Is this white flaky powder in this tea "vanilla flavor"?

Is this white flaky powder in this tea "vanilla flavor"? - Various types of spices for healthy food food preparation

I got some tea from Thailand as a gift, and it has some vanilla flavor to it:

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Obviously, it smells a lot like vanilla. This is how the tea looks like:

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Is the white powdery stuff (looks a bit flaky when it's larger), mostly on the left this "vanilla flavor"? Is this natural vanilla, or synthetic? If it's not the white stuff, what is it?



Best Answer

I don't think so. This looks like very low quality 'tea', where they put in ground stalks instead of (only) leaves. Given that quality, there could be any other 'ingredients' in it.




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