I’ll often say it twice and one time I was like, “this is decaf, right?” and they said, “oh, wait, no, whoops!”
I’m just sensitive to caffeine and I usually start my day with English breakfast tea.
I’ll often say it twice and one time I was like, “this is decaf, right?” and they said, “oh, wait, no, whoops!”
I’m just sensitive to caffeine and I usually start my day with English breakfast tea.
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I hope this is a joke because English breakfast has a ton of caffeine, mate.
I have to opposite worry, did I somehow offend them and they give me decaf.
I was a barista for two years. The amount of people that ordered decaf were next to none! It was very easy to press the same regular espresso button that we always press out of habit! Not saying it’s right, just making hundreds of the same drink every day gets robotic.
Yeah, I always double check. I struggle severely with insomnia and have my whole life. I’m also excruciatingly sensitive to caffeine; no matter how early in the day I drink caffeinated coffee, it will keep me up at night. Decaf or chocolate even keeps me up sometimes if I have it too late in the day. A simple mistake on the barista’s part will ruin the next day for me because I won’t sleep.
Its okay to ask then! Just a quick, casual, polite, “this is decaf, right?” is perfectly understandable. Former barista and as someone with a ton of food sensitivities/health problems I totally understood people wanting to double check. I often do the same for my own peace of mind-sometimes, if you have that doubt already and then don’t get confirmation, it can grow and be distressing.
Happened to my wife, she asked for a decaf latte, must have been full caf she was up all night and had to go to work on no sleep.
I’m more worried about getting soda that isn’t diet/zero when I order from restaurants or fast food, but I am avoiding sugar, not caffeine.
I don’t worry about caffeine but I do about sugar (diabetic). Never know the truth until I taste it and/or my sensor screams at me that I had sugar lol
Just the opposite.
Yes, so I take a few small sips and then wait a bit. If I still feel okay, a few more sips. If I can’t feel my heart pounding by then, then it’s safe to finish.
Decaf only means less caf. Starbucks decaf has more caffeine than regular Maxwell House brewed at home.
Happened to a friend recently she told me she had just got off caffeine and was still having cravings and she couldn’t sleep that night cause the barista forgot she wanted decaf
english breakfast is a black tea and contains a lot of caffeine
Yes, I can’t drink caffeine. I always ask, are you sure it’s decaf? About 5 times in a year I will be told “oops, let me remake it”. I hope they realise I can be hospitalised from the damn stuff and I will sue them into oblivion.
Okay – so here’s a breakdown of the caffeine contents in your drinks (based on 8oz)
English breakfast- 40-70mg of caffeine (that’s going to depend on the tea but largely how long you steep it for aka removing the bag or loose leaf strainer)
Regular Latte – 63-75mg of caffeine
Regular drip coffee 95-125mg
A decaf coffee can contain up to 10mg of caffeine.
The average adult consumes 135-165mg of caffeine a day. You could almost be halfway to “average” just from your tea
As someone who rarely consumes caffeine because I am super sensitive to it I can even feel the caffeine in a decaf coffee, I can especially feel it in a regular. Now I’m craving an iced coffee 🤣
ETA – I made a caffeinated ice coffee and now I’m ready to take on the world
You can taste the difference
If this happens they should remake it for free. You shouldn’t even have to ask them to remake it.
Yes. In the evening, I used to get my coffee decaf. And I was screwed over multiple times. For frequent coffee drinkers, you could TOTALLY know if this coffee was decaf or not. The last time I ordered decaf, it actually wasn’t a decaf. So I paid for it and didn’t drink it. From that time, I stopped risking it. It wasn’t worth it. I’ll happily have my last coffee cup by 3PM and that was it.
No but I swear some places serve iced coffee instead of cold brew.
Why I don’t order diet coke in drive through where you can’t see them pour it.
You’re allowed to ask questions
I’m so sensitive that a decaf from Starbucks can keep me awake. I didn’t know until recently that their decaf has more caffeine than other places’ decaf
I can taste the difference so I don’t really have to have anxiety about that.
I just have anxiety about walking into the store, ordering my coffee, having to interact with a barista, what if somebody tries to rob the store…
Probably best to go to independent shops if you want no mistakes on a decaf. Source: been a barista at both chain and independent shop
Yes. Ruins my whole day if they get it wrong
Oh never. I’m incapable of anxiety until I’ve had my caffeine.
Why would you even entertain the decaf option? Why? Have an Iced tea or a glass of anything else. Coffee is what it is. I don’t understand the decaffeinated angle. You’re soft, nothing else.
I don’t get decaf out for this very reason. I feel like since most people are ordering regular they accidentally make it the drink with regular instead of decaf. If I do get it i confirm that it’s decaf the barista when I receive it. I often make decaf at home… and then second guess that I accidentally grabbed the regular coffee lol.
I actually stopped ordering coffee and tea completely because of this. I’m extremely sensitive to caffeine—can handle a small decaf drink, though, but the caffeine content in a regular coffee will leave me with severe tachycardia, panic attacks, dizziness, etc. I was always checking constantly. “Decaf, right? Regular will make me sick.”
I still ended up getting regular caffeinated a few times. I was thankfully able to recognize it after only drinking a little some of the times it happened, so I was only sick for a few hours, but the last time was so bad. I guess shame on me for not giving it up after the first mishap, but I really wanted to believe people could do their job and give me what I ordered lol.
I can still enjoy the drinks if made myself, but it’s a bummer I can’t just swing by a coffee shop while I’m out and about to get a treat.
I’m both caffeine intolerant and also severely lactose intolerant, so I have to ask for mine decaf and with alternative milk. I mostly go to small local shops (so no drink tag on the cup) and if they don’t say both when calling out the drink order, I always double check. I’ve definitely had a few drinks remade because someone forgot but most of the time they’re good
It’s more like your reg coffee is decaf probably
FFS make your own coffee. ☕️
Simply on this fear from nearly 40 years ago: https://www.flickr.com/photos/26224672@N02/6173906286
Even decaf coffee gives me heart palpitations :/
100% and they’ve given me full caff every time
so i can’t risk it i have to make it at home just the way i like it. mostly decaf with a splash or two of caffeinated coffee!
I’m the same way. I’m also sensitive to caffeine, but I love coffee and tea. I used to go to Dunkin Donuts a lot and 9 out of 10 times I would ask for decaf coffee, when they went to hand it to me and I said “decaf, right?” they would turn around, dump it out, and make it again
Yes. Every single time I am convinced they didn’t make it decaf. Because I was a barista for years and I know how often baristas fuck up because they get a decaf order to make
Omg all the time
No, ridiculous
Be more concerned your barista didn’t wash their hands
Caffeine won’t hurt you
I used to tend bar at a luxury hotel. If a group ordered some decaf coffee drinks and some regular, everyone got decaf. We don’t want to risk giving someone caffeine that didn’t want it.
Even coffee that’s sold as decaf can have caffeine in it, but the barista won’t necessarily know
Hell yeah I’m lactose intolerant and I get sooo anxious that I accidentally get cow milk instead of a milk alternative. After I’m done ordering, when they ask “is there anything else I can get for you?” I always say “No but please make sure it’s oatmilk because I’m lactose intolerant”. Never had an issue. I’m sure if you said something like “Please make sure it’s decaf, I’m sensitive to caffeine” in a polite and nice manner that people will make the effort to not give you the wrong thing. I don’t think asking once you receive it would be annoying either. People make mistakes
I have to do the same but with non lactose milk. There’s nothing wrong by asking
There is caffeine in tea btw.