Decaf Teabags (was:Re: ISO caffeine-free Darjeeling)

[Amy Z]

Haggridd wrote:

> For supermarket-bought tea, Red Rose is the best I have come across.

I am fairly tea-snobby, though I'm sure I don't approach the British 
standard, and the other day I was offered tea at someone's home and, 
seeing the box of teabags, braced myself for an unspectacular tea-
drinking experience.  And you know, that Red Rose tea was very good.  
I'll never drink Lipton again.  

For all I know I should be using another kind of tea altogether.  But 
the friend who gave me the recipe for chai said to use Darjeeling, 
and it does taste just like the stuff I got on the street in India 
(though if you really want the full experience you have to drink it 
out of barely-fired terra cotta cups that release a slight clayey 
taste along with the spices), so I'm not messing with it.  In fact, 
now I'm wondering if taking the caffeine out will ruin the taste.

Amy