luring me into a passive haze

[rinue]

Something has gone wrong with the shelving at the grocery or the design of Twinings boxes; the last two times Mom has bought black tea, she has come home with decaf accidentally. We are a caffeinated household. This will not stand. She is horrified. The Twinings box looks identical to the caffeinated one, but there is a tiny yellow ribbon beneath the label that says "naturally decaffeinated" in small print.

What.
Are they trying to pull.

Twinings, why are you trying to trick people into buying decaf? The decaf people want to know they're buying decaf. The caffeinated people are offended (we are offended) with the implication that the natural state of tea is decaf. Tea is not naturally decaffeinated. You had to decaffeinate it, probably using a water bath. (I'm just guessing. That's pretty standard.)

You are selling us leftover, drained leaves, hoping we won't notice, then telling us with a shrug that they grew that way.

Who are you selling our caffeine to, Twinings. What did they offer you.