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| - They are inside the Hy-Vee grocery store, on the old K-mart lot.
Their coffee is pretty good, even the pre-ground bags which sometimes go on sale in the store. Their baked goods are average for this kind of corporate store. But I'm not here to write about that stuff; I'm here to write about one specific thing: the strawberry-banana smoothies.
I discovered their smoothies last summer, when it finally decided to get warm. I quickly became ADDICTED to them in a serious way. i would sometimes go in for two a day. At $5.00 a pop, it was an expensive habit that started to add up to real money. But I couldn't stop.
I don't know what's in them; they don't taste all chemical-y to me. As far as I could tell, it was just bananas, strawberries, yogurt and ice. But, GAWD are they good. So satisfying in such a deep way. So cold and creamy and fruity and flavorful.
I tried one of the other flavors once (mango?) but I immediately went back to the strawberry-banana. I tried a number of other smoothie joints around town, looking for a less-expensive alternative, but all were inferior to Caribou.
Why? I don't know. I don't question anymore. I just wait for warm weather and dream of their smoothies. One day, one day soon...
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