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Which Tea...

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  • 01-03-2002 3:55pm
    #1
    flyz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 536 ✭✭✭


    We used to have endless arguments in college about tea.
    The only two I can think of are Barrys and Lyons tea.

    Me being from cork I'm a Barrys Tea person. Don't drink Lyons tea if I can help it

    Which tea? 18 votes

    Barrys
    0% 0 votes
    Lyons
    50% 9 votes
    Other
    50% 9 votes


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    #2
    po0k
    Registered Users Posts: 15,815 ✭✭✭✭po0k


    I drink Barry's too, but not for any other reason then that I like the browny-gold box.

    Lyons strong stuff isn't too bad neither :)


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    #3
    Terminator
    Registered Users Posts: 760 ✭✭✭Terminator


    Lyons - gotta love those minstrels


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    #4
    Fidelis
    Registered Users Posts: 2,425 ✭✭✭Fidelis


    Got to be Barry's. PG Tips are rancid.


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    #5
    Irish_Ranger_IR
    Closed Accounts Posts: 730 ✭✭✭Irish_Ranger_IR


    Lyons I think is nice, Barry's green label is horrid, Don't get me started on Bewleys :mad:


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    #6
    po0k
    Registered Users Posts: 15,815 ✭✭✭✭po0k


    Here, anyone use tealeaves?
    I find they give a nicer cup of tea, if a little awkward and messy.

    :)


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    #7
    SantaHoe
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,488 ✭✭✭SantaHoe


    I'm not a big fan of Tea but...
    Barrys earlgrey tea = sex in a cup :)

    PS. Kenco coffee 0wnz j00


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    #8
    Victor
    Registered Users Posts: 78,244 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    None. But Barrys for visitors.


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    #9
    sceptre
    Registered Users Posts: 19,608 ✭✭✭✭sceptre


    Liptons tea.

    Can't seem to find it anywhere in Ireland though (and I'm including places up north)

    Maybe they've gone out of business

    GF is over in the UK a bit - says she can't find it there (hmmm if she's looking for it)


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    #10
    Gordon
    Registered Users Posts: 35,523 ✭✭✭✭Gordon


    Can't drink normal tea anymore after drinking Twinings Earl Grey.

    I wonder though, could anyone actually pass the tea taste challenge? Would you know if it was Barry's or Bewleys?


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    ifconfig
    Registered Users Posts: 880 ✭✭✭ifconfig


    The nicest teabag tea which I have found is (surprisingly)
    from Marks & Spencers. They have their own branded
    teabags which come in a large green box (with 4 gold
    sachets of teabags, 240 in total). This makes great
    breakfast tea. Before that I'd hardly trust bagged tea.
    I cringe that I have to buy from M&S but I have read
    good reports of it on rec.foods.tea (sp?). I think this
    is their highest grade tea. They have another blue
    boxed tea which is maltier (more Assam based)
    which isn't blended as nicely as the green one IMHO.

    Other teas I like are the Bewleys breakfast tea leaves
    (Yellow box), Darjeeling (expensive , but excellent as
    an afternoon tea with a biccie!) (purple box)

    I do admit Barrys is reliable. Their breakfast teabags
    (orange box, silver foil) is good. The tea that goes down
    in history as my least fave is anything from Robert
    Roberts...


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    #12
    Victor
    Registered Users Posts: 78,244 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    Oh, dear, it's a tea fanatic!!!! AAGHHHHH!!!! :)


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    #13
    azezil
    Registered Users Posts: 11,397 ✭✭✭✭azezil


    Earl Grey, but of course ;)


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    #14
    apiou
    Registered Users Posts: 93 ✭✭apiou


    Sorry Folks, if you really want tea all of the above mentioned products are not what is really called tea. Real tea is putting the real leaves in the pot and savouring it - there are teas for humour, teas for your skin etc etc


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    #15
    Shiminay
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 28,633 Mod ✭✭✭✭Shiminay


    Lyons tea 0wns meh!

    The Moderator of this very board insisted on getting that MUCK Barrys and it's still sitting in the press (a year later) wondering why all those boxes of Lyons Pyramid bags have been coming and going and why no one is drinking it - because YOU TASTE LIKE YOU WERE MADE WITH MUD INSTEAD OF WATER! :p


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    kayos
    Registered Users Posts: 2,494 ✭✭✭kayos


    Now now Dav its all down to taste and I like Barrys Gold label. The green label ones were in the place when we moved in!!! and I hate them anyway. Tea leaves are good but a royal pain in ass ;) . As for coffee has to be Lilly (sp) expresso lovely stuff that.

    kayos


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    WhiteWashMan
    Registered Users Posts: 20,099 ✭✭✭✭WhiteWashMan


    actually, i like the twinnings stuff.
    and i have to admit to liking earl grey. hot.


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    #18
    amp
    Registered Users Posts: 11,446 ✭✭✭✭amp


    As I can never taste the difference, I tend to go with what ever one is giving something free away. Bewleys use to be good at that giving away mugs and vhs tapes.

    But last time I bought teabags I was confronted with no free stuff so I decided to get something different and so bought Lyons pyramid teabags. I nearly died laughing looking at them.


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    #19
    Occidental
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,315 ✭✭✭Occidental


    Prefer tea leaves, but the best tea bags I've found so far are Lyons Kenya. Tesco's permium stuff isn't too bad either.


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    #20
    po0k
    Registered Users Posts: 15,815 ✭✭✭✭po0k


    Originally posted by amp
    giving away mugs and vhs tapes
    Yeah, I've often wondered what was the deal behind that. i can see the point of the mugs, you put the tea in one to drink it, but the VHS tape? For stirring I suppose....

    I nearly died laughing looking at them.

    Heheh, I've seen a few people look quizzically at them and dismiss them as fancy 'Funk Shu-ee' type things.


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    #21
    Saruman
    Registered Users Posts: 11,389 ✭✭✭✭Saruman


    Used to drink Lyons, Loved Earl Gray etc.. alas i am no longer able to drink caffeine! No more black tea... im on the green tea now.. Chinese/Japanese.. its actually very nice.. like Earl Gray you usually drink it without milk... Anyway got a box of 50 bags in the Health Shop and im impressed.. tastes a little different to black tea but i think i prefer it!


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    #22
    Cheez
    Closed Accounts Posts: 467 ✭✭Cheez


    Bewleys tea i drink but im mostly a coffee man


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    #23
    davros
    Closed Accounts Posts: 857 ✭✭✭davros


    Originally posted by Saruman
    Used to drink Lyons, Loved Earl Gray etc.. alas i am no longer able to drink caffeine! No more black tea... im on the green tea now

    But green tea also contains caffeine.

    I tried herbal teas for a while which had no caffeine at all. I found a very nice orange-flavoured one. It had no real tea in it all but it was a very good substitute.


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    #24
    Khynareth
    Closed Accounts Posts: 323 ✭✭Khynareth


    Russian Earl Grey by Twinnings. It's Early grey with Orange and Lemon bits + violet flower it it. It's tea leaves and I haven't managed to find any over here, so I usually stock up when I go to France


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    #25
    SantaHoe
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,488 ✭✭✭SantaHoe


    Captain Picard drinks Earlgrey, it has to be good.


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