Barrys or Lyons?

Foxhound38

Every home in Ireland has a big box of tea somewhere - which of the two brands do you most frequently get?

EoghanIRL

I don't drink tea.

looking_around

coffee >_> ..

RikkFlair

Either. Tay is tay.

LordSutch

Tetleys,
Punjana.

Neither of which are 'fancy' brands!

buyer95

Lyons' is the only answer, end of.

Femme_Fatale

Lyons. More robust. And there is a difference in taste - it's not all in the head!

endacl

Lyons. Daft question. Who in their right mind would willingly drink bogger tae...?

Ihatecuddles-old

Coffee!

KeithM89

Bewleys teabags are great, so are Punjana.
Barrys is muck. Piss. Swill. And so on...

dh0011

Barrys is a nicer tae. Lyons always tastes like a cup of barrys tea where you used the teabag yesterday.

Foxhound38

LordSutch wrote: »

Tetleys,
Punjana.

Neither of which are 'fancy' brands!

*raises eyebrow*

Both are kak now. :mad:

Celly Smunt

Lidl.

PizzamanIRL

I'm ashamed to say I don't even know what brand of teabag is in my press and I drink tea almost every day.

syklops

Femme_Fatale wrote: »

Lyons. More robust. And there is a difference in taste - it's not all in the head!

After the nanny state thread I thought we saw eye on eye on most subjects. I was ready to subscribe to your newsletter. Then this bombshell that you don't like Barrys.

I'm lost for words.

delw

Lyons,nice & strong with a scone & lots of JAM :pac:

Jev/N

endacl wrote: »

Lyons. Daft question. Who in their right mind would willingly drink bogger tae...?

Always been Lyons, and I'm from the bog!

CruelCoin

Neither, I drink coffee, tea being the piss-water that it is.

Beefy78

Twinings

starlit

I like both. Barrys fav but drink lyons mainly. Drink full tea bags/powder, decafe tea and green tea.

wandatowell

Bewleys decaff

its ALWAYS on special off with 50p/c extra free.

but tbh I'll buy any decaff, I go for the cheapest

yore

LordSutch wrote: »

Tetleys,
Punjana.

Sasanach alert!!

gidget

Lyons! Was raised on it as my late granddad used to work in Lyons & would bring home big bags of teabags to split around the family each week.

m5ex9oqjawdg2i

Oh it has to be Barrys. Lyons is ok too, but not my favourite.

NapoleonInRags

yore wrote: »

Sasanach alert!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Lyons_and_Co.

eh, Lyons is British.....

Galwayguy35

McGraths

IvySlayer

Lyons ftw!

The Backwards Man

Remy Martin

VanishingActs

I started off drinking Barry's but then I tasted Lyon's and now that's the only tea I buy.

TINA1984

Lyons is bland swill, Barrys FTW

Barrys by miles, there are some damaged taste buds are around these part with all the lyons votes, its awful stuff. Bewleys would be my second choice after Barrys its ok too.

Whatever I pick up first
Love vanilla tea at the moment though

Cienciano

I did a taste test of barrys and lyons, both the standard green label. Lyons won.

Conor Bourke

My housemate introduced this to me recently. Nicest tea I ever tasted. In fact, I think I'll make myself a pot right now!

Cienciano

Nothing worse than those weird flavoured teas. Peppermint and orange - fúck off

Sergeant

First flush Darjeeling from estates with southern slopes.

Barrys and Lyons comes in teabags and are for the type of people who work in cubicles.

gobnaitolunacy

Barry's. At least they don't pretend to have blending facilities in Ireland in their ads.

Putting talk into tea...All talk, ...more like b*llocks-talk

smcgiff

Barry's v Lyons is a bit like your religion. You most likely got your preference from your ma.

It also explains why I drink coffee

Ruudi_Mentari

Beefy78 wrote: »

Twinings

Yeap...

not whining, but Twinings. n i like to drop a nice dollop of manuka in there i just rrrroll it off my tongue should set me straight.

fryup

barrys for me, fuller flavour

Ruudi_Mentari

Tea can't be gay, can it.. if I absolutely must pick one?

Just give me either

caustic 1

Punjanna every time.

Easy Rod

2 Lyon's teabags = 1 Barry's teabag.

oldyouth

Lyons teabags all the way, yez can only get 3 days out of a Barry's one.

allthesmiles

barrys tea,cant go away anywhere without it

mikemac1

Barrys is for Corkonians!


Gotta be Lyons

Hoop66

Decent loose-leaf Assam all the way.

If I absolutely have to ddrink teabag tea, then Lyons Gold Blend.

Miss Lockhart

Barry's Gold Blend loose leaf.

All teabags taste of bleach.

yizorselves

Doesnt matter to me at all. Tea is just helps me with my sangwiches, biccies and cake

Mr.Prodston

Barrys all the way. For anyone who loves an underdog you have to go with Barrys.

Having risen to prominence in Cork and then Munster many believed that it could never break into Lyons national stranglehold. Barrys also had to fight off Lipton when they tried to enter the market. Lipton is probably the worldwide brand leader and Barrys won. They have now gone on to be stronger than ever. Viva Barrys!

Between the scone argument and this one AH is looking like a pretty dangerous place at the moment :pac:

*Mr.Prodston heads off for a cup of Barrys knowing his work here is done*