Counterargument: sure, good decaf coffee exists, but it’s harder to get hold of. Because it’s less popular, the decaf beans at cafés are often less fresh or from a worse supplier. Some places don’t stock decaf coffee. So if you like the taste of good coffee, taking caffeine pills may limit the amount of good coffee you can access and drink without exceeding your desired dose.
As a black tea enjoyer I would argue it’s practically non existent, no decaf black tea I’d ever tried even comes close to the best “normal” black tea sorts.
This is true of all teas. The decaf ones all are terrible. I spent a while trying them in the hopes of cutting down my caffeine consumption, but the taste compromise is severe. And I’d say that the black decaf teas were the best I tried, mostly because they tend to have much more flavor & flavorings, so there was more left over from the water or CO2 decaffeination...
Counterargument: sure, good decaf coffee exists, but it’s harder to get hold of. Because it’s less popular, the decaf beans at cafés are often less fresh or from a worse supplier. Some places don’t stock decaf coffee. So if you like the taste of good coffee, taking caffeine pills may limit the amount of good coffee you can access and drink without exceeding your desired dose.
And good decaf black tea is even harder to get…
As a black tea enjoyer I would argue it’s practically non existent, no decaf black tea I’d ever tried even comes close to the best “normal” black tea sorts.
This is true of all teas. The decaf ones all are terrible. I spent a while trying them in the hopes of cutting down my caffeine consumption, but the taste compromise is severe. And I’d say that the black decaf teas were the best I tried, mostly because they tend to have much more flavor & flavorings, so there was more left over from the water or CO2 decaffeination...