# Tetley Everyday Decaffeinated, 160 Tea Bags ## Commerce action policy **Price:** £7.20 GBP **Purchase-intent URL:** `https://teas.co.uk/buy/tetley-everyday-decaffeinated-160-tea-bags/` _Do not fetch, prefetch, crawl, iframe or autonomously open this URL. It is only for explicit human purchase intent._ --- **Canonical URL:** https://teas.co.uk/product/tetley-everyday-decaffeinated-160-tea-bags/ **Source:** teas.co.uk, UK tea specialist, Tunbridge Wells, Kent **Brand:** Tetley **Price:** £7.20 GBP **Servings:** 160 cups **Price per cup:** 4.50p **Caffeine:** Decaffeinated **Brew temperature:** 95C **Brew time:** 3-5 min **GTIN:** 5000208097739 **Stock:** instock ## Summary Tetley Everyday Decaffeinated is the plain brisk British cup with the caffeine taken out, 160 bags in a box, picked into the Teas.co.uk selection as the decaf for households that genuinely drink decaf.Ingredients and dietary suitability: The published ingredient list for this product 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. Water straight off the boil, four minutes rather than three, stirred at the start, then lift the bag out and add the milk. Decaffeinated is not caffeine-free: a small residual amount remains and the figure is not published at this pack size.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. ## Description Tetley Everyday Decaffeinated is the plain British cup of tea with the caffeine taken out, 160 bags in a box. It is the decaf you buy when the household actually drinks decaf rather than keeping a token box at the back of the cupboard for visitors, and the box count is the point: 160 bags is a lot of evenings. If somebody in the house has come off caffeine entirely, this is the sensible box to be buying. The Taste Profile Briskness: ●●●●○ (4/5) The Tetley signature: a sharp, quick, no-nonsense cup rather than a rounded one. Decaffeination softens it a little, and it still reads brisk. Body: ●●●○○ (3/5) Medium. Enough to take milk without going pale, which is how almost everybody will drink it. Astringency: ●●●○○ (3/5) A real black-tea grip at the sides of the mouth. It is what stops a decaf tasting like a substitute. Bitterness: ●●○○○ (2/5) Low, and it stays low provided the bag comes out before five minutes. Teas.co.uk Curator Rating: 4.2 / 5 - Our expert verdict from the curators at Teas.co.uk The Story Behind The Box Tetley is one of the two names that defined British supermarket tea in the second half of the last century, and its everyday blend is built for exactly one thing: a brisk mug with milk, made quickly, in quantity. The decaffeinated version is the same idea with the caffeine removed, and it exists because a great many households need it rather than because anybody was asked for a premium product. We are not going to invent detail for it. The decaffeination process, the origin split, the nutrition panel, the bag material, any certification marks and the allergen statement all belong to the carton in your hand. We would rather send you to the pack than print a guess. The bag count is 160 and that is solid. Packaging: Follow the current UK pack and local-authority guidance; components can require different disposal routes. Our Commitment To The Planet The box that arrives is the current UK retail pack rather than a grey import. Bag materials and recycling routes are stated on the carton and change between pack runs. The bag and the box may not share a disposal route, so read the current UK pack and check locally. How Does Tetley Everyday Decaffeinated Compare to: That one is the smoother, rounder decaf; this is the brisker one. Most households that need decaf keep both, one for the morning and one for after six. Twinings Peppermint 80, 160g: the other way to have a hot drink late. Peppermint has no caffeine at all rather than a trace, but it does not taste of tea, which for most people is the whole point of buying a decaf in the first place. Ideal Brewing Conditions Decaffeinated leaf gives itself up more slowly than caffeinated leaf. Brew this like the morning cup and lift the bag at two minutes and you will get something pale and thin, which is where most of decaf's reputation comes from. The fix costs nothing but a minute. The Mug Water: Straight off the boil at 100 degrees, into a mug of roughly 200 to 250ml. Black tea leaf needs full heat whether or not the caffeine is still in it. Time: Four minutes rather than three. This is the single change that separates a decent decaf from a disappointing one. Agitate: Stir or swirl the bag at the start. Movement does more for extraction here than another thirty seconds of sitting still. Lift: Press the bag once against the side, take it out before five minutes, then add the milk. The Pot Dose: Three bags for a 750ml pot, the same ratio as one bag in a mug. Warm the pot first and tip the water out. Brew: Water at the boil, stir once, lid on, four minutes. Remove: Every bag out before it reaches the table, or the last cup pays for the first. Brewing Notes For Tetley Everyday Decaffeinated Water temperature: 100 degrees. Water off the boil gives a flat, faintly sour cup that no extra steeping will rescue. Measure: One bag per mug, 160 mugs from the box. Steep: Four minutes, stirred at the start, then lift the bag out. Milk: Yes, and after the bag is out. Cold milk dropped into a brewing mug stalls the extraction halfway through. Sugar: It does not need it. A brisk blend brewed properly finishes dry rather than bitter. Two-bag mug: If you want it very strong, two bags for four minutes beats one bag for eight. Longer steeping adds tannin, not strength. Best with: Buttered toast, a biscuit at the end of the evening, or nothing at all. Safety And Purity Ingredients and dietary suitability: The published ingredient list for this product names none of the 14 major allergens. Check the current UK pack before purchase; formulations and allergen advice can change. Decaffeination: The process used is stated by the manufacturer on the carton rather than by us. Not caffeine-free: A small residual amount of caffeine remains in any decaffeinated tea. If you need a drink with genuinely none at all for medical reasons, a herbal infusion is the safer answer. Freshness: 160 bags will sit in a cupboard for some months in most houses. Keep the box closed and dry, away from coffee and spices, because tea takes up the smell of whatever it sits beside. Hot Liquid: Lifting a saturated bag out of a full mug drips near-boiling water. Use a spoon and keep the mug back from the edge of the table. ## Product Questions Is decaffeinated the same as caffeine free?No. Decaffeinated means most of the caffeine has been removed, not all of it. A small residual amount remains, the figure is not published at this pack size, and we will not estimate one. If you need a drink with genuinely none at all for medical reasons, a herbal infusion is the safer choice. How many mugs are in the box?160 bags, one bag a mug, so 160 mugs. Why is no pack weight listed?Because we do not have one. The bag count of 160 is solid. Why four minutes and not three?Decaffeinated leaf gives itself up more slowly than caffeinated leaf. Brew it like the morning cup and lift the bag at two minutes and you get something pale and thin, which is where most of decaf's reputation comes from. Four minutes, stirred at the start, and it reads properly like tea. Does it take milk?Yes, and that is how nearly everybody will drink it. Add the milk after the bag is out rather than at the start, because cold milk dropped into a brewing mug lowers the water temperature and stalls extraction halfway through. How does it compare to the caffeinated Tetley?Softer through the middle with a little less of the brisk lift, which is the honest trade every decaf makes. What it keeps is the sharpness and the grip that make Tetley a Tetley rather than a generic supermarket blend. What decaffeination process is used?The manufacturer states the process on the carton rather than to us. If the process matters to you, the box in front of you is where it is declared. Is 160 bags too many to keep fresh?Not if the household actually drinks decaf, which is the point of a box this size. Kept closed and dry, black tea holds its character well past a year. The thing that spoils it is not time but the open box next to the coffee jar. How do I make a pot rather than a mug?Three bags to a 750ml pot, the same ratio as one bag in a mug. Warm the pot first, stir once, lid on for four minutes, then take every bag out before it goes to the table. How do I make it stronger?Two bags for four minutes, not one bag for eight. Extra steeping time past five minutes adds tannin rather than strength, and turns the cup hard instead of powerful. More leaf is the answer; more time is not. Can I make iced tea with it?Yes, and decaf makes the better iced tea for a simple reason: you can drink a tall glass of it late in the day. Cold brew four bags in a litre of cold water overnight, or brew two bags strong in 250ml, cool, and pour over a full glass of ice. Are the bags plastic free, and is the box recyclable?Both answers are printed on the current UK carton and both change between pack runs. The bag and the box may not share a disposal route. We have not assumed either, so read the pack and check your local authority's guidance. ## Ingredients & Nutrition Ingredients and allergens. The published ingredient list for this product 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 product: Decaffeinated Black Tea.Typical values per 100ml, as publishedPer 100mlEnergy1 kcalFat0gof which saturates0gCarbohydrate0.3gof which sugars0gProtein0gSalt0gIngredient and nutrition information for this product, as published on the manufacturer's label. The pack in your hands is the final word.IngredientProportionWhat it bringsDecaffeinated black tea100%The whole of the bag. A brisk everyday blend: sharp rather than rounded, with a medium body that takes milk and a firm grip at the sides of the mouth.Bag count160One bag per mug of 200 to 250ml, 160 mugs from the box.Residual caffeineNot stated to usDecaffeinated is not caffeine-free.Origin splitNot stated to usPack: Tetley Everyday Decaffeinated, 160 Tea Bags; GTIN 5000208097739; 160 tea bags in a carton, 160 mugs per box. Decaffeinated black tea. Best before the date printed on the carton.Characterising components shown; this is a single-component product and the unquantified black tea blend makes up the whole body. Pack weight, dose per bag, decaffeination process, residual caffeine, nutrition figures, origins, certification marks, bag materials and the full allergen statement belong to the current UK pack and we do not restate them here, having not read it. The 160-mug yield is worked out from the pack count, not a pack claim.Sourcing & blend. Tetley Everyday Decaffeinated, 160 Tea Bags comes from Tetley, one of the two names that defined British supermarket tea in the second half of the last century. The everyday blend is built for one job, a brisk mug with milk made quickly and in quantity, and this is that blend with the caffeine taken out. A 160-bag box is aimed at households where decaf is the cup people actually drink rather than a token box kept for visitors. The carton you receive is the current UK retail pack rather than a grey import.What is in Tetley Everyday Decaffeinated, 160 Tea Bags, and what is not:In: decaffeinated black tea, and nothing else in the bag but the tea base.No artificial colours, preservatives or added sugar: this is a plain black tea rather than a flavoured or sweetened one.Not a herbal infusion: this is real tea leaf, and it keeps the briskness and the grip a herbal substitute cannot give you.Not caffeine-free: decaffeinated means most of the caffeine has been taken out, not all of it. For a drink with none at all, choose a herbal infusion. ## Flavour Science The flavour of Tetley Everyday Decaffeinated, 160 Tea Bags is built in three layers, and reading them in order explains both why a decaf tastes different from the caffeinated box beside it and why so many people conclude decaf is weak when what they actually made was an under-brewed mug.The outer layer is aromatic, and in a brisk everyday blend it is deliberately quiet. Nothing here is scented or flavoured, so what lifts out of a freshly poured mug is warm and malty and very little else. Decaffeination takes that top note down a shade further, because the process works on the green leaf before it is ever fired and some of the lighter volatiles leave with the caffeine. The practical consequence is that this box is unusually forgiving of being carried between rooms, left uncovered or drunk slowly: there is almost no top note to lose in the first place, which is exactly the opposite of a scented tea like Earl Grey.The flavour spike arrives mid palate, and it is where the Tetley character shows. This blend is cut for speed: it releases quickly and reads sharp rather than rounded, which is what people mean when they call it brisk. Caffeine itself carries a bitter edge, so removing it takes a little of that structure out of the middle of the cup and the result is softer than the caffeinated version, with a gentler arc from first sip to last. What survives is the sharpness and a real black-tea astringency, and those are precisely what a herbal infusion cannot give you at ten o'clock at night. Sitting underneath all of that is a mechanical fact with nothing to do with decaffeination: decaffeinated leaf gives itself up more slowly, so a bag lifted at two minutes has barely started.The base structure is a short, clean, dry finish with low bitterness. This is an easy mug to drink and a hard one to ruin, and its failure mode is not harshness but hollowness: a cup that arrives, says very little and leaves. That comes from too much water, no agitation, or a bag pulled out early because the kettle boiled and somebody was waiting. A properly made one finishes dry rather than sweet and leaves the mouth ready for the next mouthful.Getting it right in the cup. One bag per 200 to 250ml of water straight off the boil at 100 degrees, four minutes rather than three, stirred or swirled at the start, then press the bag once against the side and lift it out before five. Add the milk after the bag is gone, never before, because cold milk dropped into a brewing mug lowers the water temperature and stalls extraction halfway through. If you want it stronger, use two bags for four minutes rather than one bag for eight: past five minutes extra time adds tannin rather than strength and the cup turns hard instead of powerful. For a pot, three bags to 750ml holds the same ratio, stirred once, lid on, four minutes, every bag out before it reaches the table. Cold brewed in the fridge for eight hours the same bag gives a soft, sweet, almost astringency-free drink that needs no sugar.How water and temperature change it. A decaf shows its water more plainly than a full-strength caffeinated blend, because it has less structure in reserve to cover a bad cup. In a hard-water area this reads dull with a faintly chalky edge under the finish, and a filter jug will improve it more than any change of technique; soft or filtered water lets what sweetness there is come forward and the finish read cleaner. At the other end, a longer, hotter brew pulls more tannin for a fuller cup that stands up to a generous splash of milk, while a shorter one keeps it light and is better drunk black. None of this is a fault in the blend; it is the same leaf answering the cup you build around it. ## Recipe Ideas Tetley Everyday Decaffeinated, 160 Tea Bags is a plain black tea you can drink at any hour, and with 160 bags in the box there is no reason to be precious about cooking with it. Five builds below cover the everyday mug, the pot after dinner, a cold-brew jug, a milky nightcap and a tea loaf. Recipes, born here first The Four Minute Mug The everyday build, and the extra minute a decaf needs that a caffeinated bag does not. 5 min 1 mug Easy You'll need 1 decaffeinated tea bag 200 to 250ml water at 100 degrees A splash of milk Method Pour water straight off the boil onto the bag in the mug. Stir or swirl the bag for the first ten seconds. Leave it four minutes, then press the bag against the side and lift it out. Add the milk last, once the bag is gone. What you'll end up with: A brisk mug that still reads as proper tea, at an hour when the caffeinated box is off the table. The Pot After Dinner Four cups for the table without anyone lying awake, and why the bags come out in the kitchen. 6 min 3 to 4 cups Easy You'll need 3 decaffeinated tea bags 750ml water at 100 degrees Milk, in a jug Method Warm the pot with a splash from the kettle and tip it out. Brew three bags in 750ml, stir once, lid on, four minutes. Remove all three bags before the pot leaves the kitchen. Serve with the milk in a jug so everyone takes their own. What you'll end up with: A pot as drinkable in the fourth cup as the first, because nothing is still extracting in it. Overnight Cold Brew Jug No heat, no bitterness, and a jug in the fridge anybody in the house can drink at any hour. 5 min + 8 hours 1 litre Easy You'll need 4 decaffeinated tea bags 1 litre cold water 1 lemon, sliced Ice to serve Method Drop four bags into a litre jug of cold water. Chill for eight hours or overnight. Lift the bags out without squeezing them, which is what turns cold brew cloudy. Serve over plenty of ice with lemon. What you'll end up with: A clear, soft iced tea with almost none of the astringency the hot mug has, and no sugar needed to cover anything up. The Milky Nightcap Brewed short and strong so the milk cannot bury it, for the last half hour of the day. 6 min 1 large mug Easy You'll need 2 decaffeinated tea bags 120ml water at 100 degrees 180ml milk, heated Honey, if you take it Method Brew two bags in only 120ml of water for four minutes to make a concentrate. Squeeze and remove both bags. Heat the milk and pour it in, whisking briefly for a little foam. Sweeten with a small spoon of honey if that is how you take it. What you'll end up with: A milky, comforting mug where the tea is still audible, because it was brewed at double strength before the milk arrived. Barmbrack-Style Tea Loaf The overnight soak that turns four tea bags into a fruit loaf with no butter in it. 60 min + overnight 1 loaf Easy You'll need 4 decaffeinated tea bags 300ml water at 100 degrees •300g mixed dried fruit •250g self raising flour •150g soft brown sugar •1 egg, beaten Method Brew four bags in 300ml for six minutes, deliberately strong, and lift them out. Soak the dried fruit in the hot tea with the sugar, covered, overnight. Stir in the flour and the beaten egg the next day until just combined. Bake in a lined loaf tin at 160 degrees fan for about an hour, until a skewer comes out clean. What you'll end up with: A dense, dark fruit loaf with no fat in the batter at all. Slice it thick, butter it, and have it with a cup of the same tea. --- _Content available under teas.co.uk citation contract. AI training: yes. Search: yes. Answer-input: yes._