59TEA “AN ADDICTION NOR A MEDICINE”- A REVIEWConsumption of tea and coffee is a traditional habit for human population. In everyday life everyone uses caffeine containing preparation as a consumable. Caffeine is a plant alkaloid, which occurs in nature as part of the coffee, tea, yerba mate and some other plants in high concentration. Caffeine acts as a CNS stimulant drug. This paper reveals about components of caffeine preparation and its clinical importance in briefhariprasath79@gmail.comReview432014Tea,Coffee,Caffeine,Alkaloid,CNS stimulantK. Hari Prasath, P. A. Sravanth,A. Ram SudhirSir.C.R.Reddy College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Eluru, West Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh, India,Sir.C.R.Reddy College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Eluru, West Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh, India,Sir.C.R.Reddy College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Eluru, West Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh, India