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Chicago Sugar High🧁

a very serious study of baked goods

The Record

a very serious body of research.

22 treats studied 16 establishments 7 neighborhoods 0 objectivity

The Sweetness Scale

how sweet, historically.

hint
good ✦✦✦✦✦✦✦ 7
great ✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦ 9
absurd ✦✦✦✦✦ 5
too sweet even for me

The Danger Index

likelihood of returning tomorrow.

negligible ✦✦✦✦ 4
moderate ✦✦✦✦ 4
elevated ✦✦✦✦✦ 5
critical ✦✦✦✦✦✦ 6
containment failure ✦✦✦ 3

For the Record

superlatives. all disputes will be ignored.

sweetest thing on record — The Brewed absurd

most dangerous on record — Allez Cafe containment failure

textures observed — pillowy, fluffy, fudgey, moist and fluffy with delicate cinna crisp edges, dry, moo-ist, crispy melty, chewy with the crisp edges, the good stuff u know, pillowy briochy, crunchy and yet melts in your mouth, flakey but smooshy, crunchy creamy, crispy and soft in the middle, velvet, dense, velvety, dusty, smooooooooth, crumbly, luscious

weirdness on file — Vegan cream (Daisies)

weirdness on file — You eat the flowers (Allez Cafe)

weirdness on file — Matcha latte tastes like weed (Allez Cafe)

weirdness on file — potato donut?! (Downstate Donuts)

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