Is that just because I live in Taiwan now, I wondered, or is the decline of the doughnut a worldwide phenomenon? I remembered hearing that Dunkin Donuts is just called Dunkin now and is thought of mainly as a coffee shop. And didn't Tim Hortons also start off as a doughnut shop? It seems that doughnut shops survive only by shifting their focus to coffee.
When I arrived home, my wife asked me to pop back out and buy her a coffee. When I asked which of two nearby coffee shops she would prefer, she said, "What about Donuts? Do they have good coffee?"
Donutes (as it is actually spelled, though everyone pronounces it with a short u) is a coffee shop that also sells various baked goods, though not, as one might expect, doughnuts. My wife had never had their coffee before but randomly decided to try it today.
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You may be right about the decline in doughnuts. I don't hear about them as much as I used to. Maybe they have had a reputation for being unhealthy. I think one thing though is that they have become so rich and sugary that they have become a desert rather than a normal. I wish there were just regular cake doughnuts, not highly processed or overly sugary, which is what I think most doughnuts used to be back in the mid 20th century.
Even fit, healthy people used to enjoy doughnuts. Special Forces types used to be particular fans.
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