A cikin 2013 serial dan kasuwa Nate Saal ya kasance a wani cakulan dandanawa a Palo Alto, California, lokacin da ya waye masa cewa cakulan - kamar kofi, da sauran ƙaunataccen "wake" daga equator - shi ne wani abu da masu amfani iya yin wa kansu a gida.A nan wurin, ya ƙirƙira ra'ayin da zai zama CocoTerra, kayan aiki a yanzu a cikin matakan gwaji na ƙarshe wanda ke juyar da gasasshen cacao nibs zuwa sandunan cakulan da aka tace a daidai lokacin da ake ɗauka don kallon "Charlie da Kamfanin Chocolate."

Hanya daga aha lokacin zuwa gama samfur yana nuna yawan tinkering, gumi da kuma haɗin kai a hankali ke shiga cikin kawo sabbin fasaha kamar wannan zuwa kasuwar cakulan duniya dala biliyan 103, musamman lokacin da kuke ƙwararrun masana'antu.Saal bai san komai ba game da cakulan sai jin daɗin ɗanɗanon.

Ya yi karatu a Yale a ilimin kimiyyar kwayoyin halitta da ilmin halitta, ya kafa aikinsa na haɓakawa da kuma ba da lasisin dandamali na software a farawa daban-daban na Silicon Valley.Amma ko da bayan ƙaddamar da sayar da kayayyaki masu sarƙaƙƙiya ga kamfanoni kamar Cisco Systems, gina "robot" na yin cakulan zai buƙaci mahimmancin ilmantarwa.

Ya fara da tarin bidiyon YouTube."Na yi shekara guda ina karantar da kaina tare da yin azuzuwan kan yin cakulan, cakulan chemistry, kimiyyar lissafi na kayan sarrafa cakulan da kuma koyo game da girma, dasa, girbi da fermenting cacao," in ji Saal.

Yin cakulan daga nibs yawanci yana ɗaukar aƙalla sa'o'i 24 da tarin injuna masu tsada, masu tsada.Amma Saal - mai sha'awar sha'awar DIY kuma mai son kudan zuma da mai shayarwa - ya yi imanin zai iya hanzarta aiwatar da yin cakulan ta hanyar niƙa, tacewa, haɓakawa, fushi da gyare-gyare a cikin tsari ɗaya.Ya ce, “Fasahar yin cakulan ba ta canja ba cikin shekaru 150, kuma na yi tunani, ‘To, me ya sa?”

Kasuwar Amurka don babban cakulan kawai a cikin 2018 ya kusan dala biliyan 3.9, a cewar Mordor Intelligence.Sau da yawa ana kiranta da cakulan "sana'a", galibi waɗannan samfuran masu zaman kansu suna samarwa a cikin ƙananan batches tare da mai da hankali kan dorewa da sanin yakamata game da samun ingantattun kayan abinci tare da ƙarancin ƙari daga cacao wake zuwa mashaya.Kodayake kamfanoni shida na duniya, ciki har da Mars, Nestle da Ferrero Group, ke kera yawancin cakulan da ake cinyewa azaman alewa, wannan ƙaramin ɓangaren masu sana'a yana haɓaka mafi sauri a cikin babbar kasuwa da ta riga ta bunƙasa.

Dangane da Binciken Kasuwar Sihiyona, ana sa ran kudaden shiga na cakulan duniya za su kai kusan dala biliyan 162 nan da shekarar 2024, suna girma a adadin ci gaban shekara na kusan kashi 7% tsakanin 2018 da 2024.

Matsa cikin wannan rafi ya ɗauki haƙuri da ƙwarewar schmoozing.A ƙarshen 2015, Saal ya kawo Karen Alter, ƙwararren mai dabarun farawa kuma tsohon sojan Intel wanda yanzu shine babban jami'in gudanarwa na CocoTerra.Tare suka fara saka masu zuba jari na mala'ika a abubuwan da suka kawo cak na farko.Wani abokin hulɗa da Saal ya sadu da shi a wani taro ya gabatar da shi ga wani kamfani mai suna Ammunition (wanda aka sani da Beats belun kunne da mashaya kofi na Café-X robot).

Alter ya ce, "Sun yi matukar farin ciki game da abin da muke ginawa, sun yi imani da samfurin kuma suna so su taimaka wajen kawo mai yin cakulan na farko zuwa kasuwa.Wannan shi ne babban alƙawarin kuɗi na farko a gare mu a matsayin kamfani amma muhimmin haɗin gwiwa ne da wuri. "Ammunition ya zama abokin ƙirar CocoTerra a farkon 2017. "Bayan ra'ayoyi da yawa, ra'ayoyi da gwaji," in ji Saal, "amsar tambayata game da yiwuwar yin cakulan a gida eh."

Amsar farko daga cinikin cakulan ba ta da kyau sosai.John Scharffenberger, wani mazaunin San Francisco Bay Area kuma mai yin cakulan a bayan Scharffen Berger Chocolate, kamfanin ya yi la'akari da fara kasuwancin cakulan na Amurka a cikin "Na tsammanin sun kasance mahaukaci ne a lokacin da na fara magana da su ta waya." karshen 1990s.Hershey ya sami Scharffen Berger a cikin 2005 akan kusan dala miliyan 10.

CocoTerraungiyar CocoTerra sun kusanci masana'antar uba-kamar adadi da gaske azaman kiran sanyi, kuma haɗarinsu ya biya.“Na ga injin, na sadu da ƙungiyar gudanarwa da injiniyoyi, kuma, mafi mahimmanci, gwada cakulan, na tafi, 'Geze, Louise!Wannan yana da kyau kwarai da gaske,' in ji Scharffenberger, wanda yanzu mai saka hannun jari ne na CocoTerra.

A lokacin nunin sirrin da ya gabata a watan Yunin da ya gabata a makarantar dafa abinci a Santa Monica, Saal ya juya ɗimbin ɗigo na nibs zuwa cakulan ƙwanƙwasa a cikin ƙasa da sa'o'i biyu.Nasarar ƙira ta CocoTerra wata hanya ce ta tacewa wacce ke amfani da bakin karfe bear bearings don niƙa niƙa cikin ƙaramin ginin cakulan.Tsarin sanyaya mai aiki yana sarrafa zafin jiki yayin aiwatar da yanayin zafi mai mahimmanci, wanda ke canza cakulan ruwa zuwa sifa mai ƙarfi.Har ila yau, na'urar tana da centrifuge mai juyawa don rarrabawa da gyaggyarawa cakulan zuwa wani nau'in zobe na musamman mai kusan gram 250 wanda za'a iya karyewa ko a ci gaba ɗaya.

Abokin app yana jagorantar masu amfani mataki-mataki kuma ya haɗa da girke-girke don yin cakulan don zaɓar asalin wake (kamar yadda kofi da ruwan inabi, yankuna na cacao daban-daban suna samar da dandano na musamman) da kuma yawan cacao (ƙananan yana da dadi).

Maimakon sanya kansu a matsayin Dauda a cikin masana'antar Goliaths cakulan, CocoTerra ya zaɓi su ba da kansu kuma suyi aiki daga ciki.Tun da farko, Saal da Alter sun shiga Ƙungiyar Masana'antar Cakulan Fine don saduwa da koyo daga masana daban-daban.Sun nemi shawara a azuzuwa, kuma sun halarci muhimman abubuwan cakulan kamar bikin Chocolate na Arewa maso Yamma don kulla dangantaka da manoma, masu yin cakulan da masu kaya.

"Kamfanin cakulan, musamman a matakin sana'a, yana buɗewa sosai kuma yana da haɗin gwiwa, kamar yadda masana'antar fasahar mabukaci," in ji Alter."Mutane suna jin daɗin sana'arsu kuma suna farin cikin raba abubuwan koyo tare da sababbin 'yan wasa.Mun je cakulan, abinci da taron fasaha na abinci, mun yi aikin hanyoyin sadarwar mu, mun yi amfani da yawancin gayyata da suka zo hanyarmu.Wani abu yana kaiwa ga wani.Dole ne kawai ku kasance a shirye don sanya kanku a wurin kuma ku kasance masu mutunta ilimin wasu da lokacinsu. ”

Har ila yau, kamfanin ya zaɓi kada ya iyakance masu siye zuwa takamaiman nau'in cakulan ko mai ba da kayayyaki kamar yadda, in ji, Nespresso yana yin da kwas ɗin kofi."Bai taba zama ba, 'Hey, duba duniyar cakulan, muna zuwa bayan ku," in ji Alter."Halin mu shine haɗin gwiwa tare da mu yana da kyau ga kowa da kowa.Muna wayar da kan jama'a game da tsarin yin cakulan da masu amfani da kullun ba su da masaniya game da shi."

Greg D'Alesandre, Cacao Sourcerer na Dandelion Chocolate, ya ce "A matsayina na masana'antu, ina tsammanin koyaushe muna kan sabbin ra'ayoyin da aka nuna don yin aiki, amma labari mai kyau ba tare da hujja ba ya yi nisa sosai," in ji Greg D'Alesandre, Cacao Sourcerer na Dandelion Chocolate, wani mawallafi na farko wanda ya fara gwadawa. ya shawo kan shakku kuma yanzu shine mai haɗin gwiwar CocoTerra."Abin da ya fi burge ni shi ne yadda Nate da tawagarsa suke da ilimi da kwarewa.Suna da ra'ayi mai ban sha'awa na asali tare da hangen nesa don bi da shawo kan duk wani kalubalen da ya taso."

Har yanzu CocoTerra ba ta da ranar fitarwa, kodayake wata majiya mai ilimin kamfanin ta ce ya kamata a samu rukunin farko a lokacin cinikin hutu na shekara mai zuwa.Shirin shine a siyar da kai tsaye ga masu amfani da farko tare da fatan yin haɗin gwiwa tare da dillalai irin su Williams-Sonoma akan lokaci.Saal ya ce kamfanin ya tara sama da dala miliyan 2 a cikin zuba jari daga "mutanen da ke jin dadin yuwuwar mai yin cakulan tebur, ko dai saboda suna son cakulan, ko kuma suna da masaniya game da masana'antu masu alaƙa - abinci, giya, cacao-ko suna da. yayi aiki tare da mu a baya, ko kuma kawai kuyi imani za mu iya yin hakan. "

Yanzu gwajin zai kasance ko masu amfani da gida sun shirya don ƙara wani gizmo mai-a-gida tare da masu yin ice cream da burodi.Don samun nasara a babban sikeli, wasu manazarta sun ce CocoTerra za ta buƙaci haɗin gwiwa fiye da ƙaramin kasuwar cakulan sana'a, tare da kamfani mai isa ga duniya, kamar Nestle.

Oliver Nieburg, manazarci mai ɗorewa na abinci da abin sha a Lumina Intelligence, ya ce: "Ina tsammanin wasu abubuwan jan hankali tsakanin masu sha'awar cakulan da koko da farko, amma babban fa'idar kasuwa ba zai yuwu ba sai dai idan babban ɗan wasan cakulan ya sami ko ba da lasisin fasahar," in ji Oliver Nieburg, manazarci mai dorewa da abinci da abin sha a Lumina Intelligence, yana nuni ga babban kayan abinci. conglomerates."Wannan ya ce, mai sana'ar cakulan a gida na iya ba wa masu amfani da su madadin abincin alewa mai ɗauke da sukari na al'ada."

Ko da bayan shekaru biyar na R&D da jitters waɗanda suka zo tare da zuwa gaba ɗaya-daya akan samfuri ɗaya, tunani ɗaya mai sauƙi yana kiyaye CocoTerra: “Mutane suna son cakulan,” in ji Saal."Sha'awar shi ba ta cikin jadawalin.Idan za mu iya ƙara wa wannan sha'awar ta hanyar sa masu amfani su ƙara shiga cikin wannan sha'awar, ba mu kasance cikin kasuwancin cakulan ba.Muna cikin kasuwancin farin ciki.”

Bayanin hoto ne na ainihin-lokaci *An jinkirta bayanan aƙalla mintuna 15.Kasuwancin Duniya da Labaran Kuɗi, Ƙirar Hannu, da Bayanan Kasuwa da Bincike.

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