irish tea
Skip itBrand-locked demand (top 5 brands take 99% of clicks) — this niche doesn't clear our bar today.
Returns
Incredible0.0%return rate — above 5% kills the launch gate
Conversion
Incredible15.4%search→purchase rate — share of searches ending in a sale
Review moat
Great254.39avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb
Competition
Okay56%top-5 click share — leaders hold, buyers still browse
Avg price
Okay£11.48avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100
Price range
Okay£2.25–£25.79cheapest to priciest tracked listing — scored on the share inside $15–$100
Market size
Okay£169K£169K/yr · 95K searches
Quality gap
Bad4.7★avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality
Growth
Bad-21.4%90-day search growth — must beat 0% to launch
Brand share
Bad99%top-5 brand share — brand-locked demand
According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, irish tea is a £169K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (95K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 99% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 46/100.
Data updated Jul 24, 2026 · scored weekly · How we score niches
irish tea market data
- Units sold / yr
- 10K–13K
- avg 250–500/product
- Revenue / yr
- £115K–£144K
- units × avg price
- Conversion rate
- 15.4%
- Avg BSR
- #377
- Page quality
- 0%
- Prime
- 87%
- Sponsored
- 91%
- Out of stock
- 3.3%
- Avg brand age
- 75 months
- Avg seller age
- 177 days
Competition & brand share
The top 5 products take 56% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.Brands
6 rising
Sellers
60
Top-5 brand share
99%
Top 20: 100%
Top-5 click share
56%
Top 20: 97%
Open market
0%
- Barry's Tea73%
- Thompson's17%
- Generic7%
- BRADY`S1%
- APG Fine Foods1%
- Glengettie1%
Demand
Weekly Amazon search volume, last 33 weeks — -21.4% search growth over the last 90 days.Top irish tea search terms
- barrys tea bags43K/yr
- barrys tea28K/yr
- thompsons tea bags8K/yr
- thompsons tea4K/yr
- irish tea bags4K/yr
- irish tea4K/yr
- irish breakfast tea3K/yr
- barrys tea bags 6003K/yr
Top irish tea products on Amazon
Each bubble is one product — market share against review moat; bubble size tracks estimated sales, color grades how beatable the incumbent looks.
All 23 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.
Top sellers
by 90-day click share
Barrys Tea Gold Blend 160 Biodegradable Black Tea Bags
Barry's Tea£11.414.8★721 rev
Barrys Tea Gold Blend 600 Biodegradable Black Tea Bags
Barry's Tea£23.404.8★432 rev
Barrys Tea Gold Blend 80 Teabags (6 Pack) Fresh from Barrys Tea in Ireland
Barry's Tea£25.794.8★253 rev
Barrys Tea Master Blend 80s Teabags
Barry's Tea£6.804.8★323 rev
Barrys Tea Multilingual Gold Blend Tea Bags 250 g
Barry's Tea£6.414.7★254 rev
Newest
by launch date
Barrys Tea Gold Blend Pack of 80
APG Fine Foods£6.111 rev
Thompsons Irish Breakfast 160S Teabags 500G
Thompson's£6.5316 rev
Thompsons Decaffeinated Tea Bags 160S 500g
Thompson's£6.9924 rev
Thompsons Scottish 440s 1KG
Thompson's£11.2010 rev
Barry Tea Gold Blend - 600 Biodegradable Black Tea Bags - Premium Irish Tea Rich Flavor Eco-Friendly Packaging Perfect for Daily Brewing Sustainably Sourced Tea for Quality and Taste
Generic£25.1163 rev
Trending
90-day click momentumBarrys Tea Gold Blend Pack of 80
APG Fine Foods£6.115.0★
Glengettie Black Tea 80 Tea Bags Strong Welsh Brew Since 1952
Glengettie£2.254.4★
Barrys Tea Gold Blend 80 Biodegradable Black Tea Bags - 3 Pack
Barry's Tea£15.964.8★
Thompsons Decaffeinated Tea Bags 160S 500g
Thompson's£6.994.6★
Thompsons Special Everyday 160 Tea Bags 500g
Thompson's£5.074.3★
What buyers say about irish tea
What buyers praise and complain about, mined from review topics.What buyers love
“Great taste”
“gentle flavour”
“the bags were really good quality”
“Good for the price”
“Wonderful blend”
“As advertised”
“Thompson's Decaffeinated Tea Bags are the very best tea you can buy”
“Really great brew”
“Fine tea for soft water”
“Tasty & refreshing”
What buyers complain about
“weak in taste”
“Not strong”
“have been charged ed £10.40”
“the tea itself isn't very good”
“Even when I adjusted the brewing time and added milk, I found it had quite a robust, slightly bitter taste that just wasnt to my liking”
“just misleading showings bags as round when they are square”
“Bland and flavourless”
“didn't produce the colour tea that I prefer”
“a little smaller”
“The tea inside the bags is like a powder”
Common questions
- Is irish tea profitable to sell on Amazon United Kingdom?
- The niche generates £169K/yr across 23 tracked products. 0 of 4 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. 90-day search growth is -21.4%. Flapen's verdict: Skip it (46/100).
- How competitive is the irish tea niche?
- 6 brands and 60 sellers compete. The top 5 products take 56% of clicks and top 5 brands hold 99% of demand.
- What do buyers complain about in irish tea?
- Top complaints mined from reviews: Taste-Overall, Strength, Value For Money. The return rate is 0.0%.
- What does it cost to enter the irish tea niche?
- Listings span £2.25–£25.79; the average listing price is £11.48 (sweet spot $15–$100). The average incumbent carries 254 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.