Vanilla Orchid

Yum yum yum! I brewed this last night and forgot to log it. it was extremely enjoyable! At first sniff, the dry notes were creamy vanilla. Like a pastry. Definitely a foodie vanilla. I wasn’t sure if the scent would follow through after brewing but it surely didn’t disappoint.

I added a touch of vanilla almond milk and a little german rock sugar and it was capital T Tasty! Not too sweet, even with the added sweet stuff. Just perfect!

First brew was lovely. A nice vanilla touch to the oolong. On re-steep the vanilla faded and it was just a cup of oolong. It’s still yummy, and I actually think it’s probably one of my favourites from davidstea. (Milk oolong being right above this)

I had just gotten a cute little teapot for christmas (orange, with two matching cups!) and I decided I wanted to go out to DavidsTea and buy some loose leaf for me to drink at home.

After a while of sniffing I was stuck between this and the Pure Vanilla, and decided to go with this.

I brought this home and oh boy, it smelled DELICIOUS. It was something I hadn’t really smelled before, light and vanilla-y with a floral hint.

That was yesterday and I was saving my first cup for today, and I’m glad I did. It’s a great tea with a smooth vanilla flavour that anyone would like!

Very nice. Don’t over steep. Gets bitter

I really didn’t want to like this tea. I have a fair amount of Vanilla Oolong in a tin at home. I didn’t even want to look at it but I gave in and took a whiff when I was at my local DT. It was amazing. I had to try it. I couldn’t pinpoint the smell of it dry, which was extremely familiar, for the longest time. It smells like sponge toffy/crunchie chocolate bar (minus the chocolate). Brewed, it’s really good with the perfect balance of the vanilla and oolong tastes. Like someone else said, it has exactly what Vanilla Oolong is missing.

I believe this was the tea that was up for samples in-store…

It was wonderful as a cold drink, I think I’ll have to come back to find this tea again :D

With a touch of natural vanilla, all the latent sweet and floral notes explode from this excellent full-leaf oolong.

Most of the time I rotate through the same few favourite teas (ok maybe dozen or so) but decided to try this today. I love vanilla and I love oolong. This was a very nice flavoured oolong. Vanilla goes well with the oolong and makes for a nice smelling and a milky creamy cup of tea. It reminds me of a stronger tasting milk oolong. Unfortunately I accidentally left my second steeping in way way too long and it got a bit bitter :( next time I will have to be more careful! I might just have to keep a small package of this on hand for when I am wanting a flavoured light tea!

Quite delicious, this tea is sultry and slides down perfectly for a cold day ^_ Can’t wait to resteep it later :D

Awesome, I prefer Quangzhou Milk Oolong but this one is also a keeper. I don’t love vanilla but this works!

Nice but a little to subtle (although very fragrant) for me. For the price, it’s not worth it to me but I can see how others might love it.

I love Vanilla; and this tea smells amazing!! You can smell the vanilla and the oolong – Delightful!

I have to say each sip gets better and better! The tea yummy sweet vanilla goodness! The perfect tea on these cold Winnipeg days!

I have had so many comments that my office smells awesome! Its the tea folks!

Wow, I haven’t had time to brew a cup of tea in ages! But I have a steaming mug now and it feels so right. The post-doc I work with even painted me a new mug so I finally have a chance to christen it with this vanilla orchid sample I got.
Very subtle vanilla taste, but a whole lot of creaminess. Tastes very earthy but clean and light.
Bottom line: would probably try again and would consider buying a 50g bag if not for my fickle curiosity in trying a whole lot of different DT flavors.

Edit: With each gulp I’m realizing how good this stuff really is. I might have to add this to my shopping list after all!

Wow. WOW. It’s been a while, and I’ve been off drinking all sorts of fancy sprinkly chocolate jellybean marshmallow teas, and that’s been fun, but David’s have finally wowed me with a (fairly) straight tea.

I smelled Orchid next to Vanilla Oolong in the large wall tins at the store, and I said to the girl helping me that (for me) it was like the difference between smelling a fresh vanilla bean pod and smelling the yellow vanilla section of the big strawberry/chocolate/vanilla icecream combo packs (sorry, Vanilla Oolong fans): Orchid is fresh, natural and just so creamy, with none of that artificial vanilla taste that makes me run a mile.

Apparently this is a higher grade of oolong than the one used in Vanilla Oolong as it’s more tightly knotted. Steeped up for a good 5 mins, the oolong comes through light and delicate and the woodiness of it stops the vanilla-beam aroma from being too sickly sweet. Gorgeous.