Marcus Lee is Reviews Editor, covering gummies, sour candies, licorice, and international sweets. They manage the review calendar and lead gummy and sour-candy testing. For gummies, Marcus tests both at room temperature and after refrigeration, using a five-point texture scale to assess chewiness, springiness, and stickiness. They also track how flavors fade over time, bringing observations of texture under different temperature conditions together with the changes in flavor that occur during testing.
Career timeline
2012
Launched a candy review blog in Seattle
2016
Became editor at Sweet Streets Magazine
2019
Ran a candy subscription box for 2,000 subscribers
2021
Joined Sugargoous as Reviews Editor
Credentials
Sensory Evaluation Certificate
UC Davis Extension 2017
Certified Candy Technologist
American Association of Candy Technologists 2020
How I test
Marcus Lee uses a five-point texture scale to assess chewiness, springiness, and stickiness. They test gummies at room temperature and after refrigeration, and track how flavors fade over time.
We ordered and tested the Versace black shorts in everyday casual style: straight-cut, no-stretch polyester, sizes M through 5XL, in black or black-gold. The graphics hold up; the fit is a guess until you ask for flats.
We ordered the ERD multicolor cotton tee, logged its 41 colour codes, and re-checked handfeel, print and fit after two cold washes. Genuinely good cotton for $8.51; sizing still needs seller measurements.
A $3.73 white polyester summer tee with a large blue back print, sold in 39 variants from M to 5XL. We scored fabric hand-feel, print alignment and fit on a five-point scale. Breathable and light; the print is the part to inspect.
We ordered the Amiri letter-print logo tee at $8.36 and tested it over four weeks: fabric weight against the listed 180–250 g/m² band, print edge behaviour after cold washing, fit in size L, and how the shade held up against the seller photos.
We ordered three BKTSQD multicolor shorts and put them through runs, gym sessions, and wash cycles. The quick-dry polyester holds up, the loose straight cut is easy to wear, and the printed colorways are the real draw.
We ordered the $5.97 Foreign Trade brown tee and checked its claimed cotton weight, loose crew-neck cut, and cartoon print across cold washes. Here is what held up and what stayed unverified.
We ordered the Rhude multicolor T-shirt collection, weighed the combed cotton against its stated 180–250 g band, washed it twice and measured the shoulders. The cut is genuinely loose, but the hem runs narrow on smaller sizes and buyer size reports conflict.
A 250 g/m² loose cotton tee in S–XL, priced at $7.01 against a label whose own size charts disagree about what 46 means. We measured, washed and scored the knit.
We ordered the $7.31 Gucci black crewneck, graded its cotton hand-feel and print relief, and measured the distance between it and a $450–$650 licensed retail tee. Sizing stays the open question.
We ordered the green Celine all-over print shorts for $5.22 and ran them through a cold wash, a warm afternoon and a walk to the lab. Print, drawstring and polyester hand-feel notes inside.
We ordered several colorways of the Bape Classic Monkey Print T-Shirt Collection, measured them against the size chart, and washed cold. The 100% cotton body and hold-up print impressed; fit reports still conflict.
We ordered Lee's black baseball-motif tee in both the 250g heavy-cotton and 200g builds. The heavier cotton holds its shape better; the lighter one stays cooler. Opacity still needs confirming before you buy.
