A Proper Pot of Decaf English Breakfast

teas.co.uk · 15 min · Serves 4 to 6

You'll need

• 5 Teapigs Decaf English Breakfast tea temples, for a 1 litre pot
• 1 litre freshly drawn water, fully boiled
• A second pot or extra temples, for refills
• Cold milk in a jug
• Lemon slices, served separately from milk
• Sugar, honey and teaspoons on the table

Method

1. Warm the teapot with hot water and tip it out so a litre of boiling water does not cool on contact.
2. Add 5 temples, one more than you would for caffeinated tea, and pour over the full litre at a rolling boil.
3. Steep 5 minutes; decaf needs the extra leaf and slightly longer steep to give a pot that is still strong by the second cup.
4. Lift all the temples out together onto a saucer; left in, the pot goes flat and papery rather than bitter.
5. Pour milk first for milk drinkers then the tea; offer lemon only to cups without milk.
6. Brew a fresh pot with new temples for refills rather than topping up spent leaves.

Recipe: https://teas.co.uk/recipes/decaf black tea/a proper pot of decaf english breakfast/