Which type of tea is your favourite?

copacetic

since there is already more tea than coffee posts, lets keep it going:

I like Lyons mostly, but branch out into green tea in the evenings.

joolsveer

Rooibos at any time.

simu

Rooibos Earl Grey atm!

feylya

Golden Yunnan

Owen

Good ol' Jean Luc has me hooked on Earl Grey.

Nordie

Green Tea & sometimes the White Tea

challengemaster

Lyons orig..

Does iced tea count? if so, that

Ruu_Old

Lyons Gold Blend normally and Vanilla Almond Tea can be tasty every once in a while.

nesf

I'm from Cork. Ergo, Barry's.

hello_kitty

robert roberts luxury tea. It's fab. Used to be able to get it with strings but can't find it anywhere in the last while

Doomspell

Barry's Gold or Classic Blend

Kojak

Lyons Gold Blend for me.

Gran Hermano

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Some people appear lost!

copacetic

Gran Hermano wrote:

boards.ie > Rec > Food & Drink > Coffee
Some people appear lost!

why, where did they put the & tea part of the forum??

silja

Green tea with roasted brown rice is my favourite by far.
Second place is shared by Lady Grey and Chai tea (where I actually prefer the powdered stuff to bags! Isn't that odd?)

copacetic

silja wrote:

Green tea with roasted brown rice is my favourite by far.
Second place is shared by Lady Grey and Chai tea (where I actually prefer the powdered stuff to bags! Isn't that odd?)

really? do you just add the rice to the tea or is it a flavoured one?

emeraldstar

Barry's Gold Blend.

Really like the Barry's decaff too, coz it doesn't keep me awake and is just as good.

M&S Fairtrade Decaff is also v nice

silja

copacetic wrote:

really? do you just add the rice to the tea or is it a flavoured one?

It's a flavoured tea, consisting of Japanese Green tea and roasted brown rice in bags. It's called Genmaicha, and you can buy it in larger healthfood and/or tea stores such as Nature's Way on South George Street in Dublin.

Schlemm

used to love Barry's but now I'm a Lyons convert.

Ginger tea with honey is lovely, especially if you've a cold.

Find it hard to get nice green tea, but the Asia Markets always have a good selection.

copacetic

silja wrote:

It's a flavoured tea, consisting of Japanese Green tea and roasted brown rice in bags. It's called Genmaicha, and you can buy it in larger healthfood and/or tea stores such as Nature's Way on South George Street in Dublin.

cheers, will give it a shot..

nesf

silja wrote:

Green tea with roasted brown rice is my favourite by far.
Second place is shared by Lady Grey and Chai tea (where I actually prefer the powdered stuff to bags! Isn't that odd?)

Similar to this stuff? http://www.republicoftea.com/templates/detail.asp?navID=276

copacetic

nesf wrote:

Similar to this stuff? http://www.republicoftea.com/templates/detail.asp?navID=276

you are a bit of a tea pimp really nesf aren't you!

i tried that white tea from the older thread (well a similar one) and
wasn't overly taken with it. maybe the one I got wasn't a great brand,
must try the one from that site too..

silja

nesf wrote:

Similar to this stuff? http://www.republicoftea.com/templates/detail.asp?navID=276

I've never had that brand but yeah, similar to that.

Nordie

silja wrote:

It's a flavoured tea, consisting of Japanese Green tea and roasted brown rice in bags. It's called Genmaicha, and you can buy it in larger healthfood and/or tea stores such as Nature's Way on South George Street in Dublin.

These teas sound great, will look out for them. Thanx.

BendiBus

Bewleys Clipper Gold

Sparks

Twinings Earl Grey and Twinings Lapsang Souchong.

Mr Magnolia

I like the Twinings Earl Grey myself, must try Genmaicha. I'm going to be out a fortune the next time I go shopping.

copacetic wrote:

why, where did they put the & tea part of the forum??

It's coming

silvine

Twinings Green tea is good stuff as is rooibos. Can't beat those pyramid bags for a decent cuppa too.

nesf

silja wrote:

I've never had that brand but yeah, similar to that.

Yeah that's the only brand of it I've tried. I liked it a lot. I found it much nicer than most green teas I've tried.

rockbeer

Darjeeling loose leaf (but not the twinings variety).

nesf

copacetic wrote:

you are a bit of a tea pimp really nesf aren't you!

i tried that white tea from the older thread (well a similar one) and
wasn't overly taken with it. maybe the one I got wasn't a great brand,
must try the one from that site too..

My personal recommendation would be their Breakfast Assam. It's a nice strong malty assam very full in flavour. I've been searching for a decent replacement in the shops here (ordering tea from the US is not exactly something for the weekly shopping list...).

A good Assam tea would be my favourite but day to day I'm happy enough with Barry's. I'm a bit of a black tea kind of person, I flirted with green and white tea for a while but it never made a lasting impression on me.

copacetic

nesf wrote:

My personal recommendation would be their Breakfast Assam. It's a nice strong malty assam very full in flavour. I've been searching for a decent replacement in the shops here (ordering tea from the US is not exactly something for the weekly shopping list...).

A good Assam tea would be my favourite but day to day I'm happy enough with Barry's. I'm a bit of a black tea kind of person, I flirted with green and white tea for a while but it never made a lasting impression on me.

stop it, i'm strung out enough already!

nesf

copacetic wrote:

stop it, i'm strung out enough already!

Well for the more realistic budget simu has been raving about a Roobus Earl Grey she found in some healthstore or another.

dashboard_hula

I don't really drink "regular" tea anymore. I'm working on cutting down my caffeine intake a lot (because a proper nights sleep is just a distant memory at this point).

The 2 I'd drink most regularly are a "Cleanse" blend by a crowd called Pukka, which has fennel, nettles and aloe vera. It takes a bit of getting used to, but it uh..lives up to its name.

In the evenings I drink a lot of Ginger and Lemon tea, which is quite spicy at first, but once you get used to it, you end up having to use 2 teabags to get any kind of kick out of it. I'd really like to find a stronger brand of that (other than Twinings)

Calina

In Forum Les Halles in Chatelet in the centre of Paris, there is a shop called Compagnie Anglaise des Thés. They sell a significant variety of flavoured teas, black and green. My cupboard is full of the stuff. My favourite is Turon black tea which is black tea with added nougat. I like very much.

I like specialist tea shops but we don't have any here from what I can see.

Twinings do an orange and cinnamon flavoured black tea which I have failed to find in Ireland so bulk buy in France every time I'm there. Locally it's Barrys all the way.

copacetic

Calina wrote:

In Forum Les Halles in Chatelet in the centre of Paris, there is a shop called Compagnie Anglaise des Thés. They sell a significant variety of flavoured teas, black and green. My cupboard is full of the stuff. My favourite is Turon black tea which is black tea with added nougat. I like very much.

I like specialist tea shops but we don't have any here from what I can see.

Twinings do an orange and cinnamon flavoured black tea which I have failed to find in Ireland so bulk buy in France every time I'm there. Locally it's Barrys all the way.

ah man, if you had just left out that last sentence that would have been an interesting post. now with that extra info I have to delete it from memory!:p

Calina

For a country that drinks so much tea, the choice of available tea is shocking. Apart from CAT, France, a place better known for coffee, is full of specialist tea shops. So is Germany but I don't know that place so well.

My cupboard is full of tea with added this, added that, flavoured this, flavoured that. I've been drinking German Christmas tea which is just lovely...

copacetic

Calina wrote:

For a country that drinks so much tea, the choice of available tea is shocking. Apart from CAT, France, a place better known for coffee, is full of specialist tea shops. So is Germany but I don't know that place so well.

My cupboard is full of tea with added this, added that, flavoured this, flavoured that. I've been drinking German Christmas tea which is just lovely...

nah, not working. now that I know you are a barrys drinker I just can't trust a word you say..

Geranium

Earl Grey, hot.

Green tea is nice too.

copacetic

Geranium wrote:

Earl Grey, hot.

ah, the nerds choice.

MooseJam

no fav, if im lazy ill just drink hot water and milk

Stark

Lyons Gold blend
Barry's
Clipper green tea

Badabing

Lyons Kenya blend or Typhoo

RE*AC*TOR

Fortnum & Mason - Fortmason tea. (loose leaf - with orange blossom) -- very nice tea - anyone who likes Earl Grey would probably like this.

Whittard of Chelsea - Loose leaf Ceylon tea.

Bewleys - loose leaf irish breakfast tea.


I don't use tea bags anymore, if you actually look at what inside a tea bag, its not very appetising. Almost microscopic particles of tea-dust.

SuperSean11

Has to be Pungana Just finished a cup:D

siochain

Hi Folks,

I'm currently drinking Japan Sencha and China Wuyuan Jasmin. I stock up when I'm in Germany in a specialist tea shop. You can order on line off the shop, I'll pm the mod to see if I can post link.

Peace

Mr Magnolia

siochain wrote:

Hi Folks,

I'm currently drinking Japan Sencha and China Wuyuan Jasmin. I stock up when I'm in Germany in a specialist tea shop. You can order on line off the shop, I'll pm the mod to see if I can post link.

Peace

Post away and we'll all have a look

Mr Magnolia

I tried Twinings Lady Grey yesterday. Very nice soothing tea, orange and lemon zest flavours. Really enjoyed it at the end of yesterday evening.

cozmik

I like Yogi licorice tea and organic camomile tea.

okgirl

Has to be Earl Grey! Black, no sugar with a twist of lemon in the summer. although I am getting back into the auld green tea these days.In need of a cleanse before Crimbo!

okgirl

Mr Magnolia wrote: »

I tried Twinings Lady Grey yesterday. Very nice soothing tea, orange and lemon zest flavours. Really enjoyed it at the end of yesterday evening.

to be honest I was very disappointed with Lady Grey. Earl is the way to go!