Which TeaBags do you use?

jos28 · 14-06-2012 10:08PM

Marks and Spencer Gold Blend - a mighty brew.
A close second would be Vandriver's Harrogate Yorkshire tea. Love my tea strong and black, none of that oul milky baby tea for me

cartell_best · 14-06-2012 10:10PM

Good God lads, whatever happened to normal answers? If Carlsberg did tea's they'd do.....

Novella wrote: »

Lyons.

cgarrad · 14-06-2012 10:18PM

Twinings Everyday Tea is the best. End of ;-)

http://www.twiningsfs.co.uk/images/black_tea/pic_everyday_tea.jpg

fennellryan · 14-06-2012 10:31PM

cgarrad wrote: »

Twinings Everyday Tea is the best. End of ;-)

http://www.twiningsfs.co.uk/images/black_tea/pic_everyday_tea.jpg

Yes you're dead right - it has an amazing flavour; I used to drink this when I lived in the UK but the price of it in Tesco scared me :eek:

earpiece · 14-06-2012 10:37PM

Tea.... I'm sorry, that's not my job, but I shall enquire in the morning!

amtw · 14-06-2012 10:39PM

Slightly off topic but I remember my father who is many years departed used to make tea strong enough to strip paint. We had an aluminium tea pot in which he put in 6 tea bags (he eventually switched from tea leafs after many years of persuasion) and very very boiling water. The tea pot was then put back on the gas to boil for at least another 5 minutes. Anything less fermented was referred to as "Parnell's poolie".

csi vegas · 14-06-2012 10:48PM

akura wrote: »

I just buy the cheap Lidl/Aldi stuff, But i know some people who for whatever reason only buy branded stuff like Lyons ect , it all tastes the same imo

The fairtrade ones from Lidl make a lovely cup but their 'Fallons' ones are ick!

Yesterday I felt ruthless so in Dunnes I bought a brand simply called 'D',
yes D.
D meaning to sound like T

says on the box "I could do with a D!"
Well I can highly recommend them to everyone - THE best tasting tea in a very very long time.
They are made by Typhoo surprisingly, which I've always hated.

Green box. €1.10 for 80. Happy days.

frag420 · 14-06-2012 10:49PM

My flatmates!!

cranks · 14-06-2012 10:50PM

amtw wrote: »

Slightly off topic but I remember my father who is many years departed used to make tea strong enough to strip paint. We had an aluminium tea pot in which he put in 6 tea bags (he eventually switched from tea leafs after many years of persuasion) and very very boiling water. The tea pot was then put back on the gas to boil for at least another 5 minutes. Anything less fermented was referred to as "Parnell's poolie".

Proper order!
Any tea drinker worth his/her salt knows what's right as far a tea is concerned and nothing less will do. Everyone else can fcuk off - they're just wrong.:D

Nothingbetter2d · 14-06-2012 11:04PM

typhoon tea

KingK · 14-06-2012 11:04PM

Has to be Lyons all day long. Also having 'tea strong enough to strip paint' is the only way :cool:

Dangerous Man · 14-06-2012 11:22PM

Bewley's Gold Blend is the only tea for me. I live in Canada and have to buy it from specialty stores - $10:00 for a bag of 80 - but it's bloody worth it.

Shryke · 14-06-2012 11:27PM

If you're not going to drink strong tea then don't bother. Tea isn't even a strong drink.

Princess Peach · 14-06-2012 11:33PM

Barrys gold blend! I get it sent to Canada

cgarrad · 14-06-2012 11:45PM

fennellryan wrote: »

Yes you're dead right - it has an amazing flavour; I used to drink this when I lived in the UK but the price of it in Tesco scared me :eek:

Its cheap per cup but when your buying 160 cups it adds up

gigawatt · 15-06-2012 12:36AM

aldi mcgraths reserve, love the stuff! lyons kenya blend and twinings earl gray are an expensive treat!

aaronjumper · 15-06-2012 02:02AM

Not overly fussy, any of the popular brands. The less heard of ones, in my experience, are quite weak.

charlemont · 15-06-2012 02:04AM

Dunnes Stores 80 tea bags..

Sharpshooter · 15-06-2012 02:26AM

Lyons Gold Blend was a fav of mine for a long time, but once I tried Tetley extra strong there was no going back.

aaronjumper · 15-06-2012 02:28AM

charlemont wrote: »

Dunnes Stores 80 tea bags..

You say it like you're ashamed or something. I've tried them they're not bad.
Not great but not bad.

Sharpshooter wrote: »

Lyons Gold Blend was a fav of mine for a long time, but once I tried Tetley extra strong there was no going back.

Yeah strong tea is very nice, once you sample it, it's very hard to go back.

charlemont · 15-06-2012 03:48AM

aaronjumper wrote: »

You say it like you're ashamed or something. I've tried them they're not bad.
Not great but not bad.

Yeah strong tea is very nice, once you sample it, it's very hard to go back.

I'm not ashamed of them at all, I like them, I give the teabag a good beating and I get a strong cup out of it.:)

Aoifey! · 15-06-2012 04:14AM

Lyons all the way. No matter how broke I am, if I'm buying teabags they have to be Lyons.

Tea_Bag · 15-06-2012 04:31AM

I do my own.

Adyx · 15-06-2012 04:44AM

Fuck tea.

IvySlayer · 15-06-2012 04:55AM

Tea, Earl Grey, hot.

Redhairedguy · 15-06-2012 05:11AM

Barry's Gold Blend in our house. Militantly so.

I even managed to convert the company I work for, to buying crates of Barry's instead of Lyon's. Apparently some people were nicking my teabags and then just replacing them, and by some people I mean everyone.

I even bring it with me when I travel. Nothing like a bhlast of Irish shcald when you're up the Alps or looking out over San Francisco Bay.