Space Cowboy > writes:

> You can buy teas that have been decaffeinated by the CO2 process.
> This is suppose to remove the caffeine only. They taste metallic to
> me. You won't get this taste through your own trial and error to
> eliminate caffeine through infusions. It does prove how important
> caffeine is to the taste of tea.

Right, that's a point that's usually overlooked. But caffeine is
bitter, and some of the people who don't like caffeine's
pharmacological effect might have trouble with bitterness, too. Of
course, if you can't stand a certain amount of bitterness, there's
probably a limit to how interested you can become in tea.

/Lew
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