Favourite Tea

TheIT

What is your favourite tea?

yeppydeppy

Mr.

harry Bailey esq

Mushroom tea.

The_Valeyard

Ordinary bog standard tea.

Maximus Alexander

Earl Grey. Hot.

me_irl

Hones...

ScumLord

Coffee.

SEPT 23 1989

Liptons English Breakfast

Caoimhgh1n

Venti decaf pumpkin spice latté, two shots of vanilla, extra foam and some cinnamon on top.

biko

None of the mentioned. I drink them all on occasion, tea is tea.

SEPT 23 1989

biko wrote: »

None of the mentioned. I drink them all on occasion, tea is tea.

philistine

Stonedpilot

Punjana can be nice, (also have ton of them so well no point buying other ones)

chopperbyrne

Tea, Earl Grey, hot.

Train Dragon

"And that, my grandchild, is how the Great Irish Civil War Of 2016 began"

Train Dragon

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

Liptons English Breakfast

Probably the right answer. An amazing hangover curer too.

Glenster

TheIT wrote: »

What is your favourite tea?

Owen?

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White Tea (Camellia sinensis), organic, non-bleached. Hand picked by blessed virgins from Eastern Nepal whist in a peaceful meditative state to increase pekoe and polyphenols values. Dashed with tumeric, ginger and honey (all organic), and occasionally a sprinkle of pink Himalayan salt. The distilled water is boiled in copper Chinese singing bowl vessel attuned to 528hz for several minutes.

Don't believe the high street vendors offer such a beverage.

Would also be prone to the odd pint of Guinness.

Cervantes2

Barrys Green Blend.

Peregrine

Java Republic Rooibos & Caramel and Gunpowder & Mango.

Out of those three, Barry's & Bewley's.

CaptainR

I get Lidl reserve blend tea... RESERVE! Its reserved for me!

Its nice stuff. Pity its reserved for me only.

jacksie66

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bnt

What, no Twinings? Harrumph.

First Up

Doesn't matter if you are going to ruin it with milk.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

The one drunk by most readers of Ireland's favourite newspaper.


I don't like any tea really. I just drink it to be sociable. The all taste the same to me.

Ferrari3600

Lapsang

Oasis1974

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Black and strong no other tea comes close.

dudara

No flipping messing here, it's Barry Gold Blend all the way

Unless I'm in a delicate mood, then I might have a mint tea or green tea

I think Barry's is a bit stronger than Lyons? (Could be just in my head though). I wouldn't be suprised if most people couldn't tell which tea was which in a blind taste test - I know I can't (have done it between barrys and aldi mcgraths tea and got it wrong). I've been drinking Barry's (red box) for years and I'm happy to stick with it. Drop of milk, no sugar except when hungover and it's 2 or 3 teaspoons, makes things a bit better! Surely the source of water used to make the tea is the main factor that determines what it tastes like, no? The tea was disgusting in a place I used to work, whatever was up with the tapwater (although they used "Fallons" tea from Lidl so maybe that had something to do with it!)

GG21057

Moroccan Mint from Java Republic.

LordSutch

God be with the days when there were only three teas available during "the Emergency".

Nowadays (in the 21st century) we do of course have a much greater selection.

Punjana.

RobbingBandit

Pomegranate from Holland and Barrett, the Apple and Cinnamon is nice too.

CrowleyM

My favourite tea is Barry's Gold Blend, brewed strong with lots of milk

Arghus

Lyon's Gold Blend if I had to name a favourite, but usually I can't tell one from the other.

Barrys. I have it sent to me if I can't get it. When I can't get it, I get Yorkshire Tea or Twinnings English Breakfast, but they're only a stopgap til the Barrys arrives.

Only savages like Lyons.

SAVAGES.

london bus 200

MY FAV TEA IS BEER

Temptamperu

Im a cheap bastard, Lidl all the way or supervalue instant coffee if im having coffee.

learn_more

london bus 200 wrote: »

MY FAV TEA IS BEER

My favourite T is the T in Tequila

Vanilla earl grey

mansize

Lyons Gold Blend. Even tough its packed in Manchester.

mansize

Bewely's is awful

Spanish Eyes

Aldi Gold Blend FTW. Gawjus.

Rubberchikken

None of the ones mentioned. Like the one in aldi. Does the job. Hot and strong.

hairyprincess

I can't abide tea or coffee, but I do have a box of Lyons for anyone who fancies a cuppa.

First Up

The standard supermarket brands are all much the same. Tea bags are mostly rubbish and if you put milk into it, then one will be the same as another.

Robert Roberts produce some decent stuff - all African (Kenyan) I think. Their Campbells loose leaf (tinned) is excellent and even their Kenyan tea bags are tasty.

There is lovely specialty tea out there (Sri Lanka, Indian - even Georgia and some South American) but unless you are serious about it, no point spending the extra.

But if you are pouring milk into it and adding sugar then you might as well get the cheapest available. Just be careful with really cheap tea bags - some border on poisonous.

Dr Crayfish

I never got this feckin' Irish tea thing. It's just so bland. Tastes to me like you soaked cardboard in hot water for a while and added milk. If it's made really really really strong in a teapot, I do like it though.
Anyway, I make my own version of tea from thinly sliced ginger and lemon juice in a cafetiere. It's gorgeous. Make a huge thing of it then drink the rest cold the next morning.
Apart from that coffee, but I really need to cut down.

Summer wind

Lyons or Tetley. Nothing like a good cup of hot tea.

Capt'n Midnight

biko wrote: »

None of the mentioned. I drink them all on occasion, tea is tea.

Do you even scald the pot ?

foggy_lad

TheIT wrote: »

What is your favourite tea?

Coffee

frostypants

Fallons tea I think it's called from Aldi. Fine tea and I like my tea

The flying mouse

Lyons , because Barrys is from Cork. :=-=)

Winterlong

Lyons tea. Tastes like tea should taste like.

On a side note, I got some of those liptons green tea capsules for the nespresso machine. Great waste of money. Cat yokes.