Possible Clues:

• Subtle flavour, of ice-cream say
• Plain article brought into house
• Ice cream flavor that's a synonym for 'boring'
• Chocolate alternative
• Article inside house lacking any special features
• In the home, an often used flavouring
• Flavor obtained from orchids
• Everything in a volume on raising this type of orchid
• Flavour from pods
• An inclusion in the house that's so tasteful