Lyons or Barry's Tea?

starbelgrade

Everyone knows that there's only two types of tea in Ireland, so which one do you drink?

SadieSue

Either one will do me!

Superbus

Bewley's.


/Puts on monacle and sips Bewley's tea with little finger outstretched

Dudess

Lyons - tastes nicer and the Barrys ads make me want to drive down to their headquarters and petrol-bomb the place.

bronte

Barry's cos it's the only one I can find over 'ere.
Lyons at home though.
I voted I am weird.

Paparazzo

Has to be Lyons. Barrys is weird

EDIT:, yeah, barrys ads are so bad I'm glad I don't drink it

mojesius

Once it's not Tetleys or PGtips :mad: That was the worst thing about living in London. The 'ethnic' section in Asda sold Barrys though

W.Shakes-Beer

I voted I am weird.

Some people say Im weird, but I just have the heart of a young boy...
























.... Its in a jar on my desk. - Stephen King

cson

Is there any difference to be fair? It's only tea for jaysus sake.

epgc3fyqirnbsx

Most Lyons people haven't tried Barrys.
I have successfully converted two households to Barry's as it is far superior.

starlit

I must have influenced this thread! Use to drink barrys but have have gotten to love lyons tea. I like my bit of flavoured coffees too though!:D

epgc3fyqirnbsx

cson wrote: »

Is there any difference to be fair? It's only tea for jaysus sake.

No it's not just tea! It's a very different tea, it's a different blend!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

owenc

Erm i don't even know what they are so i must be odd but i'll go for the one which i drink sometimes which is nambarrie.

starbelgrade

owenc wrote: »

Erm i don't even know what they are so i must be odd but i'll go for the one which i drink sometimes which is nambarie.

Just hit the "I am weird" option.


It's there for a reason.

brightkane

Larrys,

a subtle blend of both mentioned teas.

Millicent

Twining's Earl Grey. Out of my way commoners!

owenc

starbelgrade wrote: »

Just hit the "I am weird" option.


It's there for a reason.

I hit it lol

SadieSue

I chose "I am weird" because they don't have either brand here alas. They have Tetley's though!

Paparazzo

Angelique Loose Xylophone wrote: »

Most Lyons people haven't tried Barrys.
I have successfully converted two households to Barry's as it is far superior.

No way, Lyons is freshly packed with full flavour. Lyons. The quality tea.

Dudess

Millicent wrote: »

Twining's Earl Grey. Out of my way commoners!

Ooh... hark at Lady Muck! :pac:

King Felix

Millicent wrote: »

Twining's Earl Grey. Out of my way commoners!

+1

Great tea.

Lady Grey when I'm feeling frisky.

Millicent

Dudess wrote: »

Ooh... hark at Lady Muck! :pac:

*hits commoner with stick*

starbelgrade

Millicent wrote: »

*hits commoner with stick*

How very common of you.

*Orders servant to hit Millicent with solid gold, diamond encrusted sabre*

Ruu_Old

Lyons all the way, with a Penguin bar on the side.

Millicent

starbelgrade wrote: »

How very common of you.

*Orders servant to hit Millicent with solid gold, diamond encrusted sabre*

Well, I say! *throws butler at Starbelgrade*

You sir are a ruffian!

Daisy Steiner

Has to be red punjana . . . mmmmmmm.




Ok ok I'm a weirdo!

smokedeels

lyons, I pack my bag full of them when i go on holiday.

Creature

Lyons ftw. Barrys is for the proles.

Richard571

mojesius wrote: »

Once it's not Tetleys or PGtips :mad: That was the worst thing about living in London. The 'ethnic' section in Asda sold Barrys though

PGtips and Lyons made by same company (Unilever) from the same tea.....

Gaudizeit

Barrys Biy!

The Express

Proper strong tae: Tesco Premium tea bags. about a euro cheaper than lyons and barrys and blended by nambarrie in norn iorn. 160 box great value.

Damn good kick out of it too. Try it.

Millicent

Richard571 wrote: »

PGtips and Lyons made by same company (Unilever) from the same tea.....

I dunno, they still taste different. Might be psychosomatic or the differently shaped bags but PG Tips will never be as nice as Barrys.

punchdrunk

after trying tetley's I can say they are both ****e!

baldbear

I was reared on Lyons. Does anyone double dip there teabags?
I hate dirty teabags lying all around the sink, little Rant over.:D

clarke1991

we just always got lyons, i spose thats what id get if i was in the shop

starbelgrade

baldbear wrote: »

I was reared on Lyons. Does anyone double dip there teabags?

Is that the same as teabagging?

biko

Finally a reason to liven up Tea forum, no offence Tea mods.

Cheap Thrills!

Lyons is far nicer. Makes a good strong cup o tae. Leave the tea bag in and only a tiny drop of milk, tea's gotta scald the teeth off ya!!!

My name is URL

I like Twinings Earl Grey mostly, but Nambarrie is nice too.. only able to say it with an Nor'n accent

bob50

Thanks for tip as i love strong tea and found that Barrys & Lyons are not that strong

Have been drinking Punjana tea lately try it youll get a kick out out it

yuloni

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SweetChaos

Barrys tea

I find the Mcgraths tea in Aldi to be quite strong too

Feu

Got to be Barry's. none of your triangle tea bags!

we'llallhavetea_old

barrys ftw. jesus christ, lyons is weak, manky piss.

i use two teabags.

i like tea. a lot.

nambarrie is actually an alright stand in (i'd only buy it up the north because there's no barrys)

starbelgrade

we'llallhavetea wrote: »

i use two teabags.

So do I. Nothing like a double teabag.

milly4ever

The Express wrote: »

Proper strong tae: Tesco Premium tea bags. about a euro cheaper than lyons and barrys and blended by nambarrie in norn iorn. 160 box great value.

Sounds good, never knew nambarrie made tesco tea! I'll buy that in future when there is no nambarrie available.
Lyons tea is alright, barrys is awful!

littlebsci

Has to be Barrys!!
I like mine pretty weak so always get two cups outta the one bag!

HavingCrack

Barrys Gold Blend, I've already converted 3 households over from the dark side.

Quiet_thought

oh I really want a cup of tea now!!
A lovely strong cup of Lyons..mmmm.....

Dav

I almost never post in these sorts of threads with my work account, but I felt the need to here.

There is only one true tea.

It is Lyons.
OFFICIAL Tea of Boards.ie
(okay, so I made that bit up)

But here in our office (which consists of ourselves, Daft.ie and Adverts.ie), there was a box of Barry's muck that simply had to be thrown out after a year cause no one wanted to drink it. People would sooner go without. The Lyons boxes disappear in about 3 weeks (we're talking the 800 bag jobbies). I myself was responsible for 16 bags a day as I used 4 at a time in this mug:


However, I'm currently trying to cut down my caffeine dependency so have stopped drinking tea in the office I do keep an emergency stash though at my desk...

we'llallhavetea_old

^^^so wrong, but i do like the mug :P