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A delicious way to learn about four stages of the sakura, from bud to falling petals.

Hmm. I have never really been a doughnut person, but it seems like MisuDo is working to convert me specifically…...... Look at this!

I am not particularly knowledgeable about sakura, so I just now learned the four stages, which (from left to right) are:

Bud (蕾 tsubomi), represented by a pink sakura interior inside a brown kinako exterior.

Half-bloom (五分咲き gobuzaki), which is half strawberry dipped, with a cherry and red bean whipped cream filling.

Full bloom (満開 mankai), which has a sakura bean paste glaze with salted sakura petals and sakura chocolate flakes.

Dancing petals (舞桜 maizakura), which has red bean paste filling plus a half-sized decoration of sakura chocolate petals and a milk chocolate branch against a white chocolate background.

Wow. Actually, does anyone else find some of these........ kind of extra? Maybe it's my inner killjoy speaking, but there's just so much going on! I'm still trying to process the concept of a bean paste glaze, let alone a sakura bean paste glaze. Might still try it though.

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Oh what the FUCK guys

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I happened to pass a Mr Donut, which never happens, and there was no line outside, which *never* happens, so I took it as a sign and went in. They were super picked over at the end of the day, but they had one of these: the bud/tsubomi, the one I was most interested in. Definitely a sign, right?

I wasn't super hungry, so I was just gonna eat half while it was fresh and save the rest for the morning, but not only did I inhale the whole thing, I am seriously considering doing the big hill again to go get another. It is so *GOOD*! Are all pon de ring doughnuts like this?

It has an incredible springy texture, like mochi, and the sakura flavor is complex and delicate and not too sweet, and it's complemented perfectly by the nutty roasted soybean flour and (maybe?) a tiny hint of cinnamon? It's incredible. I don't even like most doughnuts but now I'm fretting that I won't have enough time to try all four of these...