I-Stone Grindz, esetshenziswa ngokuhlanganyela nguKasey McCaslin kanye noSteven Shipler, ingumenzi kashokoledi we-scallop ozinze eScottsdale.Lo shokoledi omuhle uwine izindondo eziningi, okuhlanganisa nendondo ye-Italian International Chocolate Awards, kodwa akulula kulaba abazifundisele ushokoledi ukuthola lokho kuhlonishwa.
UShipler noMcCarsling bathuthele e-Arizona State University besuka eTexas naseNorth Carolina ngokulandelana.Basebenza kubhasikidi wezinkwa ovaliwe wakwaMesa futhi bahlangana ngenkathi bethengisa izinto ezibhakiwe emakethe yabalimi bendawo.Bobabili banqume ukuqala ibhizinisi labo ngo-2012, bethengisa izindawo zokudla zokuqala, ama-kale slices, ibhotela lamantongomane agayiwe kanye noshokoledi njengabadayisi bemakethe babalimi.I-Stone Grindz ithengiswe emasontweni ambalwa okuqala.
UMcCarsling uthe ikhasimende lathatha ucezu lukashokholethi lathi, “Ushokoledi wakho ubolile.Yaphuka yaba yizicucu futhi inambitheka njengodoti.Kwadingeka ngiyilahle.”Wacela ukubuyiselwa imali.
UMcCaslin uthe: “Ngifuna ukumbonga,” kusho uMcCaslin ngendlela eqinile futhi ezolile (futhi uhlale ekulungele ukuphendula noma yimiphi imibuzo mayelana noshokoledi).Lapho sengimbuyisele imali, nganquma ukuya ekhaya, ngiyofunda ukuthulisa ushokoledi, futhi ngizame ukuwosa ukhokho.”
I-Tempering iyinqubo yokuncibilikisa ushokoledi, ukupholisa izinga lokushisa elithile, bese uyilolonga.Uma ungacasukile, ushokoledi ngeke ukhanye futhi uzothambile ekamelweni lokushisa.
Uzakwethu omusha webhizinisi uvumile ukugxila emkhiqizweni owodwa kuphela: ushokoledi.Baqala ukucwaninga nokuhlola, futhi kwathatha iminyaka emine ukuhlola ijika lokuthosa.UMcCaslin uthe: “USteven unekhono elimangalisayo lokungena kunoma yisiphi isifundo.
Ngo-2016, i-Stone Grindz yafakwa ohlwini lwama-Food Awards e-San Francisco.Ngonyaka wesibili, bawina indondo ye-gourmet kanye nezindondo ezine zikashokoledi wamazwe ngamazwe.Ngo-2018, baphinde bawina omunye “umklomelo wegourmet” kanye nemiklomelo emihlanu kashokoledi yamazwe ngamazwe, baze babamba iqhaza emqhudelwaneni womhlaba.Iwebhusayithi kaMartha Stewart iphinde iklelise i-Wild Bolivia Bar njengenye yezindawo eziphezulu ezingu-20 zikashokholethi zezipho.
Ekugcineni, ngo-2019, bawina Umklomelo Wesithathu Wokudla Okuhle kanye nemiklomelo eyi-10 ye-Chocolate Yamazwe Ngamazwe.Lezi zihlanganisa izindondo ezimbili zegolide eziwine emiqhudelwaneni yomhlaba ebibanjelwe e-Italy, okuyiPeruvian Ukayari kaStone Grinz neSuntory Whisky kanye ne-Asian Pear Caramel, okungoshokoledi abahamba phambili emhlabeni kulo mkhakha.
Yonke le milingo yenzeka ekhishini lefulethi (eliqinisekisiwe) elinezigayo ezincane namabhokisi ekhadibhodi aqoqa ukushisa ukuze kucwebe ushokoledi ku-160 degrees Fahrenheit.(Ukucwenga kuyinqubo yokuxuba okuqinile kwe-cocoa noshukela kanye nobisi oluyimpushana kuze kube yilapho izinhlayiya ziba zincane futhi ingxube iyancibilika. Kwenza i-coke kashokoledi ithele ushokoledi esikhunjini.)
Uma ungathanda ukufunda ngale nqubo, bobabili abantu bathumele amavidiyo.Ku-Shilper noMcCaslin, ushokoledi ubandakanya kokubili ukubonakaliswa kobuciko nokuqwashisa umphakathi.Wathi kuHitler, ushokoledi “ubuqotho, ukwethembeka, ubuciko, inkulumo, ubuhle, umbala, ukuthungwa kanye nephunga.Kimina, ushokoledi uyinto ekhathazayo ngempela.”
"Ifilosofi yethu kashokoledi ilula kakhulu," kusho uMcCaslin.“Ikhwalithi iza kuqala.Sisebenza kanzima ukwenza ushokoledi ube yindlela ejabulisa kakhulu esingayisebenzisa, kanye nokunciphisa umkhondo wezinyawo ngangokunokwenzeka.Ngaphezu kwalokho, uhwebo olunobulungiswa, ukuthengwa kwempahla ngokuziphatha, kanye nokhokho onenani eliphezulu kubaluleke kakhulu kithi.”
Yonke imikhiqizo iyi-vegan futhi ayinayo isoya, imikhiqizo yobisi kanye ne-gluten.Ngokungafani noshokoledi abaningi bezentengiselwano abenziwe ngenhlanganisela kabhontshisi we-cocoa, ubhontshisi we-Stone Grindz unomsuka owodwa, i-heirloom kanye ne-organic.Lokhu kuhlaba umxhwele kakhulu kubantu abawazi ushokoledi, ngoba akukho ndawo yokufihla ubhontshisi emthonjeni owodwa.Akukho ukuxuba "okungalungisa" ukunambitheka.Abashokoledi kumele basebenzise amakhono abo kuphela.Ukunambitheka kuvela ekubhakeni nasekucwengeni.
Ubhontshisi wekhofi we-Stone Grindz wenze izivivinyo zokugazinga ezingaphezu kuka-25 ukuze kutholwe abameleli abangcono kakhulu bobhontshisi wekhofi othize.Ukubhaka nakho kuyisifundo sokubekezela.Ubhontshisi uthosiwe ezingeni lokushisa eliphansi isikhathi eside ukuze ukhiqize ukunambitheka okujulile.
I-Stone Grindz ihlanganyele neciko lendawo u-Joe Mehl kumiklamo yokupakisha, ebonwa kalula ngenxa yokusetshenziswa kokuqhuma kwemibala eminingi.UMel uthole ugqozi kwezobuciko bendabuko baseNingizimu Melika futhi wakhuluma ngemvelaphi kabhontshisi (iPeru, i-Ecuador neBolivia).
Ngemva kweminyaka yokuzijwayeza, iminyaka yodumo nokupakishwa okumangalisayo, i-Stone Grindz isengafinyelelwa kalula.Amabha kashokholethi namaswidi (okushintshwa nezinkathi zonyaka) angathengwa ku-inthanethi noma kwa-Whole Foods naku-AJ's Food Foods.Kodwa-ke, njengangaphambili, ungathola futhi i-Stone Grindz ezindaweni zokuhlala, i-Old Town Scottsdale kanye ne-Gilbert Farmers Market.
Futhi, uma ungakwazi ukunquma ukuthi yini ongayithenga, sicela ukhulume noMcCaslin.Uzothola ibha yakho ekahle.
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