Isolated, broke, and restless in a drafty mountain A-frame with colicky twins, Brook Eddy needed a path out. This is the story of one woman’s passionate spirit and how it transformed despair into entrepreneurial success. STEEPED: Adventures Of A Tea Entrepreneur is the story of how Brook built a socially conscious multimillion-dollar tea company with a fierce devotion to sustainability. Part business memoir, part India travelogue, STEEPED is brimming with provocative prose, transcendent images of travel throughout India, and advice for aspiring entrepreneurs, idealists, and travelers. From forearms slashed with scalding burns to the unseen sting of stress, depression, and near bankruptcy, Brook’s story is one of love, loss, and unrelenting resilience. STEEPED is a testament that while you don’t need an MBA, a trust fund, a husband, or a business plan to bring an idea to market, you do need to be able to withstand hot water, which, like tea, will make you stronger. "Reading Brook Eddy's memoir, STEEPED: Adventures of a Tea Entrepreneur, is like drinking a cup of her famous Bhakti Chai—her story is a delicious, pleasantly spicy, exotic blend that leaves you feeling warm and fulfilled. From her spiritual travels through India to building her successful company in Boulder, Eddy describes her journey—and her tea—in such rich and engaging prose you can practically smell the cinnamon and cardamom wafting from the pages. Whether you're an entrepreneur, a world traveler, a tea drinker, or someone who appreciates triumph-over-tragedy stories of tenacity and grit, STEEPED is a book that you'll want to gulp down instead of sip." Beth Howard, author of Making Piece: A Memoir of Love, Loss , and Pie and World Piece: A Pie Baker's Global Quest for Peace, Love, and Understanding "I loved reading STEEPED ! It's a beautifully written memoir and has what many of us aspire to: building a thriving business on passion and purpose. But the book is about more than sharing a success story. With striking prose, it brings you along through India and the highs, lows, joys, fears, and failures. That journey is what lifts the words off the page and shows how difficult, yet rewarding, taking risks can be." Rosalind Wiseman, New York Times bestselling author of Queen Bees and Wannabes , the basis for the hit movie and Broadway musical Mean Girls "Put Brook Eddy in hot water and her inner essence blooms. She's a talented writer, self-taught entrepreneur, and encourager of women worldwide. Brook is an inspiration, and if you want to be inspired, make a cup of her kick-ass tea and settle in with her words and wisdom." Joan Borysenko, PhD, New York Times bestselling author of Minding the Body, Mending the Mind "With emotionally piercing prose, humanity, humor, and heartache, Brook Eddy takes you on an adventure to India, one of the most intense, overwhelming, historically mind-boggling places on the planet. You will feel like her travel companion through it all. Then, as she comes against foes and obstacles of various flavors and sizes, born anew, with a successful business to boot, you will join her on that grand adventure of building a brand." Mark Morford, author of The Daring Spectacle: Adventures in Deviant Journalism and former columnist and culture critic for SFGATE Brook Eddy is the founder and CEO of Bhakti, Inc., best known for award-winning chai and innovative iced tea beverages. She also founded GITA Giving, a platform for supporting women and girls globally. She has a graduate degree from the University of Michigan and was a finalist for the Entrepreneur of the Year award by Entrepreneur magazine. Brook is the mother of twins and lives in Boulder, Colorado.