Barnet Seagull
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Anyone drink the stuff? As far as I can tell it's incredibly weak and tastes nothing like tea - but then it's only Tetley I've tried.
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OT: Decaf Tea
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Stick with the real thing or go for Green Tea.
No caffeine, no point 
Barnet Seagull
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Green tea. That's for ladies isn't it?
Lokki 7
WSU
Box of Frogs
Zamoras Left Boot
Mrs Frogs drank the stuff when she was preggers, but then she likes her tea like gnats pee anyway. As soon as she had dropped the sprogs, she was back on 'full strength' Typhoo!
defrocked priest
Father Footy
Decaf tea? Innit that like drinking alcohol free beer?
aftershavedave
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you're better off with naturally low caffeine tea like redbush.
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Superphil
Dismember
Ooh, Red Bush is a bit minging, don't like that. I do drink Tetley Decaf, I don't think it tastes that bad. Green Tea is lovely, but you don't really want to put milk in it.
Adam Virgo's Shirt
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I've got a box of Co-Op decaf. I think it does taste like tea, and it's ok, but I find myself using 2 teabags to get a decent strength cuppa! I imagine that rather defeats the object!
Nottseagull
Well-known member
Er no. 2 x 0 = 0.
Hungry Joe
SINNEN
I drink decaf tea. I'd recommend Yorkshire or Twinings.
Adam Virgo's Shirt
I took Adam's shirt off!
Well I was told decaff doesn't = 0 caff, but is in fact 'less caff'. That's why I made the point that if I use 2 x decaff then I may be equalling a normal tea bag's caffeine quota which defeats the object.
Hungry Joe
SINNEN
To be allowed to call itself decaf any product with caffeine must have at least 97% of it removed. Some decaf teas have been found to have higher levels of the antioxidant flavanoids than regular tea so are just as good for you, if not better. As for the taste; there is a distinct taste to caffeinated tea that you can't quite replicate in decaf but as I said, the better brands come very close. Avoid Tetley, PG etc as they taste crap in comparison.
Nottseagull
Well-known member
Nobody has posted to say that it doesn't quench their first. I find that if you drink enough, it seems to have alcohol-like dehydration properties - or is it just me?