This Video Of A Man Making Tea The Wrong Way Will Hurt Your Soul

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It’s only fair that we preface this story with a warning to tea drinkers. This article contains imagery that will disturb those who have strict ideas about the correct way to make a proper British cuppa.

It all began on August 17th 2019, when Holly Harley uploaded a video to Twitter showing her boyfriend Mac’s approach to making tea. (If you can call it that.) She rightly captioned it: “My boyfriend has made the worst video in the world,” and frankly, we agree.

Here’s what went down.

The scene of the crime against decency is a cheerful-looking rainbow striped mug. The criminal remains out of shot, although it is presumably Harley’s boyfriend, known to Twitter only as Mac. The offender spoons in two heaped teaspoons of sugar, then adds water from a kettle. Yes, really, but it gets worse. This is followed by more than a dash of milk, and then — AND THEN — a teabag.

Looking at the play bar, we see that the teabag is only allowed to infiltrate this highly inappropriate mixture for around six seconds, before being dragged out. Finally, his evil work complete, we see the faceless hand pick up the mug, which is followed by a loud slurp offscreen.

Brace yourself.

For those who dare, here is the offending video.

Harley’s video prompted outrage.

So far, it’s been liked 47.4K times, and passed on to other unsuspecting tea drinkers via 8.6K retweets.

It made national news in the U.K.

These presenters can’t quite comprehend what’s going on.

Celebrities weighed in.

Actress Mara Wilson couldn’t believe her Twitter feed.

This kind of betrayal could kill a relationship.

Twitter had advice for Harley.

They aren’t the only couple letting tea come between them.

There have even been copycats.

This one might actually be worse than the original.

Brits are proudly weird about tea.

Look, it’s not just a drink, it’s a way of life. There are many sub-arguments to be had over tea-making best practices, but the main one revolves around milk.

Sensible people realize that you have to boil the water — in a kettle — and add the teabag to the water before mixing in the milk. Otherwise, the teabag doesn’t get hot enough to brew properly.

Also, you can only tell how much milk is required by looking at the color of the tea, so if you add it first, you might put too much in.

And sugar goes in last. Don’t @ us.

Mac’s way of doing things is totally off.

Mac somehow found new ways to mess with this ritual. Not only did they introduce the milk before the teabag, they mixed the hot water with the milk, and then added sugar?

Did no one tell him?

It might be closer to how people make tea in India, where people use loose leaf tea instead of Brit-preferred teabags  — although this is only one person’s take.

Americans, in particular, get into hot water with their tea-making practices.

Microwaving the water instead of using a kettle is a major mistake.

It’s affecting tourism.

But there is hope, America! If you live in Britain for a while, it becomes second nature.

Fortunately, Harley is the forgiving type.

While Mac has been added to tea-drinking Brits’ Most Wanted list, Harley is standing by her man.

Good for her. But this sort of delinquent behavior is just not our cup of tea.

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