Any decaf tea bags that actually taste like tea?

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Im drinking Yorkshire Tea decaf at the moment which I thought wouldnt let me down but its just bleh.

Made worse by the fact that I really like and need a good strong tea flavour

Any recommendations?

Unfortunately having tried lots of brands I found Yorkshire tea is the best out there.

Sainsbury's own brand decaf is surprisingly good! Recently switched to it from clipper decaf as clipper was getting so expensive. I've been drinking decaf for about 4 years now though between pregnancies and breastfeeding so this recommendation comes with the disclaimer that my taste buds might have changed!

I thought as much

Its the same with coffee to be honest. I wonder what the decaffing process does to take the flavour out?

Clipper is alright

Yorkshire decaf was my go to when pregnant

Yorkshire tea, leave it in for at least 5 min

Clipper is a no ! Just expensive and meh.

Lidl and Tesco own brand decaf are both very decent. I used to buy Clipper as it's organic but it's quite bland.

Also I find making tea in a pot with a tea cosy brings out the best in decaf.

Yes - Aldi own-label tea bags.

Clipper and Yorkshire are ok. You have to leave it to brew for longer than normal, as a PP has said. At least five minutes. Treat it like you would that terrible Lipton stuff they have on the continent.

I found Yorkshire tea the best when I was pregnant too. You do have to leave the teabag in for longer though!

I drink teapigs decaf which is the best I've found so far but still nothing like the real thing. It's a problem because I drink so much tea that I start to get a headache if I don't have time for a second cup in the morning - a sign I need to cut down for sure.

Sometimes I put two decaf teabags in at once to make it a bit stronger

I must have rubbish taste buds because I switched to decaf tea a few months ago, assuming it would taste nasty, but I can't tell the difference. It is way better than the last time I tried it (a few decades ago!) I've used Ringtons, Yorkshire and one other (perhaps Twinings?) and they've all been fine.

Perhaps I will leave it in longer and also double bag

We're Yorkshire Gold devotees here and I've never found any decaf that is even half acceptable.

Best compromise is using real leaf tea and leaving it to stew for ages, but it's not a patch on our normal tea

There's no denying that decaf is inferior to real, but as I've got older I've had to cut back on caffeine. I don't understand what in the process affects the flavour but it's the same with decaf coffee (weirdly that tastes stronger and more bitter to me whereas decaf always seems a bit limp).

I do think Yorkshire decaf is decent enough. You've got to stew any decaf tea I think.

Perhaps those of you for whom it is horrible live in hard water areas? I live in quite a soft water area and tea colours up much more readily here.

Twinings earl grey decaf is v good IMO.

Yorkshire tea but don't take the teabag out - treat it like herbal.

This is very true, I think our water must be the hardest in the country from when we stay around the country in airbnbs the difference is stark

Awful awful water we have here. We've tried various filters and even a filter tap that broke in the end.

Yorkshire decaf is awful. I had to abandon it. Tetley decaf tastes much more like tea if you want to try that one

I’m in a hard water area so maybe that’s why

I'm in Scotland and yet to find a decent decaff tea.

Ive tried a lot of decaf teas and Yorkshire decaf was the best. Although I drink both this and Yorkshire gold and they taste different. Pregnancy was hell for me without proper tea and coffee. Hard water here too

In fact I'd stopped trying because people recommend e.g. clipper, you buy a box of 40 or 80 and after a couple of attempts, including leaving it to stew for ages, you give up and bin the rest of the box.