Newsgroups: alt.drugs
Subject: Re: Tea
From: [an 35468] at [anon.penet.fi] (geegee)
Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1993 12:03:41 UTC

>  This isn't exactly on topic, but a coworker said today that tea (the kind
>you brew, not MJ) has a muscle relaxant in it that counteracts the caffeine,
>and this is why you don't get jittery with tea, even though there is more
>caffeine than in coffee.  Is there anything to this, or is it an old-wives
>tale?

Tea, as well as containing caffeine also contains Tanine.
The stronger the tea the more tanine there is. Tanine counters
the caffeine, so for example if you made weak tea then you'd 
probably have as much caffeine in it as a mild cup of coffee.

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