Enjoy the goodness of organic green tea without the caffeine! This organic and Fair Trade Certified Decaf Green Tea hails from the Putharjhora Estate in the Oodlabari District in northern India which produces a hearty leaf that can hold up to the decaffeination process and still pack a great vegetal flavor and medium body into each cup. Because this tea is decaffeinated using a state-of-the art carbon dioxide (CO2) decaffeination process, the spinach, endive and mineral notes of the organic loose tea come through nicely. Also, CO2 decaffeination does not involve the use of harmful chemicals, so the resulting product is simply a healthy cup of organic decaf tea with most of the caffeine removed (and no chemical overtones)!
Ingredients: organic and Fair Trade Certified Indian decaf green tea
All true teas contain caffeine. Decaffeinated teas are leaves from the plant Camellia sinensis that have had at least 97.5% of the caffeine removed. The term “decaffeinated” is different from “caffeine free.” Decaffeinated refers to a product that originally contained caffeine (like Camellia sinensis) and underwent a process to remove most of its caffeine content. Caffeine-free, on the other hand, refers to a product (like many of our herbal teas) that never contained caffeine to begin with. For our decaf teas, we exclusively use the carbon dioxide (CO2) method of decaffeination. We believe this is the safest form of decaffeination, and retains the greatest flavor and health benefits.
Read our field notes from our visit to a decaffeination plant!
At Arbor Teas, we believe tea should be brewed to suit your personal taste. We’re happy to make recommendations to get you started, but don’t hesitate to experiment! When brewing your tea, your main considerations are tea quantity, water temperature, and steeping time. We recommend green and white teas to be steeped for 2 to 3 minutes in water heated to not-quite-boiling, just as bubbles begin to form on the bottom of the pan (approximately 170 to 180 degrees F). For the best flavor, use fresh water whenever possible. Try not to steep your tea longer than necessary, as you’ll extract undesirable bitterness from the leaves. If you want a stronger brew, don’t steep longer, just use more tea. And don’t forget to re-steep your tea leaves to get the most out of your leaf!
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"A light-bodied decaffeinated green tea that has no bitterness. Be sure to brew with 180° F water, as I find this green tea to be particularly sensitive to water temperature."
I have purchased this tea in the past and it has been good. This time I purchased a larger size and am very disappointed that the majority of my purchase it stems. Looking for leaves but I can’t really find them. Very grassy tasting this time.
My go-to tea, is now out of stock. I ordered decaf green from another company and returned it. I'm now limping along on another relatively flavorless brand, but it'll do. You really do appreciate things more when they're gone. This Arbor Decaf green tea tastes clean with a pleasant well rounded flavor. Frankly the best currently available from what I 've tried.
This tea is fine. It's kind of bland, but smooth and not bitter, which is what I expected from a good decaf. There's no complexity of flavor, but I imagine that would be impossible. It's not the tea's fault I have to watch my caffeine! I'm excited to drink this in pitchersfulls of guilt-free iced tea.
I have been drinking this decalf green tea for 10 years now. I have tried others, but this is the best for me. It is a light flavored tea that is very smooth. You have to time the steeping time, anything much over 3 minutes and it gets bitter. Same with the water temperature, anything over 180 and the tea is bitter. A good electric water heater, a timer and a tea steeping pot are perfect with this tea. I highly recommend this tea.
We love this decaf green tea and have it every morning!
Mango and papaya notes complement a light vegetal decaf green tea base