'She is insane': Social media users are left HORRIFIED by American woman's recipe for 'hot tea' that includes instant tea, Tang drink mix, lemonade, and TWO CUPS of sugar

An American woman living in the UK has left social media users around the world horrified by her recipe for 'hot tea.'

Nearly a week ago, Michelle, a mother-of-three, uploaded a TikTok video in which she broke down how she makes 'hot tea' using powdered instant tea mix, Tang orange drink mix, instant lemonade, sugar, and a couple of spices.

Her video has quickly gone viral, with many viewers — especially those in the UK — expressing dismay at her complicated, unconventional take on a drink that usually just requires tea leaves and hot water.

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Viral: An American woman living in the UK has left social media users around the world horrified by her recipe for 'hot tea'

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Making the rounds: Michelle, a mother-of-three, uploaded a TikTok video in which she broke down how she makes 'hot tea,' employing her twin daughters to help her mix it

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How-to: They mix  one cup of instant tea, two cups of Tang, what appears to be a half cup of Country Time lemonade, two cups sugar, two teaspoons cinnamon, and one teaspoon cloves

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'I get a lot of questions about hot tea, so I'm gonna show you what this American girl likes as hot tea,' she says in the video.

With the assistance of her twin daughters, she mixes together one cup of Lipton instant tea, two cups of sugary Tang, what appears to be a half cup of Country Time lemonade, two cups sugar, two teaspoons of cinnamon, and one teaspoon of cloves.

The resulting mix of powder fills a large bowl. She then fills a mug up with water, microwaves it, and adds a few teaspoons of drink mix.

'And that's what I like for hot tea!' she says with a smile.

In another video about the tea mixture, Michelle says that the recipe makes enough to last 'all winter long.' 

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'I get a lot of questions about hot tea, so I'm gonna show you what this American girl likes as hot tea,' she says i

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Making a cup: She then fills a mug up with water, microwaves it, and adds a few teaspoons of drink mix

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Making in bulk: Michelle says that the recipe makes enough to last 'all winter long'

'This is not like I'm making it to drink in one day. It's gonna make a huge batch. We all enjoy drinking it,' she says. 

'It's not your typical British Yorkshire tea,' she adds, calling it 'Russian tea.'

But Brits, Russians, and others from around the world are pretty upset about the mixture. 

'I HAVE NEVER BEEN MORE HORRIFIED!!!' one Twitter user said, sharing the video. 

'Where the tea? All I saw was sugar and flavoured sugar,' wrote another critic.

'This is wrong. From UK,' wrote another, while one more commented: 'I'm Russian and that's not Russian tea at all.' 

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The horror! Social media users have been pretty upset about her recipe

'You seem a nice person and your daughter is lovely. Okay, so you know I'm not a hateful person I can now reveal I hated that monstrosity you created,' wrote yet another. 'It has about as much connection to tea as coughing does to coffee. Hideous.'

'Every last English cell in my body died,' said another.

Several American chimed in too, insisting that this is not how people in the US drink tea.

Michelle went on to admit as much, writing: 'The tea is a “southern” thing in the US. Other states probably would not claim that as tea.' 

She also posted a follow-up video reacting to the negative comments, in which she said, 'I got a lot of hate on this video. A lotta lotta hate.

'But I've never been referred to as "Satan" over tea,' she quipped.