As a Brit, I’d like to formally welcome to Americans. Thanks for taking this long to learn how to make a decent cup of tea😌

Your kitchen is so clean!

You can't not like this bloke.

I just couldn't contain my smile while watching this video. It somehow makes me warm and cozy just listening how this guy acts and talks -and probably the idea of a cup of tea. Thank you so much ☺️

Watching this with a cup of Yorkshire Tea!

Hi Rick I'm a university student from Korea and was doing a bit of research on how to make a proper cup of tea. I loved this video not only because of the quality but also it made me super calm and chill while watching it. I hope you have a great day ! Thank you!

Ah, he loves his cup o' tea, so he does.

The universe keeps bringing me to your channel! Earlier this month I was researching astrophotography and today I need help with my tea! Thanks for all the info, I was sqeezing my tea bag... now its proper

The whole milk thing is new to me and i noticed in Sherlock ! So i had to come see lol wonderful video, much Love from a Texan who wishes she was British

Also the BRITISH BREW TIME is approximately 3 - 5 minutes! Sorry, I am a huge tea addict!

Thank you mate for this tutorial! We Italians usually make coffee but thanks to you, i’m starting to love some good old tea!

Finding this video many years after it was made and enjoying it with a cup of Barry's. You have a great voice - radio presenter quality. Subbed!

Sitting here drinking my cuppa watching you drink yours. Nothing more soothing than a cup of tea at the end of the day. We drink ours much the same here in Canada.

use a kettle. One in every British house.

As an American I honestly got tired of hearing how we don't make good tea. So I've come to educate myself. Thank you I've picked up a few good points although I need to let it steep longer than a minute or two.

Thank you! This tutorial helped me make tea for my mom for her birthday and she loved it!

I enjoyed your video all the same, Rick. And I love love love your accent and your hair! :)

Hi rick great vid looking forward to more updates from the plot, just a little advise for when your boiling the kettle. Pull it away from under the shelves so the steam rises away from them, you dont want to be getting steam trapped behind them and the wall creating damp. All the best. Andy

Thank you! I've always wondered about the,'squeezing of the bag',as many friends do this but my English grandma always said to NEVER do that or re-use previously boiled water! Hello! From the Arizona desert! ^..^

Wow thanks so much! Didn't know about filter water, didn't know about not reboiling the water, and didn't know about not squeezing the tea bag. This was very helpful. I really need to get me one of those kettles. Will have to go to a specialty store for better tea bags as we just don't have a big selection in a small town U.S. Your British KZfaq buddies are probably thinking you've lost your mind and wondering who doesn't know how to make a cup of tea, kinda like how to boil water. LOL. Well, this was very informative to me. Who says you can't teach an old dog new tricks. God Bless and take care.

It's a pleasure to discover your channel. I quite enjoyed this.

Minimum 3 minutes steeping. I live in Yorkshire where we have lovely soft water - no need to filter it.

i have a brown betty, 8 cups, which is about 4 mugs. Should I actually use 8 teabags for steeping?

tea bags.......that were the sweepings up and dust/ broken leaves go ...but your are correct about fresh water

"AbSoLuTeLy SpOt On LoVeLy"

I could listen to you speak all day :-) And, a very informative video that was too.

Great video, I would like to learn more about your water filtration system. It looks interesting. How many gallons/liters per minute will it treat, and will it filter enough for the whole house?

Hi Rick, what kind of a headset/microphone are you using? Also, what video editing do you use?

I can't stop looking at the beautiful lights in the kitchen.

What a legend this guy is!

I saw a Tea Maker's PR rep on a Morning TV show once, and he said that when you use sugar or cream, you're not really tasting the carefully crafted flavor of the tea; you're tasting sugar or milk(or cream or Half n half) that's vaguely tea-flavored. I referred to Christopher Hitchen's method for a long time(he used George Orwell's method) and I remembered that he said most British(of his generation) wouldn't take sugar, and he absolutely LOATHED the idea of putting any kind of cream or milk in his cuppa. Orwell had become a staff writer for the BBC near the end of WW2 and he wrote "How-To" articles on ordinary subjects like smoking and shaving, for orphans and refugees as a kind of reference. Orwell's article said that tea isn't a brew but an infusion - this is why it's so important to have the water actually boiling when you pour it into your cup. Orwell said to use Black tea, and the best way to get the right tea in the US is to buy "English Breakfast Tea."

Love this. It's very calming

The new kitchen sure looks lovely!

Thanks Rick, for the plesent video :)

You have a lovely kitchen! I really like that blue light you have under the cupboards.

Question from the american who wishes she was English at times (lol) i use raw sugar but i recently started enjoying milk in my tea but turned to half and half however it seems to separate and turn almost thick ...any advice? Love your video! Thanks mate!

You are such a pleasant mannered and polite man! :-) cheers

As I lived nearly a decade in Britain, I just came here to listen to the beautiful accent and understand again why I became so fond of tea. Cheers!

I make my tea in pretty much the same way. I will wait a couple of minutes for the tea to steep but agitating it with the spoon will speed it up. I will squeeze the teabag when I remove it. Like you I'm unable to drink tea without sugar (I've tried to) so I'm down to one teaspoon which takes the edge off it. There's no right or wrong order for the milk. It is whichever is best for you.

It was useful to me I tried that tea bag method of not squeezing it it worked sharply thanks very much

Your kitchen looks really nice you have done a really good job :)

What Make and Model is the Electric Kettle you're using in this video? Seems like a really nice one...

Thank you so much. It’s my first time making tea

Thanks mate me mum was so suprised and thought it was lovely 😊

Hi Rick! Just curious, is that a bag of tetley tea? Or is it another smaller brand?

Nice video Rick. You know in the Indian style of making tea, the milk and water proportions are the exact opposite of the British way :). But yeah, either way, there's nothing more soothing than a hot cup of tea! cheers!

Holy ASMR !! Lovely pleasant calming voice

Hello from the US, I am from the south and we love sweet tea but willing to try new things just wondering what kind of tea do you use, I don't know if they sell here in the US?

Have you tried replacing the sugar with a little spot of honey?

Rick, was this a wind up?

SO you drink all day long? I like black tea and am going to get into it again. It has a calming effect yet stimulated.

Hi! Obviously I don’t know if you’re still recording but is there a difference between an electric kettle vs a stove top? Also, cream or milk?

Good job! Really enjoyed the video. Now I know how to make a brittish tea far from there!:D

thanks for the help! i made my first cup of tea today

I don't like tea, but good to have a lesson just in case I make someone else a cuppa lol. And good to see no teapot is required!

Great video! Thank you!

Hi Rick. I am a PhD student at the Auckland University of Technology in New Zealand. My work focuses on human-artifact interaction. Your video has been extremely useful throughout my research process. I would like to ask if it would be ok for me to illustrate some of the points I make in my thesis with fragments of this video. Thanks a lot!

Hook me up with a link to buy the filter! Does it address the Fluoride or ???

does the milk go in first or last?

Thanks for that... I did not know about not reheating the water. .. Do you happen to know why?

Comfort video.

Cheers to you as well. May your tea always be sweet.

Nice video! Have you tried lactose free milk? it is naturally sweeter so you might find that you can skip or use less sugar...

What flavor tea is being used?

How common are the teabags with string in the UK? I never knew there were these round ones up until I saw another Brit use it..

They say that boiling water makes the tea bitter, the experts say to bring the water to a boil, turn off heat, then wait a min or two. Then you are to pour the water over the teabag and allow the tea to brew ...black tea is one to two minutes, depending how strong you want it. And yes, never squeeze or press on the teabag.

whitch mic are you yousing.The audio is great.

Typhoo is a good cup. PG also nice. Needs to be kept brewing for an adequate amount of time otherwise the tea becomes too diluted and therefore flavourless. Some take as little as half a sugar in their tea.

Really helpful

Your home is remarkably clean, sir. I will now enjoy my tea like a proper English gentleman. Cheers.

Hi Rick, I hope you enjoyed that cuppa! I was the same about sugar, I had to have one tspn in tea and coffee. I couldn't give it up until the dentist told me to! Now I don't have if in either. It took a good few weeks to get used to it, but I can honestly say, now I'm used to it, it tastes better without.

As a cold drink drinker I thank you for this video because I had no clue when my boss sent me to make the drinks. A hero you are ty

Rick, we don't do it that way in my house. Kettle gets boiled often more than once. Municipal water every time. Tea bags get a good squeeze to get every last bit of everything out good and bad, sugar and milk added and the resultant brew is Drunk, guzzled, glugged down and gulped without complaint. And just look at me ! Aint done me any harm apart from made all my hair fall out.

Absolutely love ❤

This video is so chill I was waiting for Bob Ross to show up😌

Hello is it possible to eliminate the theine? Thanks

I just made it and oh my gosh that was the best cup of tea I ever had!

What if you don't have access to water?

I tend to use a teapot, boil the water to oxidize it. stir gentle and leave for 3 mins then remove the bags and enjoy.

That looks fantastic! I've been doing something similar lately, mostly with peppermint tea, oh and I use honey instead of sugar. Not sure how much good it's doing me since if I have my way there might just be more honey in there than anything else lol... *shrug*, but, it works for me. :) Oh and a small splash of lemon juice is fabulous in tea! Though I caution you, lemon juice doesn't usually go well with milk/cream. If you stir it fairly vigorously it can work out alright, but... yeah, not the most natural pair. :p

And we use tea-pots for when friends visit :-) and recycle the teabags with the food waste. Love this video.

Good tea to you.. Now I'm going to go make tea

When i was a kid tea at my nannas always tasted better than what I was used to which was 99 tea from the co-op so reminiscing recently I decided to go to the co-op and asked the girl if they still sold it. They did and do and I have to say it has such a distinguished taste about it and better than any other top brand I've tried to date. I stocked up in case ww111 breaks out.

This gentleman seems like such a sweet person. I also love his shiny hair and the fact that, unlike many other men his age, he doesn't have a receding hairline. I would drink any tea made by him.

Thanks I've just learnt

I’m 11 I love tea and this helped

This one will stir up some different opinions Rick lol.

thx made my morning bettern

This will be useful for my new job, something tells me I'm going to be making a lot of tea. o.O (I don't drink it myself, which is why I don't know how to make it! :P)

Rick. I challenge you to try a cup of my tea. I don't drink it but apparently I make one of the best cups of tea going!

No teapot!!! Aw Rick, this is close to sacrilege. What did you say about brutal comments on cooking videos? I'm...I'm...I'm finding it hard to contain myself. Best Wishes, Brendan.

I've obviously been doing it wrong for years: I boil the water twice (or thrice!), use 'municipal water', and squeeze the teabag afterwards. I'll' try it your way, and see if it tastes better! Oh, and for some reason I can't stand tea with sugar in, and yet can happily eat sweet biscuits with it. Strange!

Personally: •I always use Tetley tea •I take 2tsp sugar in my tea (I also put it in before the milk) •I squeeze the tea bag when finished (I also leave it in longer) •I never use skimmed milk, I find whole is the best richness with semi-skimmed being acceptable I'm a Romanian immigrant to Scotland, but I consider myself British enough now that I've been here for years 😆 My (step)dad takes his tea the same way as me but with only 1tsp sugar.

Delightful Thank you

drinking earl grey.... I was raised on tea with milk and sugar, but generally now I drink it black. when I was in England a few years ago I found the table tea to be very strong and I went back to milk and those sugar cubes... or maybe I just dunked the cubes, hey I was on holiday. best

Thanks for that tip on not squeezing the tea bag that may help my iced tea as well! I'm one of those people who just can't drink hot beverages other than hot chocolate.

"Never boil the same water twice" That's rubbish. It's based on the idea that as water evaporates, it leaves behind impurities. But such a tiny amount of water actually boils away that it doesn't make a difference.

Thanks for the vid. Every time I am over at my friends she makes me a cuppa. It taste way better than any tea I make. But I think that's because I didn't know about the tannic acid in tea. To shame me, to shame. Bout to get a brew going now and see if that's the notch needed for me to push me to her level.

Great audio quality on this :)

I'm mexican so that means I have no idea on how to make tea. Could anybody here give me a few tips on buying the best/suitable tea? I'll very much appreciate it