A freshly brewed mug of tea is the product of many serendipities: ancient human ingenuity, meticulous harvesting, global trade and a whole lot of chemistry. In her new book "Steeped: The Chemistry of ...

Pinkies up! At 7 p.m. tonight, Seven Cups, the tea shop at 1882 South Pearl Street, will present “Are There Tannins in My Tea?,” a talk in which tea expert Donna Fellman will discuss the chemistry of ...

Penn Museum buried 19 Black Philadelphians whose skulls were part of the Morton Cranial Collection, which contained the bones of over a thousand skulls, many thought to be enslaved people, which were ...

Billions of cups of tea are drunk each day making it the world’s most popular beverage. Perhaps more impressive, the molecular world of tea contains more than a thousand different chemical compounds, ...

The research team looks at the chemical composition of tea, as well as more consumer-oriented factors such as taste and mouth-feel (the tea tasting term for texture). They hope to use their findings ...

Michelle Francl has always been a tea drinker. But her scientific interest began brewing in 2020 on #ChemTwitter when @andrechemist posted a musing: Are tetrahedral tea bags really any better?

Francl, who works at Bryn Mawr College, has published Steeped: The Chemistry of Tea after researching more than 1,000 years’ worth of brewing. She read manuscripts that went all the way back to the ...

International Joint Laboratory of Tea Chemistry and Health Effects has the following research output in the current window (1 November 2024 - 31 October 2025) of the Nature Index. Click on Count to ...

An American chemistry professor has a surprising thought about how to make the best cup of tea: Add a pinch of salt. Not everyone in Britain is eager to embrace the idea. By Victor Mather Can a simple ...