Staying off topic for just a moment longer, I'm generally not a big coffee fan, although (in my limited coffee-drinking experience), I do enjoy the smoothness and richness of pure Kona coffee. Not at all bitter with great flavor.

I usually drink iced Jasmine tea (unsweetened) alongside meals at restaurants, but my favourite (for a snack) is Starbucks's soy green tea frap! :D

Decaf Black Tea
 

Any (widely-available) one worth drinking? Most I've had are so bleh.

Decaf Black Tea - reply
 

No.

You're lucky if "bleh" is the worst you encountered.

Twinings English breakfast decaf isn't too hard to find, and is fairly passable. Twinings irish breakfast is also not bad, though a little too robust for my taste, and a littel harder to source.

I actually order the Fairmont black tea (Tea at the Empress) from the Fairmont store and usually grab a few teabags for the road when I stay at Fairmont hotels. I never thought I would pay exorbitant prices for merchandise on a hotel website, but... I do.

They have a decaf blend, and while I haven't tried it, all of their other teas are very good. I'd give it a shot. They have loose tea and teabags, and apparently they went to a lot of trouble to produce a drinkable decaf.
http://www.fairmontstore.com/product...emID=FM-501-WS

My mother has been forced to change, and as a lifelong teaholic, has discovered Marks and Spencers own brand as her decaff tea of choice.

Between it being winter and all this talk of tea, I wouldn't say no to a Hot Toddy right about now.

Favorite tea for me is Organic Vanilla Rooibos from Davids Tea, mainly most type of Rooibos I enjoy.

You might like to share that in this purpose built thread:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/dinin...d-tisanes.html

I love tea. Drink it almost every day. I love Bushell's from Australia. To me, makes the best cuppa. I try to take several bags of it with me on trips around the country so I have something other than Lipton or whatever they have in the hotel.

A nice cup of tea
 

I have taken to having a nice cup of tea a few afternoons a week. I don't know if I should be worried at increased caffeine addiction or pleased at additional Britishness.

Now would also be a good time to read George Orwell's essay, A Nice Cup of Tea, if you haven't.

I enjoy that essay and also a cup of tea. I have to drink decaffeinated or herbal, so no worries about a caffeine addiction. Since I even have a porcelain cup and a tea ball at work, I'm going to lean towards a touch Britishness for me.:p

It's just after 3pm here in Blighty and I always enjoy my afternoon cuppa at this time.
Afternoon tea for me tends to be a bit lighter than the strong stuff I have in the morning - currently sipping a nice Darjeeling.
I do hope you make the tea properly in your household with a teapot warmed first and loose leaf rather than tea bags.
As for the milk first or second argument - well now that's a whole other can of worms I won't even begin to open !

If I'm at home, that is exactly how I do it. At work, I have to resort to using a tea ball in my cup, instead of using a teapot. Thankfully though, the water dispensers at work do have boiling water, and I don't have to settle for the hot water from the coffee machine.