tea, ti, n. a tree, Thea sinensis, close akin to Camellia, cultivated in China, Assam, etc.: its dried and prepared leaves, buds and shoots: an infusion of the leaves in boiling water [...]
Also a source of caffeine (see coffee), tea is a paradoxically cooling hot drink, equally delicious when served ice cold. Rumours that tea-drinkers are weenies and wimps without exception are probably untrue and being spread by technocomputernerdygeeks.