Decaf VS. Caffeine Free Tea

5 Key Takeaways:

Decaf vs. Caffeine-Free: Decaf tea has been processed to reduce caffeine content but still contains a small amount (around 1-2% of its original caffeine), equating to about 2 mg per cup.

Caffeine Levels in Context: Compared to decaf coffee (2-12 mg per cup) and regular coffee (75-200 mg), decaf tea has minimal caffeine, but even this can affect very caffeine-sensitive individuals.

Truly Caffeine-Free Options: Caffeine-free teas, such as fruit tisanes and rooibos blends, have never contained caffeine. These options are ideal for those who want to avoid caffeine altogether.

Flavor Variety in Caffeine-Free Teas: Caffeine-free tisanes can be creatively spiced and flavored, offering options like Rooibos Chai, which mimics the taste of traditional chai, or Chocolate Mint Rooibos with a rich chocolate-mint flavor.

Exploring Tea Without Caffeine Concerns: The post encourages tea lovers to explore both decaf and caffeine-free teas to find flavors that fit their needs and preferences, ensuring caffeine sensitivity doesn’t limit their tea experience.

Many of our caffeine-sensitive customers come in and tell us that they would like decaf.  While decaffeinated tea does have a reduced quantity of caffeine, many of our customers are surprised to hear that decaf tea still contains some caffeine.  Decaffeinated teas tend to contain 1-2% of the caffeine of their still-caffeinated counterparts.  This means that each cup of decaf tea should contain about 2 mg per properly brewed cup.  When compared to a cup of decaf coffee ( 2-12 mg per cup), or a cup of regular coffee (75-200 mg, depending upon how it’s brewed), this isn’t much, but we understand that it may still be enough to keep some of our most caffeine-sensitive customers awake at night.  

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For these customers, we recommend our caffeine-free teas.  These are teas which have never at any point contained caffeine.  All of our fruit tisanes (except Mate, which has an unusually large amount of caffeine) and our rooibos blends are totally caffeine-free teas.  These tisanes can be flavored and spiced imaginatively to re-create the tastes of many notable teas.  For example, our Rooibos Chai has all of the spicy kick of a traditional chai, but with none of the caffeine.  The blackberry leaves in Autumn Sunset give it the rich and slightly bitter flavor of a true tea, and our Chocolate Mint Rooibos tastes even more distinctly of chocolate and mint than our Chocolate Mint black tea.  

We hope that concerns about caffeine don’t inhibit your exploration of tea, and that you enjoy exploring everything that the world of caffeine-free and decaf teas have to offer!