Don't use CDRs much any longer, but I always used ones Made in Japan as I seemed to have better success with them. If memory serves, not all TYs (or any brand for that matter) were MiJ, so getting the right ones required finding the CD-code to determine where they were manufactured. Since this was difficult to do for store-bought, I always bought from mediasupply.com and other online sources that published their codes.
Edit to add: Also, IME the poor quality CDRs didn't manifest in bad burns. I could burn darn near any CDR without problems (except for some Maxell's). The real problems came when I tried to read them 1 week, 1 month, 1 year later. Unreadable. I quickly learned the ability to burn successfully didn't indicate whether or not I was using a quality CDR. YMMV.