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So. On Saturday my air conditioner died. I live on a third (top) floor of an apartment building and my windows face south and west. The air conditioner is the wall type. I submitted a service order immediately but of course the maintenance people don’t come out on a weekend unless it is a dire emergency. Saturday wasn’t too bad, but a heat wave started on Sunday. The maintenance men didn’t come until late Wednesday afternoon with a re-furbished unit from the 1980. You might think having my rent increase by 27% over 5 years would buy me better service. Hmph.

Anyway. The new-to-me air conditioner works great. After 4 days of temps between 80 and 86 in my apartment I woke up this morning cold! I drank two cups of coffee and then decided to have some hot tea. I have had this bag for a while now and decided it was time to try it.

I was a little underwhelmed. I don’t know why. I think Whispering Pines has some of the very best tea out there. Top quality. It was smooth enough, but no flavor. It could be the mouth sores from chemo. My sense of taste (what little I have) has been affected by chemo. I am not going to rate this one yet. I get a short break from chemo from 9/20 to 10/9 so I will try it again then and see what I think.

Kaylee

Oof, that sucks. Glad they at least installed a working a/c.

ashmanra

Sorry you had to endure those hot days but glad you have an a/c unit that can make it cold enough to make hot tea delightful! Hope those mouth sores heal up quickly!

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Kaylee

Oof, that sucks. Glad they at least installed a working a/c.

ashmanra

Sorry you had to endure those hot days but glad you have an a/c unit that can make it cold enough to make hot tea delightful! Hope those mouth sores heal up quickly!

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I love cats. I love alone time. I love sitting indoors on a cold winter night with a book or my knitting while drinking tea. I don’t have a sense of smell, so many of the more subtle flavors of tea escape me. Two of the things I CAN taste are bitter and sour, so any tea that has even a slightly bitter taste is nasty for me. And what others might perceive as pleasant tartness may be horribly sour for me.

I’m also a writer. I love writing, and a mug of hot tea helps me get through the hours sitting in front of the computer. Although I’m a comparatively new tea drinker, I’m jumping in feet first. Feel free to recommend any teas you think I might enjoy.

100-91 – Wowza! I want to keep this tea in the cupboard all the time.
75-90 – Very nice. It would be good to have this tea on hand from time to time.
60-74 – OK. Wouldn’t keep it in the cupboard, but I would drink it again.
45-59 – If a friend served this I would drink it to be polite, but it’s not really my cuppa.
Lower than 45 – Blech. It was too sour or bitter for my taste. Would not drink it again.

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