Vita: Nature + Culture

Such a wonderful place to visit for dessert in the centre of town. Locally sourced toppings to put on delicious and healthy hand made frozen yoghurt in a fun self serve way. Staff are lovely and committed to the concept. Only wish it was open later on a Saturday night for dessert after a nice meal in North Hobart or the wharf!

It’s about time Hobart got a fancy froyo bar.
No, seriously. Almost a year ago I was wandering Chapel St in Melbourne and counting fancy froyo bars. I never would have called myself a frozen yoghurt fan so I didn’t bother stopping in at any of them, but marvelled at the sheer number of them. (Like, more than two.)
So I said I never would have called myself a frozen yoghurt fan, I know. But then my favourite babes at Ethos decided to open their own froyo bar, in proper Ethos ethos. This means not just delicious food but beautiful food. Not just beautiful food but local food. Sourced locally or made in house, everything about Vita is in true Ethos fashion and therefore my new favourite thing in Hobart.
Plus thanks to Vita I’ve gotten to learn about the joy of feuilletine, aka waffle offcuts basically. So crunchy and delicious.
Here’s how Vita works, in a nutshell:
1. head in any time between 8am and 8pm, seven days a week
2. grab a cup (even the cups and spoons are stunning?)
3. fill cup with one or more (up to six) flavours of froyo on offer (I highly recommend the dairy free coconut – yes ok I know it’s not technically yoghurt but shut up and taste the magic)
4. cover froyo in delicious wonderful toppings like the sweetest, crispest grapes I’ve tasted in ages and/​or feuilletine and/​or white chocolate coated goji berries and/​or house-​made nutrigrain (breakfast froyo excuse thank you)
5. moment of truth weigh-​in: just like on the Biggest Loser but 100% more delicious; $ 2.90 per 100g
I’ve been in four times now (they opened last Monday; don’t judge me) and I haven’t paid more than $ 10 for my froyo, I don’t think. I say «I don’t think» because the price has always had $ 7.50 added to it for a delicious fresh pressed juice, too.
Did I not mention the juice? Drink the juice. Though good luck with deciding which flavour juice you’ll pick after having used all your decision-​making skills on your froyo…