For those who can't read my access-locked posts, I have Weird Medical Things, and I recently learned that I can, in fact, consume decaf tea! This is really exciting for me, because I was previously limited to water and milk substitutes (rice milk, almond milk, etc).
Notes, and then some questions!
Note 1) I do actually remember that when this GERD thing started and I said I wasn't having caffeine, a couple of you told me that I could probably have decaf tea, as it's just herbs. I did appreciate the advice then, and now appreciate that you were right! However, I waited to check it out with the gastro-doc, first.
Note 2)I get that "decaf tea" is not really "tea," and blah-blah-blah, but for the sake of brevity, I will be referring to it as "decaf tea," as opposed to "tea-bags-with-herbs-in-them." Herbal tea! Herbal tea is the phrase I am looking for. (Thanks, ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
littlebutfierce!)
Questions!
When standing in a grocery store looking at the tea wall, I am unsure how to tell which teas are decaf and which are not. The boxes do not say THIS ONE IS DECAF! on them.
When a lady at a store told me which ones were decaf, she gestured randomly at shelves. I bought one called "Calming," but it doesn't state anywhere on it that it has caffeine.
The lady told me that green teas generally have caffeine, but when I look at those boxes, they do not say THIS ONE HAS CAFFEINE.
I'm not sure how to know this!
Some people have said that red teas and white teas are always decaf - but I don't think that tea boxes say "Colonel John's randomass assortment of herbs - A RED TEA" on them.
It is hard for the uninitiated! Is there some "help box" that I am missing? How can I tell what's decaf and what's not, or what's a red tea, and what's not?
This is why I'm starting with tea bags, btw, before I even attempt the wall of loose tea. Labels! I need labels!
Notes, and then some questions!
Note 1) I do actually remember that when this GERD thing started and I said I wasn't having caffeine, a couple of you told me that I could probably have decaf tea, as it's just herbs. I did appreciate the advice then, and now appreciate that you were right! However, I waited to check it out with the gastro-doc, first.
Note 2)
littlebutfierce!)Questions!
When standing in a grocery store looking at the tea wall, I am unsure how to tell which teas are decaf and which are not. The boxes do not say THIS ONE IS DECAF! on them.
When a lady at a store told me which ones were decaf, she gestured randomly at shelves. I bought one called "Calming," but it doesn't state anywhere on it that it has caffeine.
The lady told me that green teas generally have caffeine, but when I look at those boxes, they do not say THIS ONE HAS CAFFEINE.
I'm not sure how to know this!
Some people have said that red teas and white teas are always decaf - but I don't think that tea boxes say "Colonel John's randomass assortment of herbs - A RED TEA" on them.
It is hard for the uninitiated! Is there some "help box" that I am missing? How can I tell what's decaf and what's not, or what's a red tea, and what's not?
This is why I'm starting with tea bags, btw, before I even attempt the wall of loose tea. Labels! I need labels!
