Hello! I just sent the morning at the new Jamba Juice Innovation Bar in Pasadena. It opens to the public on Monday, but today I got a sneak peak at what they have to offer.
I was pretty excited about the invite because I have been obsessed with Jamba Juice since high school. I even had a “Powered By Jamba” license plate holder at one point! And I hit up the Jamba Juice in Long Beach after all my long runs in college. Love.
The company is opening a special location in Pasadena on Monday that offers new healthy options like cold pressed juices, snacks bowls and more. I was invited for a private taste test this morning.
We started with a Juice Flight. It comes with eight different cold pressed juices. I love this idea because if you’re new to juicing you might not know what you like. This is a way to try new or different green juices and taste your favorite before buying a whole cup of it.
I loved the watermelon (shocker). But my second favorite was this green juice –
You can get a whole or half juice flight. I’d go with the full one because they were all good.
We also sampled the cold pressed juice smoothies and cashew milk smoothies. The Creamy Vanilla Bliss is truly blissful, it tastes like a delicious milk shake.
Jamba Juice will offer quinoa bowls and special toast at this location too! They have hummus toast, avocado and PB.
And I finally tried my first Pitaya bowl!! I can’t believe it’s taken me so long, but I’m slow to catch up with trends.
For any long time Jamba Juice fans this Innovation Bar will also offer a few of the most popular smoothies too.
In case you’re wondering… Yes, that’s Vernon Davis sitting at the bar he owns several Jamba Juice stores.
And the Pasadena Innovation Bar is on Colorado Blvd and opens Monday.
When I drink green juice I just feel like all the cells of my body are slurping it up and making it healthier! I love it.
And since I was in LA for this event I stopped at my parents’ place on the way back.
Thanks for that pose Bonnie. (She stayed like this for the longest time because she was hoping I’d rub her belly.)
Is the shirt your wearing from target? I swear I saw a shirt just like that there but I couldn’t decide if I wanted to get it and now it’s gone!!
Yes! I got a lot of questions on Instagram on it and didn’t remember since I bought it a while ago but just never wore it until the event.
My addiction is the cold pressed juice I get from Starbucks- called the evolution fresh and the flavor I like is Defense Up. It’s so damn expensive though! Almost $6 for a bottle…so I only get them when I feel “special”.
i live in pasadena! 🙂 i walked past this location wednesday night and peaked inside the windows – it looks so awesome! 🙂
I wish I could post a picture here…..
My cat does that same thing with showing her belly. It’s soooo funny!
hmmm…a long, long, long time ago. i prefer to eat my fruits. 🙂
I don’t drink juice, but I like the idea of really thick smoothies that you can eat with a spoon. 🙂
Me too! Even when I make a ‘normal’ smoothie I end up grabbing a spoon to eat it.
I treated myself to a fancy juice yesterday! Beets, Apple, and carrot juice. I wasn’t feeling 100%, and something about a fresh juice just makes me feel healthier. Maybe it’s a placebo effect, but whatever works, right?!
I totally think it works!
Yea….never tried one yet…honestly don’t know if they are around here but I may have to look for one because the creamy vanilla bliss sounds yummy!
I used to be in the mindset that I needed to eat my calories and liquids had to be calorie free so I went years without drinking juice. Now every so often I’ll get a cold pressed juice but it’s just stuck in my head that I should eat my fruit. The quinoa bowls got me excite though:)
I didn’t know you went to college! What did you major in? Think you’ll ever get back into the field you originally studied?
I’ve only had Jamba Juice once, in an airport. I think it was Dallas? We don’t really have them in my area of PA.
I studied Communication to become a journalist. I got a reporting job for an online publication after college, but then it went under and I was out of work for a while. That gave me the chance to spend more time on the blog and it grew enough for me to eventually make it my full time thing.