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. 💃🌻❤️👍🏻🥰

As a British I can confirm that this is how British makes tea, great tutorial!

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! ❤

I'm an American. I put tea in a stainless steel pot. Green tea because its refreshing. Bring to a biol for around 15 minutes. Add a little sugar for sweet tea and make a gallon of it. It stays in the fridge to keep it cold on a hot summer day

Loved this! Can't wait for the full presentation. Thank you!

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!

Perfectly lovely Sunday afternoon vlog! Thank you very much Stephanie🙏🏼❤️🍣☕️

These are the videos I love in between the diaries! 🫖🤍 Thank you Stephanie for clarifying this! Thanks Dan for filming 😍

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! 👌

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

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

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 KZfaq 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!

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!

Your cup of tea and your lovely instructions make me quite happy. Thanks for your sweet little video. ❤️

Next week tying shoe laces 😂

I loved the tea acceptance graciousness level comparison portion of the video best, excellent work, Steph!

I loved that video, Stephanie! Good job Dan as well.

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. ☺️

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!

Great as always Stephanie! Good to know I’ve been doing it correctly!

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.

Thank you for clarifying this Stephanie 🙏😍❤️

This was really cool!! Thank you for posting. I always wondered after watching The Mentalist.

This is the best thing out there on the internet!! Yes Stephanie!!!🥰

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.

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 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.

My mother was born in Belfast , Northern Ireland. She taught me how to make tea. Thanks for bringing back great memories. 🥰

Now I want a cup of tea! Thank you for the information - and I even have some Yorkshire tea in the cupboard!

Thanks Steph for a light hearted tea break as only you can do it

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!

Can't wait for the next proper tea video!!!!!!!

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!

I have now been thoroughly educated in the art of tea. Thanks Stephanie!

As someone that was born and raised in Canada and now living in the US, I have always prepared my tea (for a bagged tea) pretty much like the British do. I take my hot/boiling water from a kettle and add it to my cup with my tea bag (I add a little sugar at this point) and let it steep for however long I prefer, then remove the tea bag and add in milk or half and half (I prefer half and half for the creaminess). I use cold milk or cold half and half.

love it!!! I understand, I believe all tea lovers would understand, GREAT fun loving video!!!

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.

5 minutes brew is my favorite and then some half and half - best cup of tea ever!!!

Thank you. That cleared up a lot of questions for me.

Thank you! I needed to know this.💕

Thank you Stephanie

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!

I'm from Alabama (USA) and I put a teabag directly in the water in an electric kettle, and turn it off the second it starts to boil, giving the water plenty of time to extract all the tea-ey goodness, then milk and sugar. And yes, steaming hot is better than slightly piss warm.

Lovely, 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.

I'm just ELATED to have found you!!!😊 I'm in the USA 🇺🇸 and many, many years ago, when I was twenty, I met a lovely woman from Britain who served me tea your traditional way after I had cleaned her carpet in her home. I was just thinking 🤔 Is there ANYONE on KZfaq that can help me out with the recipe? I'm in my 50's now and have developed a liking for hot teas, instead of our cold sweet tea here in the South. Plus, I just adored that lady and was thinking about that wonderful day with her, and her very traditional upbringing as she enlightened me about your country and how different, but similar we enjoy certain things. THAT was one of my favorite moments as a young girl and I've never forgotten her, her kindness, or her beautiful nature. You are a kind, beautiful person to have taken the time and effort to make this video and I'm about to go and make myself a wonderful little tea THANKS TO YOU 😊❤ Be BLESSED ALWAYS 🙌 Love from a Southern tea drinker❤ ps... Ours is tea bags boiled in a pot, lots of sugar and put over ice.😂

Thank you so much for that!

As always, great content.

Perfect every time!

What attention to the details, as usual, even the earrings❣🍵🌿

Really enjoyed this.

Thank you for the British tea-lesson, @TheChateauDiaries! Cheers! 💚🌿💐🌿🫖☕🍶🌿💐🌿💚

Loved this so much!!!!!!♥️♥️♥️♥️

Thanks for the cup of tea video. No spilled tea here! It is the way I make tea, anyway. Thank you for sharing!

Thanks for sharing. 🌷🌷🌷

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!

Thank you for this vital information. Cheers!

I started making my tea the way you presented .and I love it!

Love it! ❤️

Nothing beats a nice cup of tea. So soothing ❤

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!

🌻Thanks Stephanie!

This video was tea-rrific, Stephanie! 🤩💞😅

Loved this, Stephanie 💖🫖

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! :)

so glad i have been making it correctly!! i am ready to have steph over now!!

I do it almost the same way. As I can’t wait for my first cup of tea in the morning, I put the water on to boil, put the sugar in the cup with the tea bag, when the water boils, I put my hand over the kettle to make sure it’s really boiling. I have to feel hot steam before I pour the water in. Because I like strong tea I set a timer for a little over 4 minutes. Then I clean up anything on the counter so I don’t push drinking it too soon.

Loved this video! 😊

Here in Chile we do the same same way when we drink tea, tea is our main brew that’s because the brits who arrived here in the nineteen century so now we are one of the countries who consumes the most quantity of tea in the world and we love it!

Absolutely the perfect colour a cup of tea should be, you just can't beat Yorkshire tea!! ❤

Thank you!

I really loved this lesson. Thank you beautiful one.

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! ♥️✌🏼

Thank you for this. I always wanted to know.

Yay! I’ve been doing it right my whole life Lol. I will even cut the bag open and add it to the tea pot that has a built in defuser cup then pour my kettle water in. My absolute favorite, I make a mixture dandelion root, pea flower, mullein leaf and honeysuckle tea for its health benefits.

Thank you so much! I've watched other videos but this one has been the most informative!

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.

Wonderful. Wonderful.

🫖🙌🏽🥰YES! we are 🇨🇦’s trained in Dublin where we learned tea & beer for life. And to our Irish friends, we left Barry’s for Yorkshire tea, since it’s available here. Boiling hot water makes “tea ye can stand a spoon up in!” 😁🥄☕️

Oh fantastic, you are wearing the teacup earrings I sent to you! So pleased you eventually received them 😍

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!

I’ve been doing tea the correct way without even knowing it. I do like a string attached though as I zush my tea bag up and down and then squeeze it with a spoon. Thanks for the heads up on tea time!

This is exactly how we make tea in Malta aswell 😁 Thanks to our British years. I have 2 to 5 teas a day!

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 ❤️

I have never had tea or coffee my entire life so far, and I am 59. Maybe someday when I visit Lalande, I will sit and have my first official tea...

I’m quite ready for the loose leaf tea guide!!

Great tutorial!!! Many thanks.

Perfect! ☕️😊

I bought some Yorkshire tea several months ago while watching All Creatures Great and Small. It's divine!

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 Madam Stephanie. I use your method all the time. Boiling water with the tea bag brewing.💖

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

Great video. Loved it. Looking forward to the afternoon tea video.

Enjoyed. Love to all ❤

thank you so very much for this. i usualy put a water over the bag and go around the house to take care of various things so it takes longer than 5 minutes and take more than just a drip of milk. i can't wait the afternoon tea "lesson".

I love that my daughter has the same dress as you!

I have 8 different teas of all sorts in my kitchen now. But in my favorites drawer in a box of Yorkshire black just like you have there.

The Chateau Diaries is a perfect model for the indisputable saying that "Nothing succeeds like success." You've followed your dreams, Stephanie, worked incredibly hard and consistently made smart decisions. Keep up the good work, piece by piece, room by room, bringing the Chateau de Lalande back to its long-lost regal opulence in the spirit of grand chateaux such as Chenonceau, Champ de Bataille, Valencay, Villandry, Vaux-le-Vicomte and a host of other distinguished French chateaux and English castles that dazzle us still. How lucky we are to have them, and occasionally to even enjoy sipping a proper cup of tea on one of the chateau's terraces while overlooking the most impeccably designed and impressively tailored garden landscapes. If we're not able to join you, Philip and all the wonderful Lalanders for that spot of tea, I'm more than happy to be invited along to enjoy another Chateau Diaries video. They are always such a joy. Thank you for all you do.

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

That was good fun!