Chocolatier Pete Hoepfner ane zita remadunhurirwa: "murume wepipi."Vamwe vatengesi vaizowana iri zita remadunhurirwa richifadza.Hoepfner haadaro.

Semuridzi wePete's Treats, chokoreti truffles inyanzvi yaHoepfner.Kufanana nefungus yakatenderedza iyo yavanotumidzwa zita, truffles inoda nguva yakareba inoshamisa kuti iite.Kushanda pachikwata chemazana maviri nemazana mana ematruffles kunoda kuti Hoepfner amire kwemaawa makumi matatu panguva pamusoro pemuchina wekupisa chokoreti - vese sabhuku nemushandi wemurume mumwechete sweatshop.

Panguva yechikoro chegrad, Hoepfner akawana basa mumaresitorendi.Akaenderera mberi nekushanda sekemisitiri, achigadzira chepfu yemakonzo yeBell Laboratories, uye semurembera, achidhonza hove uye octopus kubva muBering Sea.Kubishaira kwemubiki, kunyatsoita zvesainzi uye kushivirira kwemubati wehove: zvese zviri zvitatu zvinofanirwa kushandura chokoreti mbishi, kirimu uye bhotoro kuita tireyi yetruffles.

"Ndinogona kutsungirira chero chinhu mushure mekugara kwemakore," akadaro Hoepfner.“Sezvo uri mubati wehove, nguva yako haiverengeki… Chese chandinoita, ndinofanira kupa mumwe munhu hove kana kuti ndinofanira kumupa bhokisi rematruffles.Ndiyo chete nzira yandinowana nayo mari: Ini pachangu ndinofanira kupa chimwe chinhu kune mumwe munhu.

Imwe neimwe truffle inotanga segorofu-bhora-saizi bundu re ganache, ingave chocolate chokoreti kana yakarungwa nemint, jalapeño, Kahlua, champagne, caramel kana berry concentrate.Pano, zvakare, Hoepfner anosarudza nzira isingakurumidze inogoneka, kutsvagira mabheri emusango kuti adye mujuicer yake yeutsi, uye kugadzira yake mint butter pane kuvimba nezvakatengwa muchitoro zvaanoona zvakavharika.

Kana caramel yakarungwa yakava flavour du jour, Hoepfner akatanga kuisa munyu matruffles ake, kutanga nemunyu wegungwa, uye nealder huni yakaputa munyu, ichipa tang yakajairika kune chero anga ari mukati meimba yekusvuta.Hoepfner zvakare akasangana netruffle fungus munyu, kunyangwe matruffle-flavored truffles asati aonekwa pamenyu.Makristasi emunyu anofanirwa kunge akakura uye akapfava, akadaro Hoepfner - maflakes anonyunguduka nekukasira kwete kurembera parurimi rwemunhu.

Nehurombo kuna Hoepfner, kusakwana kwake hakupfuuriri kune bhizinesi rake maitiro.Anokurumidza kupa zvidzikiso uye anofara kugamuchira maIOUs, Hoepfner ari pachena kuti haana kugadzikana nezve zano rekudzvanya mari kubva muvatengi vake.Yakajairwa-saizi Pete's Treats truffles inotengesa nemadhora mazana matatu nemakumi mashanu.Hoepfner anozviti “muzvinabhizimisi akaipisisa pasi rose,” hafu mukutsvinya.

"Mitengo yangu yese yaparara," akadaro Hoepfner.“Ndiri kureva kuti munobhadharisa marii pazvinhu zvine dang izvi?Ndiro dambudziko.Hazvina kuita sendiri kuda kuita chitsama chemari kubva kuCordovans, asi kana waenda kune imwe nzvimbo, bhokisi rechina i$10, ini ndichichaja madhora mashanu.

Nezvese kubikirwa kwake kwechikafu, Hoepfner anogara ari nyore mukicheni yeIlanka Community Health Center.Zvinhu chete zvinoita sezvinonyanya kumugumbura ndezvekunyepedzera kana kukwidziridzwa kwemitengo nemamwe makorokoreti.Imwe yemazuva ano Seattle-based confectioner inoburitsa chokoreti yakaputswa kuita machunks asina kujairika: vanoidaidza kuti rustic, Hoepfner anoidaidza kuti ine usimbe.

"Murume uyu ari kutengesa mabhegi echokoreti, 2.5 ounces nemadhora manomwe," Hoepfner akadaro."Zvese zvaari kuita mudhara uyu kutora chokoreti yakadziya, oidururira nekukanda nzungu imomo!"

Nerubatsiro rwevashandi vatatu vemugaba, Hoepfner anogadzira matruffles angangoita 9,000 gore rega rega.Hoepfner anoona kukosha kwekuwedzera purofiti yake, uye pamwe nekuvhura chitoro.Asi angade kumisa sarudzo idzi, uye oramba akarasika mukunakidzwa kwehunyanzvi, kwechinguva chidiki.

"Pane mukana pano," Hoepfner akadaro.“Pane bhizimisi muno imwe nzvimbo!Uye zvinondibvisa mudambudziko panguva ino.”

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