Love-Me Tea

Love-Me Tea is a special type of tea given to Sierra by an elderly Chinese woman in Chinese Fake-Out.

History
After being kicked off the Great Wall of China by Cody's donkey, Ace in the first challenge of the episode, Sierra accidentally crashes from the sky through the roof of a hut. Sierra lands on top of a table with an elderly Chinese woman sitting at it, surprising her. Later in the episode, Sierra explains to the old woman about her unrequited love for Cody. The woman in response to Sierra's sadness, gives her a teabag, telling her that the more of the tea created with the bag that she drinks, the more Cody will love her. When Sierra completes the first challenge and participates in the second one, she continues to drink her tea. She does so in between each of the meals of the eating challenge and hopes it will help Cody fall in love with her. She mentions it again at the end of A Chinese Lesson after she wins invincibility, excited that Cody will be able to be in first class with her and the tea. At the elimination ceremony, when Blaineley is eliminated, she proceeds to reveal the secrets of the other players. When she points out in anger that Cody has repeatedly tried to vote her off in every elimination, she drinks the tea even more in an attempt to make him love her. Later, she brews another batch in first class, which she splashes on herself like a cologne, and then tosses the pot aside, breaking it. The scent of the tea causes Cody to get an allergic reaction, paralyzing him. Sierra realizes that the scent of her tea is affecting him and injects him with his EpiPen.

In African Lying Safari, Sierra brews some more tea in a glass cup after breaking her teapot. Sierra reveals her plan for the tea in the confessional: instead of her drinking it, she's going to get Cody to drink it in her place. She then force-feeds Cody the Love-Me Tea. Sierra believes that this will work, even though she is oblivious to the fact that the "compliments" he gives her were simply unintelligible moans. As Sierra continues to feed Cody the Love-Me Tea, he suffers hallucinations, one hallucination he sees is a polar bear, and goes into a comatose state. However, after being "kidnapped" by a baboon, Cody feels better, due to having been away from Sierra long enough for the effects of the tea to start wearing off.

Trivia

 * The character on the tea bag is "心" (which reads "xìn"), which translates to "heart."