Who else didn't expect Olivia to be "literally shocked" yet again? 🤣🤣🤣

For the record, it's not twin-ings, it's twine-ings.

Very good definition of why you don't put milk in American tea. The ultimate dunking biscuit has to be Ginger Nuts.

When I used visit the US, I gave up ordering tea as the locals made it so badly. Even US owned cruise ships manage to mess it up.
Back home, Scottish Blend is the go to, though I am currently working my way through a box of Assam, with its smooth, full bodied texture.
And I only drink instant coffee - I can't be bothered with all the ritual of beans and cafetiere.

At home, I always make tea in a teapot with loose tea leaves with milk or lemon and no sugar

My mom used to dip a marie biscuit in Black coffee, then pop it into her mouth. Lovely

Hi Lydia, I am a citizen of the UK, I loved the depth of knowledge that you brought to this video.  I wonder if I could add one little point first mentioned to a by a very dear grandma, who was born in the 1880’s, she used to always insist that you first had to warm the teapot, thus the fist part of English tea making was to pour a quantity of boiling water into the teapot, this was then poured away, you then added the tea (One teaspoon per person + one for the pot). You then bought the kettle back to the boil, only then to pour the boiling water over the tea leaves in the pot.  The reason for warming the pot before was to ensure the fushion of boiling water and tea leaves.  She would claim that pouring boiling water into a cold teapot spoiled the release of the content of the tea leaves which needed the full effect of the boiling water.  Obviously the times that she was remembering pre dated the advent of teabags. However, I believe that the art of the tea-blender has since perfected the tea blenders art to accommodate the lower temperatures required for modern teabags.  And yes you are right about the importance of tea to the British, my mum always claimed that it was the comfort of tea that got us through the Second World War. ❤

Yorkshire tea from the great Yorkshire tea plantations

I don't often do teabags, I prefer loose tea, and I  have 16 to 18 blends on hand at all times. Yes, there's a Lapsang Souchong in there, plus a Gunpowder, and a Darjeeling along with less common blends like Russian Caravan. But there are also blends so fine and esoteric, such as Silver Needle, where the leaves actually look like silver needles, and Chelsea Garden which is a white tea with whole rosebuds added, that they might have come from different planets.  Every blend I keep has its purpose, different seasons, different moods, and different foods. Each means a different tea blend.

Liptons yellow label  looks and tastes like week old dishwater however you brew it. It is the reason I take tea bags with me whenever I am visiting anywhere outside the British commonwealth or far east.

Laspsang Souchong is a favourite but I enjoy a cup of Earl Grey, a tea I only tried after hearing Captain Picard order it in Star Trek The Next Generation

For me, Yorkshire Gold will always be the only tea I drink ❤

I like my earl or lady gray tea mixed with normal regular tea usually a spoonful of each lose leaf (tea bags only if your in a hurry but still in a pot) in a never washed only ever rinsed pewter teapot.

PG Tips is my regular tea I also have some green tea one with lemon and another Lemon and Ginger. If i want tea without caffeine I get rooibos tea which comes from a different plant so isn't strictly tea.

one tea you maybe unaware of is jasmine tea   , its great for refreshing yout palate before a gorgeous chinese or japanese  delicacy.

Twinings is pronounced twienings. What you said would be written as twinnings.

I think that Yorkshire tea is way overestimated.

Technically, boiling water should not be used for tea, typically for black teas the water should be around 94degC

Well, this is not my world and it all seems an extravagant waste of money. There are so many great items in the world that are not expensive yet often just as fulfilling. I'm more into what people who are not rich can create.
Now the history part was indeed interesting though.

Thanks Hannah for the video!

Different countries, different tastes, the world over. Iced Tea is the more popular tea here, not hot tea. Sixty six percent of Americans drink coffee daily, compared to 26% who drink tea. Of that 26%, 75% to 85% of all tea consumed in the USA is Iced Tea. Hot tea is just not a thing here. As the saying goes, 'different folks, different strokes'.