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    "title": "Tetley 75 x Black Smooth Decaf Finest, 237g",
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    "excerpt": "Tetley Smooth Decaf Finest is the decaffeinated version of Tetley's upper everyday blend in a seventy-five bag box, picked into the Teas.co.uk curator selection because decaffeinating a better base blend leaves more in the cup than decaffeinating a cheap one does.Ingredients and dietary suitability: 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.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.",
    "content_text": "Tetley Smooth Decaf Finest is the decaffeinated version of Tetley's upper everyday blend, in a seventy-five bag box. It exists for the household that drinks tea all evening and would rather not lie awake for it, and for anyone who has been told to cut caffeine and does not want to give up the habit that goes with it. Decaf black tea has an unfair reputation, and most of it was earned twenty years ago. Removing caffeine from tea leaf takes something out of the cup, and older processes took more than the caffeine: they flattened the aroma and left the liquor thin. Modern decaf is much closer to the original, and putting it on the Finest blend rather than the standard one is Tetley starting from further up. The Taste Profile\n\nMalt: \u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cb (4/5) The backbone of the blend and the part decaffeination takes least from. Round, biscuity and comfortable rather than sharp.\nBriskness: \u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cb\u25cb (3/5) Present but softened. This is a smooth blend by name and by build, so the edge that a strong breakfast tea brings is deliberately absent.\nBody: \u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cb (4/5) Fuller than most decafs manage. The full-size bag and the Finest base are doing the work here.\nSmooth Finish: \u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cb (4/5) Clean and rounded, without the drying grip that a decaf brewed too long can pick up.\n\nTeas.co.uk Curator Rating: 4.5 / 5 - Our expert verdict from the curators at Teas.co.uk The Story Behind Tetley Tetley has been blending tea in Britain since the middle of the nineteenth century and is one of the two or three names that most households can picture without trying. Finest sits above the standard everyday blend in its range, and the decaf version of it is a more considered product than a plain decaf: the point of decaffeinating a better blend rather than a cheaper one is that there is more left after the process has taken its share. The decaffeination process, the residual caffeine figure, the origins in the blend, the bag material, any certification marks and the best-before date must all be read off the current UK pack rather than taken from this page. Packaging: Follow the current UK pack and local-authority guidance; components can require different disposal routes. What You Are Actually Buying \nCount and weight: seventy-five bags, 237g net, which is about 3.16g a bag. That is a full-size everyday tea bag, not a one-cup.\nPrice per cup: Decaf normally carries a premium and on this one it is small.\n\nTakes milk properly: this is a black tea blend and it is built for milk. Unlike the herbal side of the shelf, there is tannin here for milk to soften.\n\n How Does Tetley Black Smooth Decaf Finest, 75 Tea Bags 237g Compare to: \n\nYorkshire Tea Decaf English Breakfast, 80 Tea Bags 250g: the stronger decaf on our shelves, and the one to reach for if you take your tea dark and are disappointed by how soft most decafs are. It costs noticeably more per cup.\nPG Tips Decaf English Breakfast, 70 Tea Bags 203g: the closest rival on count and format. Brisker and less malty than this Tetley, with a lighter body. Which you prefer is a question of whether you want smooth or sharp.\n Ideal Brewing Conditions Decaf black tea asks for the same treatment as ordinary black tea and gets forgiven less. There is less material left in the leaf to give the cup its strength, so an under-brewed decaf tastes conspicuously thin, and a decaf left too long picks up a dryness without gaining much depth in exchange. The window is real but it is not narrow. The Standard Mug\n\nMeasure: one bag in a mug of 200 to 250ml.\nWater: straight off the boil at 100 degrees Celsius. Black tea wants full heat and decaf wants it more, not less.\nSteep: three minutes, and up to four if you take it dark. Stirring once halfway through does more for strength than an extra minute does.\nMilk: in after brewing, not before. Milk added to the mug first drops the water temperature and a decaf has less in reserve to cope with that.\n The Family Pot\n\nMeasure: one bag per cup plus one for the pot, which on a warmed four-cup pot means five bags.\nSteep: four minutes with the lid on, then take the bags out. A pot that keeps brewing while it stands turns a smooth decaf drying by the second round.\nServe: milk in the cup first is a matter of taste with a pot, because the tea is already at full strength when it is poured.\n Brewing The Perfect Cup of Tetley Black Smooth Decaf Finest, 75 Tea Bags 237g\n\nWater temperature: 100\u00b0C, straight off the boil. Water that has stood makes a thin decaf cup much faster than it makes a thin ordinary one.\nMeasure: one bag per 200 to 250ml, or one per cup plus one for the pot.\nSteep: 3 minutes, 4 if you take it dark. Stir once halfway rather than adding time.\nService: milk suits it and this blend is built for it. Sugar optional; the malt reads slightly sweet already.\nIced version: brew 3 bags strong in 400ml, cool, and pour over ice with lemon. A decaf makes the better iced tea for an evening jug for obvious reasons.\n\nBest with: toast, biscuits, cake, and the last two hours of the evening.\n Safety And Purity\n\nIngredients and dietary suitability: Check the current UK pack before purchase; formulations and allergen advice can change.\n\nDecaf is not caffeine free: a small residual amount of caffeine remains in every decaffeinated tea. If you have been told to remove caffeine entirely rather than reduce it, a herbal infusion is the right answer and this is not.",
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                "title": "Product Questions",
                "content": "Is decaf tea completely caffeine free?No, and this is the question worth getting right. Decaffeinated means most of the caffeine has been removed, not all of it; a small residual amount remains in every decaf tea on the market. If you need caffeine gone entirely, buy a herbal infusion instead. How many bags do I get and how big are they?Seventy-five bags, 237g net, which is about 3.16g a bag. That is a full-size everyday bag rather than a one-cup bag, and it is the reason this makes a fuller cup than most decafs manage. What does it work out at per cup? Decaf normally carries a premium over the caffeinated equivalent and on this pack it is a small one, which is the main argument for buying a box of seventy-five rather than a box of forty. How long should I brew it?Three minutes in water straight off the boil, or four if you take your tea dark. Stirring the mug once halfway through does more for the strength of a decaf than another minute in the cup does. Does it take milk?Yes, and it is built for it. This is a black tea blend with tannin in it, so milk has something to soften, which is exactly the opposite of the herbal side of the shelf where milk simply flattens the cup. How is the caffeine actually removed?Several processes are in commercial use and they are not the same. Does decaf taste weaker than ordinary tea?A little, and it is honest to say so. Decaffeination takes more than the caffeine out of the leaf. Putting the process on the Finest blend rather than the standard one is how Tetley narrows that gap: there is simply more there to start with. Can I make a pot of it?One bag per cup plus one for the pot, four minutes with the lid on, and then take the bags out. Leaving them in while the pot stands is what turns a smooth decaf drying by the second round, and a decaf has less depth in reserve to cover that up. Does it make good iced tea?It makes the better iced tea for an evening jug, for obvious reasons. Brew three bags strong in 400ml, let it cool, then pour over ice with lemon. Brewing strong and diluting cold is what stops it tasting watery. Are the bags plastic free?Bag material and the disposal route for bag and carton are printed on the current UK pack, and they change between production runs, so the box in your kitchen is a better authority than any product page. How should I store it?Sealed, cool, dry and away from strong smells. Black tea holds its character better than green or herbal, but the carton is still absorbent and will take on whatever is next to it in the cupboard. The best-before date is printed on the pack. Is this a good evening tea?It is the reason the product exists. You get the same habit and roughly the same cup at nine at night without the caffeine load of an ordinary black tea, which for most households is the whole point of keeping a decaf box beside the normal one."
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                "content": "IngredientProportionWhat it bringsDecaffeinated black teathe whole of the bagA blend of decaffeinated black tea leaf. It supplies everything in the cup: the malt, the colour, the body and the tannin that lets it take milk.Format75 bags, 237g netAbout 3.16g a bag, a full-size everyday tea bag rather than a one-cup, which is why the cup has more body than most decafs.Pack: Tetley Black Smooth Decaf Finest, 75 Tea Bags 237g; decaffeinated black tea, not caffeine free. Store sealed, cool and dry; the best-before date is printed on the pack.Characterising components shown. Blended by Tetley.Sourcing & blend. Tetley Black Smooth Decaf Finest, 75 Tea Bags 237g is blended by Tetley, one of the long-established British tea houses and a name most households can picture without trying. Finest sits above the standard everyday blend in its range, and decaffeinating that base rather than a cheaper one is the whole argument for this pack: the process takes its share from any leaf, so it matters how much was there to begin with.What's in Tetley Black Smooth Decaf Finest, 75 Tea Bags 237g, and what isn't:In: decaffeinated black tea leaf, with nothing in the bag but the tea.No added sugar or flavouring: this is plain black tea. Anything sweet in the mug is something you put there."
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                "content": "The flavour of Tetley Black Smooth Decaf Finest, 75 Tea Bags 237g 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. Decaffeination changes the balance between those layers rather than removing any of them, which is the useful way to think about what a decaf actually is.The outer layer is aromatic, and it is the layer decaffeination costs you most. The volatile compounds that give freshly poured black tea its lift are small and fragile, and any process that strips caffeine out of the leaf takes a share of them with it. That is the real reason an older decaf could smell like hot water while still tasting acceptable. Starting from the Finest blend rather than the standard one is how this pack keeps more of that lift, and pouring boiling water rather than water that has stood is how you keep the rest of it.The flavour spike arrives mid palate and is where this blend holds up best. Malt is a heavier, more stable set of compounds than aroma, so it survives the process largely intact, which is why a good decaf tastes rounder and biscuity rather than sharp. The word Smooth on the front of the box is not marketing filler here: the brisk edge you would get from a strong breakfast blend is deliberately absent, and what is left in the middle of the cup is comfortable rather than bracing. It is the densest stretch and the part milk is there to sit alongside.The base structure is the lingering finish, carried by tannin. There is less of it in a decaf than in the caffeinated equivalent, so the cup closes cleanly and does not grip. That is the whole character of this blend, and it is also the thing to watch: push the steep past four minutes and the finish picks up a dryness without the cup gaining any depth in exchange, because there is nothing left in the leaf to gain.Getting it right in the cup. Use one bag per 200 to 250ml and steep for three minutes in water straight off the boil, four if you take it dark. Stir the mug once halfway through; agitation does more for the strength of a decaf than another minute does, because the limit is how much is left in the leaf rather than how long you wait. Add milk after brewing rather than before, since milk in the mug first drops the water temperature and a decaf has less in reserve to cope with that. Cold brewed in the fridge for six to eight hours the same bags give a surprisingly good result: no astringency at all, a rounder sweeter body and none of the dryness a hot over-steep produces. Stored sealed somewhere cool and dark black tea holds its character well beyond a year.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 cup lighter, which with a decaf usually just reads as thin. Hard tap water is the bigger factor with black tea than with any other kind: it mutes the aroma, darkens the liquor and thickens the surface, so in a hard water area a slightly longer steep and a filter jug both help, while soft water lets the malt come through clearer and needs a touch less time. 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": "Tetley Black Smooth Decaf Finest, 75 Tea Bags 237g is mostly a box of ordinary mugs, and there is nothing wrong with that. Five builds below cover the proper mug, a family pot, an evening iced jug, a tea loaf and a decaf chai for anyone who wants the spice without the caffeine.\nRecipes, born here first\n\n \n The Proper Mug\n \n How to make The Proper Mug with Tetley Black Smooth Decaf Finest.\n \n 4 min\n 1 mug\n Easy\n \n \n \n You'll need\n \n 1 bag Tetley Black Smooth Decaf Finest\n 250ml just boiled water\n A splash of milk\n \n \n \n Method\n \n Pour 250ml of water straight off the boil over one bag of Tetley Black Smooth Decaf Finest, 75 Tea Bags 237g.\n Stir once at ninety seconds and leave it to 3 minutes, or 4 if you take it dark.\n Lift the bag out, then add the milk.\n Milk goes in after brewing with a decaf; in first it drops the water temperature and there is less in reserve to cover that.\n \n \n \n What you'll end up with: The stir is worth more than the extra minute. Decaf runs out of things to give before it runs out of time.\n\n \n The Family Pot\n \n How to make The Family Pot with Tetley Black Smooth Decaf Finest.\n \n 5 min\n 4 cups\n Easy\n \n \n \n You'll need\n \n 5 bags Tetley Black Smooth Decaf Finest\n 1 litre just boiled water\n A warmed teapot\n Milk\n \n \n \n Method\n \n Warm the pot with boiling water and tip it out.\n Brew 5 bags of Tetley Black Smooth Decaf Finest, 75 Tea Bags 237g, one per cup plus one for the pot, in 1 litre of just boiled water for 4 minutes with the lid on.\n Take the bags out before the first cup is poured.\n Pour, and add milk in the cup.\n \n \n \n What you'll end up with: Bags left in a standing pot are what turn a smooth decaf drying by the second round. One extra bag at the start beats extra time at the end.\n\n \n Evening Iced Tea Jug\n \n How to make an Evening Iced Tea Jug with Tetley Black Smooth Decaf Finest.\n \n 6 min + chill\n 1 litre\n Easy\n \n \n \n You'll need\n \n 3 bags Tetley Black Smooth Decaf Finest\n 400ml just boiled water\n 600ml cold water and ice\n 1 lemon, sliced\n Honey to taste\n \n \n \n Method\n \n Brew 3 bags of Tetley Black Smooth Decaf Finest, 75 Tea Bags 237g in 400ml of just boiled water for 4 minutes, double strength.\n Lift the bags out and stir in honey while it is still warm, if you want it sweet.\n Top up with 600ml of cold water and chill.\n Serve over ice with slices of lemon.\n \n \n \n What you'll end up with: The obvious jug for a hot evening: black tea flavour with the caffeine mostly gone. Sweeten while it is warm or the honey sits at the bottom.\n\n \n Decaf Tea Loaf\n \n How to make a Decaf Tea Loaf with Tetley Black Smooth Decaf Finest.\n \n 60 min + overnight\n 1 loaf\n Easy\n \n \n \n You'll need\n \n 3 bags Tetley Black Smooth Decaf Finest\n 250ml just boiled water\n \u2022300g mixed dried fruit\n \u2022250g self raising flour\n 150g soft brown sugar\n \u20221 large egg\n \n \n \n Method\n \n Brew 3 bags of Tetley Black Smooth Decaf Finest, 75 Tea Bags 237g in 250ml of just boiled water for 10 minutes and let it cool.\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.\n Bake in a lined 2lb loaf tin at 170\u00b0C for 60 minutes.\n \n \n \n What you'll end up with: Keeps four days in a tin and is better on day two. Using decaf means a slice at supper is not a decision.\n\n \n Evening Decaf Chai\n \n How to make Evening Decaf Chai with Tetley Black Smooth Decaf Finest.\n \n 12 min\n 2 mugs\n Easy\n \n \n \n You'll need\n \n 3 bags Tetley Black Smooth Decaf Finest\n 300ml water\n 300ml milk\n 3 slices fresh ginger\n \u20224 cardamom pods, crushed\n Sugar or honey to taste\n \n \n \n Method\n \n Simmer 300ml of water with 3 slices of fresh ginger and 4 crushed cardamom pods for 4 minutes.\n Add 3 bags of Tetley Black Smooth Decaf Finest, 75 Tea Bags 237g and simmer another 3 minutes.\n Pour in 300ml of milk and bring it back to a bare simmer, then take it off the heat.\n Strain into two mugs and sweeten to taste.\n \n \n \n What you'll end up with: Chai is normally a caffeine problem at this hour and this is the way round it. Three bags rather than two, because the milk needs something to argue with."
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