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    "excerpt": "Taylors of Harrogate Yorkshire Tea Decaf is the decaffeinated Yorkshire everyday blend in the forty-bag box, picked into the Teas.co.uk curator selection because it starts from a blend robust enough to survive decaffeination with something left over.Ingredients and dietary suitability: 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.Packaging: Follow the current UK pack and local-authority guidance; components can require different disposal routes. Brew it four minutes rather than three: decaffeination alters the leaf and what is left comes out more slowly.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. Steep times, milk ratios and the residual-caffeine note are also published in the detailed Q and A tab below.",
    "content_text": "Taylors of Harrogate Yorkshire Tea Decaf is the decaffeinated version of the Yorkshire Tea everyday blend, forty bags in a hundred and twenty-five gram box. That works out at just over three grams a bag, which is the same fill as the eighty-bag box: this is the small pack of the same tea, not a lighter one. Decaf tea has a reputation problem, and it is partly deserved. Taking the caffeine out of a leaf is a physical process, and no process yet invented removes caffeine without taking some flavour compounds along with it. What a good decaf does is start from a blend robust enough to survive the loss, which is exactly why the decaf versions of brisk everyday teas work better than the decaf versions of delicate ones. This is one of the robust ones. Expect a slightly softer cup than the caffeinated Yorkshire, not a different tea. The Taste Profile\n \nBriskness: \u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cb\u25cb (3/5) Present, and the first thing decaffeination takes the edge off. Still enough to make the cup feel like tea rather than hot water.\n \nMalty Depth: \u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cb (4/5) Holds up better than the briskness does, which is why this reads as rounded rather than thin.\n \nBody: \u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cb (4/5) Fuller than most decafs, helped by a bag fill of just over three grams.\n \nMilk Tolerance: \u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cb (4/5) Takes a splash without vanishing. A touch less milk than you would use on the caffeinated version is the usual adjustment.\n\nTeas.co.uk Curator Rating: 4.5 / 5 - Our expert verdict from the curators at Teas.co.uk The Story Behind Taylors of Harrogate Yorkshire Tea is the blend, Taylors of Harrogate is the family firm behind it, and the pair are strongly enough associated that most people use the names interchangeably. The everyday blend is the backbone of the range, and the decaf sits alongside it rather than below it: same house character, one component removed. The blend components, the origins, the bag material, any certification marks and the allergen advice all have to be read off the current UK pack. The tasting profile above is our own editorial assessment against the current pack format and the brand's published description. Packaging: Follow the current UK pack and local-authority guidance; components can require different disposal routes. What You Are Actually Buying \nForty bags, a hundred and twenty-five grams: just over three grams a bag. \nDecaffeinated, not caffeine free: these are different things. Decaffeination removes most of the caffeine, not all of it. If you need genuinely zero, a herbal infusion is the honest answer rather than any decaf tea.\n\nA robust base: the everyday Yorkshire blend has the briskness to survive decaffeination with something left over. That matters more to the result than the process does.\nWhat it is not: not a herbal, not caffeine free, and not a lighter-filled bag. The fill is the same as the big box.\n How Does Taylors of Harrogate Yorkshire Tea Decaf 40, 125g Compare to: \nYorkshire Tea Decaf English Breakfast, 80 Tea Bags 250g: the same tea in double the box. Per cup it is the cheaper of the two by a small margin, so unless you are trying decaf for the first time or drink it rarely, the bigger box is the better value. We say so because it is true.\nYorkshire Tea Original Everyday Blend, 80 Tea Bags 250g: the caffeinated original. Worth keeping both if the decaf is for evenings only: nobody should be drinking decaf at seven in the morning out of habit rather than choice.\nTetley Decaf English Breakfast, 40 Tea Bags 125g: the closest direct rival on our shelf, identical in count and weight and cheaper. Tetley's everyday blend is the gentler of the two to begin with, so its decaf reads softer still. Pick this one if you want more briskness left in the cup.\n Ideal Brewing Conditions Decaf needs longer than the caffeinated version of the same blend, and this is the single most useful thing on the page. Decaffeination alters the leaf structure, and the compounds that remain come out more slowly. Four minutes here does roughly what three minutes does to the standard blend. The Evening Mug\n \nMeasure:one bag per 250ml mug. There is no case for two; you cannot brew back what was removed.\n \nWater:freshly boiled, 100 degrees Celsius. A decaf has less to give, so it needs every degree.\n \nSteep:four minutes rather than three. Five if you want it to stand up to a proper splash of milk.\n \nFinish:squeeze the bag once, lift it out, then add slightly less milk than you would use on the caffeinated version.\n\n The Evening Pot\n \nMeasure:one bag per cup and one for the pot, as with any everyday blend.\n \nWarm the pot:a swirl of boiling water, tipped out, first. A cold pot costs a decaf ten degrees it cannot spare.\n \nSteep:five minutes, then lift the bags out. Standing the pot with the bags in will not make a decaf stronger, only stewed.\n \nHold:a cosy keeps it drinkable for twenty minutes. Beyond that, make fresh.\n\n Getting It Right in the Cup\n\nWater temperature: 100\u00b0C, off a fresh boil.\nMeasure: one bag per 250ml mug.\nSteep: four minutes minimum, five for a fuller cup. Longer than you would brew the caffeinated version.\nMilk: yes, but slightly less. The blend has a little less structure to carry it.\nTwo bags: no. Doubling up over-extracts what little tannin is left and gains you nothing in body.\nIced: brew three bags in 400ml for six minutes, cool, then pour over ice with lemon. It makes the one iced tea you can drink at nine at night.\nStorage: sealed, cool, dark. Decaffeinated leaf is slightly more porous than untreated leaf, so it picks up cupboard smells a little faster.\nBest with: after dinner, late afternoon, or all day for anyone avoiding caffeine.\n Safety And Purity Ingredients and dietary suitability: 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. Caffeine note: decaffeinated is not the same as caffeine free. Anyone who needs genuinely none should choose a naturally caffeine-free herbal infusion instead. Decaffeination method: if the process matters to you, it is a question for the current UK pack or for the brand, not for this page. Certification: any organic, Fairtrade or Rainforest Alliance marks are matters for the current UK pack.",
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                "content": "Is decaffeinated the same as caffeine free?No, and the difference matters. Decaffeination removes most of the caffeine, not all of it, so a residual amount remains. If you need genuinely zero caffeine, a naturally caffeine-free herbal infusion is the honest answer rather than any decaf tea.\nShould I brew decaf differently?Yes, and it is the most useful thing on this page. Brew it four minutes rather than three. Decaffeination alters the structure of the leaf and the compounds that remain come out more slowly, so four minutes here does roughly what three does to the caffeinated blend.\nDoes it taste weaker than normal Yorkshire Tea?Slightly softer rather than weaker, and the briskness is the first thing to go. The malty depth holds up better, which is why this reads as rounded instead of thin. No process yet invented takes the caffeine out without taking some flavour with it; what a good decaf does is start from a blend robust enough to survive the loss.\nAre the bags smaller than in the big box?No. A hundred and twenty-five grams across forty bags is just over three grams a bag, which is the same fill as the eighty-bag, two hundred and fifty gram box. This is the small pack of the same tea, not a lighter version of it.\n\nHow was the caffeine removed?Different producers use different processes and they are not equivalent in flavour terms. If the method matters to you, it is a question for the current UK pack or for the brand rather than for this page.\nDoes it take milk?Yes, but use slightly less than you would on the caffeinated version. There is a little less structure in the cup to carry it, so the same splash goes further. Milk in after the bag comes out, as always.\nWill two bags make it stronger?No. You cannot brew back what was taken out. Two bags over-extracts what tannin is left and gives you a harsher cup rather than a fuller one. One bag, four or five minutes is the right answer every time.\n\nHow does it compare with Tetley Decaf?Tetley's decaf comes in the same forty bags and the same hundred and twenty-five grams, and it is cheaper. Tetley's everyday blend is the gentler of the two to begin with, so its decaf reads softer still. Pick this one if you want more briskness left in the cup, and Tetley's if price is the deciding factor.\nDoes it work as iced tea?It does, and it is the one iced tea you can hand somebody at nine at night. Brew three bags in 400ml for six minutes, deliberately strong, cool it, then pour over a full glass of ice with lemon. Sweeten while hot if at all.\nHow should I store it?Sealed, cool, dark and away from strong kitchen smells. Decaffeinated leaf is slightly more porous than untreated leaf, so it takes up cupboard odours a little faster. Keep it away from coffee and spices in particular.\nIs it organic, Fairtrade or certified?Any organic, Fairtrade or Rainforest Alliance marks are printed on the current UK pack and should be read off it. The contents are black tea leaf, which is plant material with no gluten in it."
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                "content": "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 black tea.Ingredient and nutrition data for this barcode: Open Food Facts (openfoodfacts.org), ODbL. The pack in your hands is the final word.IngredientProportionWhat it bringsDecaffeinated black tea leaf (blend)Not stated to usThe whole of the cup: a softened briskness, a malty middle that survives the process better than the briskness does, and enough tannin left to take a splash of milk.Fill weight per bag3.1g (125g / 40 bags)Just over three grams, which is the same fill as the eighty-bag box. The small pack of the same tea rather than a lighter version of it.Pack: Taylors of Harrogate Yorkshire Tea Decaf 40, 125g; a decaffeinated black tea, forty bags at just over three grams each. Best-before date is printed on the pack.The 3.1g a bag figure is arithmetic on the pack weight and bag count from our own product record, not a brand claim.Sourcing & blend. Taylors of Harrogate Yorkshire Tea Decaf 40, 125g is put together by Taylors of Harrogate, the family firm behind Yorkshire Tea, and the two names are associated strongly enough that most people use them interchangeably. Everyday blends of this kind are built from several origins rather than one, which is what lets the cup stay the same from pack to pack, and in a decaf the robustness of that base matters more to the result than the process does. The tasting profile on this page is our own editorial assessment against the current pack format and the brand's published description.What's in Taylors of Harrogate Yorkshire Tea Decaf 40, 125g, and what isn't:In: decaffeinated black tea leaf in a filter bag, and nothing else declared to us.No added flavouring: this is a plain black tea rather than a flavoured one. No fruit, no petal and no added aroma in the bag."
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                "content": "The flavour of Taylors of Harrogate Yorkshire Tea Decaf 40, 125g is built in three layers, and reading them in order explains exactly why the cup tastes the way it does from the first lift of steam to the last swallow.The outer layer is aromatic: the warm, malty, faintly bready lift that comes off the leaf in the first few seconds after the water goes on. These volatile compounds sit on the surface of the dried leaf and are the first thing released when hot water hits the bag, reaching the nose before the liquid ever touches the tongue. In a decaffeinated tea this layer is the most obviously affected of the three, because the same process that strips caffeine out of the leaf carries some of the lighter aromatic compounds with it. There is no method yet invented that separates the two perfectly. That is why a decaf smells quieter on the first pour than its caffeinated sibling, and why a cup left to stand smells flatter still even though the liquid itself keeps its strength.The flavour spike arrives mid palate, where the headline components carry the weight, and here the interesting thing is what survives. Briskness is the first casualty: the quick drying snap that defines the caffeinated blend is present but softened, and anyone moving across from the standard Yorkshire will notice it in the first mouthful. The malty middle, by contrast, holds up well, which is why this reads as rounded rather than thin and why it remains recognisably the same house style. That asymmetry is the whole argument for decaffeinating a robust everyday blend rather than a delicate one: there is enough of it to start with that losing some still leaves a cup worth drinking. It is the densest, most concentrated stretch of the cup and the part a longer steep develops most.The base structure is the lingering finish: a clean, gently tannic note that resets the palate and invites the next sip. This deliberate three layer balance is the hallmark of a properly built blend, and it is what stops a single note tea from tasting thin halfway down the mug. The tannin is a little lighter here than in the caffeinated version, and that has one practical consequence worth knowing: tannin is what gives milk proteins something to hold onto, so the same splash of milk goes further in a decaf. Use slightly less than you are used to and the cup keeps its shape.Getting it right in the cup. Use one bag per 250ml mug and steep for four to five minutes in water straight off the boil, which is longer than you would brew the caffeinated blend; under steeping is the most common reason this blend tastes weaker than it should, because decaffeination alters the structure of the leaf and the compounds that remain come out more slowly. Four minutes here does roughly what three does to the standard tea. Resist the urge to use two bags, because you cannot brew back what was removed and doubling up only over-extracts the tannin that is left. Cold brewed in the fridge for six to eight hours the same bag mellows noticeably: less briskness, a rounder, sweeter body and a longer, gentler finish, and it makes the one iced tea you can hand somebody late in the evening. Stored sealed somewhere cool and dark the character holds well, though decaffeinated leaf is slightly more porous than untreated leaf and takes up cupboard smells a little faster, so keep it clear of coffee and spices.How water and temperature change it. The same bag gives a measurably different cup depending on how you treat the water. Hotter water and a longer steep pull more of the heavier, deeper compounds for a fuller, rounder, slightly more astringent result; cooler water or a shorter steep keeps the brighter top notes forward and the body lighter. A decaf has less in reserve than a caffeinated tea, so it is less forgiving of a kettle that has gone off the boil, and a cup made with water at ninety degrees will read noticeably hollow where the standard blend would merely read mild. Water boiled twice costs it more as well. Hard tap water pushes what tannin remains forward and mutes the aromatics that decaffeination has already thinned, so in a hard water area a decaf benefits more than most teas from a filter jug. Soft water lets the malt come through clearly and is where this blend is at its best. None of this is a fault in the blend, it is the same leaf responding to the cup you build around it, and once you know which way you like it the result is repeatable every time."
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                "content": "Taylors of Harrogate Yorkshire Tea Decaf 40, 125g is a full-bodied everyday blend with the caffeine taken out, which makes it the base for anything you want to drink after six in the evening. Five builds below cover the evening mug, an evening pot, a late iced tea, a decaf chai and a tea loaf.\nRecipes, born here first\n\n \n The Evening Mug\n \n How to make The Evening Mug with Yorkshire Tea Decaf.\n \n 4 min\n 1 mug\n Easy\n \n \n \n You'll need\n \n 1 bag Yorkshire Tea Decaf\n 250ml freshly boiled water\n A small splash of milk\n \n \n \n Method\n \n Pour 250ml of water straight off the boil over one bag of Taylors of Harrogate Yorkshire Tea Decaf 40, 125g.\n Steep 4 minutes rather than 3. Decaffeinated leaf gives up what it has more slowly.\n Squeeze the bag once and lift it out.\n Add slightly less milk than you would use on the caffeinated version.\n \n \n \n What you'll end up with: The extra minute is the whole trick. Brew a decaf on a caffeinated timer and you will conclude, wrongly, that decaf tastes of nothing.\n\n \n The Evening Pot\n \n How to make The Evening Pot with Yorkshire Tea Decaf.\n \n 6 min\n 4 cups\n Easy\n \n \n \n You'll need\n \n 5 bags Yorkshire Tea Decaf\n 1 litre freshly boiled water\n A warmed teapot\n Milk\n \n \n \n Method\n \n Warm the pot with a swirl of boiling water and tip it out. A cold pot costs a decaf ten degrees it cannot spare.\n Add 4 bags of Taylors of Harrogate Yorkshire Tea Decaf 40, 125g, one per cup, plus 1 for the pot.\n Pour on 1 litre off the boil and steep 5 minutes.\n Lift all five bags out before the first pour. Standing a decaf with the bags in makes it stewed, not stronger.\n \n \n \n What you'll end up with: A pot nobody has to refuse at nine in the evening. That is most of the point of keeping a decaf in the cupboard.\n\n \n Late Iced Tea With Lemon\n \n How to make Late Iced Tea With Lemon with Yorkshire Tea Decaf.\n \n 6 min + chill\n 2 glasses\n Easy\n \n \n \n You'll need\n \n 3 bags Yorkshire Tea Decaf\n 400ml freshly boiled water\n Ice, a full glass of it\n Lemon\n Sugar to taste\n \n \n \n Method\n \n Brew 3 bags of Taylors of Harrogate Yorkshire Tea Decaf 40, 125g in 400ml for 6 minutes, deliberately strong.\n Sweeten now if at all, while it is hot.\n Cool, then chill thoroughly.\n Pour over a full glass of ice with a wedge of lemon.\n \n \n \n What you'll end up with: The one iced tea you can hand somebody at nine at night. Six minutes rather than five, because a decaf needs the extra time and ice punishes a weak brew.\n\n \n Decaf Chai After Dinner\n \n How to make Decaf Chai After Dinner with Yorkshire Tea Decaf.\n \n 14 min\n 2 cups\n Easy\n \n \n \n You'll need\n \n 4 bags Yorkshire Tea Decaf\n 250ml whole milk\n 250ml water\n A thumb of fresh ginger, sliced\n 4 cardamom pods, cracked\n Sugar to taste\n \n \n \n Method\n \n Simmer 250ml of water with the ginger and cardamom for 5 minutes before any tea goes in.\n Add 4 bags of Taylors of Harrogate Yorkshire Tea Decaf 40, 125g, one more than you would use with a caffeinated blend, and simmer 4 minutes.\n Pour in 250ml of whole milk and bring back to a bare simmer, not a boil.\n Strain into two cups and sweeten to taste.\n \n \n \n What you'll end up with: Chai you can drink after dinner. This is the one place where using an extra bag is right, because the spice and milk are both competing with the tea.\n\n \n Overnight Tea Loaf\n \n How to make Overnight Tea Loaf with Yorkshire Tea Decaf.\n \n 60 min + overnight\n 1 loaf\n Easy\n \n \n \n You'll need\n \n 4 bags Yorkshire Tea Decaf\n 300ml freshly boiled water\n 300g mixed dried fruit\n 250g self raising flour\n 150g soft brown sugar\n 1 large egg\n \n \n \n Method\n \n Brew 4 bags of Taylors of Harrogate Yorkshire Tea Decaf 40, 125g in 300ml for 10 minutes and let it go cold.\n Soak 300g of mixed dried fruit in the cold tea overnight.\n The next day beat in 250g of self raising flour, 150g of soft brown sugar and 1 large egg, fruit and soaking liquid together.\n Bake in a lined 2lb loaf tin at 170\u00b0C for 60 minutes, until a skewer comes out clean.\n \n \n \n Keeps 4 days in a tin and is better on day two."
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