Rishi Reddy (龙安) is Founder / CEO of Swann's Tea. He is a lifelong tea drinker and has vision quested in India, Nepal, and China visiting tea farms and studying under tea masters. He is trying to scientifically determine why some teas "can create transcendental power that carries one into the realm of immortals" and why crappy bagged teas (Lipton) cannot. He intends to share the world's most splendid teas with you. He speaks Spanish, broken Mandarin, and (very) broken Khmer. He is currently a graduate student at Harvard and MIT.