Still coming

 We are having rain and snow today, so I feel like crap, meaning I'm not in a good enough mood to do a proper tea review.  Also forecast for rain and/or snow tomorrow, so I suspect it's going to be Friday before I start reviewing teas again.  Think I'm going to go through the 20ish flavored teas I have, then start with the black and pu'erh teas I've got.  That should take a couple of months, after which I should have bought some more.  :-) 

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