Chocolatier Pete Hoepfner o na le lebitso la bosoasoi: "monna oa lipompong."Ba bang ba li-confectioners ba tla fumana lebitso lena la bosoasoi le rorisa.Hoepfner ha a tsebe.

Joaloka mong'a Pete's Treats, li-truffle tsa chokolete ke tse khethehileng tsa Hoepfner.Joalo ka fungus e chitja eo li rehelletsoeng ka eona, li-truffles li hloka nako e telele ka mokhoa o makatsang hore li bōpehe.Ho sebetsa ka sehlopha sa li-truffle tse 2,400 ho hloka hore Hoepfner a eme lihora tse 30 ka nako holim'a mochini o futhumatsang chokolete - mookameli le mosebeletsi oa mofufutso oa motho a le mong.

Nakong ea sekolo sa grad, Hoepfner o ile a fumana mosebetsi lireschorenteng.O ile a tsoela pele ho sebetsa e le setsebi sa k'hemistri, a etsa chefo ea likhoto bakeng sa Bell Laboratories, hape e le mochini o tsamaisang thepa e telele, o hula litlhapi le octopus ho tsoa Leoatleng la Bering.Ho ba mahlahahlaha ha moapehi, ho nepahala ha ramahlale le mamello ea motšoasi oa litlhapi: ka boraro ba bona ba tlameha ho fetola chokolete e tala, tranelate le botoro ka tereing ea truffles.

Hoepfner o itse: "Nka mamella ntho leha e le efe ka mor'a ho qeta lilemo tse telele.“Kaha o le motshwasi wa ditlhapi, nako ya hao ha e balwe ... Sohle seo ke se etsang, ke lokela ho neha motho tlhapi kapa ke mo nehe lebokose la truffles.Ke eona feela tsela eo ke lefuoang ka eona: Ke tlameha ho nehelana ka ntho e itseng ho motho e mong.”

Truffle e 'ngoe le e' ngoe e qala e le hlapi e boholo ba bolo ea kolofo ea ganache, e ka ba chokolete e sa hlakang kapa e takiloeng ka koena, jalapeno, Kahlua, champagne, caramel kapa monokotšoai.Hape mona, Hoepfner o khetha mokhoa o sa sebetseng ka ho fetesisa, oa ho batla monokotšoai oa naha hore a je ka juicer ea mouoane oa hae, le ho iketsetsa botoro ea koena ho e-na le ho itšetleha ka li-extracts tse rekiloeng lebenkeleng tseo a li fumanang li koetse haholo.

Ha caramel e letsoai e fetoha tatso ea letsatsi, Hoepfner o ile a qala ho noa li-truffles tsa hae, a qala ka letsoai la leoatle le hlakileng, 'me ka mor'a moo ka lehong la alder le tsubang letsoai, a fana ka tang e tloaelehileng ho mang kapa mang ea neng a le ka har'a ntlo ea mosi.Hoepfner o boetse o kopane le letsoai la fungus ea truffle, leha li-truffle-flavored truffles li e-so hlahe lethathamong.Likristale tsa letsoai li lokela ho ba tse kholo le tse bataletseng, Hoepfner o itse - li-flakes tse qhibilihang hang-hang ho e-na le ho leketla ka leleme la motho.

Ka bomalimabe bakeng sa Hoepfner, takatso ea hae ea phetheho ha e fetele mesebetsing ea hae ea khoebo.O potlakela ho fana ka litheolelo mme a thabela ho amohela li-IOU, Hoepfner ho hlakile hore ha a phutholohe ka mohopolo oa ho pepeta chelete ho bareki ba hae.Li-truffles tse tloaelehileng tsa Pete's Treats li rekisoa ka $3.54 e le 'ngoe.Hoepfner o ipitsa “rakhoebo ea mobe ka ho fetisisa lefatšeng,” halofo e le motlae.

"Litheko tsa ka li senyehile," Hoepfner a rialo.Ke bolela hore na u lefisa bokae bakeng sa lintho tsee tse dang?Ke bona bothata.Ha ho tšoane le hore ke batla ho etsa chelete e ngata ka Cordovans, empa joale, ha u ea sebakeng leha e le sefe, lebokose la tse 'nè ke $10, ha 'na ke lefisa $5.

Ka lebaka la boikhohomoso bohle ba hae ba litlolo, Hoepfner o lula a le bonolo ka kichineng ea Ilanka Community Health Center.Lintho feela tse bonahalang li mo halefisa haholo ke boikaketsi kapa ho nyolloa ha theko ke lichokole tse ling.Sekontiri se seng se tloaelehileng sa Seattle se fana ka chokolete e robehileng ka likotoana tse sa tloaelehang: ba e bitsa rustic, Hoepfner o e bitsa botsoa.

"Mohlankana o rekisa mekotla ea chokolete, li-ounces tse 2.5 ka $7," Hoepfner o boletse."Sohle seo monna enoa a se etsang ke ho nka chokolete e halefileng, a e tšollela ntle le ho akhela linate ho eona!"

Ka thuso ea basebetsi ba bararo ba lipompong, Hoepfner o hlahisa li-truffle tse ka bang 9,000 selemo le selemo.Hoepfner o hlokomela tlhokahalo ea ho eketsa menyetla ea phaello, mohlomong le ho bula sebaka sa mabenkele.Empa a ka rata ho chechisa liqeto tsena, 'me a lule a lahlehetsoe ke thabo ea mosebetsi oa matsoho, nako e teletsana.

"Ho na le monyetla mona," Hoepfner a rialo.“Ho na le khoebo sebakeng se seng mona!'Me bonyane ho ntšireletsa mathateng hajoale. ”

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