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Caffeine in tea
Before we tell you about tea and caffeine, let us first quickly go over what caffeine is.
Caffeine is an organic compound found in plants. It forms part of the alkaloid group that includes morphine, strychnine, quinine, ephedrine, and nicotine many of which are used to make drugs. These plant compounds have both beneficial and harmful physiological effects on the human body when ingested.