eli5: what makes tea, tea? like what’s different than me plucking leaves off a random tree or finding dry ones off the ground and essentially making flavoured water?

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eli5: what makes tea, tea? like what’s different than me plucking leaves off a random tree or finding dry ones off the ground and essentially making flavoured water?

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What the other comments didn’t mention is that actual tea normally contains caffeine (same as coffee) and for this reason has a (mild) stimulating effect. The extent of this effect depends on how strong you make your tea. Herbal infusions from some other random leaves are unlikely to contain any caffeine.

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