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Cocoa, coffee and tea, world-wide in their use, and yerba matte and guaraná in South America are the great non-alcoholic beverages oi plant origin which owe their stimulating qualities to their content of caffein or caffein-like alkaloids.
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Cheney, R.H. The biology and economics of the beverage industry. Econ Bot 1, 243 (1947). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02858570
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02858570