Caffeine free tea or a good alternative?

[smogsville]

I love tea. Could happily get through 5+ cups a day, not every day but some days. The caff free tea I've tried thus far isn't very nice, can anyone recommend a good brand? Alternatively I'll get some more rooibus, seem to remember that going down reasonably well when preg with DD. Thanks.

[ZylaB]

Try twinings decaf English breakfast, but make sure it's the English breakfast and not the everyday stuff, they do taste different!

If you go into costa it's what they sell in there if you want to try some :)

[SeaSaltMill]

I like the pg tips one. Tried m&s decaf and it's awful so steer clear of that!

[Mumof3xox]

Had to be Yorkshire

[TeenageMutantNinjaTurtle]

I like the Yorkshire tea decaf. If you leave the bag in for a while it's ok.

[NerfHerder]

I couldn't really get on with any of the decaffs, so I drank fennel tea or mint tea instead.
Fennel was great when bfing too- supposed to promote milk supply.

[Bunbaker]

PG Tips decaff is my tipple of choice in the evening.

[BanglesSpangles]

Another votes for pg tips- you need to stew it for longer that the caff stuff though

[smogsville]

Wow thanks everyone, what a brilliant slew of fast responses. I guess we all love our tea! I will try them all and then leave a box of my least favourite at work.

[GoingToBedfordshire]

Can't tell the difference between Twinings decaf and regular earl grey. Aldi decaf tea is OK too.

[CoolCat2014]

Another vote for Yorkshire.

[LancashireTea]

Tetley decaff is semi working for me, but am missing the taste of a proper brew!

[Wolfiefan]

Isn't redbush tea caffeine free?

[Bunbaker]

Yes, and it tastes vile.

[Annarose2014]

Honestly, the most normal I tasted was Tesco own-brand decaff tea. Couldn't tell the difference! I still kept aside a cup of caffinated tea to get me out of bed in the mornings, though.

Now that I'm 7 months I've slacked off a bit but still try to do 50% decaff per day.

[Loveallmyboys]

Tetley decaf is my fave. I started drinking it a few years ago cos I'm really sensitive to caffeine. If I have ANY after like 5pm I'm awake til dawn. I drank it all through this and last pregnancy. Even OH has converted :)

[Bellyrub1980]

So many decaf teas have a fishy/tinny taste to them I find!

Another vote here for Yorkshire. Mr Miles is also very good.

[Davidtennantmistress]

I'm a pg tips de caf drinker, I can't taste any difference. Be warned though now I'm de cat I can't have any fizzy pop either as it gives me a terrible head ache, even lemonade/sprite apparently all fizzy has caffine in it as well, so I'm a squash decaf girl. Have more energy though, :)

[squizita]

I just went with the allowance of "normal" (if we don't have that, they'll start to expect us to go without all together) tea + redbush. Decaff tea is never as nice and the way it is marketed to pregnant women infuriates me.

[Shouldwego]

The only decaf tea I have found ok to drink is earl grey, Tesco and Twinings both do a nice decaf earl grey.

[Heatherbell1978]

You don't need to completely cut out caffeine? I'm a big tea and coffee drinker and decided to cut out coffee completely but stick with normal tea. I restrict it to 3 cups a day and if I'm desperate for a coffee when I'm out, I have a decaf coffee. You're allowed up to 200 mg a day.

[SeaSaltMill]

I have a cup of normal tea every morning at work which is a big step down from the big extra shot skinny latte I used to start the day with! But if I want more tea I tend to go decaf, simply because of the caffeine everywhere else. Some people don't cut down on caffeine, but after 3 MC I am doing everything I can to make sure I am not putting myself in any risk.

It was hard while we were on holiday because they did the most amazing iced coffees and I would have murdered for one of them!

[squizita]

Sea salt - interestingly it is precisely because I am a recurrent MCer that I DO drink up to the 200mg allowed. Recurrent MC would not be caused by anything like caffeine - if it was, it would be someone drinking loads of red bull or something.
I am fed up with guidance and opinion which blames women in a roundabout way.
So I stick to the safe amounts but refuse to buy decaff when it is marketed as a pregnancy product giving the public the false idea that all caffeine is banned. Also so many people think tea has the same!me caffeine content as real (filter) coffee!

Like you my day is usually normal tea (1 or 2 cups) in the morning, decaff coffee (as I drink "real" one normal cup would be my lot otherwise) then redbush. I also have the odd can of coke, but only once or twice a week.

[Heatherbell1978]

I'm with you Squizita, I'm tired of people offering me decaf or asking 'are you sure you can drink normal tea' when I'm at their houses. Yes I can!

I keep within the guidelines so that's fine. I've even had a few glasses of wine in the last couple of weeks.....shock horror.....

[SeaSaltMill]

Yeah 200mg is a cut down for me, but I wont cut it out. Surely going cold turkey and then reintroducing it is worse in the long run?

Most people are surprised about the necessity to cut down on caffeine, I was never a real caffeine monster anyway but have had to make some small changes. I don't mind, its all worth it.