Sara Stewart Martinelli is a tea blender, herbalist, writer, designer, and educator whose work is rooted in plants, place, and traditional craft. Her practice spans tea and herbal medicine, farming, food culture, workshops, writing, and visual design, with a focus on creating experiences that invite attentiveness, learning, and connection.

She is the owner of Boulder Tea Company and Three Leaf Farm, and a co-owner of five locally owned restaurants, including the beloved Boulder Dushanbe Teahouse. Her work is deeply connected to the restaurant and hospitality world through decades of experience shaping food, tea, and place-based experiences. Whether blending teas, cultivating herbs, designing educational programs, or leading workshops, her work emphasizes intention, sensory awareness, and care for the natural world.

Sara’s approach is informed by traditional herbalism, ethnobotany, and Earth-based spirituality. These influences appear quietly and deliberately in her work, supporting reflection, seasonal awareness, and personal ritual without spectacle or dogma.

She holds a degree in Anthropology from the University of Colorado with a focus on food and culture, formal training in graphic design, certification in herbal studies, and advanced credentials in tea blending and professional tea education. This interdisciplinary background allows her to bridge scholarship and practice, substance and aesthetics.

Sara lives and works in Colorado. She is a mother and grandmother, and a lifelong student of plants. Across all of her work, her guiding intention is to help people find greater balance, clarity, and meaning through learning, ritual, art, and direct engagement with the living world.