Hello everyone! Hello again! Thank you so much for joining us in today's video. And today Jörg and I
will be having an English tea time with a German twist. Yes! And then we're going to show you how
we prepare our tea. Yes, sort of the British way because since we moved here we learned a
lot - yeah - I think. Yeah, in Germany we did it in a different way. Yeah and we we are tea lovers
that's for sure. And you might be wondering: what's the German twist? Yeah. It's not a dance
so - no - I won't be dancing today. No. It's this cake. It's a very autumnal cake, a gluten free,
Jörg help me out, a gluten free apple bundt cake - yeah, with almonds and cinnamon. Yes. It's very
very good and we made it yesterday and filmed it and yeah, Jörg we thought we would share it. Yeah,
so that's the next thing you're gonna see. Yes, you will see how we made the cake and afterwards
we will focus on tea. Yeah. So see you in a bit. Now, let's make the apple bundt cake with cinnamon
and almonds and we think it's just perfect for autumn because now we have such terrible weather,
it's lovely to make a cake like this. This is everything you need for the cake but
don't worry we will put everything down below in the info box so you have all the amounts
and the method to make this cake. First I'm beating the soft butter until it's fluffy.
Then I'm adding the sugar and a few drops of vanilla bean extract.
Now I'm adding the eggs one after another.
I'm now adding the rest of the ingredients and the apples will go in last and
I'm already excited because I just love a house that smells of lovely cake. I don't know about you
but I think it, it's a bit of a childhood memory because my mother always made cake
on a Saturday when we were children. Today is Saturday so yeah, it's a memory, a lovely one.
We are slowly getting there. I'm now adding the gluten free flour, then I'm adding the almonds,
I mix everything well and I mustn't forget the cinnamon. And and if you ask me. Yeah,
that's my my task will be to peel the apples - yeah - and grate them into the dough. Yeah.
Yeah here. That's the most important task - yeah - that's why Jörg has to do it.
I need to test it, I have to.
That's good. It's not too sweet and quite different with the,
with the grated apple, we've never made this before so that's special I think.
Now let's talk about tea. And when we talk about tea today, it's just black tea.
As you can, now I've got three different kinds of teas and as you can see they're really really,
the tins look nice so these are really good teas and they're all loose teas because loose tea is
usually a bit of better tea. And the first one I want to show you is a Darjeeling. A Darjeeling
is an Indian tea which is a very light tea, has a nice colour and it's called the champagne of
the teas so it's let's say one of the finest and best qualities of the world are Darjeeling teas.
Then I've got here is an Assam tea. An Assam tea is also an Indian tea but it's a more stronger
tea, it has a darker colour but I also like it. I usually drink Assam during the weekdays.
And then I've got a really special tea which is a Chinese tea but it's also a black tea
and it's a Russian Caravan. Yes, it's a caravan and it's very strong, its got a
strong taste, Kirsten doesn't like this strong taste because it's a bit smokey
but I really love it. It's really good and yeah, it's one of my favourite teas.
And now Kirsten will show you her favourite teas. Now I have three favourite teas
that are I think quintessentially British. My current ultimate favourite that I drink
every morning is this one, Twinings Number Four Dark Grey. It's so good, it says it has citrus,
has a malty flavour and a hint of smoke. I can really recommend it. So. And this are tea
bags so this is like on the go, very easy and quick to make. And since we moved to the UK,
I became a big fan of English breakfast tea. English breakfast tea, everyone loves it and yeah,
this one is loose tea, a bit on the stronger side and simply, it's so good, it goes with everything.
And another loose tea. This is a Earl Grey which contains bergamot. Really really good.
And I have to say whenever I talk about Earl Grey, I have to think of Captain Picard
and Star Trek. Although the funny thing is in an interview he said he doesn't really like Earl Grey
in reality because he's a Yorkshire man so he drinks Yorkshire tea which makes me laugh all
the time but yeah, Earl Grey, English breakfast Tea and this stuff dark grey tea is very good.
And now Jörg and I have to decide on which tea to prepare and we will show you how we make it.
So now let's make some tea and Jörg and I decided on this one - yeah, it's the Darjeeling. Yeah, we
just, we both love it - yeah -and as Jörg said it's the champagne of teas.
So let's have a treat on a Sunday afternoon. Exactly. For a good tea you have to preheat
your pot. And I simply do that by putting in some hot tap water into it, that's enough. Yeah,
so that's just tap water - yeah - and our lovely teapot. And you used about a third - yeah - yeah.
And now simply get some fresh cold water, put it in your kettle and heat it. Yes.
Now, when you've got hot water,
just remove the the water from the tap - yes. Yeah.
And then. So we're going to use about four spoons - yeah - yeah.
Looking forward to that tea. Then simply fill the pot.
And a smart person once told me that you shouldn't, say reheat your water
and use it again for the tea because that simply
adds oxygen to the water and the tea makes and doesn't the, tea doesn't like that. Yeah so that's
I think that's a helpful tip. Yes very helpful. Yeah. So always use fresh water.
So for Darjeeling it says infuse for about five minutes and this is what we're doing now.
And what's really interesting, George Orwell actually wrote an essay on
how to make tea. I know, I was actually really really surprised to find out. And I remember
one of the things he says is 'don't use sugar'. And I must admit I really love a bit of sweetness
in my tea so I usually use sugar so yeah. I never do. So I think you're just, you you you never
use sugar? No, only for the Russian Caravan. Ah right yeah. Well, I think at the end of the day,
you have to take your tea as you like it. A bit sweeter, not sweet. It depends I think.
And now
the cake.
Let's see.
You could have that with whipping cream I think - yeah - but you don't need to. It's quite,
I think it's quite, how would you say?
Moist. Yeah. And not dry at all because of the apples so this is what it looks
like. And also sweet enough. Yeah, I think it's perfect. It goes so nicely with tea. Wonderful.
This is the part I like most. English tea time - yeah - with a German twist.
What could be better? Yeah. Have you tried the tea yet cause, because I haven't.
Oh yeah. That's a proper brew. Very good, I just, I I love Darjeeling.
Um yeah, we hope you liked the video and that it was a bit helpful. We know we
we're not perfect when it comes to tea, far from it but uh yeah,
it's it's nice to learn. We just wanted to show you how we make our tea. Exactly yeah. And
yeah, we'll see you again very soon and thank you so much for watching. And in case
you're making the cake - yeah - let us know what you think because we really like it. I think it's
so nice. We haven't made it before - no, no but the apples are the special thing. Yeah I think
so too. So we'll see you again very soon and until next time. Yeah, take care. Take care. Bye. Bye.