Tea. which brand are you?

iremex

have to say i was raised on the Barrys gold blend, as was my father so its pretty much the only brand that i ever consumed.
to this date, i still only buy the Barrys gold blend.

have tried lyons, bewleys etc but you just cant beat barrys imho. Plus, it tastes oh so much better when going to the family home for a weekend..! must be the water!

giveth

I'm a Barry's man aswell. It's by far the nicest. Anyone who says otherwise doesnt really know what they are talking about.

And I agree about the water having an affect on the taste. It always tastes different in other parts of the country. I think whereever you grew up, it tastes nicest for you.

catspring

lyon's if i'm having a tea bag, and bell's if i'm making a pot of tea with leaves

JimmNeutron

Aye im a lyons man aswel, although i do like barrys the odd time. That roberts piss is all they sell in college cos of fairtrade or some sh1te and it drives me mad!!

zam

Does it make a difference?!

Sorry for asking....

frobisher

I have methodically tried every brand and the one that was the best for me and and house mate was Robert Robert Luxury Blend. Just do it.

Schlemm

Barry's and a chocolate goldgrain per favor.

Ginger tea with a spoon of honey is also nice.

Ruu_Old

Hate Barrys. Lyons Gold Blend man here with a penguin bar on the side. *waits for Kharn with fresh brew*

Faith

Lyons Pyramid tea bags!

In the UK, I drink Tetleys.

Malteaser!

barrys all the way!

rockbeer

Darjeeling without milk or sugar. Nothing else compares.

feylya

Earl Grey tea leaves, not bag with a splash of milk. No sugar or honey. Lovely stuff.

SuperSean11

Pungana all the way!!!!!!!!!!!;)

byte

Lyon's Gold Label Reserve are quite good, though a bit more expensive than the others.

regi

Twinings, please

copacetic

SuperSean11 wrote:

Pungana all the way!!!!!!!!!!!;)

isn't that what ali g calls a woman's bits?!

Lyons for me, but trying the rob roberts decaf ones in the evenings
and they aren't too bad.

Wishbone Ash

Barry's Gold Blend. (None of that low grade Lyons for me).

fuildearg

My favourite tea is green tea. Twinings make nice frut flavoured teas. I prefer Lyons to Barrys but I have found it is very much which I'm used to that I prefer. I drank mostly Lyons tea growing up but one fortnight I got very used to drinking Barrys as that's what was on hand and I started to develop a taste for it. So, I think it depends very much on what you're used to. Rosehip tea is nice enough.

NextSteps

The cafédirect fair trade teabags are lovely.

MoominPapa

UB wrote:

The cafédirect fair trade teabags are lovely.

Robt Roberts fair trade t-bags is my brand, lovely cuppa

frizzefreckles

Lyons Gold Blend and a kit kat chunky

JackieChan

Grew up on Lyons but the missus and myself are Barrys decaff drinkers.
Even better value at the moment with +50% free!!

joolsveer

The only tea I use is redbush from South Africa. After four years I'm addicted. My only gripe is I have to get in health shops.

olaola

Grew up on Lyons myself and we still drink it.
It would have to be that or Barrys, but we always buy Lyons gold blend.
Pyramid style-eeee.

simu

I have about 40 different types at home. I like to have variety.

Barry's Gold Blend was my first though (<3) so I will always hold that special memory.:)

Joolsveer: I'm sure I've seen Robert Roberts red tea in supermarkets although that may not be your preffered brand. 11 o'clock is the read tea I'm using atm - 's nice.

copacetic

simu wrote:

I have about 40 different types at home. I like to have variety.

Barry's Gold Blend was my first though (<3) so I will always hold that special memory.:)

Joolsveer: I'm sure I've seen Robert Roberts red tea in supermarkets although that may not be your preffered brand. 11 o'clock is the read tea I'm using atm - 's nice.

that really needs to be backed up with a picture of your tea press (or cabinet/room?!)

simu

Well, this pic was taken last summer so the collection is slightly different now.

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copacetic

simu wrote:

Well, this pic was taken last summer so the collection is slightly different now.

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well I'm not counting 40 but that is still pretty damn impressive!
I'm going to bestow on you the title of tea expert.

Now, as an expert which is the best tasting green tea? I like twinnings with orange as it is a bit
less bitter and smells nice. any others?

Ruu_Old

I see Vanilla Almond in the piccy, that is good stuff.

simu

I've bought more since (drunk some of that stuff too, though).

Green tea? It depends but you should only leave it brewing for a short time. The nicest ones I've tried were from republicoftea.com - a pomegranate flavour green tea and a rice-flavoured one!

simu

Ruu wrote:

I see Vanilla Almond, that is good stuff.

Yup, I'll have to order more. It's like dessert in a tea!