The Mix A Frozen Yogurt Treatery

Unfortunately, The Mix didn’t make it… OUT OF BUSINESS. :-(
Now the space is used as an extension to Studio Richon.

Shoot this place is totally gone already. I had a pretty good cup of just plain yogurt. No mixing flavors, no toppings. Girl working was cute and nice. I guess the fro yo craze is dying down?

The yogurt here is tasty, but the biggest reason to visit is that they have an organic option (with dairy provided by the Strauss Family Creamery). I wish more yogurt shops would wake up and start offering higher quality dairy.

This is one of the better froyo places, but I think their «tart» is too sweet. It’s not really tart at all. It also tastes different than other yogurts… like something has been added.
The other day I tried their fancy MIX option (a la Loving Cup) for the first time, and was a bit underwhelmed. Yes, they use different yogurt for it (something prepackaged), which actually tasted pretty good. However the employee really didn’t mix it very much. The chocolate chips survived the process nearly whole (compared to Loving Cup, where it is smoothly blended) and there were giant chunks of unblended yogurt.
I asked him to remix it, and he made me a whole new one which also wasn’t blended well. See pics.
You guys have some QC issues!

i’ve been here twice, both times when it was warm and sunny and i was in need of a fro-​yo fix.
they have a nice variety of fro-​yo flavours and i think their specialty ice cream cones are what make them special (oreo, pretzel, m&m and chocolate chip) since i’ve never seen this anywhere else. however, their prices are on the high side, as far as frozen yogurt is concerned. small cone of fro-​yo starts @ $ 4.25. small cup = $ 3.50.
i’ve tried peanut butter, vanilla and cookies ‘n cream and feel that the flavours are not as prominent as they could be. having tasted these flavours at other yogourt shoppes, i can say that i’ve tasted better, bolder flavour. however, the consistency of the fro-​yo at the mix is very good and creamy, which i like.
their specialty ice cream cones are very good, they are like a thinner version of their namesakes (cookie or pretzel), and topped with frozen yogourt, the combinations are pretty good, and you can taste the distinct flavours.
unfortunately, on my latest visit, i ordered blueberries to top my yogourt & ice cream cone, and found that 3 of the berries were molded, which completely ruined the experience for me.
going forward, i really hope the staff checks their fruit before serving it to their customers.
i probably would have awarded 3 stars for the 1^st visit, but have to knock it down to 2 stars for the 2^nd visit. at this point, i probably won’t be stopping by for a 3^rd visit, since there are other fro-​yo shoppes with more competitive prices, bolder yogourt flavours, and fresh fruit that is not molded.

I’ve been to this place a few times and have only had great experiences. The staff is friendly and attentive. The store is clean and well labeled. They offer a variety of sizes which is great for a group of people meeting up.
There is a good variety of toppings and their yogurt is delicious. It is different from other yogurts in that it is a little lighter and fluffy. That being said, it can melt a little faster than you might be used to.
It is true that parking can be frustrating if you’re in a hurry so be prepared.

Great local yogurt my only feedback is the jump in $$$ for toppings a bit steep
friendly service

The best thing about the mix (other than the ability to mix toppings into your yogurt) are the cones! They have THE best cone flavors to put your yogurt in. I am in LOVE with the pretzel cone and will return just for that!
I chose to do a ‘mix’ yogurt. You get the option of a chocolate or vanilla base and up to 2 toppings to have blended in (kind of ends up like a McFlurry or a Blizzard).
Will definitely return at some point for the uniqueness of this place :)

With all the frozen yogurt places popping up, I was excited to try the Mix. I ordered the tart original flavor with mango, blueberries and gummy bears. I was disappointed when I tasted the yogurt and it wasn’t tart at all. My favorite part of these new frozen yogurt’s is that they are deliciously tart.
The parking lot is also a bear.

I’m surprised that the Mix doesn’t have a higher rating! It’s probably all the pinkberry snobs in the mix…
This fro yo is not pink berry– The yogurt is a bit grittier (which I don’t mind at all) and has the small business appeal. It tastes great and there seems to be a new mix of the week /​new flavors all the time.
I usually get the chocolate with strawberry and malt balls mixed in. I love how they use the machine to mix in stuff similar to cold stone.
They call sprinkles Jimmy’s, which I think is cute and adds a little east coast feel.
The owners are regularly there and a really nice to talk to. It’s a local business I plan to frequent often! (it’s also across from the dutch goose and there tends to be discounts when you visit both!) YUM!

I would probably only come here if I were dying for froyo and every Pinkberry within a 20 mile radius were closed.
I’ve only tried the original tart… it’s really not tart AT ALL! It’s sort of this strange icy… gritty…just weird texture.

For a new place, Mix looks to be doing pretty well. The yogurt was good, and they had all the toppings I would expect at a yogurt place plus a few more. Kind of an odd location for a yogurt spot, given how little foot traffic there is on Alameda de las Pulgas, but I guess that can’t be helped.
The best part about the place is the owner, who works behind the counter and is super friendly and helpful. The tshirts are also super cute, and I love that there are free temporary tattoos with the logo.
I only had a medium chocolate yogurt with two toppings (for $ 5, pretty standard these days), but I’ll definitely stop by next time I’m heading to Starbucks or The Dutch Goose to try the other flavors. I unfortunately don’t think I’ll get there unless I have another reason to be on that block, but oh well.

The mix offers one a choice: mix (ala yogen fruz) or regular froyo.
pricing:
mix: either vanilla or chocolate, add one or 2 frozen fruits
4.25 (one fruit)
4.75(2 fruits)
regular froyo availability:
–peanut butter: very rich, smooth & creamy
–original tart
–vanilla
–chocolate
— soy passionfruit
–berry tart with toppings
(sm) 2.25 3.25
(m) 2.95 4.45
(l) 3.95 5.45
5.25 6.75
24 dry toppings of the usual chocolates, cereals, nuts, crumbled cookies in stryo cups, 3 fruit toppings in cooled tray.
frodrips:
–elector freeze? froyo machines, plain laminated cup with mix sticker atttched
–organic, natural yogurt
–wacky wabbit wating: 4 stars. mikey can stay on budget with just froyo here. toppings choice anemic.
–not a fan of mix in, so passed.

I come here often because I work very close and 9 times out of 10 the young employees confuse the hell out of me. Now, to be fair I do like to ask a lot of questions, especially when it’s teenagers working. Hell, I’m a nanny to two teenagers and I’m used to having to quiz them.
Interesting stuff I found out in the last month…
1. Though they advertise (with a little sign on the counter) using Straus as their dairy provider. Really, only SOME of their yogurts are Straus based. The others are some other non organic brand. Now that’s fine but why not advertise that as well?
2. The special «mix» machine does NOT use the Straus yogurt. Though it took the kid 10 minutes to figure out how to explain this to me, I finally figured out… they use these weird little packaged puck sized thingies. It’s weird. They’re the same «other» brand (not Straus).
3. The soy flavor is a totally different brand than the other two brands. Pretty good though.
4. The chocolate flavor is part Straus/​part «other» non organic brand. Making it «pretty much organic»…hahaha. ok.
Note: I am not an organic freak at all I just hate it when a place tries to come off as something different than they are.
With all that said, I still come here. I *usually* like their chocolate flavor and the weird texture and rich flavor of the peanut butter flavor actually really brought me back a few times.

The Mix looks like Harmony, except with baby blue as their theme. The yogurt here is made with Strauss so it has that organic flavor to it (similar to Harmony and Fraiche, but more gritty, sweet, and melty). They offer other flavors including 2 sweet flavors (Chocolate and Peanut butter) and a Cassis Berry (Soy) flavor. They do mix-​in yogurts (so you select your toppings and it is mixed in kind of like at cold stone but not by hand).
The mix has a good variety of sweet toppings (including Nutella!), some mass produced colorful mochi, and limited fruit toppings. The way ordering works, is that you select whether you want with or without toppings. If you choose to get toppings, you can put as many different kinds as you want until the cup is full.
I thought the peanut butter is very… peanutbuttery. I gave the original tart a whirl, but after consuming just ¼ of my small, I was overwhelmed by the sweetness and could not finish. I guess I won’t be coming back because it’s just not my style.
The service is really great though!

Too gritty, not icy or tart enough for me. Also, not self serve.
But! People are nice and it’d be good if you like yogurt similar to Harmony.
Flavors I tried:
— Plain
— Cassis Berry (non-​dairy, soy)
The soy one didn’t taste all that great to me, sort of strange, but I guess that’s how soy is.

Ehh, this place is only okay. I tried a bunch of different flavors (raspberry, pomegranate, peanut butter, and organic tart) — I was really intrigued by the peanut butter yogurt because I’d never heard of such a thing before. It basically tastes like a Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup in yogurt form — tasty in an unusual way, but I wouldn’t want to order a whole cup of it. One little sample cup was plenty, thank you very much.
None of the flavors really wowed me. I ended up getting organic tart — it was slightly tart but kind of blah compared to similar flavors (usually called «original») at other yogurt joints, like Fraiche, Red Mango, and Pinkberry.
I won’t be coming back because I found the yogurt underwhelming.
If you are coming, though, you can get 20% off if you present a Dutch Goose receipt (a pub just across the street).

Great local place. The original tart is just right. I really like the mini option.
I still visit the place often.

I really wanted to like this place. The décor is cute, the girls behind the counter were cute, the t-​shirts and tchotkes that they sell are cute.
I ordered my standard fro-​yo, which is «tart original» with chocolate chips. The fro-​yo wasn’t all that tart – not like Red Mango’s or Fraiche’s is, and the chocolate chips were clearly your Nestle’s special, not the Ghiradelli that RedMango sports, or the fancy Euro chocolate shavings I get at Fraiche.
Would I stop here on a hot day, yes. But if there was a big line, no.
I am glad they’re in the hood. Since Lulu’s opened, the Alameda is defnitely perking up (and woot! woot! U-​KNOW!) becoming a M-​A, Menlo, Sacred Heart teenage hangout.
But it wasn’t orgasmic or anything. Unlike another poster, no expletives (positive or negative) sprang to mind when I tasted my fro-​yo. It was just solid.

Enjoyed the tart flavor — not quite as tart as others (read: tasty and not too puckery). Chocolate yogurt was very smooth and deeply flavored. And the berry tasty not too-​sweet. All Strauss Organic bases.
Nice selection of toppings, however not sure which are organic. Also serves TCHO hot chocolate and Blur Bottle Coffee, convenient to have both of those in the ‘hood…