Tea has been consumed as a beverage for almost 2,000 years. It is a beverage
produced by steeping in freshly boiled water the young leaves and leaf buds of the tea plant,
Camellia sinensis. They have been reported as a good sources of Caffeine. Tea leaves consist
mostly of cellulose, a water-insoluble polymer of glucose. Along with the cellulose are found
a number of other things including caffeine, tannins (phenolic compounds, compounds that
have an -OH directly bonded to an aromatic ring) and a small amount of chlorophyll