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Looking forward to trying this someday. If you need a caffeine-free alternative in the meantime, check out rooibos. It's not tea, biologically speaking, but it

Looking forward to trying this someday. If you need a caffeine-free alternative in the meantime, check out rooibos. It's not tea, biologically speaking, but it's a great approximation and it has a really nice red color.

archagon 8y ago
I believe Japanese hojicha is also often caffeine free or light.
- ilamont 8y ago
  Does this have the roasted barley taste? It's great to cold brew this type in the summer. So refreshing. In the winter we go with Rooiboos. South African friends introduced me to it, including dipping the rusks!
  - archagon 8y ago
    You might be thinking of roasted buckwheat tea? Also excellent!
  - riffraff 8y ago
    why not just drink roasted barley infusion? I don't think it contains caffeine, and while very different from coffe or tee, it's quite palatable.
- stiglitz 8y ago
  The caffeine content claims about hojicha are apocryphal and in my subjective experience it has as much caffeine as other teas.
Angostura 8y ago
Counterpoint: it tastes like dung.
xutopia 8y ago
I really dislike Rooibos and find it unlike tea in many ways. It has a grassy smell and it tastes very tannic and astringent compared to regular tea. I find my favorite caffeine-free replacement is chaga infusions. You can taste it isn't tea but it reminds me of a strong oolong mixed with a tiny bit of orange pekoe.
- tyu1000 8y ago
  Roobios is truly awful.
- executesorder66 8y ago
  > it tastes very tannic and astringent compared to regular tea Which I find hilarious, since regular tea has tannin in it and rooibos doesn't.
- frankzinger 8y ago
  I'm drinking real South African rooibos right now and it is sweet and smooth. Truly, what you and the other commenter comparing it to dung are describing sounds nothing like rooibos!
eggie5 8y ago
Rooibos brother, This is my favorite blend I randomly found outside of the Schönefeld Airport in Berlin and have been importing the states ever since: https://shop.tgtea.com/Rooibush-Cream-Caramel-001312-100/5611/ https://shop.tgtea.com/Rooibush-Cream-Caramel-001312-100/561...
atombender 8y ago
Hibiscus (usually mixed with raspberry and other fruits/berries) and peppermint are also great caffeine-free alternatives. Chaga is another interesting tea. It's a mushroom that has been found to have antiinflammatory properites and is supposed to boost your immune system. (You can also get capsules.) Whether it works or not, I don't know, but as a tea it's not bad.

archagon 8y ago

I believe Japanese hojicha is also often caffeine free or light.

ilamont 8y ago
Does this have the roasted barley taste? It's great to cold brew this type in the summer. So refreshing. In the winter we go with Rooiboos. South African friends introduced me to it, including dipping the rusks!
- archagon 8y ago
  You might be thinking of roasted buckwheat tea? Also excellent!
- riffraff 8y ago
  why not just drink roasted barley infusion? I don't think it contains caffeine, and while very different from coffe or tee, it's quite palatable.
stiglitz 8y ago
The caffeine content claims about hojicha are apocryphal and in my subjective experience it has as much caffeine as other teas.

Angostura 8y ago

Counterpoint: it tastes like dung.

xutopia 8y ago

I really dislike Rooibos and find it unlike tea in many ways. It has a grassy smell and it tastes very tannic and astringent compared to regular tea. I find my favorite caffeine-free replacement is chaga infusions. You can taste it isn't tea but it reminds me of a strong oolong mixed with a tiny bit of orange pekoe.

tyu1000 8y ago
Roobios is truly awful.
executesorder66 8y ago
> it tastes very tannic and astringent compared to regular tea Which I find hilarious, since regular tea has tannin in it and rooibos doesn't.
frankzinger 8y ago
I'm drinking real South African rooibos right now and it is sweet and smooth. Truly, what you and the other commenter comparing it to dung are describing sounds nothing like rooibos!

eggie5 8y ago

Rooibos brother, This is my favorite blend I randomly found outside of the Schönefeld Airport in Berlin and have been importing the states ever since: https://shop.tgtea.com/Rooibush-Cream-Caramel-001312-100/5611/ https://shop.tgtea.com/Rooibush-Cream-Caramel-001312-100/561...

atombender 8y ago

Hibiscus (usually mixed with raspberry and other fruits/berries) and peppermint are also great caffeine-free alternatives. Chaga is another interesting tea. It's a mushroom that has been found to have antiinflammatory properites and is supposed to boost your immune system. (You can also get capsules.) Whether it works or not, I don't know, but as a tea it's not bad.