Name: Chocolate Hazelnut Decaf Tea Brand: Stash Tea Type: Black tea, decaffeinated, flavored Form: Paper-bagged tea Review: It’s 3:00pm at the office. You last ate about three hours ago, and you have a few more hours of work before you can leave. In the break room is a vending machine full of chocolaty snacks. Around …
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Name: Raspberry & White Decaf Brand: Stash Tea Type: White tea, decaffeinated, flavored Form: Paper tea bags, individually wrapped in foil Review: Subtlety can be a good thing. Many flavored white teas are a joke. The “manufacturers” simply blend a cheap, flavorless white tea with a whole lot of artificial flavorings. The result is something …
Name: Decaf Pumpkin Spice Brand: Stash Tea Type: Black tea, flavored, decaffeinated Form: Paper tea bags, individually wrapped Review: Pumpkin Spice flavored teas and coffees are always a big hit this time of year, and Stash’s version brews up hot and spicy. Even better, it’s decaf so it won’t add to your pre-holiday jitters. While …
There's never a shortage of news reports about the assorted and sundry health benefits tea can provide. Many such reports have appeared in these very pages. And while it's a good idea to take the sometimes miraculous health claims many merchants make for tea with a grain of salt, there's also good reason to believe …
All this talk about how tea gets decaffeinated got me to wondering what all the flap was about. In Part I, I looked at methods people recommend for removing caffeine from tea. Now, let’s look at why anyone might want to do this. One thing I found out about caffeine makes me glad I’m not …
As one who lives the “tea life,” I keep a nice tasty cupful within easy reach throughout the day, but the caffeine it contains is always on my mind. There’s decaffeinated tea, but I wonder at how the caffeine gets removed and if that process is safe. The topic seemed simple when I began. Instead, …
Name: Decaffeinated Ceylon Brand: Harney & Sons Type: Black tea, decaffeinated Form: Pyramid tea bags Review: Decaffeinated tea is never going to be as good as its "natural" counterpart, but there are times when a decaffeinated option is necessary. While I do suggest that those who are trying to cut down on or avoid caffeine …
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As someone who studies tea, writes about it, receives free samples of it in the mail and pretty much feels that it's an all around good thing, it's no surprise that I drink a lot of the stuff. But my tea consumption pales next to what it would be if I weren't sensitive to caffeine. …
One of the benefits of tea drinking, at least for many of us, is that tea contains caffeine. When consumed in moderation, caffeine is considered to be a safe way to get a quick boost. Of course, for those who are sensitive to this substance, caffeine’s presence in tea might not be so welcome. What …
There’s good news for tea drinkers who are sensitive to caffeine or who simply prefer to cut down on it, for whatever reason. Thanks to a variety of low and no-caffeine alternatives, you don’t have to cut out tea altogether. Tisanes, more commonly known as herbal teas, are a great alternative to “real” tea, all …
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