Steeped: The Chemistry of Tea (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781837071036)

Michelle M. Francl, Ph.D. is the Frank B. Mallory Professor of Chemistry at Bryn Mawr College where she teaches and does research on molecules with weird and unexpected shapes. She is also an Adjunct Scholar of the Vatican Observatory where her science and faith collide. Her essays on science, culture and policy have appeared in Slate, the journal Nature Chemistry, and in several print collections. She has been a devoted tea drinker since her primary school days. Despite the lamentable tea generally served up in the US, she never drinks coffee - except in Rome.