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Same as decaffeinated coffee, decaffeinated tea has been steadily growing popular among many tea drinkers, mainly to keep away some adverse caffeine effects or if they simply want a drink without having be kept up all night by it. Decaffeinated tea would not taste so very much more differently than ordinary tea--it would have the same flavor but without quite as much kick. Although that is quite enough for some people to avoid it, preferring their tea with all the kick they expected it to have, other people have found relief in its soothing qualities.

There are a lot of different loose teas out there to make a wide variety of decaffeinated teas. They come from different parts of the world like Ceylon, China, Japan, and England--in fact the very same most popular tea areas in the world also made sure to develop the decaffeinated teas to cater to the audience that looks regularly for it. There is the Ceylon Broken Orange Pekoe, generally found or ordered from Sri Lanka which maintains its good body of flavor in spite of decaffeination, carbon dioxide processed Earl Gray breakfast tea (Carbon dioxide processing happens at its green leaf stage, and is a method of decaffeination which is popular owing to its most organic abilities to keep teas decaf without having to use chemicals) and Sencha decaffeinated loose leaf which comes in long leaf form yet still maintains all the taste of green tea. There is also decaf black porch iced tea, which also shows that it is not only the hot teas that can be decaffeinated, but also the ones drunk cold. Even the decaffeinated Darjeeling tea can be located, which is generally unusual seeing as how it is not many stores produce decaffeinated Darjeeling regularly, along with decaffeinated chai. As the growing trend in various flavored tea goes, there is even chocolate cream tea which is decaffeinated, an unusual yet oddly satisfying blend that tastes like tea, chocolate and cream at the same time, all without the unnecessary caffeine to enjoy it.

All in all, decaffeinated teas are quickly on the rise not just for people looking for something mild but also for those who are looking for a mild taste sensation, as well as a healthier alternative. In a varying range of tastes just like their caffeinated counterparts, the healthy decaf teas will surely only gain more popularity in the years to come.