In the movie “Dead Poets Society,” actor Robin Williams famously tells his students to “carpe diem,” or “seize the day,” in order to make their lives extraordinary. After traveling extensively throughout Asia, Richard Rosenfeld developed a thirst and passion for tea and seized the opportunity to create Basalt, Colo.-based Two Leaves and a Bud Tea Co. in 2004.
“I was confounded by not finding that same quality tea back at home,” Founder and Chief Executive Officer Rosenfeld explains. “So, I went to the tea gardens in Sri Lanka, India and China to begin developing relationships with organic tea farmers from whom the company now sources small quantities of tea each growing season.