Situated across from Auburn's Native American Dancer statue is a brightly lit self-serve yogurt place.
The outside has a few tables under parasols, but the inside is an open, brightly off-white, cozy house-like place. Star lampshades and LED string lights dangle and tangle all around the place. Local art and photos hang on the wall behind the cashier to the right, above the yogurt machines in the center of the whole place, and by a white fireplace off to the left. To the back left is a stair case that leads to an even cozier seating area of high tables and couches that overlook the place. Oddly sticking out in the floor is a kitchen island where toppings from mochi to berries to chocolate rocks sit, as well as the various polkadot cups for holding your frozen concoction.
Three machines hold the various and revolving flavors that change. Seemingly, it includes four or five frozen yogurt flavors with the other being reserved for sorbet. After some sampling I decide to actually go for their sorbet (orange splash one visit, kiwi-strawberry the next) with a side of their Vanilla and California Tart. Topped with some white mochi bits and popping pearls, and I'm good to go. The first shocking thing is, for a self-serve yogurt, the price wasn't actually too bad. I ended up filling my small cup and that probably equals a double or triple scoop of ice cream.
Flavor-wise I chose these since they appealed to me the most due to preferences. The tart is, well, tart and tangy in the way a plain greek-style yogurt tastes. It's mellow and smooth in the first few seconds of tasting it before a funky tart kick comes at the end. It begs you to then scoop up another bite to get that bit of sweet to teeter your tastebuds between the two flavors of sweet and tart. The vanilla was a fairly good sweet vanilla that's better than the common fast food vanilla yogurt/ice cream, but nothing really wowed me about it.
The stars of the selection were the sorbets. Both times too! The orange was a pleasantly juicy, citrusy, bright-orange pop that was neither too sweet, too sour, nor too tart. It was almost like a frozen version of my favorite orange soda which shan't be named. The kiwi-strawberry was in the same boat as well. Full of fruity flavor without being too sweet in the slightest.
Overall, this was a rather impressive yogurt stop in terms of looks and value for the price. Flavors will range depending on who is enjoying them, but I can confidently say there should be something for everyone even with only six flavors. I give them a great 4. read more