Peach Apricot Decaffeinated Black Tea

A smooth, fruit-forward decaffeinated black tea layered with ripe peach and apricot, complemented by papaya, blackberry leaves, and colorful petals for a naturally flavored cup with significantly less caffeine.

The Experience

Peach Apricot Decaffeinated Black Tea pairs two classic stone fruits in a smooth, aromatic decaf that is equally enjoyable hot or iced.

The blend begins with a high-grown, orthodox decaffeinated black tea, selected to retain satisfying character through the decaffeination process. Peach and apricot provide the central flavor profile—soft, juicy, and naturally sweet in character—while papaya adds tropical roundness. Blackberry leaves, calendula, and marigold petals complete the blend.

This tea is fruity without being candy-like, aromatic without overwhelming the tea, and smooth enough for easy everyday drinking. If you enjoy flavored black tea but want something softer than citrus or spice, Peach Apricot is an excellent place to start.

Tasting Notes

Top: Ripe peach • Apricot
Mid: Soft tropical fruit • Smooth black tea
Finish: Mellow • Fruity • Gently sweet
Body: Medium

Why You’ll Love It

• A classic pairing of peach and apricot
• Significantly less caffeine than traditional black tea
• High-grown, orthodox black-tea base
• Real peach, apricot, and papaya in the blend
• Naturally flavored
• Medium-bodied and approachable
• Excellent hot or iced
• A particularly good choice for customers who prefer soft fruit flavors over citrus, florals, or spice

Tea, Grade & Ingredients

Tea Type: Decaffeinated Flavored Black Tea
Style: Orthodox (Traditional Leafy)
Grade: FP — Flowery Pekoe
Origins: India, Thailand, China, Albania, Egypt & Poland
Elevation: Approximately 1,000–1,500 m (~3,300–5,000 ft)
Ingredients: Decaffeinated black tea, papaya, blackberry leaves, peach, apricot, calendula and marigold petals, natural flavors
Decaffeination Method: CO₂ process
Caffeine: Decaffeinated*
Body: Medium

*Decaffeinated tea is not necessarily caffeine-free; small residual amounts of caffeine may remain after processing.

How to Brew

Use 1 heaping teaspoon with The Perfect Measure Spoon per 8 oz / 237 ml of water at 212°F / 100°C.

Mild: 2–3 minutes
Medium: 4–5 minutes
Strong: 6–7 minutes

For your first cup, we recommend approximately 4 minutes. This develops enough black-tea structure to balance the fruit while keeping the peach and apricot bright.

Enjoy it straight first. For iced tea, brew slightly stronger before pouring over plenty of ice.

Perfect For

Peach Apricot Decaf is especially enjoyable for afternoon tea, evening sipping, warm-weather iced tea, or anytime you want something naturally fruity without another fully caffeinated cup. Pair it with scones, vanilla cake, shortbread, almond pastries, fresh berries, fruit tarts, mild cheeses, or tea sandwiches.

Why Peach and Apricot?

Peach and apricot are closely related stone fruits, but their flavors aren't identical.

• Peach tends to give the blend its soft, juicy, familiar sweetness.
• Apricot is typically more concentrated and aromatic, with a slightly tangier stone-fruit character.

Put them together, and you get more dimension than either fruit provides alone: Ripe peach → aromatic apricot → smooth black tea → lingering fruit. Papaya adds additional roundness in the background rather than competing with the two primary fruits.

A Pairing with Thousands of Years of History

Peaches have an especially long history in Asia, with cultivation in China stretching back thousands of years before the fruit traveled west through Central Asia and Persia. Apricots likewise have deep roots in Central Asia and eventually became important crops throughout the Mediterranean and Europe.

Their long histories intersect geographically as well as gastronomically. Both belong to the Prunus genus—the same botanical group that includes plums, cherries, and almonds. That relationship helps explain why peach and apricot feel so natural together in a cup: their flavors are different, but closely related.

Why Use High-Grown Tea for a Decaf Blend?

According to the producer, high-grown tea is deliberately selected for its decaffeinated blends because it retains satisfying character particularly well through decaffeination.

That matters in a fruit blend. The goal isn't for peach and apricot to completely cover the tea. There should still be enough black-tea structure underneath to create a balanced cup. That's the distinction between fruit-flavored black tea and a fruit infusion—and it's worth tasting for.

How Is It Decaffeinated?

The producer identifies this tea as using the CO₂ decaffeination process. Carbon dioxide is used under controlled conditions to extract most of the caffeine from the tea. Decaffeination naturally changes the finished leaf to some degree, which is why selecting an appropriate base tea matters. The result is a genuine black tea with significantly less caffeine while retaining enough body to support the fruit and natural flavors.

What Does FP — Flowery Pekoe — Mean?

FP stands for Flowery Pekoe, a traditional tea leaf grade. Despite the word “flowery,” it doesn't mean flowers have been added to the base tea or that the tea has been artificially made to taste floral. It refers to characteristics of the manufactured tea leaf.

This blend happens to contain actual flower petals as well—calendula and marigold—but those are separate ingredients.

Peach Apricot Decaf vs. Peach Apricot Black Tea

If Peach Apricot is already one of your favorites, the decaf version gives you a way to stay within the same flavor family while reducing caffeine.

• Peach Apricot Decaffeinated - Peach • Apricot • Smooth
  → Best for: a softer, lower-caffeine fruit tea for afternoon, evening, or iced preparation
• Peach Apricot Black Tea - Peach • Apricot • Juicy
  → Best for: the regular-caffeine expression with a fuller traditional black-tea foundation

Because decaffeination changes the underlying tea and the formulations are not necessarily identical, don't expect the two cups to be exact copies. Think of them as two interpretations of the same peach-and-apricot idea.

Decaf Doesn't Mean Caffeine-Free

Peach Apricot Decaf contains genuine tea from the Camellia sinensis plant, which naturally contains caffeine. Decaffeination removes most of that caffeine, but small residual amounts may remain. Choose this tea when you want significantly less caffeine while retaining the experience of flavored black tea.

If complete caffeine avoidance is important, choose a naturally caffeine-free herbal or rooibos blend instead.

Hot or Iced?

This is one of our fruit-forward decafs that's especially worth trying both ways.

• Hot: The black-tea foundation is more apparent, and the stone-fruit character feels soft and rounded.
• Iced: Peach and apricot move forward, creating a brighter and more refreshing fruit profile. For iced preparation, brew slightly stronger than usual before pouring over ice. Taste it before adding sweetener—the natural fruit aromatics may provide enough perceived sweetness on their own.

Packaging: Our loose teas are sold by the ounce and packaged in food-grade resealable bags.

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