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Donut Critic - Boba From December 16th, 2025 · The Radio From Hell Show - Best Of

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  Speaker 1: Isn't this door Look how cute that is? Starm slash line.
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  Speaker 2: Ben Lee, the donut critic, is here, but I don't
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  Speaker 2: see any donuts. What we've got here is some drinks.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, so I'm definitely making sure you guys are hydrated
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  Speaker 3: for the holidays, you know, before you start really dipping
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  Speaker 3: into the eggnog and whatnot.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, this isn't so much hydrated it this is
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  Speaker 1: more of a treat, it is true.
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  Speaker 3: So what I've brought in for you are some specialty drinks,
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  Speaker 3: some Boba drinks. And I'm surprised continually how many people
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  Speaker 3: have not tried Boba milk teas and some of these
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  Speaker 3: other specialty drinks.
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  Speaker 4: This is from a place called Sonny Honey.
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  Speaker 5: Yep.
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  Speaker 3: So Sunny Honey is near downtown. And that's one of
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  Speaker 3: the big things I want to talk about, is so
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  Speaker 3: many people are coming downtown for lights, for shopping, just concerts,
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  Speaker 3: spending time with family, and you need to come get
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  Speaker 3: some of these drinks.
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  Speaker 1: I have a door drink here, and you told me
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  Speaker 1: that there's a specific thing I have to do before
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  Speaker 1: I drink it.
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  Speaker 5: What do I have to Yeah?
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  Speaker 3: And I so not only have people not tried boba
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  Speaker 3: and some of these specialty drinks, they do it wrong.
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  Speaker 3: So you have to shake it and you've got to
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  Speaker 3: do it for like fifteen potentially twenty seconds, because that's
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  Speaker 3: the thing if you take a sip of all of
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  Speaker 3: that goodness at the very bottom, like yeah, and I
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  Speaker 3: can see why people.
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  Speaker 4: Because e's done at the bottom.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah okay, so yeah, so you secure lid, turn it
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  Speaker 3: upside down.
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  Speaker 4: It's the secure lid that I'm.
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  Speaker 1: Nervous carries around equipment over there.
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  Speaker 3: But these drinks from Sunny Honey, they have the formidable
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  Speaker 3: lids and so yeah, they're just not like the sealed
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  Speaker 3: ones like some of the shops out there. And the
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  Speaker 3: flavors are amazing. And that's the thing that I love
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  Speaker 3: about Boba and these shops as well, is the variety
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  Speaker 3: and the customization. And I think that's the sad thing
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  Speaker 3: when people don't even give them a chance. You know,
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  Speaker 3: they go to their swigs, they go to their soda shops,
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  Speaker 3: and they don't give some of these shops a really
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  Speaker 3: good chance.
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  Speaker 1: So tell So this one is tai tea? What is
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  Speaker 1: tai tea?
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, so I brought in a Tai tea.
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  Speaker 3: So it's it's a cold brew tea, so it's actually
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  Speaker 3: usually a black tea, but it has some ty spices
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  Speaker 3: and that's what makes it a little bit of a
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  Speaker 3: different color, like more of like an orange color.
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  Speaker 5: Bill. You're drinking a Vietnamese cold coffee.
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  Speaker 4: It's really good. Yeah, that creamy and sweet and delicious.
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  Speaker 5: And then carry you're you're drinking the mango. This is
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  Speaker 5: a signature.
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  Speaker 4: Mango is the signature.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, so's it's creamy, it's got mango chunks in it.
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  Speaker 3: And then I also have Oscar here in the and
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  Speaker 3: he's done the strawberry milk.
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  Speaker 2: Oscar come over here where Ben is, and so they
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  Speaker 2: can see on camera and can see.
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  Speaker 1: Your and apparently Oscar already knew all about Sunny Honey.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, he's he's a current fan. He lives by Sunny Honey. Yeah,
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  Speaker 3: and he's got the the bear up a little bit. Yeah,
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  Speaker 3: if you could see, this has a scarf on it.
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  Speaker 3: So has a hat and a scarf, and you get
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  Speaker 3: to keep the bear and you get to keep the.
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  Speaker 5: Bear, you get to keep the scarf, and you get
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  Speaker 5: to keep the hat.
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  Speaker 2: So now now can you take it back in and
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  Speaker 2: get it refilled, because I don't want to.
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  Speaker 4: I don't want to have a bear every time.
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  Speaker 5: No, you you get a new one.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, they're just like the thinner plastic but they
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  Speaker 3: are so fun and honestly, it's been one of those
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  Speaker 3: things my kids ask.
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  Speaker 5: For every year.
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  Speaker 3: These are some viral type of drinks that have really
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  Speaker 3: taken the Internet by storm.
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  Speaker 2: Now it says here there is they have something called
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  Speaker 2: cheese what is what is that?
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  Speaker 3: So it's it's like a it's kind of a savory
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  Speaker 3: cheese foam. So it's it's like cream cheese that's sweetened
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  Speaker 3: and then it has a little bit of sea salt
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  Speaker 3: and it's just you know, foamed up on top of it.
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  Speaker 3: Just really makes for a really good balanced So you
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  Speaker 3: get like a really good sweet fruity drink and then
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  Speaker 3: put that on top and it's kind of that cheesy
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  Speaker 3: fruity noss too.
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  Speaker 2: Apparently, Sonny Honey also coffees. I'm thinking that means they
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  Speaker 2: have hot cough.
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  Speaker 5: They have hot as well.
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  Speaker 3: Yes, so she brought in just cold ones today, but
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  Speaker 3: you can get hot ones. You're obviously not going to
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  Speaker 3: get a hot one in one of those clear teddy bears.
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  Speaker 3: We don't need Teddy Bear burns on your hands.
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  Speaker 1: Tell us a little bit about the owner.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, so, Cassie, it's a really cool story. I mean
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  Speaker 3: it's the American dream story. She came from Vietnam six
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  Speaker 3: years ago. She worked in the food industry for three
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  Speaker 3: years and decided, hey, it's my time for an American
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  Speaker 3: dream and she started her own shop. And the reason
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  Speaker 3: for Sunny Honey is she wanted it to be a sunny,
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  Speaker 3: like warm, positive type of fill and vibe. And then
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  Speaker 3: the honey portion is the like the Deseret you know,
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  Speaker 3: we're the beehive State.
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  Speaker 4: It's a nod to Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, so you know she came over here and that's
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  Speaker 3: kind of like been that combination and so Sunny Honey
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  Speaker 3: and I think it's pretty catchy.
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  Speaker 4: I like the name. Well, this mango is uh, it's
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  Speaker 4: like meal. All those a lot of mango and don't
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  Speaker 4: use syrup.
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  Speaker 2: Everything is made with real fruit and housemade toppings. It
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  Speaker 2: takes longer, but you can taste the difference.
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  Speaker 5: And that's one of the big differences.
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  Speaker 3: I wanted to bring this in and you know, make
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  Speaker 3: sure we're supporting this small business.
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  Speaker 5: Because she really does do it right.
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  Speaker 3: She does fresh fruits, and she does the slow cooking
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  Speaker 3: portion of it, you know, and most of these chains
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  Speaker 3: that are coming in, they use the syrups. Everything is
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  Speaker 3: just stamp and repeat, and you know, this just feels
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  Speaker 3: good to support a small business.
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  Speaker 2: This is really excellent, now, Sonny, honey. It's just just
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  Speaker 2: down the street here.
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  Speaker 4: Yep. So it's west and north on third West.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, so if you're coming down to Christmas Lights, it's
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  Speaker 3: really right off the six hundred North exit, and you
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  Speaker 3: can just take a quick stop there. There's a brunch
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  Speaker 3: place too, so if you're around the Marmalade area, you know,
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  Speaker 3: you can go and just grab a drink to It's simple.
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  Speaker 2: Now, when you said boba, I was expecting there to
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  Speaker 2: be those little little gobs in there.
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  Speaker 5: They do have boba.
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  Speaker 3: Like these drinks are more of their milk teas and
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  Speaker 3: their their mixed drinks. But yes, they have the typical
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  Speaker 3: tapioca boba as well, and so you can go in
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  Speaker 3: and you know, again, like I think sometimes people get
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  Speaker 3: a little nervous because they have like little black beads.
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  Speaker 3: I remember the first time I had it. It was
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  Speaker 3: in San Francisco about twenty years ago. That actually makes
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  Speaker 3: me sound pretty old, but it was one of those
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  Speaker 3: like eye opening things, and it's just made me really
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  Speaker 3: focus on trying other drinks instead of just soda, instead
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  Speaker 3: of just the hot chocolates.
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  Speaker 2: That says it says here in your notes they have Krawfelds.
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  Speaker 2: What I so, I get I'm kind of guessing what
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  Speaker 2: that is, but explain it.
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  Speaker 3: So that's a croissant waffle, So I'll tell you it
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  Speaker 3: croissant do and then.
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  Speaker 4: It could it could be that because Krawfel sounds better.
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  Speaker 3: Kraffel does sound a little bit better than that. But
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  Speaker 3: they also have other desserts. They have cake pops, they
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  Speaker 3: have macarons and other things. I think they have some
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  Speaker 3: seasonal stuff. So it's just a really fun vibe place,
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  Speaker 3: and yeah, it's nice. One of the things I do suggest,
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  Speaker 3: if you haven't done boba and haven't really got into
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  Speaker 3: all of this, go with a couple of people and
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  Speaker 3: everybody gets something different and then you're able to try
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  Speaker 3: it because like that will make you feel a little
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  Speaker 3: bit more comfortable with the menu and it will expand
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  Speaker 3: what you're able to try next time.
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  Speaker 4: Do they have sit down Yeah, okay.
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  Speaker 3: Yep, so they do have some seating and when it's
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  Speaker 3: the summer. I think they have some outdoor seating, but
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  Speaker 3: you know, it is something that you can just run
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  Speaker 3: in grab and it's super simple.
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  Speaker 5: They have a drive through as well, so I mean
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  Speaker 5: there's a lot of mango in this.
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  Speaker 4: It's not too sweet creamyat's delicious.
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  Speaker 3: And that's one thing actually we didn't talk about too,
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  Speaker 3: is the customization is you can make it as sweet
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  Speaker 3: or as straightforward.
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  Speaker 5: Is they have different levels of sweetness?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, ice levels, sweetness levels, and that is one of
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  Speaker 3: the things I really like about it too, is you
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  Speaker 3: can just make it your own on it.
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  Speaker 1: Now, this is our last visit with you before the holidays.
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  Speaker 1: Is there any other last minute suggestions for getting treats
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  Speaker 1: for parties and things over the holidays?
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  Speaker 3: Obviously, I would say donut shops. I mean, this is
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  Speaker 3: a very busy time for them. But I think it's
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  Speaker 3: those simple easy pickups. A lot of these donut shops,
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  Speaker 3: you know are you know they're preparing these dozens for
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  Speaker 3: people to come and just pick up easily.
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  Speaker 5: It's huge for class parties as well.
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  Speaker 3: It's super simple, like we're preparing donuts and things like
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  Speaker 3: that for even my kids class parties because It is
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  Speaker 3: just so easy. You know, you feed thirty kids easily
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  Speaker 3: for two and a half dozen.
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  Speaker 4: Yeh's what, I just buy a dozen and then cut
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  Speaker 4: them up. It's true.
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  Speaker 1: You would deny people a hole doughnut.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, kids, they don't. They're just a bunch of kids.
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  Speaker 3: But yeah, there's still pieser are still really popular.
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  Speaker 5: And I think in general cupcakes.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, And honestly, a lot of these shops, these bakeries
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  Speaker 3: do meal deals and so if you don't want to
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  Speaker 3: be cooking on Christmas Eve, oh yeah, you know, like
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  Speaker 3: I know, Gormandy does a meal deal that you can
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  Speaker 3: just have, have them prepare. There's a lot of other shops,
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  Speaker 3: you know, but you need to do it now. If
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  Speaker 3: you're going to set that up, you need to do
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  Speaker 3: it now. You don't need to do it next Monday
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  Speaker 3: when everyone's closing.
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  Speaker 5: Yes, exactly, exactly, So think through that.
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  Speaker 2: So this is Sunny Honey. It is a utah boba
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  Speaker 2: and desserts. Sunny Honey owned by Cassie is it vu?
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  Speaker 4: Yeah? You Cassiev Cassie Vu.
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  Speaker 2: And you can find them at let's see five point
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  Speaker 2: thirty five north on third West. Sonny Honey and Oscar
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  Speaker 2: says he goes there all the time.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, and if you go on my Instagram right now,
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  Speaker 3: on my stories, I have full videos of what you
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  Speaker 3: can get, so you know, you can get your kids
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  Speaker 3: really excited about going to a drink shop before lights
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  Speaker 3: or shopping or whatnot.
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  Speaker 4: So yeah, you go to Instagram, look for the donut.
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  Speaker 5: Critic d O n U T C R I T
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  Speaker 5: I C.
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  Speaker 4: All right, Ben, thank you, have a happy holiday.
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  Speaker 5: Hey, thank you.
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  Speaker 4: All right,