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[APugsLife]

Started drinking decaf tea. It doesn't taste like tea.

Anybody know of a decaf tea that tastes like normal tea?

[dannyk13]

Yorkshire decaffeinated tastes just like their ordinary tea.

[woofgang]

Have you tried darjeeling? Its naturally low in caffeine.

[APugsLife]

I've got the yorkshire stuff, it doesn't taste as strong in flavour. Maybe it just needs to brew for longer than normal tea?

[dannyk13]

Dunno.I use their tea bags and it's strong enough for me.

[boxtops]

PG Tips decaf tastes fine to me.

[boxtops]

^ mind you, I take my tea black, I don't know if adding milk would make a difference.

[ladybirder]

Decaf tea? Just isn't tea to me. No kick in it! I want a proper cup afterwards.

[belrec]

I used to drink Tetley decaf and it tasted no different to the normal stuff.

[ludwig]

I usually drink decaff, and there's definately a difference, as there is with decaff and normal coffee - all brands. It wouldn't put me off it though.

In the 'olden days' the decaff tea wasn't readily available as it is now and you had to get it from a holland & barrett type health shop - It was some specific and weird 'health' brand which was virtually tasteless, but things have moved on since then.

You won't find one that tastes exactly the same though.

[ladybirder]

For me, it's not so much the taste as the 'kick' that's lacking.

[ethandron]

We've only drunk decaf tea and coffee at home for years now and I can honestly say I don't notice the difference in taste when we have the full hit stuff when out and about.
Try all the different brands, I'm sure you'll find one you like. I wonder whether it's psychological to an extent, and that if you didn't know you were drinking decaf you wouldn't actually notice the difference in taste. Just a thought.