Herbal tea which tastes like black

Well, black tea _is_ an herb.

But no, other than that, I don't know of anything. Why would you want such a thing?

--scott

I like black tea but was recommended to reduce caffeine and tanin intake so I'm looking for a herbal tea with the closest color and taste.

You can get decaffeinated black tea, or you can do the usual fast-presoak trick yourself to remove much of the caffeine.

But a lot of the taste of the tea comes from the tannins. If you took the tannins out, it wouldn't taste like tea.

You could try something like the Turkish Caykur teas, which have less tannic acid than most of them.

--scott

Thank you very much for your reply. How do you presoak it?

You may read the "Decaff (green) tea?" thread started by Ole Kvaal on

Put the basket in the cup, pour boiling water in. Shake it around for half a minute or so, then pull the basket out, pour the water out, then put the basket in and pour water in to make tea. Since the caffeine is very soluble, it mostly comes out in the first wash. The taste of the tea is affected somewhat, but it's still much better-tasting than the commercially decaffeinated teas I have tried.

--scott