What have ya'll done to my tea it does not taste the same. I'm 65 and have drank lipton all my life. I'm not the only one who wants to know
Every bag rips... terrible trash garbage fuck me fuck me
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I have been buying Lipton tea bags for years. I have found the taste is not the same. A lot weaker. And a large percentage of the teabags are breaking open as soon as you add water to them. This needs to be fixed. I can see that a lot of people have commented on the same thing. This is a waste of money to be buying them. Show details
Lipton Black Tea has Changed! – I have been a Lipton’s Black Tea drinker for over 45 years. In September 2024 I noticed the taste had changed. Much weaker flavor! Almost tasteless. I thought it might be me at first so asked my husband and son what they thought without prompting them why. They both said the same thing. I bought 2 new packets from different stores thinking the… Read more
batch at the store I bought from had been tainted. All had the same bland taste. I contacted the company asking if there had been a glitch, if they had had any complaints, and whether things would go back to normal. They asked for more information such as where, when, how much I paid, etc. I recieved a $20 voucher to spend at a Woolworths store and no explanation whatsoever. I’m trying to get used to another brand, however I miss my old brew so much.
It takes two,baby for one cup – Quality has gone down the last few years..So bio-degradable are the bags they break down when hot water is put in cup..At bottom is -" spittable tea grains-"Bought recently this September Lipton 100s..But only 50 cups I'll get as you need 2 P.cup... Show details
Positive reviews
bad quality bags – What is going on with Lipton tea bags? I have been drinking Lipton's for 40+years For the last 12 months or so the tea bags are breaking/leaking tea leaves. The number of cups of tea I’ve had to throw out during this time is not acceptable. I usually buy several cartons (2x1000) at a time (most recent purchase 4000 and the results/loss is unacceptable. Tried to write on the Lipton website and it fails every time...funny about that! Show details · 1
Tasty and affordable – I love the taste of this tea, it was the first tea I tried and is still my favourite! Very nice flavour, I also love that it's reasonably priced and can be bought in large packs. It's a staple in our pantry, I can't go a day without it!
This is a great tea for the budget concious – I love that this tea not only tastes good but is usually one of the cheaper brands out there. The fact that it comes in large as well as small boxes makes it very versatile. The taste can be a bit weaker than other brands but it doesn't bother me with this brand. Inexpensive and comes in larger boxes. Show reply
Negative reviews
Lipton tea bags are so low in quality that they are breaking up in hot water. Will not be buying them any longer Show details
“Something has changed” – Lipton black tea bags constantly splitting on contact with boiling water. Something has changed, including me buying them from now on. Show details
Thinner material used for teabags – Lipton tea drnker for 45 years and I have never had so many tea bags splitting from a box of 200. 35 and counting Show details
Recent reviews
This is the best tea to have as a black middle eastern, style. For example it has a clean & pure tea flavour minus the aftertaste. It's designed to be drunk black. For example you need 2 small teaspoons of raw sugar in a glass cup, 1 tea bags, a few leaves of fresh mint, break 1 cardamom seed, add 1 clove, add hot water, dip the teabag only 10… Read more
times, so it's not strong, squeeze teabag in the cup & discard the tea bags. Stir thourly & enjoy. You'll be able to taste all the flavours infused with every sip.
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Overall dissatisfied – Tea bags are thin and flimsy they don’t hold a lot for the standard cup which makes a weak cup of tea also over half of the tags fall off when opening them poor show Lipton tea will be sourcing another brand from now on Show details
Being ripped off by Lipton – Been a Lipton black tea drinker for 40 years. Last month I paid to much at Woolies for the 2 pack box. Not only that, the teabags have less tea and now taste weak as home brand tea. I WILL NOT BUY LIPTON anymore. I'm switching to nerada. It's cheaper and good flavour with old school strength. Lipton, you're grab for profit is losing customers.… Read more
Even at work, ppl were complaining about how weak Lipton is now. Boss also switched to other brand which made ppl happy. Never again Lipton.
HOW TO KILL A GOOD CUPPA!!!! – Why spoil a great cuppa by using CHEAP NASTY FLIMSY BAGS that ALWAYS burst open, once in the pot. Sick of spitting tea leaves. Not just a one-off - they're all rubbish. Get with it Lipton - you sure know how to ruin a good cuppa. Show details
You had one job teabag! – I'm sick of getting a mouthful of tea leaves everytime. How hard is it to make a tea bag that does not break? Literally every other brand has got this right but not Lipton. Raised a complaint and after 2 weeks they gave me a measly voucher. Will never touch Lipton again
Weak,Tasteless & Bags Break! – Been drinking Liptons for over 25yrs and this box will be my last. It's weak, watery and tasteless, even when using the Intense Flavour and 2 bags per cup! Very disappointing and frustrating, the bags also break every time. Hope the change was worth it, you've lost me and quite a few other customers from what I can see. Off to find another brand, goodbye.
Rank and disgusting !!! – Been drinking lipton black tea for as long as I can remember. Purchase new box yesterday and what a shock! I threw out 3 cups of tea, cleaned my kettle before I realised it's the actual tea. I seriously can't drink it. Can put my finger on flavour as it doesn't taste like anything as such but it's not the great black tea I'm use to.... now to find a new tea.... lipton you suck!!!! Show details
Lipton Black Tea – My wife and I have been drinking your black tea for a minimum of 40 plus years. Over the past years the taste has gone to —— we are terribly disappointed. I have contacted Lipton at least 5 times to have say they will send out some free coupons. Still waiting it’s been at least 4 months with call’s again which say some crap about the coupon… Read more
company they use is at fault for not receiving the coupons. Which has nothing to do with the no, to terribleness taste of the tea bags now. I read the company was purchased and I’m pretty sure that is the real answer to why it’s taste has changed. Extremely dissatisfied customer. Please figure out a way to go back to the excellent taste it used to be.
Lipton English breakfast tea, what a joke!!! – I tried the lipton English breakfast tea today and what a total disappointment, weak tasteless poor quality, lipton has moved to the bottom of the other brands with this one, and they say on the box rich & robust flavours what a joke they should be ashamed of themselves for false representation of their tea just to push a product. No more lipton for me sorry to say, I've been drinking lipton for 45 years, its time for a change. Show details
Mouth full of tea leaves – I once only purchased Liptons up until a few years ago . Every cup the teabags were breaking . I changed to Tetley’s never had an issue . Fly buys had a points offer so I bought a box and even though on all the review sites it speaks of broken bags nothing was done to fix it , so I am now throwing tea bags out even though I am throwing money away Show details
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Splitting Bags – Mouth full of tea leaves...Horrible but thats what keeps happening when I make tea with Liptons. Only noticed it since they made the tea bag tag a lot smaller.. Show details
Weak Lipton Green tea – I've always only drank Lipton Green tea. Now it taste like pure water. If I didn't know better, I'd think I'm just drinking water. Weak. Show details
Recently bad taste – Hi, I have been buying and drinking Lipton black tea for years and for about a week with a new box, it taste weird. It’s like a sour taste or a soap taste or something. I can’t figure out what it taste like but it’s bad. I can’t stand it. I’ve tried different things but nothing is changing the taste for the better. Is there a recall or have there been other complaints. Something is wrong with it. Show details
Not drinking Liptons any more – Not sure what they have done or why but as many others have said the bags now fall apart and the tea is nearly flavourless. You have lost a long time loyal customer, hope the change was worth it. Show details
two bad boxes – I have drank lipton tea made from bags for the last fifty years and I drink at least six cups every day and about six weeks ago I opend a box and used one from near the frount of the box and it was tasted like sweepings of the floor so I through out that cup and made another from a bag neer the back of the box it was the same so I throwed out the… Read more
box and got another box out of the cupboard it was good just like I have drank for years then when I finished that box and opended the next box I had brought it was as bad as the box I thew out so I got some tetley tea but it was reasonable but not as good as lopton is usaly.
Rubbish bags – Lipton tea bags quality once very good but now very poor, they fall apart no matter how carefully one handles them. No more for me. Will be trying other brands.
You suck – Your bags leak going with always save brand you need to fire who's idea this was I'm using a paint strainer till I finish this crap got three boxes togo
Somethings changed in the taste had to throw the lot out – Something has changed in the taste have been buying lipton for years it seems to have a very weak type of peppermint about it.Threw the whole pack out never had this happen before o Show details
Was a fan! – Taste of Lipton's Black Tea was preferred to other brands. Have been buying for many, many years. Unfortunately not purchasing in the future as now the bags release their fine black leaves and makes drinking an awful experience. Have tried different "solutions" but results are the same. Suggest a double fold of bags where stapled to stop leaves escaping.
Tea bags breaking. I have been drinking these tea bags for yrs, the last couple of yrs the tea bags are breaking open – Tea bags made of thinner material and not as much tea in them. Show details
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