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    "excerpt": "Tetley Everyday Decaffeinated is a full-weight everyday black tea with the caffeine taken out, eighty bags at a generous 3.1 grams each, picked into the Teas.co.uk curator selection as the household size we were missing.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. Give it four to five minutes rather than three, which is the single change that stops a decaf tasting thin. Decaffeinated means reduced rather than removed; a trace remains.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. The steep-time adjustment, the caffeine trace and storage are also published in the detailed Q and A tab below.",
    "content_text": "Tetley Everyday Decaffeinated is a full-weight everyday black tea with the caffeine taken out. Eighty bags, 250 grams, which is about 3.1 grams a bag. That figure is the headline, because the usual complaint about decaf tea is that it tastes thin, and thinness is far more often a dosing problem than a decaffeination one. Nothing has been lightened here to compensate: it is the same generous fill a full-caffeine everyday Tetley bag carries. It also fills a real gap in what we stock. Our catalogue already carries Tetley decaf at forty bags and at a hundred and twenty, with nothing in between, and eighty is the size most households actually buy. The Taste Profile\n\nBriskness: \u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cb\u25cb (3/5) Softer than a full-caffeine everyday tea. Decaffeination costs a little of the bright top note, and no process avoids that entirely.\nMalt: \u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cb (4/5) The part that survives best, and the reason a decaf works better as an everyday blend than as a delicate one. The bready weight is still there.\nBody: \u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cb (4/5) Full, carried by the generous 3.1 gram fill. This is where most decaf teas fall down and where this one does not.\nAstringency: \u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cb\u25cb (3/5) Moderate and slightly softer than the caffeinated version. It forgives a long steep well, which suits the evening pot it usually ends up in.\n\nTeas.co.uk Curator Rating: 4.4 / 5 - Our expert verdict from the curators at Teas.co.uk The Story Behind Tetley Tetley is one of the long-standing British household tea brands and the decaffeinated line has been part of the range for many years. Worth being precise about the word decaffeinated. It means the caffeine has been reduced, not that none remains. Decaffeinated tea retains a trace, and anyone avoiding caffeine for medical reasons should treat the pack statement as the authority rather than this page. Packaging: Follow the current UK pack and local-authority guidance; components can require different disposal routes. What You Are Actually Buying\n\nCount and weight: eighty bags, 250 grams, which is about 3.1 grams a bag. A full-weight everyday fill rather than a lightened decaf one.\n\nReduced, not removed: decaffeinated means the caffeine has been reduced. A trace remains, and the current box is the authority on that rather than this page.\nWhat it is not: not a herbal infusion and not caffeine-free. If you need genuinely no caffeine, a rooibos or a herbal is the honest answer rather than a decaf black tea.\n How Does Tetley Everyday Decaffeinated, 80 Tea Bags 250g Compare to:\n\nTetley Decaf English Breakfast, 120 Tea Bags 375g: the same brand and the same 3.1 grams a bag, at half again the count, and the right buy for a household that drinks decaf all day. This eighty is the size most people actually finish before it goes stale.\nTetley Decaf English Breakfast, 40 Tea Bags 125g: the small box in the same line, again at about 3.1 grams a bag. Sized for a holiday let or a trial rather than a household.\nYorkshire Tea Decaf English Breakfast, 80 Tea Bags 250g: the direct rival at exactly the same count and weight. A harder, maltier decaf in the Yorkshire tradition. The straight comparison if you prefer that house style.\n Ideal Brewing Conditions Decaf black tea is brewed exactly like ordinary black tea, with one adjustment: give it the longer end of the range. Decaffeination changes how readily the leaf gives up its flavour, and the most common reason a decaf tastes weak is that it was pulled out on the same timer as a caffeinated bag. The Standard Mug\n\nWater: straight off a fresh boil at 100 degrees Celsius. Full heat matters more for a decaf, not less.\nMeasure: one bag per mug of 250 to 300ml. At 3.1 grams there is no need to double up, and doubling is the usual overcorrection.\nSteep: four to five minutes rather than three. This is the single change that makes a decaf taste like tea.\nMilk: in after the bag comes out. The blend is built for it.\n The Evening Pot\n\nWarm it: a splash of boiling water swirled round and tipped away.\nMeasure: one bag per mug you intend to pour, plus one for the pot.\nSteep: five minutes, then lift every bag out. The softer astringency means it tolerates the longer steep without turning harsh.\nHold: a cosy keeps it right for twenty minutes, which is usually what an evening pot is for.\n Getting It Right in the Cup\n\nWater temperature: 100 degrees Celsius, freshly boiled.\nMeasure: one bag to 250 to 300ml.\nSteep: four to five minutes. Longer than you would give a caffeinated bag, and the single most useful adjustment for any decaf.\nDo not double the bag: the usual overcorrection for a weak decaf, and it makes the cup muddy rather than stronger. Add time instead.\nMilk: suits it, and the malt is the part of the blend that survives decaffeination best.\nHard water: flattens what brightness is left, which a decaf can least afford. Filtered water makes a bigger difference here than with a full-caffeine tea.\nStorage: sealed, cool, dark and away from coffee and spices.\nBest with: evening, late afternoon, after dinner, and any point in the day when a caffeinated mug would keep you awake.\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 means reduced, not removed. A trace of caffeine remains in any decaffeinated tea. Anyone avoiding caffeine on medical advice should treat the current pack statement as the authority. Decaffeination method: the box is the place to look. Child safety: Decaffeinated rather than caffeine-free, and still a tea rather than a children's drink. Keep out of reach.",
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                "content": "Is decaffeinated tea completely caffeine free?No. Decaffeinated means reduced, not removed, and a trace of caffeine remains in any decaf tea. If you need genuinely none, a rooibos or a herbal infusion is the honest answer. Why does decaf tea usually taste weak?Most often because it was brewed on the same timer as a caffeinated bag. Decaffeination changes how readily the leaf gives up its flavour, so give it four to five minutes rather than three. Dosing is the other reason, and this pack does not skimp: about 3.1 grams a bag, the same as a full-caffeine everyday Tetley bag. How long should I brew it?Four to five minutes in water straight off the boil. The softer astringency of a decaf means it tolerates the longer steep without turning harsh, which a full-caffeine builder's blend would not. Should I use two bags to make it stronger?No, and this is the usual overcorrection. Two bags in one mug makes a decaf muddy rather than stronger. Add time, not leaf. A minute more does what a second bag cannot. How many mugs does the box make?Eighty, one bag to a mug. Does it take milk?Yes, and it is built for it. Malt is the part of a black tea that survives decaffeination best, so the body is there to carry a proper splash. That is why decaf works better as an everyday blend than as a delicate one. How does it compare with the Tetley decaf boxes you already sell?The same line at a different count. We carry forty bags and a hundred and twenty, both at about 3.1 grams a bag, and this eighty is the household size that sat in the gap. What decaffeination method is used?The current UK box is the place to look. Can I drink it in the evening?That is what most of this box is bought for, and a trace of caffeine remains rather than none. Most people find it perfectly comfortable late; anyone unusually sensitive should note that low is not zero. Where does the tea come from?It is a blend, which is what keeps an everyday tea consistent season after season. Does hard water affect it more than ordinary tea?In practice yes, because a decaf has less brightness to spare in the first place. Filtered water makes a more noticeable difference here than it would with a full-caffeine blend. Can I cold brew it?Yes, and it is a good use for a decaf, since you can drink the whole jug in the evening. Five bags in a litre of cold water in the fridge overnight gives a round, soft drink with no astringency at all."
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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.ComponentProportionWhat it bringsDoseabout 3.1 grams a bag (250g across 80 bags)A full everyday fill rather than a lightened decaf one, and the main reason this cup does not taste thin. Our own calculation from the pack weight and count.Pack: Tetley Everyday Decaffeinated, 80 Tea Bags 250g; a decaffeinated everyday black tea in standard one-cup bags. Store sealed, cool, dark and dry, away from coffee and spices. Read the ingredient list, the allergen advice, the caffeine statement and the best-before date off the current UK box.Components shown are those we can state honestly from the product name, the pack weight and the count. Decaffeinated is recorded as reduced caffeine rather than none.Sourcing & blend. Tetley Everyday Decaffeinated is a decaffeinated everyday black tea from Tetley, one of the long-standing British household tea brands. The tasting profile below is our own editorial assessment against the current pack format and the brand's published description. Our catalogue already carries Tetley decaf at forty bags and at a hundred and twenty, both at the same per-bag fill, so this listing fills the eighty-bag household size that sat between them.What's in Tetley Everyday Decaffeinated, 80 Tea Bags 250g, and what isn't:In: decaffeinated black tea leaf and nothing else, in a standard one-cup bag.No added flavouring: this is the plain everyday blend with the caffeine reduced. No bergamot, no fruit, no petals and no added sweetness.Not caffeine free: a trace of caffeine remains after decaffeination. We claim low rather than none, and the box carries the current statement."
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                "content": "The flavour of Tetley Everyday Decaffeinated 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 warm and bready but quieter than a full-caffeine everyday tea, and that difference is real rather than imagined. Decaffeination is a solvent process of one kind or another, and some of the lightest, most volatile aromatic compounds leave with the caffeine. No method avoids this entirely. It is why a decaf smells softer from the mug, and why the aroma is the layer where the gap between decaf and ordinary tea is most obvious.The flavour spike is where this pack recovers the ground. The malt arrives across the middle of the tongue with proper weight, because the heavier compounds that carry malt survive decaffeination far better than the light aromatics do. At about 3.1 grams a bag there is a full everyday dose behind it, which is the single biggest reason this tastes like tea where thinner decafs taste like a suggestion of it. Most complaints about decaf are really complaints about under-dosing, and this box does not under-dose.The base structure is a softer, slightly shorter finish than the caffeinated version of the same style, with less grip. That softness is a genuine trade-off rather than a flaw: you lose a little of the bite that cuts through milk and fat, and you gain a tea that tolerates a five-minute steep and a forgotten pot without turning harsh. For a tea that mostly gets drunk in the evening, that is the right trade.Getting it right in the cup. Use one bag per 250 to 300ml of water straight off the boil and give it four to five minutes rather than the three you would give a caffeinated bag. This is the single most useful adjustment anyone can make to a decaf, and it is why so many people conclude decaf tea is weak when what they actually did was under-brew it. Do not reach for a second bag; two bags in one mug makes a decaf muddy rather than strong, and time does what leaf cannot here. Take the bag out before the milk goes in. Cold brewed in the fridge for eight hours it gives a round, soft drink with no astringency, and since it is decaf you can finish the jug at night.How water and temperature change it. The same bag gives a measurably different mug depending on how you treat the water. Full boiling water and a five minute steep pull as much malt as this leaf will give and produce a genuinely full cup; water off the boil or a short steep leaves it thin, and thin is the decaf failure mode people already expect, so it confirms a prejudice the tea does not deserve. Hard water costs a decaf more than it costs an ordinary tea, because brightness is what hard water flattens and a decaf has less of it to spare, which makes a filter jug a more worthwhile investment here than anywhere else in the cupboard. Soft water lets what lift remains ring clearly. 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": "The useful thing about a full-weight decaf is that it does everything an everyday black tea does, at a time of day when an everyday black tea would keep you awake. Five builds below cover the standard mug, an evening pot, a cold brew you can finish at night, an iced jug and a tea loaf.\nRecipes, born here first\n\n \n The Standard Mug\n \n How to make The Standard Mug with Tetley Everyday Decaffeinated.\n \n 5 min\n 1 mug\n Easy\n \n \n \n You'll need\n \n 1 bag Tetley Everyday Decaffeinated\n 250ml just boiled water\n Milk to taste\n \n \n \n Method\n \n Pour 250ml of water straight off the boil over one bag.\n Steep four to five minutes, not three.\n Lift the bag out and press it gently.\n Add milk last, to taste.\n \n \n \n What you'll end up with: The extra minute is the whole difference between a decaf that tastes like tea and one that tastes like a rumour of it.\n\n \n The Evening Pot\n \n How to make The Evening Pot with Tetley Everyday Decaffeinated.\n \n 7 min\n 4 mugs\n Easy\n \n \n \n You'll need\n \n 5 bags Tetley Everyday Decaffeinated\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 away.\n Add four bags plus one for the pot.\n Pour on a litre of freshly boiled water and steep five minutes.\n Lift every bag out, cosy the pot and pour.\n \n \n \n What you'll end up with: Five minutes is safe here in a way it would not be with a caffeinated builder's blend, because the astringency is softer.\n\n \n Night-Safe Cold Brew\n \n How to make Night-Safe Cold Brew with Tetley Everyday Decaffeinated.\n \n 8 hours\n 1 litre\n Easy\n \n \n \n You'll need\n \n 5 bags Tetley Everyday Decaffeinated\n 1 litre cold water\n A sealed jug\n \n \n \n Method\n \n Drop five bags into a litre of cold water in a sealed jug.\n Refrigerate for eight hours, or overnight.\n Lift the bags out and drink within two days.\n Serve over ice, straight or with a slice of lemon.\n \n \n \n What you'll end up with: Round, soft and completely un-astringent, and the one cold brew in the cupboard you can finish at eleven at night.\n\n \n Iced Decaf Tea\n \n How to make Iced Decaf Tea with Tetley Everyday Decaffeinated.\n \n 10 min + chill\n 1 jug\n Easy\n \n \n \n You'll need\n \n 4 bags Tetley Everyday Decaffeinated\n 500ml just boiled water\n Ice\n Lemon\n Sugar to taste\n \n \n \n Method\n \n Brew four bags in 500ml of boiling water for six minutes to make a strong concentrate.\n Sweeten while hot; sugar will not dissolve once cold.\n Cool to room temperature, then top up to a litre with cold water.\n Pour over a full glass of ice with lemon.\n \n \n \n What you'll end up with: Six minutes rather than five for the concentrate, because iced tea gets diluted twice and a decaf has less strength in reserve.\n\n \n Evening Tea Loaf\n \n How to make Evening Tea Loaf with Tetley Everyday Decaffeinated.\n \n 1 hr + soaking\n 1 loaf\n Medium\n \n \n \n You'll need\n \n 4 bags Tetley Everyday Decaffeinated\n 300ml just boiled water\n 300g mixed dried fruit\n 150g soft brown sugar\n 250g self-raising flour\n 1 egg, beaten\n \n \n \n Method\n \n Brew four bags in 300ml of boiling water for eight minutes to make a strong, tannic brew.\n Pour it hot over the fruit and sugar and leave overnight.\n Stir in the flour and beaten egg the next day.\n Bake at 160 degrees Celsius fan for about an hour, until a skewer comes out clean.\n Cool fully before slicing and serve with butter.\n \n \n \n What you'll end up with: Four bags rather than three, and eight minutes rather than six, because a decaf gives up its tannin more slowly and tannin is what the fruit needs."
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