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| - One of my roommates was extolling the beauty of Bosa. I asked if they were as good as Rainbow, but she had never tried Rainbow.
So - we decided to do a taste test. Three of us in the house - so we would get 3 different (but like) donuts from each. The plan was to bring them back home, cut to sample size, and note flavor, texture and overall preference.
The guy roommate's favorite is glazed raised. The gal leans to sugar raised and I figured glazed old fashioned is a safe baseline for taste testing.
We went to Rainbow first. No problem getting the donuts we wanted. I also picked up a half dozen donut holes. Was not thrilled to be charged $0.50 for the box, but c'est la vie. Girl roommate also got a watermelon frappe type of drink. A bit sweet for my tastes, but very, very watermelony.
Next stop Bosa. They didn't have regular sugar raised - used powdered sugar instead. (I have a hard time trusting that the regular sugar didn't stick - somehow they managed to make it work at Rainbow!) So the granulated vs. powdered sugar raised would not be as scientific a comparison, but we'd make do. No problem with the glzed and old fashioned. We also picked up ham and swiss croissants. One can never have too much pastry, right? :)
Results -
Glazed raised - Bosa was slightly denser and chewier - more mouth satisfaction. Rainbow was cloudlike fluffy and light. Great texture, but we didn't feel satisfied from chewing. Rainbow was slightly sweeter.
~Votes - 3 for Bosa.~
Old Fashioned - textures were identical. Rainbow had a slight lemon (or maybe aspatrame?) flavor in the back end of the tasting.
~Votes - 1 slight lean to Bosa, 2 Draw~
Sugar raised - texture of donut was identical to glazed raised above. (duh - same donut, different topping.) The gal roomie likes granulated. The guy roomie preferred the powdered. I liked both.
~Votes - 1 Bosa, 1 Rainbow, 1 Draw.
So, Bosa comes out with a slight edge. And we came out with a slight sugar rush. I can't help but wonder what our next scientific food research challenge will be!
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