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Burst tea bags

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  • 11-08-2020 9:40pm
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    owlbethere
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    Anyone else experiencing burst teabags? It's been happening for months now. I thought it was a dodgy box but it's loads of boxes. Lyons tea bags user


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    .red.
    Registered Users Posts: 3,338 ✭✭✭.red.


    owlbethere wrote: »
    Lyons tea bags user

    That's your problem right there.


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    Deebles McBeebles
    Registered Users Posts: 5,754 ✭✭✭Deebles McBeebles


    Is that you, Barry's Tea marketing team?


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    Happy4all
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    you need to buy the pyramid ones


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    #5
    shaveAbullock
    Closed Accounts Posts: 965 ✭✭✭shaveAbullock


    What's the best tea from an Irish owned company.

    Is it Barry's?


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    Sephiroth_dude
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 80,041 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sephiroth_dude


    owlbethere wrote: »
    Lyons tea bags user

    That wouldn't happen if you were using Barry's.


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    SureYWouldntYa
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    So long as you discover it while making the tea or just after putting the milk in then it's not too bad, sh1t happens

    But if you've just sat down with a biscuit or 3, and its only then you pick up the mug and see the leaves floating at the top, or god forbid - only when you take a sip

    There's few things worse in the world


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    Obvious Desperate Breakfasts
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,474 ✭✭✭Obvious Desperate Breakfasts


    owlbethere wrote: »
    Anyone else experiencing burst teabags? It's been happening for months now. I thought it was a dodgy box but it's loads of boxes. Lyons tea bags user

    I used to chuck out the tea when that happened but it’s actually grand. I just don’t drink the last mouthful or two.


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    owlbethere
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,329 ✭✭✭owlbethere


    The bags are bursting open in the teapot. We don't know about yet until we take a drink of tea and it's all loose in the cup. Awful


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    shaveAbullock
    Closed Accounts Posts: 965 ✭✭✭shaveAbullock


    Does this only happen to people who don't drink Barry's?


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    Darc19
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    SureYWouldntYa wrote: »
    But if you've just sat down with a biscuit or 3, and its only then you pick up the mug and see the leaves floating at the top, or god forbid - only when you take a sip

    Leaves?
    Ever seen the sh1te they put into the cheap teabags. Certainly no leaf :)


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    corner of hells
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    owlbethere wrote: »
    The bags are bursting open in the teapot. We don't know about yet until we take a drink of tea and it's all loose in the cup. Awful

    Ah , theres your problem , in a teapot you need to use tea leaves and an infuser.
    Teabags go to ****e in a teapot, only Rednecks would try use teabags in a teapot.


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    Ubbquittious
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    Loose leaf. Every bag is burst before I start making the tea


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    Water John
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    TMK some teabags are sealed with some plastic in the seal which is heated. Manufacturers may be trying to move away from that. Not saying it's what's happening here, but it's a theory.


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    dxhound2005
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    It never happens with Lyons Gold Blend bags.


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    Losty Dublin
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    corner of hells wrote: »
    Ah , theres your problem , in a teapot you need to use tea leaves and an infuser.
    Teabags go to ****e in a teapot, only Rednecks would try use teabags in a teapot.

    No real need for an infuser for regular tea to be honest, though they do add ceremony to things. A regular tea strainer should suffice the OP here.


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    r93kaey5p2izun
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    Loose leaf for life! (Barrys)
    Tea bags are awful. They all have the same weird aftertaste regardless of brand.


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    LETHAL LADY
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    I received a sample of Nescafé coffee bags included with a Littlewoods order today. Coffee in a teabag 🧐??


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    Junkyard Tom
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    Water John wrote: »
    TMK some teabags are sealed with some plastic in the seal which is heated. Manufacturers may be trying to move away from that. Not saying it's what's happening here, but it's a theory.

    I'd say you're on the ball. Lyons are making plastic-free teabags and might be perfecting the sealing process of the new teabags.


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    Mr. CooL ICE
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    And just when we thought 2020 couldn't get any worse


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    irish_goat
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    Just drink the leaves, it's good fibre, probably.


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    #22
    dingdong1234567
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    I burst my tea bag once. She didn't like it


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    Markcheese
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    shaveAbullock wrote: »
    What's the best tea from an Irish owned company.

    Is it Barry's?

    Are they the only ones packing / blending in Ireland ..

    Slava ukraini 🇺🇦



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    maestroamado
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    corner of hells wrote: »
    Ah , theres your problem , in a teapot you need to use tea leaves and an infuser.
    Teabags go to ****e in a teapot, only Rednecks would try use teabags in a teapot.




    "redneck tea" it would make a great brand name.
    I use leaf tea and use little bubbles i get abroad.
    Oddly enough i think its better made in mug.


    "mugs and redneck tea" thats me....


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    Edgware
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    dingdong1234567 wrote: »
    I burst my tea bag once. She didn't like it

    Was she tea bagging you at the time?


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    Losty Dublin
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    Markcheese wrote: »
    Are they the only ones packing / blending in Ireland ..

    Bewley's still do. Not sure if Robert Roberts still do or where it's made but they certainly still sell tea and it has the Love Irish branding, make what you will of it.


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    irish_goat
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    Losty Dublin wrote: »
    Bewley's still do. Not sure if Robert Roberts still do or where it's made but they certainly still sell tea and it has the Love Irish branding, make what you will of it.

    Punjana/Thompsons blend and pack in Belfast too.


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    shaveAbullock
    Closed Accounts Posts: 965 ✭✭✭shaveAbullock


    irish_goat wrote: »
    Punjana/Thompsons blend and pack in Belfast too.

    Protestant tea, just like Lyons *yuk*


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    #29
    irish_goat
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    shaveAbullock wrote: »
    Protestant tea, just like Lyons *yuk*

    A lot of drinks in Ireland would be "Protestant" if that's the way you want to look at it.


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    shaveAbullock
    Closed Accounts Posts: 965 ✭✭✭shaveAbullock


    irish_goat wrote: »
    A lot of drinks in Ireland would be "Protestant" if that's the way you want to look at it.

    It is and it's why I only drink tap water and Barry's tea.


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    Losty Dublin
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    shaveAbullock wrote: »
    It is and it's why I only drink tap water and Barry's tea.

    No hassle, son. You stick to the auld holy water and I'll stick to the reformed beverages and fluids :)


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