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So my tea (Bigelow Vanilla Hazelnut) has suddenly stopped being sold in the local grocery stores. (Or at least, I've looked in one each of Giant, Safeway, and Magruders, and it is not in any of them.) And this is my currently preferred fuel for doing projects (creativity provided by tea and [whatever mood I'm in]) and so depending on what I'm doing and how much I'm home, I may go through as much as a box of the stuff a month. Or more in November...
So my quandry is this: I can get a case (6 boxes) online for the equivalent of $3.80 a box. I can keep searching for it in the stores, where (if it is still findable) it will cost slightly less-- I think more like $3.45? but I'm not sure. Or I can buy 3 cases (over a year's supply, do I really need that much tea at once?) for what comes out to $3.04 per box.
I think I'm probably puting far too much thought into this. But has anyone local seen the Vanilla Hazelnut flavor in grocery stores recently? Because all I find is French Vanilla, Vanilla Caramel, and/or Vanilla Almond. And much as I like almonds, none of these is even a pale substitute.
So my quandry is this: I can get a case (6 boxes) online for the equivalent of $3.80 a box. I can keep searching for it in the stores, where (if it is still findable) it will cost slightly less-- I think more like $3.45? but I'm not sure. Or I can buy 3 cases (over a year's supply, do I really need that much tea at once?) for what comes out to $3.04 per box.
I think I'm probably puting far too much thought into this. But has anyone local seen the Vanilla Hazelnut flavor in grocery stores recently? Because all I find is French Vanilla, Vanilla Caramel, and/or Vanilla Almond. And much as I like almonds, none of these is even a pale substitute.