Barrys or Lyons???

milly4ever

when asked about my favourite kind of tea people always think i am saying Barry's, when i actually mean NAMbarrie- nice and strong!

littlesthobo

johnnyskeleton wrote: »

Barrys is the Catholic, working man's tea, while Lyons has always been a bit anglo Irish hoity toity.

Maybe because Barrry's is made in Ireland and Lyons tea is made in the UK

Barry's is better by the way.

Or Bewleys

K-9

milly4ever wrote: »

when asked about my favourite kind of tea people always think i am saying Barry's, when i actually mean NAMbarrie- nice and strong!

Yeah, nice tea as is Punjanna.

Prefer Barrys over Lyons.

Espresso guy

I have spoken previously with a very well known tea blender who always insists that if i must buy tea in a tea bag, that barrys is the highest quality tea available on the market, but a nicely infused mix of two or three different blends is best for me.......ah tea experimentation!!

Stark

Bewley's followed by Lyon's. Barry's has a bit of a weird aftertaste to it, especially the gold blend stuff (the green label Barry's tastes a bit fresher).

Daffs

Down with the teabag, so NO to lyons & Barrys and to all out sub standard tea out there!
Loose Leaf tea revolution....

deisemum

Bewleys is like virgin water, I liked Tetleys when I lived in the UK.

FTGFOP

deisemum wrote: »

Bewleys is like virgin water, I liked Tetleys when I lived in the UK.

Virgin water?
Is that good or bad?

L31mr0d

Earl Grey with a slice of lemon

<- See my avatar :P

If I had to choose one from the poll it would be Lyons Tea for me. My Dad loved collecting the tokens for the car giveaways. He used to let me cut them out for him (safety scissors of course :pac:), I remember being really young and loving the smell of the empty Lyons Tea box.

I'd actually be interested to see what percentage of the people drink the same tea that their parents drink. I've found this to be largely the case, of my friends that drink Barrys, their parents only ever have Barrys in the house, and vice versa for Lyons.

_blank_

Lyons have a tea out called "Kenya Blend" and it's feckin lovely.

snubbleste

Tesco value tea bags 80 pack

banshee_bones

OP your friend is right

Barrys

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Faith

L31mr0d wrote: »

Earl Grey with a slice of lemon

Hot?

I'm from Cork, and a Barrys household, but I prefer Lyons. When I went on my J1, loads of the lads brought boxes of Barrys, and I was given out to for my big box of Lyons .

K-9

L31mr0d wrote: »

Earl Grey with a slice of lemon

<- See my avatar :P

If I had to choose one from the poll it would be Lyons Tea for me. My Dad loved collecting the tokens for the car giveaways. He used to let me cut them out for him (safety scissors of course :pac:), I remember being really young and loving the smell of the empty Lyons Tea box.

I'd actually be interested to see what percentage of the people drink the same tea that their parents drink. I've found this to be largely the case, of my friends that drink Barrys, their parents only ever have Barrys in the house, and vice versa for Lyons.

That would be fun, I changed over btw!

moonflower

If I had been asked this a few weeks ago I would have said Barrys Gold Blend was the only tea I like but recently we bought a box of Lyons Gold Blend as it was as nice as Barrys, maybe even nicer. Previously I'd only tasted the Lyons in the green box which is pure muck tbh.

Eviledna

I used to be a Lyons kenya-blend-only kinda girl, until they released their gold blend reserve. It's in a gold box and it's seriously good.

Busi_Girl08

Barrys. All the way, Barrys.

Lyons has a really weird aftertaste. And it's really bitty towards the end of the cup.

murphym7

Has to Barry's. not just because its Cork. Well maybe a little bit.

lord lucan

L31mr0d wrote: »

I'd actually be interested to see what percentage of the people drink the same tea that their parents drink. I've found this to be largely the case, of my friends that drink Barrys, their parents only ever have Barrys in the house, and vice versa for Lyons.

It was always Lyons in our house as kids and i've continued the tradition on. Same goes for milk,we always used Premier Dairies milk,never Avonmore,i still do the same to this day!!

Khannie

Barrys ftw. Lyons ftl.

rbrt

Controversial, however sample Tesco Premium Tea Bags - I honestly think these produce a better cup of tea than Lyons/Barrys. Green box, half the price of the other two, would never have been looked at before, but I'm converted. Try it, report back.
I'm a serious coffee drinker, have all the equipment and expensive beans from Has Bean plus grinders etc, from a tea perspective when there's a choice in the cupboard of Lyons and Tesco Premium, Tesco wins hands down for me.

artanevilla

Lyons Gold Blend.

donkeykong5

Just love lyons tea.

SarahS2013

Lyons Gold Blend, of course

donkeykong5

Lyons tea. In the lovely dishwasher safe mugs. That you get free on their promotions.

Saipanne

Barry's is probably my favourite of all teas. Lyons just tastes bitter to me.

mansize

Lyons manchester tea

donkeykong5

Saipanne wrote: »

Barry's is probably my favourite of all teas. Lyons just tastes bitter to me.

Would have to leave barrys in the cup for at least half an hour to get a good taste to equal the lyons one. And my tea would be cold by then. I am a lyons gold blend fan

donkeykong5

mansize wrote: »

Lyons manchester tea

No. Gold blend ?????

mansize

donkeykong5 wrote: »

No. Gold blend ?????

Well that's where it's packaged

donkeykong5

mansize wrote: »

Well that's where it's packaged

Manchester or cork. ????. Ok would probably prefer Manchester .

J_E

They're both poor! Loose leaf is far better then tea bags.