The Great Yogurt War: Pinkberry In-query

I tried PinkBerry yesterday. Maybe you haven't heard of this phenomenon. According to the website, "Pinkberry is SWIRLY GOODNESS. It's honest food, without preservatives, additives or excess sugar. It is DESSERT REINVENTED." Also, it's very expensive.

People go batshit crazy over this stuff. They line up around the block for it. They take out mortgages. Kill their own mothers. Start blogs.

I decided to see what the fuss is all about, because I walked by a Pinkberry when there was [gasp] almost no line outside. It only comes in 2 flavors: plain and green tea. If you ask what the flavor of plain is they will tell you "it tastes just like plain yogurt."

Didn't sound that appealing to me, but it turns out it tastes pretty darn good. I ordered the toppings you see above, raspberry and coconut. The yogurt had a unique, pleasing flavor that you wont find at other yogurtariums. The raspberries were fresh. I am pretty sure that sweetened coconut adds quite a few calories, but there's no mention of this nutritional info on the website. Anyway, thumbs up for flavor.

But thumbs down for charging 3 bucks for plain, and a dollar for each added topping. And for a name that seems more appropriate on a cute anime character than a yogurt chain. And for the ridiculous "queue." Also for giving me horrible stomach cramps afterwards.