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Yvonne drank Vanilla Orchid by DAVIDsTEA

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Because my grandmother is a real sweetheart, she took me to Davids today and bought me this as a cup to go as well as 3 teas that I found at this particular location that I thought were discontinued.

I thought, maybe since this was made for me in the store, it might be better tasting this time around?

The final verdict? I actually liked it better when I had made it at home. Despite the amount of leaf they used, it had barely any flavour. Or heck, even creaminess. Like hot water with a faint vanilla afterthought. At least the first time I had this, it was creamy!

Couldn’t even bother to resteep this. I ended up ditching it for a Tim Hortons coffee. So disappointing. :( Rating lowered.

Preparation

Boiling 8 min or more

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I found this tea to be incredibly temperamental as well, and also ultimately gave up on it.

Yvonne
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I know exactly what you mean. :( Makes me sad; I wanted to like it.

TheTeaFairy
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Disappointing…but your grandma is super sweet!

Yvonne
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She is, I love her. :) She doesn’t have much, yet she won’t take no for an answer when an opportunity comes to give.

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I found this tea to be incredibly temperamental as well, and also ultimately gave up on it.

Yvonne
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I know exactly what you mean. :( Makes me sad; I wanted to like it.

TheTeaFairy
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Disappointing…but your grandma is super sweet!

Yvonne
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She is, I love her. :) She doesn’t have much, yet she won’t take no for an answer when an opportunity comes to give.

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My name is Yvonne. I’m 21 and live in a snowy Canadian wasteland known as Manitoba.

I’m relatively new to the loose tea world, although I used to drink generic Red Rose tea constantly. A friend introduced me to a Teavana tea one chilly winter and I got myself slightly intrigued. Went to purchase it myself, used shoddy equipment to prepare it, and was discouraged.

Christmas 2013 rolled around, and despite having an awful holiday for other reasons, I received some of Teavana’s Cha Yen Thai as a gift after asking for chai tea. I went out and bought a proper infuser cup and was instantly hooked. Now my tea collection is steadily growing! I’m obsessed!

I like:
Dessert teas, black teas, oolong, rooibos, pu’erh, mate, chai, chamomile, chocolate, coconut, cinnamon, pineapple, tropical mixes, nutty, sweet, complex flavours, indulgent flavours

I do NOT like:
Green teas, herbal teas, white teas, teas too overbearing with fruit, pure tisane, cloyingly sweet teas, hibiscus, peanuts, burning my mouth

I am lactose intolerant (pretty severely, actually – I do not consume any dairy product) but I find that the miniscule amounts of dairy found in some teas don’t bother me for the most part.

100 – My absolute favourite teas. Without them, I will cry salty tears of despair.

99 – 95 – Cream of the crop, although missing SOMETHING to make them a perfect favourite. Not something I couldn’t possibly live without, but pretty darn close. Lots of teas in this category tend to reach 100 eventually.

95 – 75 – Yummy, but if it disappeared tomorrow I’d quietly mourn it for about 15 minutes and move on to a favourite. Leaves something to be desired.

75 – 50 – Passable, but not by much. Something I’d really have to be in the mood for to drink.

50 and lower – Nope nope nope. Not for me. Probably couldn’t or had a hard time finishing the cuppa. Doooown the sink.