Making an international standard cup of tea

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  • čas přidán 8. 04. 2018
  • As far as I can find, no-one has actually made a International Standard Cup of Tea - ISO 3103 or BS 6008 - for the internet before. Lots of people have talked about it, but that's easy. Making one? That requires precision... and some specialist equipment.
    You can buy a professional tea tasting set from this Amazon UK affiliate link: amzn.to/2qfbxyr
    Thanks to Morag Hickman for letting me borrow her workshop for last-minute filming! She makes beautiful jewellery, like ring-keepers, dragon necklaces and rings that looks like ocean waves: etsy.com/shop/Errant
    Update: someone has found an earlier ISO cup of tea on the internet, as part of a German video on tea tasting: • Tea Tasting TeaGschwen...
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  • @TomScottGo
    @TomScottGo  Před 6 lety +27388

    Quietly edited out of this video: two minutes of waiting for the kettle to boil because I forgot to push the button to start it.

    • @lcbrme138
      @lcbrme138 Před 6 lety +920

      Many times I've waited for my toast only to realize the toaster wasn't plugged in.

    • @moritzd9677
      @moritzd9677 Před 6 lety +27

      Tom Scott wie

    • @joshwalker8984
      @joshwalker8984 Před 6 lety +20

      Spoiler!

    • @moritzd9677
      @moritzd9677 Před 6 lety +10

      vor 1 tag

    • @caitthenerd7470
      @caitthenerd7470 Před 6 lety +82

      We have a stove-top kettle in my house. The amount of times I've forgotten to turn on the stove is too many to count!

  • @bengrace8808
    @bengrace8808 Před 6 lety +31640

    "...I don't actually like tea."
    Next Video: What Happens to You When the UK Revokes Your Citizenship?

  • @marvin19966
    @marvin19966 Před 6 lety +8097

    i like to freeze my tea months in advance and chisel the required amounts out

    • @TheMijman
      @TheMijman Před 5 lety +413

      Isn't it weird to do anything BUT that?

    • @adamstephenson14
      @adamstephenson14 Před 5 lety +538

      Only months? I leave mine for years perfectly preserved in a vacuum chamber for the most complete tea experience possible

    • @KuntaKinteToby
      @KuntaKinteToby Před 5 lety +522

      I boil my water and then freeze it to save time in my morning routine.

    • @aurelia8028
      @aurelia8028 Před 5 lety +16

      @Virgil Fabre nice

    • @Cheater357
      @Cheater357 Před 5 lety +5

      Eskimo tea?

  • @Kortexual
    @Kortexual Před 3 lety +4172

    "I don't actually like tea."
    *Local U.K. CZcamsr is Found Dead Inside Home*

  • @mrbrian826
    @mrbrian826 Před 4 lety +8083

    Never before have i heard the words "I dont like tea" said in the English accent.

    • @TiberianFiend
      @TiberianFiend Před 4 lety +46

      I think ashens doesn't like tea either.

    • @Hello-yr1ux
      @Hello-yr1ux Před 4 lety +63

      No one of my friends only drinks coffee, i looked at them like they had killed my family

    • @naimurrahman5889
      @naimurrahman5889 Před 4 lety +29

      I got aTea ad before the video.
      Coincidence?
      I think not

    • @SteviePonder123
      @SteviePonder123 Před 4 lety +4

      I don't like it, It tastes of warm water.

    • @lucasmucas9072
      @lucasmucas9072 Před 4 lety +4

      I like iced tea

  • @KurosakiYukigo
    @KurosakiYukigo Před 6 lety +5201

    "Make your tea days in advance then warm it in the microwave" Ah I see you've met my father.

  • @stuart124
    @stuart124 Před 4 lety +5514

    Anarchy in the UK;
    "Would you like some tea?"
    "No, thank you."

    • @guymadgesam24
      @guymadgesam24 Před 4 lety +7

      Anarchy for Miss Doyle

    • @mirzaahmed6589
      @mirzaahmed6589 Před 3 lety +19

      "More tea, vicar?"
      "No thanks. Tea makes me fart."

    • @Milamberinx
      @Milamberinx Před 3 lety +18

      "Anarchy in the UK", the title of a punk track by a punk band from the country that invented punk. It's certainly not about tea!

    • @Jamesi03
      @Jamesi03 Před 3 lety +16

      @@Milamberinx You coulda just said sex pistols, since thats their track although the UK didn't invent punk, punk derrives from NYC and originated as a garage rock revival in the northeastern United States whilst It would come to London shortly after.

    • @carbon1255
      @carbon1255 Před 3 lety +5

      Mistaking the UK for Ireland there, AHH GOWAN!!! GOWAN GOWAN GOWAN!

  • @KrebsLovesFiesh
    @KrebsLovesFiesh Před 4 lety +6709

    This video is technically outdated because the ISO revised the standard in 2019.

    • @ryledra6372
      @ryledra6372 Před 4 lety +372

      Seems we need an update :D

    • @KrebsLovesFiesh
      @KrebsLovesFiesh Před 4 lety +703

      @@ryledra6372 also means that in the official list for countries that officially supports and are against the standard, the Soviet Union is no longer there. (In the previous version the Soviet Union supported the standard.)

    • @yutahkotomi5156
      @yutahkotomi5156 Před 4 lety +139

      But is the milk put before or after?
      Seriously, what did they change?

    • @zlfqqr
      @zlfqqr Před 4 lety +52

      @@yutahkotomi5156 well, *standard is standard*

    • @safe-keeper1042
      @safe-keeper1042 Před 4 lety +269

      Tom Scott must make a new version every time the ISO is updated.

  • @comradegarrett1202
    @comradegarrett1202 Před 6 lety +5398

    when he said "specialty equipment that most people haven't even heard of" I thought he was going to be doing some kind of interferometry or mass spectrometry on it. instead it was weird special equipment that I hadn't heard of.

    • @IllidanS4
      @IllidanS4 Před 2 lety +199

      I feel there are more people who've heard of interferometry or mass spectrometry equipment compared to those.

    • @johnacetable7201
      @johnacetable7201 Před rokem +20

      ¡¡¿¿Why do you need mass-spectrometer for tea‽‽

    • @DamienDarkside
      @DamienDarkside Před rokem +307

      @@johnacetable7201 Because expectations of "specialist equipment you've never heard of" immediately brings about images of analyzers, graphs, precise equipment, and fractions of a decimal measurements by someone with a university diploma.
      Not "ceramic cup with an angry edge and a lid".

    • @Iamafishproductions
      @Iamafishproductions Před rokem +85

      My expectations were along the same lines:
      "The way it functioned was very interesting. When the Drink button was pressed it made an instant but highly detailed examination of the subject's taste buds, a spectroscopic analysis of the subject's metabolism and then sent tiny experimental signals down the neural pathways to the taste centers of the subject's brain to see what was likely to go down well. However, no one knew quite why it did this because it invariably delivered a cupful of liquid that was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea.”

    • @bookreaderman6715
      @bookreaderman6715 Před rokem +13

      @@Iamafishproductions ah yes, a perfectly relevant quote to a very entertaining series

  • @thewebspinner
    @thewebspinner Před 3 lety +2385

    Drinking tea without even liking it is about as british as it gets.
    "I wouldn't want to be impolite or cause a fuss."

    • @traveldavid6085
      @traveldavid6085 Před 2 lety +5

      Hahahahaha

    • @DarkShadows713
      @DarkShadows713 Před rokem +53

      I love tea in general but I haves been served absolutely terrible cups of tea and drank the whole cups because I don't want to be rude or waste anything.

    • @myladycasagrande863
      @myladycasagrande863 Před rokem +11

      Doesn't even like tea, but still makes a cuppa for the internet, because someone has to.

    • @pommiebears
      @pommiebears Před rokem +4

      If you don’t like tea…. I don’t trust you, or the family that bred you 😂!

    • @peterclarke7240
      @peterclarke7240 Před rokem +2

      "Is this your country? Oh, what a dreadful shame. I wouldn't want to cause a fuss, only, I couldn't see your flag from behind my massive navy." 😂

  • @InfernalBanana
    @InfernalBanana Před 4 lety +2356

    A quote from The Whiskey Tribe comes to mind:
    “The definition of good whiskey is whiskey you like to drink, and the right way to drink whiskey is the way you want to.”

    • @shifty3453
      @shifty3453 Před 4 lety +142

      "If the drink you like is in the glass you did it right" - Greg from htd

    • @rickard7031
      @rickard7031 Před 4 lety +52

      @@shifty3453 Not really, you need to drink it too. The drink doesn't do you a lot of good if it is just sitting in the glass.

    • @autumnleaf2976
      @autumnleaf2976 Před 4 lety +17

      If someone likes to drink single malt scotch with cola, he's doing it wrong and there is no two ways about it.
      But again, that's his way of doing things, so whatever.

    • @osco4311
      @osco4311 Před 3 lety +45

      It reminds me of the best quote I've ever seen about alcohol: _Your favorite kind of beer is "free". Your second favorite kind of beer is "cold".
      Don't nit-pick a gift because you prefer an ale to the lager you were offered.

    • @shockedcurve453
      @shockedcurve453 Před 3 lety +9

      @@shifty3453 You mean this whole time I've been drinking my whiskey off the table I've been doing it wrong

  • @polashisu4641
    @polashisu4641 Před 4 lety +3764

    "Inspect the tea leaves"
    *Ah yes, the leaves are made of moist*

  • @jeffirwin7862
    @jeffirwin7862 Před 6 lety +4201

    "No Photography of Computer Screens"
    Rebel Tom Scott is about to get banned from the library.

    • @HappyBeezerStudios
      @HappyBeezerStudios Před 5 lety +245

      Technically it was a video and not a photo.

    • @katherinegaymes
      @katherinegaymes Před 5 lety +422

      but technically video is just a long series of photos played in sequence at a certain framerate

    • @ihathtelekinesis
      @ihathtelekinesis Před 5 lety +636

      What would you expect from someone who flew a kite in a public place and handled salmon in suspicious circumstances?

    • @OrangeC7
      @OrangeC7 Před 5 lety +18

      @@bosstowndynamics5488 It's actually quite ingenious

    • @Yotanido
      @Yotanido Před 4 lety +17

      @@bosstowndynamics5488 Right... but chances are, one of those keyframes contain the screen.

  • @AppleAssassin
    @AppleAssassin Před 6 lety +2818

    "I don't actually like tea"
    TO THE TOWER WITH YOU

    • @cinquine1
      @cinquine1 Před 4 lety +50

      @@musheerhashmi2702 What are you french?!

    • @frankteng
      @frankteng Před 4 lety +21

      Im Chinese and don’t like tea, you can go ahead and execute me.

    • @vladdythebear5872
      @vladdythebear5872 Před 4 lety +7

      AppleAssassin 8 years on the stretching board should teach him

    • @mpacker
      @mpacker Před 4 lety +4

      off with his head

    • @scythal
      @scythal Před 4 lety +18

      @@frankteng Winnie Jinping is disappointed with you.

  • @InventorZahran
    @InventorZahran Před 3 lety +833

    Tom: "I don't actually like tea..."
    Also Tom: "I think British tanks are superior because they all have onboard kettles, so the crew can have tea whenever they want!"

    • @eekee6034
      @eekee6034 Před rokem +10

      I've caught myself uttering the same kind of contradiction. :) I think it's a very British thing to do. ;)

    • @combatepistemologist8382
      @combatepistemologist8382 Před 11 měsíci +10

      If it were an American tank the kettle would cost $10,000 and be able to withstand a direct nuclear hit.

    • @snykyninja5632
      @snykyninja5632 Před 6 měsíci +5

      It's not about whether you want to, it's about the fact that if you want to you can.

    • @dillonvandergriff4124
      @dillonvandergriff4124 Před 5 měsíci +1

      ​@@combatepistemologist8382 Nah, if it was an American tank, it would have an icecream machine!

  • @MunkEMann
    @MunkEMann Před 4 lety +2791

    I can't believe Tom just rejected his english citizenship like that

    • @Zraknul
      @Zraknul Před 2 lety +9

      Does English citizenship even exist anymore?

    • @DanielsPolitics1
      @DanielsPolitics1 Před 2 lety +1

      @@Zraknul by the time we had proper citizenship, England had occupied Wales, so it never existed. Back then, being a subject, or just a person in the realm who didn’t enjoy exceptional status as an alien, was what you were.

    • @cerdic6305
      @cerdic6305 Před rokem +19

      @@Zraknul No, but unfortunately a lot of people even in Britain refer to the entire UK as just England

    • @xWHITExEAGLEx
      @xWHITExEAGLEx Před rokem

      @@cerdic6305 Only very uneducated people in England would do that. It isn't people from all over Britain who would make that mistake.

    • @Aeronaut1975
      @Aeronaut1975 Před rokem +5

      @@cerdic6305 Only English people.

  • @nicolle2126
    @nicolle2126 Před 6 lety +7549

    me: this is the most quintessential british thing i've ever se-
    tom: i don't actually like tea
    me: stop making me question my preconceived notions about the world tom

    • @cymraegpunk1420
      @cymraegpunk1420 Před 4 lety +67

      I come from wales so maybe not really what you think of when you think of when you think of a stereotypical British person anyway, but neither I nor anyone in my friendship group drink tea, and my family all absolutely live for coffee.

    • @kscdisappointment2404
      @kscdisappointment2404 Před 4 lety +50

      I drink a concerning amount of tea each day
      Normally about 5+ cups

    • @heysaucemikehere1804
      @heysaucemikehere1804 Před 4 lety +8

      god, _t o m_

    • @seanocallaghan48
      @seanocallaghan48 Před 4 lety +38

      @@kscdisappointment2404 those are rookie numbers

    • @JoshNunnyt
      @JoshNunnyt Před 2 lety

      I drink tea and coffee and like my coffee straight from the bean.

  • @TonksMoriarty
    @TonksMoriarty Před 6 lety +1908

    "I don't actually like tea."
    *Internet explodes*

    • @GilesBathgate
      @GilesBathgate Před 6 lety +13

      ISO coffee?

    • @blindleader42
      @blindleader42 Před 6 lety +39

      Maybe Tom would prefer a liquid which is almost - but not quite - entirely unlike tea.

    • @hellterminator
      @hellterminator Před 6 lety +20

      Calm down, he probably only said that because his tea-liking license had expired.

    • @Fabelaz
      @Fabelaz Před 6 lety

      That was the punchline alright!

    • @dansattah
      @dansattah Před 6 lety +1

      Maybe he should make a collaboration with rewboss then.

  • @Zeihara
    @Zeihara Před 4 lety +1399

    "I don't actually like tea"
    The Queen: So you've chosen death

  • @thehh5118
    @thehh5118 Před 4 lety +381

    "I don't actually like tea."
    *And on that bombshell...*

    • @WeldinMike27
      @WeldinMike27 Před 4 lety +11

      That's how Tom Scott became the stig.

    • @rufusconnolly8489
      @rufusconnolly8489 Před 3 lety +6

      @@WeldinMike27 you were supposed to say "it's time to end" :D

  • @timothyp873
    @timothyp873 Před 6 lety +90

    "I don't actually like tea"
    *Thousands of tea cup shatter on the ground in shock.*

  • @ShellShock794
    @ShellShock794 Před 5 lety +5296

    I'm American so I bring my water to a roaring boil for EXACTLY 2 minutes, pour it into the mug with a tea bag already in place at the exact 12 o'clock position and let it steep for no less than 5 minutes and 12 seconds and no more than 5 minutes and 18 seconds and then I dump it down the sink and grab a gas station coffee and a 2 day old doughnut

    • @floorpuncher3280
      @floorpuncher3280 Před 5 lety +1080

      I just boil the water until it becomes steam and eat the tea bag while inhaling the steam

    • @danielvaldez9946
      @danielvaldez9946 Před 5 lety +521

      I hear youve read the instructions on the back of the US passport.

    • @anandvidekar1325
      @anandvidekar1325 Před 4 lety +26

      Hahahaha

    • @IrvingIV
      @IrvingIV Před 4 lety +159

      Tea is perfectly fine for warming up on a cold day.
      But since tea is often mostly aromatic anyway, if you don't like drinking it, just buy the cheapest one you like the smell of.
      Grab a cup with an insulation level you like, and if your hands ever get cold during the winter months, brew some nice smelling water to hold for a while.
      It can be quite heavenly, sitting with a warm cup by the window and gazing out at the snow.

    • @keyonastring
      @keyonastring Před 4 lety +362

      As a true American, I have my tea, steeped for eternity, in cold harbor water

  • @dannywhite132
    @dannywhite132 Před 2 lety +61

    In my last company i was an ISO17025 auditor and its amazing how the standard is the way almost no one actually does anything, but its an absolute standard that if followed the process will be completed correctly, just not to a high standard or particularly efficiently

  • @tensevo
    @tensevo Před 2 lety +208

    UK Customs: Passport sir
    Tom: I don't have my passport with me, but here is my kit for making an International Standard Cup of Tea.
    UK Customs: Go through sir, many apologies

    • @whyiseverysinglehandletaken2
      @whyiseverysinglehandletaken2 Před 10 měsíci +6

      "I don't actually like tea."

    • @alexharrison2743
      @alexharrison2743 Před 5 měsíci +1

      ​@@whyiseverysinglehandletaken2"Excuse me, sir, stop right there. I'm afraid I'm going to have to ask you to leave the country."

  • @user-hm9mj1hc3j
    @user-hm9mj1hc3j Před 6 lety +899

    For tea tasting usually you use a "Tasting Spoon" instead of directly slurping from the cup, which is another criteria for "International Standard" of tea tasting

    • @watchableraven3517
      @watchableraven3517 Před 6 lety +36

      Just, don't think about it too hard.

    • @firepower7017
      @firepower7017 Před 5 lety +17

      Why not have the Imperial Standard?

    • @233kosta
      @233kosta Před 5 lety +33

      *criterion
      "Criteria" is the plural form

    • @jonavanderpal
      @jonavanderpal Před 5 lety +42

      @@233kosta According to the Latin language, the singular should be "criterium".

    • @233kosta
      @233kosta Před 5 lety +11

      @@jonavanderpal S'pose. Either way, "criteria" is plural. Like "data".

  • @timskza
    @timskza Před 6 lety +55

    This "Standard Cup of Tea" is used for professional tea tasting, not for personal use. The reason it is brewed so strong is to brew out all the nuances presented in the tea. Whenever someone conducts a professional tea tasting, there are normally a couple tea sets used to compare various teas. This is not at all meant for personal use, but it is great if you want to explore professional tea tasting. The best cup of tea is the one you enjoy the most!

  • @aligallaton3978
    @aligallaton3978 Před 3 lety +53

    "Make your tea weeks in advance and heat it up in a microwave"
    *The gravest war crime possible*

  • @quintensarn4595
    @quintensarn4595 Před 4 lety +212

    3:23 did I just hear Tom Scott renounce his British nationality?!

  • @grumpy989
    @grumpy989 Před 6 lety +291

    3 minutes of expensive and carefully prepared video about standards and their use cases
    Comment section is full about an off handed comment about Tom being British and not liking tea.

    • @OrigamiMarie
      @OrigamiMarie Před 6 lety +10

      He had to know this would be the result. On the plus side, it's a complete distraction away from almost anything else that people might complain about, so it could even be strategic :-)

    • @HappyBeezerStudios
      @HappyBeezerStudios Před 5 lety +1

      Is there a real time video on it. I mean it takes 6 minutes to make the tea but the video is only 3:33

  • @BlakjeKaas
    @BlakjeKaas Před 6 lety +528

    It's SCoTT!
    Standard
    Cup
    of
    Tea
    Time

  • @josephboen178
    @josephboen178 Před 4 lety +1021

    From his
    "I don't like tea"
    As a Brit now I know how it feels for the Canadians to view their fellow countrymen who said they don't like maple syrup

    • @secheltfishmarket6419
      @secheltfishmarket6419 Před 4 lety +41

      Now you can just SHUT THE FRONT DOOR with that comment. We need to replenish the blood levels as they are depleted. Our lumberjack hearts burn fresh conifer scented air and No2 Amber Maple Syrup.

    • @jur4x
      @jur4x Před 4 lety +63

      It's OK if they don't like maple syrup, as long as they politely inform you about it and apologize afterwards.

    • @josephboen178
      @josephboen178 Před 4 lety +21

      @@jur4x ah yes.. another treat of Canadians

    • @CrushedParagon
      @CrushedParagon Před 3 lety +7

      This is how I feel for not liking Tim Hortons (except Timbits)

    • @almostfm
      @almostfm Před 3 lety +6

      Anybody from any country who doesn't like maple syrup is a godless communist.

  • @hyperactivehyena
    @hyperactivehyena Před 2 lety +69

    It seems like the kind of standard you'd need for carefully tasting a variety of teas, as opposed to drinking a whole cup

    • @jakubnowak649
      @jakubnowak649 Před rokem +2

      like cupping in coffee world, it's used to assess your coffee in a reproducable way

    • @brandongaines1731
      @brandongaines1731 Před 2 měsíci

      He did put that in banner form in the video as he was getting ready to pour the tea :-)

  • @BlankPicketSign
    @BlankPicketSign Před 6 lety +1178

    _(comments explode with iridescent loathing as they challenge Tom Scott's British citizenship for not liking tea)_

    • @recklessroges
      @recklessroges Před 6 lety +30

      Don't worry, the tea-police will become embroiled in a citizen vs subject debate.

    • @jhfdhgvnbjm75
      @jhfdhgvnbjm75 Před 6 lety +25

      I think you mean emboiled XD

    • @jhfdhgvnbjm75
      @jhfdhgvnbjm75 Před 6 lety +18

      They'll be charging around blowing their wistles and everyone will think the kettle's ready XD

    • @teedee9393
      @teedee9393 Před 6 lety +5

      There is no English citisenship. It's all British.

    • @BlankPicketSign
      @BlankPicketSign Před 6 lety +4

      Edited and fixed! Thanks ♥

  • @DevCasey
    @DevCasey Před 6 lety +295

    "I actually don't like tea"
    :O

    • @patsonical
      @patsonical Před 6 lety +3

      But... but... you're British!
      /s

    • @stephfh
      @stephfh Před 6 lety +1

      Are Britons even allowed to say that?

    • @marcosvg406
      @marcosvg406 Před 5 lety

      @Leo Lundby Murigu obscure reference

  • @ritamtripathi2038
    @ritamtripathi2038 Před 4 lety +68

    "There is no perfect cup of tea, there is only the right one for you"
    -Tom Scott

  • @hg_sarlude4232
    @hg_sarlude4232 Před 4 lety +110

    Tom: I don’t actually like tea.
    Also Tom: I got in trouble with the government again.

  • @alistairwall5470
    @alistairwall5470 Před 6 lety +388

    I've been waiting for someone to do this since HAI did ISO 3103

  • @tonycolle8699
    @tonycolle8699 Před 6 lety +188

    I believe the standard is there so different teas can be compared under identical (or as close as possible) situations. Their chemical components can be measured for toxins or carcinogens, for example. Does your green tea have 30 or 50 mg of caffeine per cup? Brands vary so your band can be compared with other brands by using the standard cup of tea. Use it at home? Nah. Use it in the lab. Yes.

    • @jur4x
      @jur4x Před 6 lety +10

      Also, this way they can observe how different people across the world do something after drinking tea.

    • @CableFlame
      @CableFlame Před 6 lety +19

      What I find interesting is there was no mention of temperature for the water, or even a mention of different temperatures for different types of tea. Temp differences can make a huge difference in what you get in the end.

    • @TooFewSecrets
      @TooFewSecrets Před 6 lety +15

      +Cable Flame Water always boils at 100 C. It's already standardized.

    • @jur4x
      @jur4x Před 6 lety +10

      Depends on outside pressure. Boils at much lower temps at high altitudes

    • @darthvader907
      @darthvader907 Před 6 lety +4

      either way it's boiling water. It just requires less energy to boil it.

  • @erebos42
    @erebos42 Před 3 lety +38

    Way late to the party, but I didn't see anyone else mention it, so here's the way tea is made in the southern US:
    -Boil about a quart (about 0.95 liters) of water
    -Add about 4 tea bags
    -Steep for as long as you feel is right, usually between 15 minutes and a few hours
    -add the desired amount of sugar or artificial sweetener to the bottom of a gallon (3.79 liter) pitcher (optional)
    -Pour steeped tea into pitcher
    -Mix in fresh water until pitcher is full
    -Refrigerate
    -Serve in a glass with ice
    Yes, I am aware that this will probably frustrate many of the very few of you who read this, but that's the way it works over here

    • @violagreene4643
      @violagreene4643 Před rokem +8

      Only 4 bags? WEAK! We use 12 in my house. And 2 to 2 1/2 cups of sugar.

    • @aariyanmahmud301
      @aariyanmahmud301 Před rokem +5

      add about 4 tea bags more like add about 342 chests of tea bags into boston harbour

    • @Aeronaut1975
      @Aeronaut1975 Před rokem

      Don't bother even attempting to come to the UK, you'll never get in.

    • @amoureux6502
      @amoureux6502 Před rokem +1

      ​@@violagreene4643 I've seen large bags made specifically for brewing quarts of iced tea so this commenter could be using those

    • @TryinaD
      @TryinaD Před rokem +1

      Indonesia 🤝 the American South
      SUGAR ICED TEA

  • @TheBretay
    @TheBretay Před 4 lety +200

    *likes video*
    "I don't actually like tea."
    *reverses course*

  • @SuperVstech
    @SuperVstech Před 6 lety +127

    Ha! “I don’t actually like tea” Tom Scott’s new tag line.

  • @doc.rankin577
    @doc.rankin577 Před 3 lety +407

    Tom: Most people in Britain make their tea by putting their tea in a teabag, and then pouring boiling water on it.
    Me: oh.. here in America we make our tea by dumping it in the harbor

    • @user-wc7fh3iy5h
      @user-wc7fh3iy5h Před 3 lety +6

      And killing the fish

    • @o_o............
      @o_o............ Před 3 lety +25

      @@user-wc7fh3iy5h you won the prestigious *Dumb comment award*

    • @limediamond4595
      @limediamond4595 Před 3 lety +40

      *dumps tea in the harbor*
      *dumps milk in the harbor*
      *dumps sugar in the harbor*

    • @highlighterjelly
      @highlighterjelly Před 3 lety +1

      did you just-

    • @jozenne0018
      @jozenne0018 Před 3 lety +7

      That was back in 12/16/1773, during the Boston "tea party" since they did not like the tea tax.

  • @grassyfield5209
    @grassyfield5209 Před 4 lety +564

    Tom: Make your tea days in advance then warm it up again in the microwave- don't, don't do that.
    Me, listening to the slow hum of the microwave: >:(

    • @estherhannes2483
      @estherhannes2483 Před 4 lety +8

      But... why?

    • @Yuukon_
      @Yuukon_ Před 4 lety +14

      Disgusting

    • @SFVYachtClub
      @SFVYachtClub Před 4 lety +7

      why not just add ice and sugar instead of being nasty like that

    • @nibs7252
      @nibs7252 Před 3 lety +8

      Please tell me you are making tea from tea concentrate. If not, may the Lord have mercy on your soul.

    • @kitbarrows3874
      @kitbarrows3874 Před 2 lety +5

      Microwaved tea is actually not that bad.

  • @BLanger37
    @BLanger37 Před rokem +3

    shoutout to Tom for going back and changing all his old thumbnails to fit the new format

  • @ElagabalusRex
    @ElagabalusRex Před 6 lety +83

    Up next on Binging with Babish: Tom Scott's Tea from "Making an International Standard Cup of Tea"

  • @Tehom1
    @Tehom1 Před 6 lety +18

    Glad you explained why at the end. Most of the video, I was just wondering who it was that needed to drink a cup of tea made to exact specifications, but didn't actually know what they liked and therefore needed to consult the international standard.

  • @compechdev
    @compechdev Před 4 lety +117

    ..." I don't actually like tea"
    Wait, that's illegal!

  • @forbiddenfursona
    @forbiddenfursona Před 3 lety +22

    When a Brit actually doesn't like tea:
    "Something's wrong. I can feel it."

  • @Red15
    @Red15 Před 6 lety +38

    Also remember that most National Standards Bodies (BSI/AFNOR/DIN/DS/NEN/NBN) are obliged by law to give you free insight into any standard they distribute for free if you are prepared to travel to their designated reading location (usually their headquarters or an archiving site).
    However nowadays most of them have all these document in a digital archive and will either providing reading facilities close to you or an online time limited digital reading room (YMMV).
    Source: Used to provide these services and the infrastructure around it.

    • @circuit10
      @circuit10 Před rokem

      Can you not just screenshot them?

    • @Red15
      @Red15 Před rokem +1

      @@circuit10 most of them do implement some DRM measures but in the end you can always just take a picture of it or manually jot down numbers or minor details, but there is little value in standards for end users/consumers other than curiosity.
      The business value for companies is not having screenshot access to them, it's owning them, implementing them, and getting certified you have done so (which requires having purchased a copy for audting reasons, how can you implement something you don't own...)

  • @ShannonWare
    @ShannonWare Před 6 lety +9

    I am so glad to type these words: Thank you Tom Scott for detailing the International Standard for a Cup of Tea. This is what is RIGHT with the world.

  • @taeliantalittia612
    @taeliantalittia612 Před 4 lety +8

    In Myanmar, when you order "tea" you'll get chai which you need to specify how you like it. The ISO 3103 tea is free and called "yä-nway-jaan" which literally means "roughly boiled water".

  • @janohrca8875
    @janohrca8875 Před 2 lety +5

    I never thought a tea making video could take such a dramatic turn of events. I’m speechless.

  • @yinan02
    @yinan02 Před 5 lety +636

    “I don’t actually like tea.” is identical to saying “I would like my British citizenship revoked immediately.”

    • @Celery296
      @Celery296 Před 3 lety +1

      😂😂😂😂😂

    • @stadtrepublikmulhausen4121
      @stadtrepublikmulhausen4121 Před 3 lety +8

      I didn't like tea in when i was in France but when I moved to britain I immediately started loving tea.
      And now that I am back in france I only drink coffee.

  • @TheIronArmenianakaGIHaigs
    @TheIronArmenianakaGIHaigs Před 6 lety +1317

    Yeah i drink liquor. Prety hard core stuff

    • @lptomtom
      @lptomtom Před 6 lety +13

      Whatcha doin' here?

    • @GroxEmpire
      @GroxEmpire Před 6 lety +15

      Hey, get back to work. You haven't uploaded for a couple weeks.

    • @mufinman1987
      @mufinman1987 Před 6 lety +4

      They put liquor on pie and mash in London.

    • @jipo92
      @jipo92 Před 6 lety

      Wazzawazzawazzaaaaaap armeniaaaaaaaan!!!

    • @thesharanaithal
      @thesharanaithal Před 6 lety

      lmfao
      ded

  • @shenlongyang4278
    @shenlongyang4278 Před 4 lety +39

    More westerners should try out the gong fu way of tea brewing! Basically, (a lot) more leaves, less water and steep time, controlled temperature(~80C), but much more rounds. It leaves a full flavor with no astringent taste if done right.

    • @noob19087
      @noob19087 Před 4 lety +4

      Gong fu brewing rocks! I'm glad I wasn't the only one here who's into gong fu brewing. I was introduced to it around a year ago, and ever since I started it, brewing tea western style just feels like a waste. It really is a shame how rare it is over here. I guess the reason is because of all the equipment you need, and because you can't really do it with poor quality tea like tea bags.

    • @curtmacquarrie
      @curtmacquarrie Před 4 lety +1

      is that the one with the neat unfired clay pots?

    • @shadowxxe
      @shadowxxe Před 3 lety +8

      True but this standard isn't supposed to make a good cup of tea its just meant to make a cup of tea that is reproduceable and not variable. so companies can use it to test tea blends

    • @Badficwriter
      @Badficwriter Před 7 měsíci

      I tried an uncommon tea (for the US) that had those standards. I think it was instructed that you could rebrew 3 times before it was too weak. I also think it had the potential to act like alcohol..

  • @mokongthe3856
    @mokongthe3856 Před 3 lety +10

    Tom: "I don't actually like tea"
    Queen of england: "ahh yes, a new and fresh life time to consume"

    • @ManderSeis
      @ManderSeis Před rokem +1

      I guess Tom wasn't available

    • @Aeronaut1975
      @Aeronaut1975 Před rokem

      There hasn't been a "Queen of England" since 1603.

  • @taylorcasale680
    @taylorcasale680 Před 6 lety +267

    “I don’t actually like tea” b-but... you’re British?

  • @ze_rubenator
    @ze_rubenator Před 6 lety +43

    I love the smell of tea, but I'm always disappointed when I have a sip because... Well, it tastes like tea.

    • @MaakaSakuranbo
      @MaakaSakuranbo Před 6 lety +2

      Haha, I'm a kind of the same. Especially Black Tea has such a nice fragrance, but doesn't taste anywhere close to as nice as it smells.

    • @paulsengupta971
      @paulsengupta971 Před 6 lety +2

      More so with coffee.

  • @dolfinsbizou
    @dolfinsbizou Před 4 lety +86

    "I don't actually like tea"
    *outraged british noises in the distance*

  • @Pluveus
    @Pluveus Před 3 lety +7

    There are at least two very good reasons why you might want to brew tea in the international standard way. 1. Getting very consistent flavor profiles of tea so that you can develop a new tea blend. 2. Getting consistent flavor profiles of different brands of the same tea blend to decide which you prefer.

  • @jeremyzorek
    @jeremyzorek Před 6 lety +214

    I'm still amazed there's an ISO standard for a cup of tea. And that Tom has the dedication to actually make it!
    Edit: I was also very happy to see this video, as the Half as Interesting video about it piqued my interest before Tom actually made the cup of tea!

    • @pieter1102
      @pieter1102 Před 6 lety +33

      There is a standard for virtually everything, so it is no surprise that there is one for making tea. And it is no surprise that most people not involved in that topic do not actually read the standard and therefore have no idea what the standard is actually about. That Tom has the dedication? No surprise there!

    • @DarthBiomech
      @DarthBiomech Před 6 lety +6

      British people take their tea *VERY* seriously.

    • @PrograError
      @PrograError Před 6 lety

      but he said he didn't like it...

    • @jeremyzorek
      @jeremyzorek Před 6 lety +7

      Making it is a different story than _liking_ it.

    • @ActualCharky
      @ActualCharky Před 6 lety +3

      doesn't matter if you like it, you still have to know how to make it!

  • @michaelbianchi22
    @michaelbianchi22 Před 6 lety +5

    As an American, I have 4 British friends. I can honestly say I enjoy tea way more than 3 of them. The one who enjoys it as much as I do is a bit older, an ex RAF pilot and a radio engineer.

  • @tirvine9102
    @tirvine9102 Před 3 lety +5

    Me, a North American: Wow, a tea video from my favorite English CZcamsr! This opens a world of exciting possible nuanced cultural topics Tom could cover in his unique way.
    Tom Scott: "I don't actually like tea."
    ....well that doesn't rule anything out.

  • @BenM2291
    @BenM2291 Před rokem +3

    His kitchen is the most Tom Scott kitchen ever. Manufacturing safety equipment, clamp stands, screw organisers... love this

  • @NoSlaying
    @NoSlaying Před 5 lety +182

    No my dear Tom, We're not mad at the tea preparation methods, we're mad about the fact that you do not like tea~

  • @McNair1952
    @McNair1952 Před 6 lety +76

    Tom, did you know that there's a plant outside your kitchen window waving to be let inside?

    • @Kukkakukko
      @Kukkakukko Před 6 lety

      argyll1952 Haha, with both of its leaves!

    • @Thermalions
      @Thermalions Před 6 lety +6

      Isn't it inside on the table behind him?
      Regardless, I'd be wary, could be a baby triffid.

    • @TheCptCoy
      @TheCptCoy Před 6 lety +1

      Its one of those solar powered desk toys

  • @tzoninghard2425
    @tzoninghard2425 Před rokem +3

    southern sweet ice tea.
    boil tea bags in water, chill in fridge. Add simple syrup (1:1 ratio of water and sugar boiled) to about a 1:13 ratio, or adjust to your liking.

  • @justanotheryoutubechannel

    Wow, my mum has a few of those tea tasting pot things with serrations, I’ve always wondered what they were and now I know!

  • @jozeperson
    @jozeperson Před 6 lety +8

    Great video
    You're my favourite CZcamsr, not because you're playing all the latest games or something, but because your content is educational and because you have a very likeable personality..
    But I can't believe you don't like tea. Aaaaand the best way to make it is in a pot and add in the milk afterwards...
    Greetings from Germany and keep up the good work.

    • @tomhowell8398
      @tomhowell8398 Před 6 lety

      To be fair nobody likes their favorite youtuber just because they play the latest games. After all, there are more youtubers doing that you could possibly watch. The value doesn't come from the games any more than the value in this video comes from the kettle. Its what they do with and say about the subject matter that counts.

  • @DarkMatterX1
    @DarkMatterX1 Před 6 lety +122

    "I don't actually like tea."
    Translated:
    'caauuuuusssssse Iiiiiiiiiii wannnnaaaa beeee
    AN-AR-CHY!!!

  • @klasing
    @klasing Před 3 lety +9

    Tom: You need special equipment to run this experiment
    Also Tom: Uses those little pots from Gu deserts to store his tea.

  • @zerato4454
    @zerato4454 Před 2 lety

    Never seem such an tea realtalk, i love it.

  • @felixthecrazy
    @felixthecrazy Před 6 lety +5

    Reminds me of when I had Kopi Luwak coffee, one of the most expensive coffee in the world. It was fresh ground, prepared with a french press, etc and it was about as good as the stuff I drink from my daily cup of drip coffee I make at home.

  • @henryyuill1382
    @henryyuill1382 Před 6 lety +59

    "I don't actually like tea"

  • @5.7moy
    @5.7moy Před 3 lety +7

    “I don’t actually like tea”
    Next video: how to avoid being hanged by the British authorities

  • @Mirokuofnite
    @Mirokuofnite Před 4 lety +2

    The most sensible cup of tea.

  • @billymonkey111
    @billymonkey111 Před 6 lety +5

    I love it when one of your random videos is something I already know all about. This standard has been a running joke at my (design engineering) job for a while, there is a 'technical drawing' of a cup of tea, with "must conform to BS 6008" kicking about somewhere.

  • @GarethPW
    @GarethPW Před 6 lety +263

    And now we know that Tom isn't actually British.

  • @spuggym8986
    @spuggym8986 Před 2 lety +4

    Living in a multicultural flat I've been having English breakfast tea, no milk, with a clove, cracked cardomom pod, small hunk of cinnamon stick, notch of ginger and a spoon of sugar, genuinely very nice

  • @johnlee750
    @johnlee750 Před rokem +2

    Same with coffee cupping! Just a way of making the beverage to taste multiple varieties at once and taste the differences while removing as much “skill” required to create the brew as possible. That way any differences can more accurately be ascribed to the tea than to the quality with which someone brewed the tea

  • @win5128
    @win5128 Před 6 lety +545

    *MI5! OPEN UP!*
    Edit: you saw nothing

    • @hebbejebbe
      @hebbejebbe Před 6 lety +32

      W1NT3CH MI5 bro. MI6 is foreign intelligence only. Yeah I’m the party pooper

    • @FalloutNewNarwhal
      @FalloutNewNarwhal Před 6 lety +9

      We hear don't like Tea. Were here to remove you from the country.

    • @thewolfin
      @thewolfin Před 6 lety +2

      Is this because of the digital scale?

    • @ChannelCzarovski
      @ChannelCzarovski Před 6 lety +2

      would they be that rude?... or maybe i'm confusing brits for canucks?

    • @Vee_H.
      @Vee_H. Před 6 lety

      FBI!!!

  • @MatthewBaka
    @MatthewBaka Před 6 lety +14

    "No Photography of Computer Screens"
    Well I see someone's a budding anarchist.

  • @ultimatequeenofdeath666

    i love when people actually add nuance to topics

  • @nestor1208
    @nestor1208 Před rokem +1

    I think international standard cup of tea being ok is precisely what they aimed for. Just a regular average cup of tea. Couldn't have been more perfect

  • @Earth2LalaLand
    @Earth2LalaLand Před 5 lety +3

    Exactly. I grew up in a tea estate, we use the standard for tea tasting only, and when we taste it we don't actually swallow it since it's brewed for longer than a standard cup of tea (3-4 minutes), and we definitely don't use this method for the cup of tea we drink at home :)

  • @xykeal3739
    @xykeal3739 Před 5 lety +15

    "There is no perfect cup of tea, only the right one for you"

  • @jackbaxter-williams8059

    Even now, his videos are snapshots. Hopefully people will preserve this in the future

  • @DavidLinn
    @DavidLinn Před 4 lety +2

    "i don't actually like tea" is the best line in the video. plus his facial expression at the end seals the deal of funny

  • @hamishwoodland7424
    @hamishwoodland7424 Před 6 lety +56

    I know Tom diplomatically avoided it but can we agree milk goes in second?

  • @JakubWaniek
    @JakubWaniek Před 6 lety +6

    Tom is like the most English person ever, how does he not like tea???

  • @Weeblee
    @Weeblee Před 3 lety +3

    "I don't actually like tea." I need to turn that into an alert tone for my phone.

  • @HannesEgli
    @HannesEgli Před 6 lety +23

    Tom can make everything interesting

    • @SonySMRTLim
      @SonySMRTLim Před 6 lety +4

      Hannes Egli I found it only half as interesting.

  • @RickP2012
    @RickP2012 Před 6 lety +167

    "I don't actually like tea!"
    Next episode:
    Tom does Things you didn't know about the Tower of London..........because that's where we put people who don't like tea!

    • @mylesfrost335
      @mylesfrost335 Před 6 lety +7

      all one of them

    • @4vesta255
      @4vesta255 Před 5 lety +12

      I thought that was what Australia was for?

    • @LindaPerry_337
      @LindaPerry_337 Před 4 lety +5

      @@4vesta255 No you get sent to Australia if you steal a loaf of bread

  • @onee
    @onee Před 4 lety +2

    I'm Turkish. And trust me as the largest tea consuming country in the world, the way we make our tea with the leaves (instead of a tea bag) is absolutely not fancy.

  • @AA_21861
    @AA_21861 Před 3 lety +1

    Our universe needs more Tom Scotts.

  • @gfr97
    @gfr97 Před 6 lety +24

    What the hell do you even mean by "I don't actually like tea".
    The British crown ordered you at the stake!

  • @mistclick3899
    @mistclick3899 Před 5 lety +75

    Wwwwwwwwwait. Sterеotypes.exe stopped working! Brittish people have to fall in love with tea.

    • @josvah
      @josvah Před 4 lety

      They do, dumbass.

    • @FuzzyBunny28
      @FuzzyBunny28 Před 4 lety +5

      Your joke.exe stopped working huh?

  • @jurjenbos228
    @jurjenbos228 Před rokem

    As a (co)author of some ISO standards I find this very satisfying.

  • @matthewsanders9229
    @matthewsanders9229 Před 3 lety +15

    "I don't actually like tea."
    That's treason, then.

  • @cheddarkartoschski8482
    @cheddarkartoschski8482 Před 5 lety +3

    Never thought, I'd hear someone say that words in this exact accent.
    I've met three guys from Britain over the last few years and they all said, that tea is just brilliant..