Mmmmn, tasty! We all go crazy for any herb dubbed with the name blueberry, and sure enough, this came and went in our favorite collective like an afternoon breeze. A light, delicious, fruity taste coats the exhale, with the solid, rosy bubblegum flavors of bubba coming in to do their slick best. What a &#8220;berry&#8221;…

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