- Come on then.
Hi guys. I'm Stevie and this
is my lovely British wife Josie.
- Is that all I am, British to you ?
- You can call her Joe.
- No, you can't
Don't ever call me Joe.
I hate that.
- I think we should address the obvious.
My body is falling apart today.
I don't know what, what is going on?
We were supposed to film a different video today
but we've decided to film a video where I
drink a bunch of tea to make me feel better.
- Yeah. - Did that make any se-
Did you just look really confused the whole time?
- Yeah. I wasn't really thinking.
- Anyway, so I moved to the UK almost three years ago
and I have only tried a few English breakfast teas.
Nobody cheat.
You have to leave in the comments.
Which brand of English breakfast tea
you think is my favorite?
And which one is Josie's favorite?
- It's gonna be obvious that one isn't it?
- Why?
- Well, maybe it's not.
- Today me and Josie are going to be trying seven
different British, British English breakfast teas.
- British.
- Are they British?
What's the difference between British and English?
Why? Why don't they call-
- English is a language.
(Stevie chuckles)
- So the tea is-
- You speak English.
- So does the tea speak English?
(Stevie laughing)
I've only tried three of these before
so I'm really excited.
How many of them have you tried?
- I've probably tried all of them without knowing.
- This is the weirdest spread I've ever seen.
What is typu?
- It's not called typu.
- What's it called? - But we'll get to that.
- Typoo? Typhoo?
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My poor wrists.
- I'm terrified.
This is boiling water in it.
- Okay. Calm dow. We-
(Stevie chucles)
- Say what you were gonna say. The milk holding up.
- Anyway look how cool this kettle is.
We got it secondhand. We didn't pay full price,
but look at it.
- First Tea is.
- Tetley.
We're doing Tetley first,
which I think I've had on accident.
- You've had this at my mom's house.
Stevie said that she wants to open all of them
so she can see what the experience is like
'cause that's, that's part of buying tea.
- Okay, first of all
this is the cheapest looking one,
but round tea bag, - You prefer a round tea bag
'cause it just sits in the bottom perfectly.
Is that why?
- Well that, but also it looks fancier.
- You think?
- Yeah, it looks like they put effort into it
instead of just like chopping things like that.
They've like, you know, designed it.
- Oh, I see.
- You know.
Anyway, so my favorite tea apparently
is not English breakfast tea,
but Josie got the brand.
That's my favorite which is Twinings.
Is that how you say it? - Oh no.
- How do you say it? - Twinings. - Are you annoyed?
It's like a matte, it's shiny but matte box.
It's very nice.
I'm told this is what the queen drinks. So-
Square though. Not as good as the round one.
Next is called Clipper,
which I've literally never seen this in my life.
It looks vegan.
- Why don't you look at how it's
probably supposed to be opened?
- Can you be nice to me ? -Sorry
- Jesus Christ
Stop. My hands aren't working.
Be nice to me.
- You're the one that sits and waits to open every box.
- I know.
- They are unbleached.
- Uh huh, what does that do?
- Which means they're organic, I guess.
- All right. It looks like quirky and like eco-friendly.
Which is cute if that goes with your vibe.
- I'm gonna make the actual teas because-
- Because, because why?
- You're not very good at it.
- I'm British, so I make the tea obviously.
- All right, so you wanna describe
to them how you do it?
So you pour the water in, then what.
- Well, no, you put the tea bag in first.
You pour your milk in.
- So you put the milk in before you remove the tea bag?
- Yes.
- Oh, you just slowly pour it
in while you're stirring until it gets-
- I don't wanna hear
tea tips from an American.
- I'm just asking.
Why?
- It's just how it is.
So then
- Should we put some honey and lemon in it?
- No
- Oh my god. Remember when we first started dating, I had
I put honey in my tea and no milk.
- I probably blocked that out.
- I can't tell if it tastes bad
or if I just don't like tea without sugar.
- No, it tastes bad.
- It tastes cheap.
- It tastes like-
- Tastes like plastic.
- It's like the tea that you get in like hotels.
It's just not good tea.
- It's not good. -It's not good is it?
- No, it's not good.
So this is Twinings.
It smells,
it smells like wood shop.
Tastes like sour dust.
- It tastes very similar
to Tetley, but like a little bit,
little bit nicer.
- It doesn't have the film. It doesn't taste like plastic.
- No. If you got this cup of tea at someone's house
would you be like, ugh, or would you be like, oh
- No, definitely not.
- It's just like, it's like a fine cup of tea, I think.
- Yeah, it's like middle of the ground.
But I'm trying to be critical here.
Next, we have the Clipper.
- The vegan tea as you call it.
- It smells great.
Ow. It tastes like buttery.
- Buttery.
- Yeah, it like doesn't taste like fake.
That's my favorite one so far.
It's got an odour of good.
- Yeah, it tastes too organic for me.
- What?
- You know, I just-
- Do you think that you just think it tastes organic
'cause you know it's organic?
- No, it tastes healthy.
- It does, right? - Yeah. I don't like that.
- Do you think it's just the power of suggestion?
- No - I think it tastes the best.
- It's the same reason I don't like, like organic nuts.
It's like, it just tastes like the ground.
- All right, so next is Yorkshire Tea,
which is Josie's favorite.
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- Okay, now on to Yorkshire Tea
So this box I can't really critique because it's always
sitting in my house and it reminds me of my wife.
I'm just acknowledging my bias here.
- But also like it's got a cute like meadow
and it's got a drystone wall on it which I love.
- Ohh! -This is like the cutest thing.
Look, drystone wall.
- Can we move to Yorkshire?
- No.
Um look-
- What happened to yes and.
- No.
- All right, while we're waiting for that one to cool off.
Next, we have Typu.
- Typhoo
- Thaifoo
- Sounds like a sneeze.
- It does.
- Typhoo
- I do like it.
It looks some Scandinavian.
What do you think?
- I guess so.
- It looks Scandinavian to me.
- That's nice.
- That's really good.
- That's fun.
- Yeah. My favorite round.
Yeah, I think this is my favorite box so far.
Ao. Other than yours, honey.
- Okay.
- So this is a big ass box.
Did you buy a box this big on purpose?
- No
- I thought it was small.
- Guys, can I tell you, I'm just gonna warn you.
Any Americans that move to the UK,
the packaging here is just impossible to get it.
It's like ridiculous.
I have to use freaking disability tools to
open everything where I didn't have to do that in the US.
Aww, this is cute.
I think this is the first tea I ever tried.
Please.
- And what do you think about this shape?
- Oh god.
I hate it.
- It's a pyramid tea bag actually.
- It's what they called.
- I hate it,
but I do think it'll probably be better
to fit in a spoon to squeeze.
We do have one left and it looks really
really weird and I don't wanna try it,
but we're gonna try the next three now.
So Yorkshire tea.
Oh my God, I don't like it.
(censored)
It like tastes like nothing.
I like clipper better than that.
- You're so wrong.
- Why does it taste sweeter than all the other ones?
- Exactly.
- It tas- tastes like slight, very, very slight sweetness.
I'm shook.
I'm actually surprised
that that's not ranking higher for me.
All right, next one Typhoo.
My favorite box
and I really liked the shape.
I really like that one.
- What?
- That's the closest to Yorkshire Tea.
It's like slightly sweet.
- It tastes very similar to Yorkshire Tea.
- Right? I'm really surprised by that one
'cause I've literally never heard of it.
Oh my God.
Do we find a knock off Yorkshire tea?
- But now I won't be purchasing it.
- Why? You're too loyal.
- Yeah.
- Oh my God. You said it's good though.
- Yeah. But if, if people came round and
they were like "You wan- want a cup of tea?"
- They wouldn't know
- And I offer them Typhoo.
- They wouldn't know.
- That's (censored) up.
- We, we decant our teabags anyway.
- Doesn't matter. It's (censored) up.
- Babe. When people come over,
we're gonna be able to offer them a selection.
- Oh my God. Like what's your favorite tea?
We definitely got it.
- That is better than Yorkshire tea.
And you know it.
(Stevie laughing)
- They, they taste the same to me. I think.
- Are you having, are you having identity crisis?
- I'm wondering if they're all just blending into one.
And I need to try a different one from earlier.
Yeah. That's incredibly different
(Josie gags) Soil.
- That's the worst cup of tea you've ever had.
- Literally Tetley.
I can't let people like that.
- All right, let's try PG Tips.
- PG Tips. Let's, let's go.
- None of these tastes like PG Tips.
I definitely like it more than Yorkshire Tea.
Yeah, I think this one.
- Are you joking?
- It has no flavor.
Yorkshire tea literally just tastes like nothing.
- I can't taste anything with this one.
That tastes too similar to the organic tea for me.
Okay. - So this is the last tea.
- The last one.
This is not a classic.
I've never tried this.
I think it's brand new.
- The wild card.
- It's Yorkshire Tea Toast and Jam.
This.
So that is brand new.
- Oh, that was pass not smash.
- Well you didn't do it right.
- Are you blaming me?
- Yeah.
- And not the box.
- Yeah.
- Do you,
do you see what I mean Americans?
- I mean, you don't have a thumb right now.
- Oh my God.
And then it rips all down the side.
I'm sweating. That was a workout.
Ohh!
It smells like Pop Tarts.
It smells like strawberry Pop tarts.
- It smells, smells like strawberry jelly.
- You okay?
- I think I just got tea dust in my nose.
Oh my God. It's red.
- It's red.
- Oh my God. What if plot twist this is my favorite one?
- I think that we should start ranking the teas.
- All right. So the ones that we're ranking are
Tetley,
Twinings,
Clipper,
Yorkshire,
Typhoo and PG Tips.
- Tetley, then clipper.
- Really
- Then Twinings,
then PG Tips,
then Typhoo
and then Yorkshire Tea.
- Are you just saying that 'cause you're loyal?
- Yeah. - Really.
- I'm too loyal to to-
- But tech- but actually Typhoo
- But like Typhoo and Yorkshire tastes exactly the same.
So like I don't need to put Typhoo above it.
- So worst to best Tetley, Yorkshire Tea.
No, it's third worse.
So Tetley, then Twinnings,
Yorkshire Tea,
Clipper,
PG Tips,
Typhoo.
- So if you like Typhoo
because it tastes like a better Yorkshire tea,
why do you prefer Clipper and PG Tips over Yorkshire Tea?
- Because Typhoo has the everything good about PG Tips
and also everything good about Yorkshire tea.
PG Tips isn't as good to me because it has more bitterness
but it offers more flavor.
At least I taste something.
Yorkshire Tea doesn't have literally the flavor of anything.
It tastes like wine.
- But have you considered the fact
that you drink this every single day?
- Yeah. Because you are the one who buys the tea.
- No, no, no, no.
You.
- Oh, right.
- Is there a potential that because you have it every day
it just tastes like normal tea.
You're not tasting new flavors.
- Is that, is that how favorites work?
As soon as someone gets used to something
they try other stuff
and then they don't like their favorite anymore.
Pretty sure it's the opposite.
- Oh God.
- Anyway. So you ready to taste this toast and jam?
- Yeah.
- You go first.
- Okay.
Um okay. It kind of tastes like a jam on a crumpet.
- Oh, it's not sweet.
- It's like a hint.
- It's no, no, no.
It's when you take a bite of a crumpet
with jam on it and then wash it down with tea.
- Yeah.
- So you can't taste the sweetness anymore.
But it's like the aftertaste.
- It's the aftertaste.
It's the aftertaste of jam.
- I love it.
That's great.
It's like if you mix like fruity herbal teas
with an actual tea without being like
I don't want anything really sweet.
- How did I do this?
- Well, I'm happy that we finally drank the Yorkshire tea
that has a flavor.
Anyway thank you have so much for watching.
Do you think that anything
I said in this video is sac religious?
Let me know in the comments.
Is Josie wrong?
Let me know in the comments as well.
- This is your favorite.
This is my favorite.
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- Can you believe that I don't like the Yorkshire tea.
- I don't even wanna talk about it
because it could end badly for us.
- I love you guys.
Bye
- Bye.
- 'Cause was was,
which one was invented first?
The United Kingdom or Tea?
Listen, my body has fallen apart.
I don't know what to tell you.
If you don't stop yawning.
- Sorry
- Chicago. Is that right?
Is that the American thing?
- I don't know what you're trying to say.
- What do New Yorkers say?
They say hey on something.
Or what do people say?
Like, "Hey, I'm from Chicago."
Like, what would people say for that?
- I don't know.