Kubva kune vacheri vari kutsvaga goridhe kusvika kune vanogadzira bhinzi, chokoreti yedu yemuno ine nhoroondo yakapfuma - uyezve, kwaungawane zvipo zvinozipa nhasi.

Kana iwe ukafamba nzira yese uchidzika kuGhirardelli Square, izvo zvisingawanzoite vagari veko, uye wopinda mumutsara wakareba wevashanyi, unogona kunhuhwirira - chokoreti mumhepo.Ghirardelli haichagadziri chokoreti muSan Francisco zvakare, asi izvozvo hazvidzikisi kupenya kweOriginal Ghirardelli Ice Cream & Chocolate Shop, ine zvidhinha zvayo zvakafumurwa, njanji dzendarira, uye mazinga maviri 'akakosha emidziyo yekare uye kunakidza. nhoroondo dzechokwadi.Tisingatauri: gooey hot fudge sundaes.Yakanyungudutswa zuva nezuva kubva kumawafers, iyo fudge yakanyanya kutsvedzerera, iine kupenya kwemavara emulsifiers uye stabilizers, uye kunhuhwirira kunoyerera kuchikwere nenzira imwecheteyo Cinnabon cinnamon inonhuwira mall.

Chocolate ine nhoroondo yakapfuma muSan Francisco, kubva kuvacheri vekutanga kutsvaga goridhe kusvika kune vagadziri vemazuva ano vanokwenenzvera bhinzi.Wana kuravira kwetsika iyoyo kutanga - saka, munguva yeZuva raValentine, ramba uchikwenya kuzasi kune mamwe ekupedzisira echipo mazano.

Ichokwadi chinonakidza kuti Ghirardelli ndiyo yekare inogara ichimhanyisa fekitori yechokoreti muUnited States.Kupfuura izvozvo, kana wangotanga kukwenya pasi pembiya, unogona kuda kuravira nguva yese yenhaka yechokoreti yeAmerica - kutanga semazuva eGoridhe Rush, apo vatorwa vekuFrance neItaly vakatanga kugadzira chokoreti pamwero mukuru, uye. kufambira mberi kuScharffen Berger's small-batch revolution pakupera kwemireniyamu.Ipapo kune fekitori itsva yeDandelion, ine hunhu hweCalifornia - kudzingirira pasi zvakanakisa zvimisikidzo nekuzvibata zvakapusa sezvinobvira - iri kubatsira kutungamira craft chokoreti kufamba nhasi.Nenzira iyoyo, kutora kutenderera uchidzokera kuburikidza nemafekitori echokoreti eSan Francisco kwakafanana nekusefa mumatura echokoreti muAmerica.

Ghirardelli yakavambwa muna 1852, Hershey's asati asvika 1894 kana Nestlé Tollhouse muna 1939. Domingo (akaberekwa Domenico) Ghirardelli aive mutorwa wekuItaly akauya panguva yeGold Rush, akatanga kuvhura chitoro chikuru muStockton, kozoti chitoro chezvihwitsi paKearny.Fekitori yakatamira muPioneer Woolen Building iri pamberi pemvura muna 1893, panogara Ghirardelli Square nhasi.Zvikurukuru, yakapukunyuka kudengenyeka kwenyika muna 1906, ichidzokera kubhizinesi mushure memazuva gumi chete.Mazuva ayo sediki, bhizinesi rekumba muSan Francisco kare kare, zvisinei: Ikozvino kambani iyi ndeyaLindt, hofori yepasi rose, uye chokoreti yayo inotapira mukaka uye yakawanda inogadzirwa panzvimbo yayo muSan Leandro.

Izvo zvisinganyanyi kuzivikanwa ndezvekuti San Francisco zvakare kumusha kune imwe yekare-yemhuri mafekitori echokoreti munyika: Guittard, iyo yakakwanisa kuramba yakazvimiririra uye kunyange kushanduka kwemazana emakore.Iyo kambani yakavambwa muna 1868, makore gumi nematanhatu chete mushure meGhirardelli, uye munhu wese anga achivhiringa mukwikwidzi wekutanga G kubva ipapo.Etienne (“Eddy”) Guittard akanga ari mutorwa wokuFrance uyo akanonoka kunonoka, uye panzvimbo pacho akawana pfuma yake mubhizimisi rokukuya, achichengeta minondo mukofi, tii, uye chokoreti.Fekitari yake yepakutanga paSansome yakatsva nokudengenyeka kwacho, uye mhuri yacho yakavakazve paMain, pedyo nechepamberi pemvura panguva iyoyo apo ngarava dzaiburutsa bhinzi.Kugadzira nzira yemahara, fekitori yakazotamira kuBurlingame muna 1954, uye inofambiswa nechizvarwa chechina nechishanu chemhuri nhasi.

Gary Guittard, purezidhendi aripo uye chizvarwa chechina chemhuri iyi, achiri kuyeuka achifamba-famba mufekitari yekare paMain achiri mwana ane makore matanhatu, achidzingirira mukoma wake nepachivako chenhurikidzwa nhatu chezvidhinha, uye achinyengerwa kuti aravire zvinovava. chocolate doro.“Kwakanaka kwazvo.Ndingapa chero chinhu kuti ndirambe ndiine [chivako ichocho] nhasi," Guittard anodaro.“Unogona kufungidzira here?Kwainge kwasviba uye kusiri kukuru zvachose.Kazhinji ndinorangarira munhuwi.Takagocha pauriri hwechitatu, uye kungonhuwa kwenzvimbo yacho.”

Asi nepo chokoreti yeAmerica yagara ichirambwa nenyika dzese nekuda kwekunyanyisa mukaka uye kutapira, Scharffen Berger akapisa mudhorobha pakupera kwemireniyamu uye akapayona maitiro echokoreti yakasviba yemumba yaive yakashinga uye inonaka.Robert Steinberg, aimbova chiremba, naJohn Scharffenberger, mugadziri wewaini, vakatanga kambani iyi muna 1997, vachiunza muromo weoenophile kubhizinesi.Kusiyana nevagadziri vekare, vakatora chokoreti zvakangofanana newaini.Scharffen Berger akatanga kugocha nekukuya bhinzi muzvidimbu zvidiki, zvichiburitsa kusviba uye kunoshamisa.Zvikurukuru, kambani iyi inoti ndiyo yaive yekutanga kuisa zvikamu zvecocoo pamavara, zvirinani muUnited States, ichitungamira nyika yese.

Scharffenberger akakurumidza kuita shamwari dzine pfungwa dzakafanana munzvimbo yechokoreti yemunharaunda.Michael Recchiuti mugadziri wepanzvimbo uyo asingagadziri chokoreti pachake, asi anonyungudusa nekuiumba kuita truffles uye confections, hunyanzvi hwakasiyana.(“MuFrance, ndinganzi munhu anofarira kana kuti melter,” anotsanangura kudaro.) Akatanga bhizimisi rake gore rimwechete naScharffen Berger, achitengesa mabikirwo ezvinwiwa zvakarungwa nezvinhu zvose kubva kupurazi-fresh lemon verbena kusvika kupink peppercorns paFerry Building. .Ndichiri kugadzira chitoro, paakanzwa nezve izvo Scharffenberger aive ari kuita."Ndaiita senge, zvinotonhorera, hapana anogadzira chokoreti," anodaro.“Zvakangofanana nebepa rechimbuzi — munhu wese anotora chokoreti sechinhu chisina basa.Hapana anonyatsofunga kuti rinobva kupi.”Recchiuti anoti haafe akakanganwa apo Scharffenberger paakasvika pamusuwo wake aine imwe yekutanga hombe yechokoreti yekumupa kuravira kune simba.

"John Scharffenberger paakauya panzvimbo, zvakachinja uzivi hwedu," anodaro Guittard."Zvakavhura maziso angu pane chocolate flavour."Guittard akaona kuti kana kambani yasekuru vake yaizokwikwidza mumireniyamu inotevera, yaifanira kushanduka.Akatanga kubhururuka achidzika kuEcuador, Jamaica, neMadagascar kuti asangane nevarimi, kwaaipota achimhanyira kuSteinberg panhandare dzendege dziri kure.Anoti zvakatora makore matanhatu kana manomwe kuti apedzisire aona maitiro ekugadzira chokoreti iri nani."Takachinja zvese: nguva, tembiricha, flavour.Takadzidzisazve chikwata chese ndokuisa maparameter akasimba padanho rega rega, kuti bhinzi imwe neimwe ibude zvakanaka.Isu tinogadzirisa nebhinzi, nekuti haugone kugocha nekukuya Ecuador seMadagascar.Zvinoenderana nekuti bhinzi iyoyo inoda chii."

Makore makumi maviri gare gare, Dandelion Chocolate ndiyo inotevera mwenje, ichitora iyo yakasimba chokoreti flavour uye ichiparura kuita maprofile akasiyana.Dandelion yakavhura nzvimbo yayo itsva inoyevedza pa16th Street gore rapfuura, uye inokudza tsika yemafekitori echokoreti akauya pamberi payo, izere nezvidhinha zvakafumurwa, matanda mahombe, uye nendarira.Asi kuda kweDandelion kunobva kumwe chete: Bhawa rega rega rechokoreti, rakaputirwa setiketi regoridhe, rine mhando imwe yebhinzi kubva kune imwe nzvimbo.Dandelion inoshandisa cacao beans uye shuga chete, saka hapana chekuvharira kunhuhwirira kwakachena kwebhinzi.Kusiyana nevagadziri vakuru, saHershey's kana Ghirardelli, vanokweva bhinzi dzavo zhinji kubva kuAfrica, vogocha dzese patembiricha yakakwira, vozoisa zvakawanda zvekuwedzera kuti inakidze, inzira yakanyatsogadziriswa.Uye pamusoro pekuisa zvikamu pamavara, vari kuwedzera manotsi anoravira, kubva kubrownies nemabhanana kusvika kune muchero mutsvuku nefodya inovava.

"Kune akawanda akasarudzika maprofiles andinowana kushanda nawo," anodaro chef Lisa Vega, uyo anogadzira zvese zvinodyiwa zvinodyiwa muresitorendi nechitoro.“Semuenzaniso, toti unoda kugadzira pai yeapuro.Iwe unoenda kumusika wevarimi uye edza ese akasiyana maapuro, ayo ese ane akasiyana anonaka manotsi uye maumbirwo, angave tart kana crunchy.Unozopedzisira wawana chokoreti nenzira iyoyo, kana uchinge wawana mabviro ese aya akasiyana. "Kana iwe wakangove uine Ghirardelli's mukaka chokoreti squares, kutora iyo yekutanga kuruma yeDandelion bar chiitiko chakasiyana.Dandelion inotsanangura kunakirwa kwebhawa rakagadzirwa kubva panzvimbo imwechete muCosta Rica seine "manotsi egoridhe caramel, ganache, uye waffle cone."Imwe, kubva kuMadagascar, inomutsa muchero wetart, muchimiro che "raspberry cheesecake neremon zest."

Ghirardelli naScharffen Berger vose vave varidzi vemakambani makuru, Ghirardelli naLindt naScharffen Berger naHershey.(Robert Steinberg akafa muna 2008 pazera remakore 61, makore mashomanana mushure mokunge John Scharffenberger atengesa kambani, muna 2005.) Guittard naDandelion vari kutakura tsika yeko."Ini pachangu, ndinonzwa mazhinji emakambani ebhinzi-to-bar ari kuvaka pane zvakaitwa na[Scharffenberger]," Guittard anoratidza."Ini ndinofunga Dandelion yakafanana neyekutengesa neresitorendi chiitiko, chakanakira chokoreti, uye chakanakira kuti vanhu vanzwisise zvirinani maitiro."Pamwoyo weDandelion Factory, Bloom Chocolate Salon iresitorendi yekugara pasi inopa chikafu chemangwanani, masikati tii, ndege yemakeke echokoreti, ndege yeaizi cream, uye chokwadi, chokoreti inopisa.Kana Scharffenberger yaive trailblazer, Dandelion iri kuunza kutarisisa kwakawanda kumhizha, ichiratidza magadzirirwo echokoreti mufekitori iri pachena, ine mahwindo egirazi achibvumira vatengi kuona maitiro ekugadzira bar.

Kutenderera kumashure nemazana emakore, kuchine nzira dzakawanda dzekunakidza nhoroondo yechokoreti yeSan Francisco: kuchera mune inopisa fudge sundae paGhirardelli Square, kubika batch yebrownies neScharffen Berger's rima squares, kugadzira makuki neGuittard's award-winning chocolate chips. , kana kunakirwa matinji eDandelion akagadzirwa nebhinzi achitenderedza equator.Uye kana iwe uchida bhokisi remachokoreti kumudiwa wako kana iwe pachako, unogona kuenda kunoshanyira Recchiuti paFerry Building.Recchiuti, kufanana nevakawanda vechocolatier nevabiki vepastry, vanofarira Valrhona, chiFrench brand iyo ndiyo yegoridhe mukicheni.Asi zvakare anotamba muGuitard, iyo inotengesa kune mashoma emamwe maresitorendi emuno, mabheka, uye makirimu zvakare, anosanganisira Mister Jiu's, Che Fico, Jane Bakery, uye Bi-Rite Creamery.

“Vabiki vechingwa vakawanda vanotiziva nenzira yokubikira,” anodaro Amy Guittard, ari kukumbanira baba vake sechizvarwa chechishanu chemhuri."Asi ini ndinogara ndichiti, unenge uri kudya chokoreti yedu yakawanda kupfuura zvauri kuona."

Kuda kutsvaga chipo chaValentine cheminiti yekupedzisira?Heano mazano manomwe ane chokoreti yakanyatsogadzirwa muno muSan Francisco.Bhonasi: Vese vane kurongedza kwakanaka.

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