Pinkberry
Saturday, March 08, 2008 by The Frozen Yogurt Review
Where else would we start our first yogurt review other than Pinkberry? Pinkberry started the yogurt frenzy and is still considered the most popular yogurt shop around.We will discuss and critique three aspects of each yogurt shop. The yogurt(s) itself, the price, and the environment setting on each shop. So let's review Pinkberry!
The Yogurt(s)
Pinkberry serves three different frozen yogurt flavors: original, green tea, and coffee. They are served in three sizes: small(5 oz), medium(8oz), and large(13oz). With request, fruit toppings and dried toppings are added on top of the yogurt. Pinkberry's fruit toppings are strawberry, raspberry, blueberry, blackberry, banana, kiwi, mango, and pineapple. Their dried toppings consists of almonds, carob chips, chestnuts , chocolate chips, Cocoa Pebbles, Fruity Pebbles, coconut, mochi (rice cakes), yogurt chips, cookies 'n cream, granola, and Cap'n Crunch.
The original flavor tastes like real yogurt, with a sour and tangy taste. The green tea flavor is not as sweet as the original, but still has the same sour taste as yogurt. The newest flavor (coffee) has a unique taste to it, as it tastes sweet at first, but has an eccentric bitter after taste in the end.
Pinkberry also offers other products than just frozen yogurt. They also offer shaved ice and smoothies that are made with the frozen yogurts and are mixed with fruit.
Pinkberry also offers other products than just frozen yogurt. They also offer shaved ice and smoothies that are made with the frozen yogurts and are mixed with fruit.
Prices
Well here are the prices for the frozen yogurts and other goods from Pinkberry.
Well here are the prices for the frozen yogurts and other goods from Pinkberry.
Original Yogurt
Small $2.50; +$0.95 each topping
Medium $3.50; 3 toppings $4.95
Large $5.50; 3 toppings $6.95
Green Tea/Coffee
Small $3.50; $+0.95 each topping
Medium $4.50; 3 toppings $5.95
Large $6.50; 3 toppings $7.95
Shaved Ice
Fresh Fruit $7.25
Green Tea $6.50
Smoothies
Pinkberry $4.50
Pinkberry $4.50
Green Tea $4.50
Environment
When you first step into Pinkberry, you would think that you are in European type of club with upbeat music. The store gives off a designer environment with Philippe Starck furniture and Le Klin lighting that are from Italy. Young Lee(co-founder/co-owner of Pinkberry) is credited for setting this design in every Pinkberry shop. Young Lee states this about the unique design of Pinkberry, "The shops are designed to kindle the senses. From the swirls of Pinkberry come the Le Klint inspired lighting lamps. Pebble floors balance the contemporary style and bring us back to nature. The ghost chairs, open space, and palette provide a sense of welcome lightness."
With a hip environment setting and upbeat music playing, it isn't a surprise that Pinkberry is highly coveted by teenagers, college students, and young adults.
Due to Pinkberry's policies, we weren't able to take pictures inside the store. Pinkberry is concerned that other competitors might take pictures to steal or modify the design of Pinkberry's and implement as their own.
Ratings
The frozen yogurt(s) 8/10
Prices 7/10
Environment 10/10
Overall rating 8.3 /10
Pinkberry is known as the yogurt shop with "the taste that launched a 1,000 parking tickets". You will never see Pinkberry empty on afternoons and/or night, rain or shine. People keep coming back over and over again. Some people refer to Pinkberry's yogurt as "Crackberry" as it is highly addicting. Price is a bit high, but people don't seem to care as they are enamored by its taste and supposed health benificiaries. Pinkberry's interior design makes it a lofty place to hangout at with friends, family, or colleagues. Not only do you get to enjoy the frozen yogurt, but you can have camaraderie as well, if there are seats available of course.Overall, there is no surprise to the lucrative success of Pinkberry. It definitely has become a cultural phenomenon. If you haven't tried Pinkberry yet, go to the nearest one and see what the craze is about. Check out the official website http://www.pinkberry.com/. They even have their own jingle! Thank you for reading, and we will post another review next week as we venture off to another yogurt shop.
