He īngoa īngoa tō Chocolatier Pete Hoepfner: “te tangata monamona.”Ka kitea e etahi o nga kaihanga kawhe tenei ingoa whakapati.Kare a Hoepfner.

I te mea ko te rangatira o Pete's Treats, ko nga taratara tiakarete te mea motuhake a Hoepfner.Pērā i te harore porowhita i tapaina ai, me tino roa te hanga o te tarataratara.Ma te mahi i runga i te roopu 2,400 truffles me tu a Hoepfner mo te 30 haora i ia wa i runga i te miihini whakamahana tiakarete - te rangatira me te kaimahi o te toa werawera kotahi.

I te kura paetahi, i kitea e Hoepfner he mahi i nga wharekai.I haere tonu ia ki te mahi hei tohunga kiore, ki te hanga paihana kiore mo Bell Laboratories, me te mahi a te waka roa, te toia ika me te wheke mai i te moana Bering.Ko te pukumahi o te tunu kai, ko te tino tika o te kaiputaiao me te manawanui o te kaihao ika: me huri katoa nga tokotoru ki te huri i te tiakarete mata, te kirīmi me te pata ki roto i te papa taruffles.

"Ka taea e au te mau i nga mea katoa i muri i te roa o nga tau," ko ta Hoepfner.“I te mea he kaihao ika, kare e tau to wa… Ko aku mahi katoa, me hoatu e ahau he ika ki tetahi, me hoatu ranei he pouaka taratara.Koina anake te huarahi e utua ai ahau: me hoatu e au tetahi mea ki tetahi."

Ko ia taratara ka timata hei puranga korowha-porooro te rahi o te ganache, he tiakarete noa, he mea whakaahuru ranei ki te miniti, te jalapeño, te Kahlua, te piari, te karamere, te kakano kiko ranei.I konei ano, ka kowhiria e Hoepfner te huarahi tino tere rawa atu, ko te kimi hua mohoao hei whangai ki roto i tana kaikawe koromamao, me te hanga i tana ake pata miniti, kaua ki te whakawhirinaki ki nga tangohanga kua hokona mai i te toa ka kitea e ia he tino koroke.

I te wa i riro ai te karamere tote hei reka, ka timata a Hoepfner ki te tote i ana taratara, i te tuatahi ki te tote o te moana, katahi ka ki te rakau alder te tote paoa, ka hoatu he tangi ki nga tangata katoa i roto i te whare auahi.Kua kai a Hoepfner ki te tote harore taratara, ahakoa kare ano kia puta mai nga taratara karateretere ki te tahua.Ko nga tioata tote me nui me te papatahi, e ai ki a Hoepfner - he tawerewere ka rewa tonu, kaua ki te iri haere ki te arero o tetahi.

Ko te mea pouri mo Hoepfner, kare tana tino tangata e toro atu ki ana mahi pakihi.He tere ki te tuku utu me te harikoa ki te whiwhi IOU, he tino pouri a Hoepfner mo te whakaaro ki te kohi moni mai i ana kaihoko.Ka hokona nga taratara a Pete's Treats rite tonu mo te $3.54 mo ia.Ka kii a Hoepfner ko ia "te kaipakihi kino rawa atu o te ao," ko te haurua i te kata.

"Kua pakaru katoa aku utu," ko ta Hoepfner."Ko taku tikanga, e hia nga utu mo enei mea kino?Koira te raru.Ehara i te mea kei te pirangi au ki te whiwhi moni nui mai i nga Cordovans, engari ka haere koe ki tetahi atu waahi, ko te pouaka e wha he $10, kei te utu ahau i te $5.”

Mo ana mahi whakaihiihi, he tangata ngawari a Hoepfner ki te kihini o te Whare Hauora Hapori o Ilanka.Ko nga mea anake e tino whakapataritari ana i a ia ko te whakapae, te utu utu ranei na etahi atu tiakarete.Ka tukuna e tetahi kaipakihi huatau mai i Seattle te tiakarete kua pakaruhia ki roto i nga wahanga koretake: ka kiia he ruku, ka kiia e Hoepfner he mangere.

"Kei te hoko peeke tiakarete te tangata nei, 2.5 hekere mo te $7," ko ta Hoepfner te korero."Ko nga mahi katoa a te tane nei he tango tiakarete, ringihia ki waho me te maka nati ki roto!"

Ma te awhina a nga kaimahi e toru nga mahi tuna, ka whakaputahia e Hoepfner te 9,000 taratara ia tau.E mohio ana a Hoepfner ki te hiahia ki te whakanui ake i ana moni tawhē, me te whakatuwhera i tetahi toa toa.Engari kei te pirangi ia ki te whakaroa i enei whakatau, ka noho ngaro i roto i te ahuareka o te mahi, he iti ake nei.

"Kei konei te waahi," ko ta Hoepfner.“He pakihi kei konei i tetahi waahi!A ko te iti rawa ka aukati i ahau i te raru i tenei wa.

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