Tea and Biscuits. A British institution. British people consume more than a jolly 8 million biscuits every day... but which one is the best biscuit to have with tea?
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one of the greatest tragedies in the world: biscuit falling into tea.
i hate that the most. then i try to scoop it out with another biscuit and that one falls in too
that bits that falling into the tea is my favorit eat it with a spoon at the end yum
@@Diviner I feel like you're commentating my life.
Unpopular opinion, I kinda like it... It's like a goodie at the end of tea (to be fair I'm indian and our tea is kinda different)
have you ever had the chocolate melt off the digestive :'(((
hehehe i loove the irony of Ollie getting mad at Josh for buying so many snacks. xD
It's true, especially after the whole Spam extravaganza.
they know how each other feels xD
Ollie: "this is restraint?!" Also Ollie: I bought a 300 dollar can of spam 😃
Yet Ollie buys about 30€ for a milliliter of oil.
India also has a biscuit in tea dipping culture, tho we specifically do it in slightly spiced chai. Personally, my fav has to be Parle G, it’s sweet, crunchy and just one can get you addicted! 😂
I reall like to dip with Marie biscuits in my masala tea or coffee, it's sturdy enough but gets to the right level of sogginess if dipped long enough.
True!! Parle G with masala chai and cream kracker with my coffe!! OH AND RUSK!! I love rusks....shoot, I am gonna go make some adrakh chai for myself....
@@ananyaneralla5382 ooh khari too
@@oxychim YESSSSSS!!!!!! Those are the best!!!!
@@BrendadirkCramplescrunch i feel like there are three types of people The ones who like ParleG The ones who like Marie And the ones who don't discriminate I'm personally the 1st type of person, Marie just doesn't do it for me.
Josh: "shortbreads the queen's mother." Ollie: "It's dead." Never change Ollie, never change.
shes dead though lol
"Who actually has shortbread with their tea anymore?".... The entirety of Scotland stands, ready for a fight
I think they were ready to fight when they announced tunnocks tea cakes had been eaten in England for a long time 😳
@@1981namo Agreed! Total blasphemy 🤦🏻♀️
Scottish Walkers shortbread is actually delicious, i love it, it's great with any hot beverage and on travel trips - from a British born and raised person lol
As an American the shortbread is my absolute Favorite♡ I Love it with Coffee too!!
@@1981namo I moved to England from Scotland in the early 2000 and the never sole Tunnocks tea cakes in England.
Josh: "Shortbread is the queen's mother" Ollie without any hesitation: "It's dead" I'm laughing way too hard at this
I swear I spat out my coffee when Ollie said this ahaha!!!
I’m keeping the likes at 399, fight me.
This comment hits different now lol
@@davidshu12579 yes it does
i choked
As Malaysian, I absolutely love British Biscuits, especially Bourbon, Malted milk and Chocolate digestive, cheap and great for snack 🔥
The Chocolate Digestive only available at Jaya Grocer & it's delicious
Josh desperately saving his broken biscuit drowning in his tea is me trying to save my Oreo in my milk.
I keep a spoon on hand for a reason! Also, the day I first bit into an oreo manufactured at a different plant and realized their recipe is different depending on where it was made, I almost cried. The difference affects how the cookie melts. Imagine an oreo that just refuses to break down like a block of cement with a semi-fake chocolate flavor. I was so angry, I was ready to write a letter until I google'd and found out I could still get the original recipe if I shopped at certain stores.
You shouldn't count how many biscuits a person eats, that's just rude lol
First reply somehow
Lol
“Who actually has shortbread with their tea anymore?” (Puts shortbread down and contemplates life choices)
shortbread with tea is GOATED
Don't question yourself. Own it. Shortbread is SO good. Perfect balance of semi-sweet and buttery!
RIGHT? 😂
As an Indian, I deeply relate to this. You should definitely do it with chai and Indian snacks. Rusks (Ollie would love it), samosa, mixture, fried stuff lol
Gujarati mix 😋
Love chai tea. Drank it first in an Indian restaurant. Indian food is wonderful, too! Mmmmm . . .
@@readytogo3186 you drank tea^2
@@THTB_lol Yes. It's wonderful. You should try it.
@@readytogo3186 i was making a joke that chai means tea
I'm not even British and was upset you missed Jammie Dodgers. Also, isn't the Lotus Biscoff very popular over there too? Perhaps more with coffee?
i AM british and i'm disappointed with the absence of the Jammie Dodger
Lotus not really traditional or British classic.. It’s made it’s way over here and has become a trend more recently.
Tell me you're a Doctor Who fan without telling me you're a Doctor Who fan
@@IcySlavKat not sure I understood your comment but let’s just say I’m a new new new new new new new new new new new new new new new fan compared to other people
@@ne5464 This. Lotus is a parvenue of the biscuit world!
"Shortbreads are the Queen's mother." "It's dead." Oh my God LMAOOO
It's highly offensive lol ...I just did a double take at your profile pic. Nice to see another twosetter here! 😄 Go practise!!
Twoset would be disappointed you’re watching this instead of practicing
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I love the twosetters here telling me to practice lmao. I'm a non-musician tho 😭😭 But I'll practice writing, since that's my field hehe 💜
Twoset is everywhere I love it 😂. For some reason I want two set to collab w jolly, maybe for another classical music try not to laugh vid? I want to see Grace nerd out on classical music again
I knew immediately this is Josh's episode, not Ollie's, just from the title
I can hear him say it 😭
Hahaha same
Because it's "very English"?
I think that's why ,in the USA in particular..we tend to specifically categorize between breads,rolls,biscuits(puffy breads) ,then crackers - made mostly of a flour base(but may have flavorings that are not in themselves with a sweetness) and then from "cookies"- which usually have sweetness,flooring ,icing or chocolate coverings or fillings .There are always exceptions,however,such as vanilla wafers and graham crackers for example.I think that's what confuses most Brits and Americans basically about each other's terminologies....our eating traditions and descriptives.
We reserve the word cracker purely for _savoury_ biscuits. People will often have a snack of eg 'cheese and crackers' part way through the evening if they've dined early, or if eating out, people may choose 'cheese and biscuits' instead of a pudding at the end of their meal. A biscuit here is any sweet baked, crisp or crunchy item, baked from a dough. Cookies however are soft - you can _bend_ them. You cannot bend British biscuits, they'd snap in two!
9:06 Josh: But I bet the queen's mum did * crunches shortbread * Ollie: Wow! That's like an English way of dropping the mic. Just crunch the bread. Hilarious! 😂
The late queen's mum *was* Scottish, if memory serves, so shortbread with her tea makes sense. 🏴
"The essence of bland" Ollie's violently English palette should not surprise me but it still does.
Rich teas are REALLY GOOD tho. It's kinda like the equivalent of a loaf of fluffy inside, firm outside, warm, freshly baked baguette or smth but for biscuits. Like should be plain but it just works
Josh: "This is literally the essence of bland." Ollie: "I love them! I love them!" That's so british of you, Ollie 😂
Dark chocolate digestives are my actual favorite. Soooo good
Dark chocolate digestives are superior
What about the caramel ones? 😋
Truly underrated, they melt very well in tea
I am constantly amazed by the ability of these two gents to make even the dullest of topics highly entertaining.
I love how Josh’s episodes are ‘I present this platter of divine biscuits that have come from the gods’ and ollies are just like ‘so I found this thing on the internet that will probably taste bad but it only cost £127636383837’ 😭 Dw Ollie I love your episodes just as much as Josh’s💕
Josh is the logical, calm, almost dad friend. Ollie is like the ADHD chaotic friend.
@@trisprior2455 yh and im basically a girl version of olllie and my cousin is josh.
Nobody: Ollie: *randomly uses a french word to try and match the intelligence radiated by Josh's shirt*
sans is pronounced without the final s though. 😬
@@caroleberreur9585 NO WAYYY i’ve embarrassed myself then
HAHAHAHAHA
I was literally dunking my chocolate coated hobnobs when I clicked on this video. As Malaysians, we also love dunking biscuits and crackers in our tea or coffee, sometimes in our cup of Milo. I remember when I was a child, my aunt taught me to crumble crackers in a cup of tea and scoop them out with a spoon like eating a bowl of cereal. I secretly do it as an adult on rainy days. The warm comfort on those chilly rainy days.
Josh's laugh will never get old.
You guys have made me want to go and raid Tesco of all their biscuits now
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Hiii Kai! I haven't watched Jack in over a year, but you two are awesome!
As an American, the name “Digestive” really threw me off as a name for a biscuit. I googled it and apparently they’re named as such because they were invented to aid digestion. Well, now I know haha
they are and it works lol
Their first name is McVitie's, glad I could help.
I've always wondered that myself as an American 🤷🏼♀️... it's an awful name 🤭
It’s one of those things that if you think about it, it’s weird but once you are used to it, it’s normal 😂
Ironically they and Pringles are the only two things that give me heartburn.
After seeing this found myself in our "overseas" aisle and ended up buying a bunch of British biscuits. Will have to keep an eye out for these legendary bland "Rich Teas" though.
it's so much better if you have it in our native country though hah
Rich Tea are lovely, but try a Digestive biccie with some nice cheese - it’s sublime.
My grandma had the aussie version of fig newtons (spicy fruit rolls) when we visited. I loved them.
This is my experience. Josh is a man of many laughs, regardless of camera ON/OFF. It's the same as what we see in the video. But Ollie... It was quiet.
josh seems like someone everyone immediately likes the second they meet him while it takes people longer to really see all the aspects of ollie.. he seems like someone id want to be best friends with because he's just so similar to me
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@@luciahoneybee don't be rude. he tried to say things to jolly's videos bcs he appreciates them more than you do. stop the negativity
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Ollie of all people should probably not be lecturing anyone about restraints
After the spam episodes I'm surprised josh hasn't stepped in 😂
IKR? This is the man who bought, and ate, freeze-dried tarantula. Then expressed disappointment it wasn't tinned.
Omg how did you do that ollie emoji?
@@aween42 it’s a perk of being a paid member of this channel i think
@@nctzensprout400 wow I didn’t know that was a thing
Josh’s passion for food never ceases to amaze me. That is the level of joy with food I aspire to have.
Josh's laugh, he cracks himself up - then laughs so hard he starts laughing because of his laughter. More of this...
Literally the only thing getting me through the lockdown we’ve just gone back into again in Australia is Jolly, especially as I am in my last months of my last year of high school. Don’t how where I’d be without these guys making my every day better.
same here x
Same here!! I use them as a break from studying 🧘♀️
@rgmotnal its the worst! I’m having the worst cravings now! but it will get better, for now we have these beautiful humans and each other to keep us going :)
Sending love from Victoria! You guys can do it!! 💪💪 I keep telling myself we'll be telling our grandkids all about the great pandemic of the 20's when we're old and crusty 😂
oh no! Australia’s back in lockdown? last time i heard about the Australian covid situation, you guys were free having concerts and everything :(
Tom Holland said “ if your Nan doesn’t offer you a Jaffa cake is she even your Nan?”
I went for an exchange to the UK two years ago and I remember buying those fresh Sainsbury's chocolate chunk cookies literally every other week. And YES those chocolate and chocolate caramel digestives are sooooo good that I brought some back to my hometown lol I miss the english biscuits sooooo much!!!!
The disdain-questionable look Josh gives Ollie for having biscuits with yoghurt 😂 gold! 😂
Ollie: "and we'll see you jolly soon." Me: OH WAIT WHERE IS THE LOTUS BISCUITS PART??? 😭
Good shout
sammmmmmmmmmme. They fucked it up, BIG TIME.
Lotus biscuits are for coffee 😉
When the hob nob melted under the pressure lol
Every time I go to the UK, I get packets of ginger nuts to bring back to the US to have with my tea. The ones with bits of stem ginger are especially nice!
As an American, "Digestive biscuit" sounds very unappetizing. 😂
I think Jaffa Cakes are not biscuits because biscuits need to be hard and snappy when you bite into them but Jaffa Cakes's "biscuit layer" is kind of like a sponge cake consistency.
JAffa cakes are eaten like biscuits tho, like you would have them with a cuppa. If someone asked if you wanted cake and they came back with Jaffa cakes, you'd be confused. So i think, they are culturally biscuits lol
cakes harden when they go stale, biscuits go soggy. A Jaffa goes hard.
The weird thing is that I know biscuit in Germany as soft cake layers or sweet biscuit fingers which you can soften with some spirit and put in cakey stuff too. But it is pronounced the french way here.
@@jong2146 They literally used this defence in court to keep Jaffa cakes VAT free.
Love the Jaffa cakes!
Genuinely offended that they skipped over the bourbon creams.
I bought those once and was confused because they didn't taste like bourbon at all. Is it the name of a place?
Apparently in 1930s they were renamed after the House of Bourbon, a European royal house with French roots who had thrones in France, Naples and Sicily at the time.
Yeah. I’m actually from Kentucky and we take Bourbon (the drink) very seriously around here. So all of this confused me a bit. Lol
@@clovermark39 Interesting! Quite a fancy heritage for some chocolate-flavored sandwich cookies.
You guys are amazing, please keep doing videos. Especially about Ollie learning Korean.
The tea cakes remind me of the Whippets we have in Canada. Delish!
I'm just gonna say it. Anyone that mains Rich Tea biscuits is a psycho
He's only gone and said it. 🤷 (this is Josh and I completely agree)
verified youtubers... always posting comment on channels more famous than them to get more visibility and promote their crappy content.. i hate that youtube make verified youtubers' comments a priority even when they have nothing to say. like here, this dude (at the time) hhas 9 likes and he's in front of comments with 500 likes
@@zomkino Or he is just a fan like we are?
@@zomkino or he's just commenting on videos as he would have either way, like anybody else. Be angry at KZhead for making them more visible maybe, not him. There's no self promo in the comment.
What does “mains” mean in this sentence?
I could finish a whole pack of dark choc digestives in one sitting. Bourbons and custard creams are a close second. CAN'T BELIEVE JOSH DIDN'T GET JAMMIE DODGERS 😩
omg saame, i get sad if i finish it all in one sitting though and omg yes Digestives and bourbons are the MVP of all biscuits. Weirdly, i only like the small Jammie Dodgers.. they just have the perfect ratio.
One of the best things about your videos is Josh's laugh. Yes! Fig rolls. Yum!
As a Aussie I suggest having TIM TAMS and do a Tim tam slam (eat both end of the Tim tan and then drink the tea like a straw) it’s so good
Oh I did that with a KitKat and a twix lol
Josh calling buying that amount of biscuits restrained is pure Hobbit energy and I am here for it
Dagnabbit! So sorry, I didn't see this until after I commented! Very much so!!! 💗
@@emilylauryn9245 haha! well if more of us think it, then it must be true!
I have complete respect for the Hobbit energy! But that may be because I live on a hill and literally have neighbors named "Baggins."
@@kristinewalberg2938 no way, that’s cool! I bet they get sick of all the jokes 😅
LOL love how Josh dressed up exactly like Ollie's dad
Enjoyed this! Thanks for sharing your culture!
I don't care what yall do in your videos, you could make a video about anything and I'll still watch it for your smiles and niceness that make me happier 🥺
Unapologetically joining Ollie on the having biscuits and yoghurts as a snack...😂
I agree, my go to is Rich tea fingers in coconut yogurt 😂😂
I love it every time Ollie effortlessly makes Josh (and Jollybeans) laugh, and Josh looks genuinely in joy. What a friendship 💓
"shortbread is the queen's mother" "it's *DEAD* "
did they smile/laugh more in this ep or is it just me? i genuinely got a serotonin boost from this video 🥰
Just when you think this channel can't become more British. I swear my inner voice has become British 😶😶
Josh: Shortbread's the Queen's mother Ollie: It's dead! 😂😂😳
I love Jolly videos, they always make me laugh 😊🙏🏻
Love all of your videos. Stay Healthy!
Olli: whole episode about disgusting jelly dishes Also Olli: that's too much Josh 🤣🤣🤣🤣
But imagine if he got it right the first time
My reason for being Jolly is watching these two right here. They bring me so much joy and happiness. The silliness they exude comes through the screen and lifts me up. I'm in Canada and there's a grocery store that was owned by a British man and there is a specialty British section, where I have tried some of these biscuits and treats! Yorkshire gold is some of my favourite tea so now I have more treats to find and try!
They need to make a part 2 of dis coz i wanna see them reviewing everything on that table
자국의 문화를 소개할때 조쉬랑 올리 너무 신나보여요 ㅋㅋㅋ 앞으로 영국문화도 많이많이 소개해주세요 너무 재밌어요💜💜💜💜
Imagine talking about tea cakes and shortbread like they’re English when they’re literally the most Scottish stuff ever
This is the comment I was searching for! 😂A travesty having shortbread compared to the queen mum 🤦🏻♀️
@Gi Gi A very fair point but also up for debate, a debate I'd rather not get in to in the comments section
@@clarebear1309 Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon?
I'VE NEVER BEEN SO EARLY EVEN FOR MY CLASSES LOL
I didn't even know Digestives were meant to be dunked in tea till now. I just found a pack of the chocolate ones in the "Imported" section of my local groceries as a teen and haven't stopped eating it since. The only thing I've dunked them in was hot chocolate. Perhaps it's time I dunk it in tea.
you guys are soooooo much adorable !!
Ollie saying "this is too much!" is the height of irony
Josh: "If a biscuit does crumble a bit into your tea, do you still drink the tea?" Biscuit: *and so I took that personally*
I love that some shops in my country have started selling "Tesco finest" products. They make good shortbread and tea. They also have cookies that are gluten-free and taste way better than other gluten-free products I've tried, and my mum can eat them :)
Well, you just made me order a package of Digestives from the International food aisle at the grocery store to try for the first time, I hope you're proud of yourselves. (Tea-loving American here.)
did you like them?!
@@jessroche4677 I love them and have them every day now. :)
Not me sitting here eating tea and biscuits are work when I get a notification for this video 😂😂 fitting!!
Favourite biscuits: shortbread (I definitely eat them alot), ginger snaps, chocolate digestive. Hobnobs remind me of my grandfather, he was the only adult I knew who ate them.
Watching jolly with no sound during school and it is the most funniest experience I've had today 😭😭🤣😭
Thanks for describing what the different biscuits are. I live in a part of the USA (West Coast, San Francisco Bay Area) that has plenty of shops & stores that carry many different types of biscuits from the UK, but I've hesitated in buying some because I wasn't quite sure what I'd be getting myself into.
Ollie, there can never be tooooooo many biccies! You need choices, options, multiples lol
sequel to chip episode: how many times can you dip a hobnob
So how many nobs would you lose? 😂
I'm from Mexico and I have never had tea with milk, as in, I didn't even know there were people out there who actually drink tea with milk so I'm shocked. I only ever drink tea to help me relax or fall asleep, what we drink with cake or biscuits is coffee.
Yeah we have milk with only black tea though
So I am in America and I drink valerian, peppermint or chamomile tea to fall asleep or relax, without milk. I drink black tea of any kind with milk and never to sleep because it's caffeinated...
Im all the way in South Africa and just recently came across your channel. Trust me I've been watching Jolly videos non stop on a daily basis for the past week!!! You guys are amazing and super funny!!! Keep up the awesome work!!!
As a Bengali American this was the most relatable video 😭 Cha and Biscuit (biscoot as my family likes to say 💀) is an everyday occurrance - biscoff is our main lmao
Biscuits turn soft when they go stale, cakes turn hard. So, jaffa cakes are cakes.
But what about crabcakes?
Yep. I think the manufacturers went to court to decide it. The result was that they are cakes.
oh, an opened biscuit packet that has turned soft is an abomination to eat, especially if you were looking forward to your newly found snack.
I love digestives! It was a discovery and I'm I could buy them now at grocery stores in the Philippines
With tea, my favorite biscuit is shortbread. You just can't beat it! ❤
josh somehow looks really similar to a young professor that's ready to go to work and surprisingly, ollie looks like a lazy college student that just woke up
“Hi I’m Josh” “And I’m Ollie” “And we’re still watching England lose in penalties” 🤧🤧
Shortbread is amazing. I love it
I love these two guys
"The English way of dropping the mic." I'm dead-
Since we had Ollie's dad for the cheese episode, I was expecting Josh's mum for this tea talk 😆
Thanks Jolly. You guys just bring back all my memories when I was studying in the UK. Missed the choc digestive and of course the legendary Jaffa Cakes. And wait suddenly that girl popped up in the end, were u student in Southampton before? I think I've seen your face
Recently came across this channel and now I can't stop watching u guys are hilarious.. btw I love choc digestives and chocolate hobnobs ...love from Barbados !!
Weirdly, I have never seen these in stores in the US. I would like to try them sometime. I guess I need to hit up the British specialty store.
Try World Market, they have several of these brands.
I can get McVitie's and Jaffa at my supermarket . Look in the imported food aisle as well as the cookie/cracker aisle
@@sk39706 I'm on the east coast . No world market....I wish! I visited a friend in MN 2 yrs ago this time, and she told.me.she gets Spanish jamón serrano there
@@LindaC616 I don't know how far up you are on the East Coast, but I am from the South East and came across several in my drives through the region. It's a shame you don't have one near you. They are awesome! So many times I go in knowing, knowing, I am not coming out empty-handed!
@@sk39706 lol, part of me appreciates being free from that danger! There's a large international NSA supermarket an hour or so from me, in CT (I'm in Rhody). I've only been once, and was trying to be good, but next time, I think I'll go every aisle, just to see (I generally don't eat lots of processed foods). Funnily enough, for a while we were getting Tim Tams at the local supermarket (cause sailing), and I was able to get some Israeli Kliks that ny friends in Chicago hadn't seen before (they're always out now). But the Tim Tams, sadly, have disappeared. It just makes me enjoy the things I do find more! 🙂
Oooohhhhh, I get it. Josh and Ollie, can't believe I only just made that connection.
Well, we can cut you some slack, since they no longer say, "Hi.....and together, we're Jolly"
this is the only channel where i actually look forward to their videos every week, and watch religiously.
Chocolate digestives are my favorite ! ❤️ In Quebec, we have the equivalent of tea cakes (with marshmallow ) they are called Whippet!
Even tho I'm not British, tea and biscuits is a thing here, and sir, especially in winter, it slaps😌, as long as 1) it doesn't fall in 2) you don't soak it too long
Scottish way of having rich tea biscuits: A butter rich tea sandwich, dip it in the tea so the salted butter melts a little. Delicious!!
wow.
@@jolly what I take from this is.... sandwich tasting for next season? XD
Just to be clear: the biscuits are the "bread" in this sandwich!
This is now my favourite video on the Internet 😍
0:35 Josh has never looked and sounded more British than when he says "quite a lot of restraint, I thought" and chuckles