Chocolatier Pete Hoepfner ali ndi dzina loti: "munthu wa maswiti."Ena opanga ma confectioners amapeza kuti dzina lotchulidwira ili ngati labwino.Hoepfner sakutero.

Monga mwini wa Pete's Treats, ma truffles a chokoleti ndi apadera a Hoepfner.Monga mafangasi ozungulira omwe amatchulidwa pambuyo pake, ma truffles amafunikira nthawi yayitali kuti apangidwe.Kugwira ntchito pagulu la ma truffles 2,400 kumafuna kuti Hoepfner ayime kwa maola 30 nthawi imodzi pamakina otenthetsera chokoleti - onse abwana ndi wogwira ntchito kuthukuta la munthu m'modzi.

Kusukulu ya grad, Hoepfner adapeza ntchito m'malesitilanti.Anapitilizabe kugwira ntchito ngati katswiri wamankhwala, kupanga poizoni wa makoswe ku Bell Laboratories, komanso ngati kanjira katali, kokakokera nsomba ndi octopus kuchokera ku Bering Sea.Khama la wophika, kulondola kwa sayansi ndi kuleza mtima kwa msodzi: onse atatu amafunikira kusandutsa chokoleti yaiwisi, kirimu ndi batala kukhala thireyi ya truffles.

"Ndikhoza kupirira chilichonse nditatha zaka zambiri," adatero Hoepfner.“Pokhala msodzi, nthawi yanu siwerengeka… Chilichonse chimene ndimachita, ndiyenera kupatsa munthu nsomba kapena ndiyenera kuwapatsa bokosi la truffles.Ndi njira yokhayo imene ndimalipidwa: Ndiyenera kupereka chinachake kwa winawake.”

Truffle iliyonse imayamba ngati mtanda wa ganache wofanana ndi mpira wa gofu, mwina chokoleti wamba kapena wokongoletsedwa ndi timbewu tonunkhira, jalapeno, Kahlua, champagne, caramel kapena mabulosi.Apanso, Hoepfner amasankha njira yochepetsetsa yotheka, kufunafuna zipatso zakuthengo kuti azidyetsera mu juicer yake ya nthunzi, ndikupanga batala wake wa timbewu m'malo modalira zomwe adagula m'sitolo zomwe amapeza kuti zatsekedwa kwambiri.

Pamene mchere wa caramel umakhala wokoma kwambiri, Hoepfner anayamba kusakaniza ma truffles ake, poyamba ndi mchere wa m'nyanja, kenaka ndi nkhuni za alder zosuta mchere, zomwe zimapatsa aliyense amene wakhala m'nyumba yosuta fodya.Hoepfner adakumananso ndi mchere wa bowa wa truffle, ngakhale ma truffles onunkhira bwino sanawonekere pamenyu.Makhiristo amchere ayenera kukhala akulu komanso athyathyathya, Hoepfner adati - ma flakes omwe amasungunuka nthawi yomweyo m'malo mozungulira lilime.

Tsoka ilo kwa Hoepfner, kufunitsitsa kwake kuchita bwino sikupitilira muzochita zake zamabizinesi.Wofulumira kuchotsera komanso wokondwa kulandira ma IOU, Hoepfner sakumasuka ndi lingaliro lakufinya ndalama kwa makasitomala ake.Ma truffles okhazikika a Pete's Treats amagulitsidwa $3.54 iliyonse.Hoepfner amadzitcha "wamalonda woipitsitsa padziko lonse lapansi," theka lachipongwe.

"Mitengo yanga yonse yasokonekera," adatero Hoepfner."Ndikutanthauza, mumalipira ndalama zingati pazinthu zakuda izi?Ndilo vuto.Sizili ngati ndikufuna kupanga ndalama zambiri kuchokera ku Cordovans, koma mukapita kumalo ena aliwonse, bokosi la anayi ndi $10, pamene ine ndikulipiritsa $5.

Chifukwa chazovuta zake zonse, Hoepfner ndi wosavuta kupezeka kukhitchini ya Ilanka Community Health Center.Zinthu zokhazo zomwe zimawoneka kuti zimamukwiyitsa kwambiri ndizodzinamizira kapena kukweza mtengo kwa ophika ena.Mmodzi wamakono wa confectioner wochokera ku Seattle amapereka chokoleti chothyoledwa m'magulu osadziwika: amachitcha kuti rustic, Hoepfner amachitcha ulesi.

"Mnyamatayo akugulitsa matumba a chokoleti, ma ola 2.5 pa $ 7," adatero Hoepfner."Zonse zomwe munthuyu akuchita ndikutenga chokoleti chotentha, kuthira ndikuponyamo mtedza!"

Mothandizidwa ndi anthu atatu ogwira ntchito m’zitini, Hoepfner amapanga ma truffles pafupifupi 9,000 chaka chilichonse.Hoepfner amazindikira kufunika kowonjezera phindu lake, ndipo mwinanso kutsegula malo ogulitsira.Koma akufuna kusiya zisankho izi, ndikukhalabe otaika m'chisangalalo cha ntchitoyo, kwa nthawi yayitali.

"Pali kuthekera kuno," adatero Hoepfner.“Muli bizinesi kwinakwake!Ndipo mwina zimandipangitsa kuti ndisakhale m’mavuto panopa.”

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