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Favourite brand of tea

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  • #62
    wp_rathead
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,115 ✭✭✭✭wp_rathead


    Punjana.

    Underrated tea in the Tea Community


  • #63
    Rhys Essien
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,029 ✭✭✭Rhys Essien


    SkyBlueClouds wrote: »
    On a side note I actulay wonder if there is a Mr Barry or a Mr Lyons in real life? Or is it all a marketing ploy....

    Yes,there is a Barry family from Cork who have the tea company.Have you heard of former politician Peter Barry and his daughter Deirdre Clune who was recently elected an MEP.Well they are of that family.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry's_Tea


  • #64
    SkyBlueClouds
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 271 ✭✭SkyBlueClouds


    foxy farmer wrote: »
    Mains water destroys tea for me. Chlorine and fluoride can be overpowering sometimes. Living in the countryside with well water, tea tastes so different to the tea you'd get in urban areas.

    Even living in Dublin city you notice the difference in water boiled from the tap and water if you used it from the bottle.


  • #65
    starlit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,349 ✭✭✭✭starlit


    Its still a toss up between Lyons and Barrys. I like both.


  • #66
    Saipanne
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    Barry's red. Lyons tastes horrible. Can't understand why people go near it.


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  • #67
    lazeedaisy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,344 ✭✭✭lazeedaisy


    Have recently realised the ritual of using loose leaf tea, and love it.

    Have found On Amazon the team ake of London Ceylon Tea, sounds posh, but is a lovely cuppa. Have tried others, but this does it for me,

    Otherwise, I buy tea bags 240 bag in Aldi, not a fan of Barry's, as I like to drink black tea, and it's just too strong for me, but to be honest, a tea bag is a tea bag,

    Now if we were talking coffee, that's another story alogether


  • #68
    mark17j
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 507 ✭✭✭mark17j


    I always used Lyons, went shopping in aldi one day and got the McGrath's brand.. I have to say I was very impressed, it was lovely.


  • #69
    allthedoyles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,891 ✭✭✭allthedoyles


    Bewleys Breakfast Tea


  • #70
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 26,219 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Barry's or Yorkshire, small splash of milk, huge big mug please. Repeat every two hours.


  • #71
    Beano
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    Candie wrote: »
    Barry's or Yorkshire, small splash of milk, huge big mug please. Repeat every two hours.

    every 2 hours? Not a big tea drinker then.


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  • #72
    keithclancy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,157 ✭✭✭keithclancy


    I like my Tea like I like my men.
    Strong and black

    Damn... Wish I was a woman so I could use that line


  • #73
    delw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,655 ✭✭✭delw


    The one with a little dram in it ;)


  • #74
    [Deleted User]
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    Beano wrote: »
    every 2 hours? Not a big tea drinker then.

    Just the odd mug. :)


  • #75
    corsav6
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,665 ✭✭✭corsav6


    PG Tips, has to be the most refreshing tea. Lyons gold blend is a close 2nd, just picked up 80 for €2 in Tesco.
    I can't stand Barry's tea, I find it far too heavy and sickly.


  • #76
    The Pheasant2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,699 ✭✭✭The Pheasant2


    Lyons for me, drink the stuff by litre. Barry's is for the muck savages


  • #77
    Venus In Furs
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,028 ✭✭✭Venus In Furs


    Any tea but Barrys (although I'll drink it if there's nothing else). Weird aftertaste though, has Barry IMO.
    I mean Barrys.


  • #78
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 3,773 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    I live in the UK and am preaching the Barry's tea gospel in work.

    Mind you, they are all very proud and loyal to their Yorkshire tea (must be a north of England thing)


  • #79
    porsche959
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,499 ✭✭✭porsche959


    I am a loose leaf afficionado, talk of which tea bags are better is beneath me.

    Barry's Loose Leaf Gold Blend probably the best of the mass market brands, the slightly cheaper Classic Blend is fine also.


  • #80
    efb
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    Lyons Gold Blend


  • #81
    chopperbyrne
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,143 ✭✭✭✭chopperbyrne


    Tea, Earl Grey, hot.

    Twinings.


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  • #82
    ZiabR
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    Like Barrys and Punjahna


  • #83
    Fuzzytrooper
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    Venus In Furs wrote: »
    Any tea but Barrys (although I'll drink it if there's nothing else). Weird aftertaste though, has Barry IMO.
    I mean Barrys.

    Sooo.....not a fan of Barry's?


  • #84
    iDave
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,750 ✭✭✭iDave


    Harrods


  • #85
    suicide_circus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,801 ✭✭✭✭suicide_circus


    You know those individual teabags they provide for self service in hotel rooms and hotel conference rooms? Pure piss.


  • #86
    Jawgap
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    Lyons Gold Label when at de mother's

    M&S Christmas Tea (about now)

    and

    M&S Extra Strong (which is fuppin' lovely) at home


    In defence of Barry's, it's actually 'made' here - All Lyons stuff is made up elsewhere and shipped here.

    Liptons ice tea is also made in Cork so they seem to have a decent tradition of manufacturing wet muck beverages :D


  • #87
    rainbow kirby
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,928 ✭✭✭✭rainbow kirby


    M&S Gold or Twinings Earl Grey. Failing that, Yorkshire Gold.

    Barrys and Lyons are both awful.


  • #88
    Jawgap
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,296 ✭✭✭✭Jawgap


    rainbow kirby wrote: »
    M&S Gold or Twinings Earl Grey. Failing that, Yorkshire Gold.

    Barrys and Lyons are both awful.

    +1 on the Yorkshire Gold......


  • #89
    eviltwin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,495 ✭✭✭✭eviltwin


    I'm a fussy tea drinker. Lately I've been using the McGraths Reserve Blend from Aldi. Its the nicest tea I have ever had. Think its made by Robert Roberts.


  • #90
    Have a nice day
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 22 ✭Have a nice day


    I am a Lyons man myself but the Aldi brand (McGraths?) is not bad at all.


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  • #91
    Ann22
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,006 ✭✭✭Ann22


    i think a lot of it's to do with the water...sometimes my tea is sh1te but spontaneously goes back to normal no matter which brand I use. My ma in law makes lovely tea and she uses Dunnes own brand...it doesn't taste the same in my house though.
    Overall for me though Tetley's is probably the nicest, followed by Punjana.


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