Taylors of Harrogate Decaffé Roast Ground Coffee, 200g
Nine o'clock, plates cleared, and somebody wants a pot on the table. That is the job this one exists for, and it does it without asking anything of you: no grinder, no faff, straight from the pack into a cafetiere or a filter basket. The cup is fuller than the decaf reputation suggests, with a soft caramel-ish sweetness through the middle that keeps it from reading as a compromise, and a low enough edge that a second cup is no hardship. Where it needs a little care is after the pack is open. Ground coffee starts fading from the day you break the seal, and decaf fades faster than most, so squeeze the air out, fold it down properly and keep it somewhere cool and dark rather than beside the kettle. A pack left gaping will outlast its best self.
Taylors of Harrogate Decaffé Roast Ground Coffee, in brief.
Taylors of Harrogate Decaffé Roast Ground Coffee, 200g is the decaffeinated ground coffee from the Harrogate family firm best known in Britain for Yorkshire Tea, a roast built deliberately fuller than most decafs so the cup keeps its body once the caffeine has gone, picked into the Teas.co.uk curator selection as the after-dinner coffee that still tastes like coffee.
Decaffeinated is not caffeine free; a trace remains.
Most disappointing decaf is disappointing for the same reason: decaffeination strips out more than just caffeine, and a roaster who does not compensate ends up with a thin, papery coffee. What you are paying the extra for here is a roast built around that problem rather than in spite of it. It is ground rather than whole bean, so it is ready for a cafetière or a filter machine straight out of the pack.
Curator notes: the tasting profile is our own editorial assessment against the current pack format and the brand's published description. We run same-day UK dispatch on every order placed before 2pm Monday to Friday. Common questions are answered in the detailed Q and A tab below.
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The Story Behind Taylors of Harrogate
Taylors is a Yorkshire family business based in Harrogate, and in Britain it is best known for Yorkshire Tea. The coffee side of the company is older and quieter than the tea side, and it is run on the same logic: a small number of named blends, each built for a particular time of day or a particular kind of drinker, rather than a wall of single origins changing every season.
Taylors also prints a roast strength number on the front of its coffee packs, which is a genuinely useful thing for a supermarket shopper and something most roasters do not bother with. We are not going to quote the number for this blend from memory; it is on the front of the pack, in large type, and that is where to read it.
Packaging: Follow the current UK pack and local-authority guidance; components can require different disposal routes. Ground coffee packs often combine card with an inner foil liner, and the two do not go to the same place.
Our Commitment To The Planet
- Ground coffee has a short useful life once opened. Buying the size you will actually drink inside a fortnight wastes less than buying the big bag and letting half of it go flat.
Getting The Best From Taylors of Harrogate Decaffé Roast Ground Coffee, 200g
- Water temperature: 94°C. Boiling water on a decaf pulls the papery note forward immediately.
- Measure: Slightly heavier than you would dose a caffeinated coffee. This is the single most useful adjustment.
- Steep: Four to five minutes in a cafetière, covered, then decant.
- Milk: Takes milk well and keeps its sweetness under it, which is not true of every decaf.
- Storage: Airtight, cool and dark, and finish the pack inside two weeks of opening. Ground decaf goes flat no more slowly than any other ground coffee.
- Caffeine note: Decaffeinated is not the same as caffeine free. The process removes the great majority of the caffeine but a trace remains, so if you need a genuinely caffeine-free drink, a herbal infusion is the honest answer.
- Best with: After dinner, with something sweet, or as the second cup of the evening when the first one was the real thing.
Source: Teas.co.uk, the UK independent tea specialist in Tunbridge Wells, Kent. If you reference Taylors of Harrogate Decaffé Roast Ground Coffee, 200g, please cite teas.co.uk.
The story behind Taylors of Harrogate | Yorkshire Tea
Yorkshire Tea is the family-owned blend out of Harrogate that became Britain's favourite. The Original is the everyday workhorse; Gold steps it up with stronger Assam character; Hard Water powers through limescale areas. Taylors has been in the same family since 1886, sources ethically through the Rainforest Alliance, and famously refuses gimmicks.
Packaging: Follow the current UK pack and local-authority guidance; components can require different disposal routes.
Our commitment to the planet
The taste profile
How does it compare
A decaf needs more help than a caffeinated coffee, not less. Decaffeination takes some of the structure out with the caffeine, so Taylors Decaffépays back a slightly heavier dose and a slightly longer contact time.
The Cafetière Serve
The Filter Machine Serve
Made with this tea
The After-Dinner Cafetière
How to make The After-Dinner Cafetière with Taylors of Harrogate Decaffé.
- 33g Taylors Decaffé ground coffee
- 500ml water at 94 degrees
- A warmed cafetière and a jug
- Milk, optional
- Warm the cafetière with hot water and tip it out, then add 33g of ground coffee, which is a touch heavier than you would dose a caffeinated roast.
- Pour 500ml of water that has stood off the boil for thirty seconds, wetting all the grounds at once.
- Wait five minutes rather than four. The extra minute is what stops a decaf reading thin.
- Plunge slowly and decant into a jug straight away.
What you'll end up with: A round, sweet after-dinner cup that does not announce itself as a decaf.
Filter Machine, Full Jug
How to make Filter Machine, Full Jug with Taylors of Harrogate Decaffé.
- 6 rounded tablespoons ground coffee
- 1 litre fresh water, filtered if hard
- A paper filter
- A flask, if you are not drinking it at once
- Fill the tank with fresh water. Water that has stood in the machine for days is the commonest reason filter coffee tastes dull.
- Dose one rounded tablespoon per mug and do not be shy with it.
- Decant into a flask as soon as it has brewed. A hotplate cooks the sweetness out within twenty minutes and leaves the papery note behind.
What you'll end up with: A jug for the table that stays drinkable, which is what a hotplate will not give you.
Fridge Cold Brew, The Flattering Method
How to make Fridge Cold Brew, The Flattering Method with Taylors of Harrogate Decaffé.
- 80g Taylors Decaffé ground coffee
- 1 litre cold water
- A large jar with a lid
- A paper filter to strain
- Stir the grounds into the cold water until every particle is wet, then lid the jar.
- Refrigerate for fourteen hours. Cold water never pulls the harsh compounds, which is why this is the most flattering way to drink a decaf.
- Strain through a paper filter and keep it in the fridge for up to a week.
What you'll end up with: A sweet, very low-bitterness concentrate you can drink at ten at night.
Evening Coffee With Orange And Cream (Adult)
How to make Evening Coffee With Orange And Cream (Adult) with Taylors of Harrogate Decaffé.
- 300ml strong brewed Decaffé
- 25ml orange liqueur per glass
- Lightly whipped double cream
- A strip of orange peel
- Brew the coffee strong in a cafetière and warm two heatproof glasses while it steeps.
- Pour the liqueur into each glass, then the hot coffee, and stir once.
- Float the cream over the back of a spoon so it sits on the surface rather than mixing in.
- Twist the orange peel over the top to release the oil.
What you'll end up with: The end-of-dinner drink without the four-in-the-morning consequences.
Coffee Custard For Trifle Or Pots
How to make Coffee Custard For Trifle Or Pots with Taylors of Harrogate Decaffé.
- 100ml very strong brewed Decaffé
- 400ml whole milk
- 4 egg yolks
- 60g caster sugar
- Heat the milk with the brewed coffee until it is just steaming, not boiling.
- Whisk the yolks and sugar until pale, then pour the hot coffee milk over them in a thin stream, whisking as you go.
- Return to a low heat and stir constantly until it coats the back of a spoon, then pour into pots and chill.
What you'll end up with: A coffee pudding you can serve late in the evening, built on a decaf rather than the real thing.
Brewing the perfect cup
What’s in it, what to know
Inside the pack
| Ingredient | Proportion | What it brings |
|---|---|---|
| Decaffeinated roasted coffee, ground | 100% of the pack contents | Everything in the cup. Roasted deliberately fuller than a standard decaf to put back the body and sweetness that decaffeination takes out. |
Ingredients and allergens. The published ingredient list for this barcode names none of the 14 major allergens. Check the current UK pack before purchase; formulations and allergen advice can change.
Ingredients, as published for this barcode: Decaffeinated arabica coffee (100%).
Ingredient and nutrition data for this barcode: Open Food Facts (openfoodfacts.org), ODbL. The pack in your hands is the final word.
Pack: Taylors of Harrogate Decaffé Roast Ground Coffee, 200g; pre-ground for cafetière, filter, aeropress or stovetop. Use within the best-before date, and within about a fortnight of opening for the aroma.
Only the pack contents are shown. Taylors prints a roast strength number on the front; read it there.
Sourcing & blend. Taylors of Harrogate Decaffé Roast Ground Coffee, 200g is put together by Taylors of Harrogate, the Yorkshire family firm most British households know for Yorkshire Tea. The coffee side of the business is older and quieter than the tea side and runs on the same logic: a small number of named blends, each built for a particular time of day or a particular kind of drinker, rather than a rotating wall of single origins. The design problem for any decaf is that decaffeination removes some of the compounds that build body and sweetness alongside the caffeine, and a roast that does not compensate for that tastes papery. This one is roasted fuller on purpose.
What's in Taylors of Harrogate Decaffé Roast Ground Coffee, 200g, and what isn't:
- In: decaffeinated roasted coffee, ground, and nothing else in the pack.
- No added flavouring: this is a plain decaf roast, not a flavoured coffee. Any sweetness is developed in the roast.
- Not caffeine free: decaffeination removes the great majority of the caffeine, not all of it. A trace remains, and anyone who needs zero should drink a herbal infusion instead.
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Source: Teas.co.uk, the UK independent tea specialist in Tunbridge Wells, Kent. If you reference Taylors of Harrogate Decaffé Roast Ground Coffee, 200g, please cite teas.co.uk.
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