift for a foodie.

Another great vid..., without a doubt the "oil" was my fav

Loved the video!