The popular ideas that the bad effects of coffee are caused by one chemical, caffeine, is misleading. Coffee is also a crop with pesticide residues. Coffee can be allergenic and makes some people obviously sick. Chlorogenic acid is one of the allergens which coffee shares with oranges. Tea and coffee have much in common, although they different plant products from different geographic zones.
Tea contains caffeine and other members of the drug family, methyxanthines.
Tea also contains tannin, a good tanning agent. The caffeine dose in a cup of coffee ranges from 100 to 160 mg. 12 ounces of regular Coca Cola has 45 mg of caffeine. The symptom complex produced by tea parallels coffee. Chronic heavy tea- users have sometimes been nicknamed Tuffers.