Ke alakaʻi nei ʻo Carolina Quijano iā mākou ma ke kaʻina hana o ka hana paʻakikī, maʻemaʻe, a me nā mea momona ma kāna hale kūʻai, Exquisito Chocolates, ma Miami.

ʻO Carolina Quijano, ʻo ia ka mea i hana ma ke ʻano he kūkākūkā ma Wall Street, ua kū ʻo ia e inu i kahi mea inu ʻono i ka wā e kipa aku ai i ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Light."ʻAʻole hiki iaʻu ke hoʻōki i ka noʻonoʻo ʻana i ka maʻalahi o ia mea, a makemake wale wau e lawe i ka US i kahi mea like me kaʻu i ʻono ai ma waho."Ma hope o ka hoʻolilo ʻana i ʻelua mau makahiki e hoʻāʻo ai e hana hou i kēlā makaleka, manawa kupanaha i loko o kāna keʻena studio ʻoiai e hoʻomau ana i kāna hana manawa piha, ua haʻalele ʻo ia e wehe i kāna hale hana kokoleka ma Miami: Exquisito Chocolates.

I kēia manawa, hoʻomaka ʻo Quijano i nā pule he nui i hoʻomaka ai ʻo ia a me kāna mau limahana e hana i ke kokoleka.Ua wehewehe ʻo ia pehea e hoʻohua ai kēlā me kēia mahiʻai, ka ʻāina, a me ka ʻāina i nā ʻano pīni koko like ʻole e hōʻike ana i nā ʻono like ʻole—mai ka huaʻai a ka nutty a ka lepo a ma waho.Ma hope o ka loaʻa ʻana o nā ʻeke pīni koko mai Peru, ʻEkuador, a me Guatemala, hōʻike mai ʻo Quijano iā mākou i kona hoʻohana ʻana i kona ʻike e hoʻokaʻawale a koho lima i nā pīni maikaʻi loa, a laila kālua ʻia.Ma hope o kēlā, hoʻokaʻawale ka mīkini i ka ʻili mai ka nib, kahi i loaʻa mai ai ke kokoleka maoli.ʻOiai e hoʻolei ana kekahi mau hale kūʻai i nā ʻōpala, hāʻawi ʻo Exquisito Chocolates i kā lākou i nā mea inu pia a me nā mea mahi kī, nāna e hoʻohana ia mea e hoʻohui i nā ʻono paʻakikī i kā lākou huahana.A laila, wili lima ʻo Quijano i nā nibs e hoʻohuli iā lākou i ʻāpana chunky.Hele ka pāpaʻi i loko o kahi mea hoʻomaʻemaʻe - he mīkini e like me ke kīʻaha e hoʻomaʻemaʻe a hoʻoheheʻe i ke kokoleka - e hoʻololi iā ia i wai.Hoʻohui ʻia ke kō a i kekahi manawa ka waiu pauka (ma muli o ka waiū a i ʻole ke kokoleka ʻeleʻele) i kēia manawa, a laila hoʻonohonoho ʻia e paʻa.No ka loaʻa ʻana o ka crystallization kūpono, hoʻoheheʻe hou ʻia ke kokoleka paʻa, hoʻomaʻamaʻa, hoʻoluʻu, a hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻia e loaʻa ai ke ʻano kūpono."He mea nui loa kēia," wahi a Quijano."Hiki iā ʻoe ke hana i ka kokoleka ʻono maikaʻi loa ma ka honua, akā ma muli o ke ʻano, ʻaʻole ia e like me ka maikaʻi o kou huhū."Mai kēia wahi, hiki ke hana ʻia ke kokoleka i mau kaola, ganache, bon bons, a me nā mea hou aku.

Hoʻoikaika ʻo Quijano i kāna hana ʻana i nā mea āpau i kona mana e mālama i ka pono o ka pī a me nā ʻono kokoleka maoli."ʻO ka hana ʻana i kahi huahana e like me kēia me ka hana lima, kōkua ia iā mākou e hoʻomalu i ke kaʻina hana mai ka hoʻomaka a hiki i ka pau ʻana," wahi āna."I ka wā e kālua ai mākou a nānā mākou, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka mālama ʻana i nā mea a mākou e hana nei ma mua o nā mea āpau e hānai ʻia ma ka mīkini.He hana lōʻihi loa ia, a ma hope o kēlā me kēia pā he kanaka mahiʻai a me kahi moʻolelo…

ʻO ka poʻe mahiʻai āna i ʻōlelo ai, a me ka ʻimi ʻana i nā pī, he ʻāpana koʻikoʻi ia o ka mea e ʻokoʻa ai ka Exquisito Chocolates.Kākoʻo mau ʻo Quijano i nā mea hana a me nā mea mahiʻai piʻi, ʻoiai ka nui o ka poʻe mahiʻai e noho ana ma lalo o hoʻokahi lā kālā."No mākou he mea nui e kākoʻo i kēia mau mea hana e hāʻawi manawa a me ke kālā e hana i kahi mea maikaʻi aʻe.Pono lākou e uku no kā lākou hana.ʻAʻole mākou e kamaʻilio e pili ana i ke kālepa kūpono, ke hele nei mākou ma luna o ke kālepa pololei a hiki ke uku iā lākou ma mua o kēlā kumukūʻai kumu kūʻai.

"He hauʻoli ka Chocolate," wahi a Quijano no kāna huahana hana lima."He mea hiki ke hoʻomaha i kou manaʻo a hoʻomaha i kou ʻuhane."
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