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Barry's or Lyons?

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    #32
    wp_rathead
    Registered Users Posts: 10,067 ✭✭✭✭wp_rathead


    Punjana

    very underrated teabag!!


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    #33
    Precious flower
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,812 ✭✭✭Precious flower


    zerks wrote: »
    McGraths from Aldi.
    That's seriously nice tea! Never like Barry's, but then again we never had it in our house. PJ tips and Lyons were what we drink, they're grand but McGraths from Aldi is probably the best! :D


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    #34
    Rothko
    Registered Users Posts: 12,846 ✭✭✭✭Rothko


    I can't tell the difference between them. They both taste the same to me.


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    #35
    optimistic_
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    Suas11 wrote: »
    I can't tell the difference between them. They both taste the same to me.

    Worse than the non-tea-drinkers!


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    #36
    Seaneh
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    Barry's is Irish.

    Lyons isn't.

    Also, Barry's use better tea blends and tastes a lot better.


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    #37
    DyldeBrill
    Registered Users Posts: 1,406 ✭✭✭DyldeBrill


    Barrys is simply the only way to go!


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    #38
    Rubberlegs
    Registered Users Posts: 7,073 ✭✭✭Rubberlegs


    Lyons or Punjana. Don't think I've ever tried Barry's. Wasn't bought in our house growing up. Dad used to say no way he was drinking Blueshirt's tea :confused:


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    #39
    Madam_X
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    Thought Lyons was Irish.

    It's my preference anyway - Barrys has a slight aftertaste I don't like.


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    #40
    LucyLouLou
    Closed Accounts Posts: 123 ✭✭LucyLouLou


    Growing up we always had Lyons but then I ended up with a Cork man so now it's Barrys.


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    #41
    Fromthetrees
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,846 ✭✭✭Fromthetrees


    Lyons is like totes a little yukky, most other teas are like fine. but Barrys is like absolute amaze balls.


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    #42
    munchkin_utd
    Registered Users Posts: 7,847 ✭✭✭munchkin_utd


    Madam_X wrote: »
    Thought Lyons was Irish.

    It's my preference anyway - Barrys has a slight aftertaste I don't like.
    lyons is rebranded pg tips.

    british, west brit ........
    same difference anyhow.


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    #43
    Precious flower
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,812 ✭✭✭Precious flower


    Oops it was actually Fallon's tea from Aldi I meant :o but McGrath's is lovely too!


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    #44
    muckisluck
    Registered Users Posts: 318 ✭✭muckisluck


    What's happened Mc Kinley's Gold from Lidl. That used be the best but I can't find it recently.


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    #45
    ballsymchugh
    Registered Users Posts: 7,936 ✭✭✭ballsymchugh


    N64 wrote: »
    wheres the "I don't drink tea" option?

    are you a protestant? do you put your toaster in the press?!!


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    #46
    darlett
    Registered Users Posts: 2,312 ✭✭✭darlett


    Suas11 wrote: »
    I can't tell the difference between them. They both taste the same to me.

    FTW, I love tea and plenty of it. But in a blind test I wouldnt have a clue. And in a non-blind test I wouldnt give a toss, onces its strong with a little bit of milk and a chocolate biscuit. And if you are totally into it, dont you need to differentiate between the blends such as gold or original? I have somewhat working tastebuds...and get the difference between teas that arent Barrys or Lyons, but for me they are interchangeable depending on the offer in the shop when I need them.

    Rampant flippant philistinism I guess.


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    #47
    [Deleted User]
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    My da works as a locum pharmacist. He goes in and checks out the teabags, then insists a shop assistant goes out and buys him a box of Barry's, I asked him why? "Just to be a b*stard, obviously".


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    #48
    leaveiton
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,778 ✭✭✭leaveiton


    Lyons is weak as fcuk. Of the two it has to be Barrys, although we just drink own brand Tesco tea in my house.


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    #49
    Mycroft H
    Registered Users Posts: 9,316 ✭✭✭Mycroft H


    Punjana Gold. 2.49 for 80 in tesco and it's the business.


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    #50
    snubbleste
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 31,117 ✭✭✭✭snubbleste


    Another vote for McGrath's


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    #51
    snubbleste
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    Seaneh wrote: »
    Barry's is Irish.
    Lyons isn't.
    Also, Barry's use better tea blends and tastes a lot better.
    Where in Ireland do they grow tea?


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    #52
    Northern Monkey
    Registered Users Posts: 1,593 ✭✭✭Northern Monkey


    Twinings earl grey:eek:


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    #53
    Micky Dolenz
    Registered Users Posts: 44,080 ✭✭✭✭Micky Dolenz


    Barry's, one of the few Irish products I can not do without.


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    #54
    Quorum
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    optimistic_ wrote: »
    Barry's tea holding onto a marginal lead here.
    I'm surprised, the majority I speak to in person are Lyons drinkers.
    Every office I've worked in has been Lyons tea.
    I bring my own box of Barry's to work.

    You're surprised that people like different things to you?


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    #55
    Quorum
    Closed Accounts Posts: 474 ✭✭Quorum


    McGrath's, Lyons, Tetley, Yorkshire, Punjana, Twinings. I'm not fussy in general but don't like Barry's. I don't get to Aldi very often so that rules out McGrath's for regular use, but of the others, I'll buy which ever is on offer, except Yorkshire which you can't get in Ireland.


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    #56
    LordSutch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,078 ✭✭✭✭LordSutch


    1 TETLEY'S Tea bags
    2 PUNJANA Tea bags
    3 BEWLEY'S Tea bags

    Twinings earl grey, when I'm in the mood.


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    #57
    purplegeko
    Registered Users Posts: 355 ✭✭purplegeko


    Has to be Lyons - the red one, although a guy in work was raving about the Aldi tea this week.


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    #58
    prettyinpink
    Registered Users Posts: 258 ✭✭prettyinpink


    Barry's all the way boy...


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    #59
    entropi
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 21,730 Mod ✭✭✭✭entropi


    Madam_X wrote: »
    Thought Lyons was Irish.

    It's my preference anyway - Barrys has a slight aftertaste I don't like.
    Not anymore. Was bought by Unilever a good few years ago, who are a British-Dutch corporation.

    I'll vote Lyons a thousand times over, since it's usually what we'd drink at home and I was never a fan of Barrys.


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    #60
    Smidge
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,541 ✭✭✭Smidge


    I just made the poll 50-50:cool:


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    #61
    monkeysnapper
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    zerks wrote: »
    McGraths from Aldi.

    Absolutely !!! I love my tea and I tried it and actually thought it was nicer than all the main brands


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