Ukusuka kwabasebenzi basezimayini abafuna igolide ukuya kubenzi bokucoca iimbotyi, itshokolethi yethu yasekhaya inembali etyebileyo - kunye, apho unokufumana khona ezona zipho ziswiti namhlanje.

Ukuba uhamba usiya eGhirardelli Square, nto leyo ngokuqinisekileyo abantu balapha abafane bayenze, kwaye bangene kulo mgca ude wabakhenkethi, unokuwunukisa - itshokolethi emoyeni.I-Ghirardelli ayisenzi itshokolethi e-San Francisco kwakhona, kodwa loo nto ayinciphisi isicwebe se-Original Ghirardelli Ice Cream & Chocolate Shop, enezitena zayo eziveziweyo, iileyili zobhedu, kunye namanqanaba amabini ezixhobo zexesha lakudala kunye nolonwabo. izibakala zembali.Ungasathethi ke: gooey hot fudge sundaes.Inyibilika yonke imihla ukusuka kwi-wafers, i-fudge igudile kakhulu, kunye ne-sheen ye-emulsifiers kunye nezinzisi, kunye nevumba elimnandi eliphuma kwisikwere ngendlela efanayo neCinnabon cinnamon evumba ngayo ivenkile.

Itshokholethi inembali etyebileyo eSan Francisco, ukusuka kubasebenzi basezimayini bokuqala abafuna igolide ukuya kubenzi bale mihla abasulungekisa iimbotyi.Fumana incasa yeso siko kuqala - emva koko, kanye ngexesha loSuku lweValentine, qhubeka uskrolela ezantsi ukufumana iingcebiso zesipho zomzuzu wokugqibela.

Yinyani eyolisayo ukuba iGhirardelli ngoyena mzi-mveliso wetshokholethi indala eUnited States.Ngaphaya koko, nje ukuba uqale ukukrazula ezantsi kwesitya, ungaphantse ungcamle lonke ixesha lelifa letshokholethi yaseMelika-ukuqala ukuya kuthi ga kwiintsuku zeGold Rush, xa abafuduki baseFransi nabaseTaliyane baqala ukuvelisa itshokolethi kwinqanaba elikhulu, kwaye ukuqhubela phambili kwi-revolution yebhetshi encinci ye-Scharffen Berger ekupheleni kwewaka leminyaka.Ke kukho umzi-mveliso omtsha omenyezelayo weDandelion, onengqondo yaseCalifornia - ukuleqa ezona zithako zibalaseleyo kwaye uziphethe kancinci kangangoko - inceda ukukhokela intshukumo yetshokholethi yobuqhetseba namhlanje.Ngaloo ndlela, ukuthatha i-spin emva kwiifektri zetshokolethi zaseSan Francisco kufana nokuhluza kwindawo yokugcina yetshokholethi eMelika.

IGhirardelli yasekwa ngo-1852, ngaphambi kokuba iHershey ibe ngo-1894 okanye iNestlé Tollhouse ngo-1939. UDomingo (owazalelwa eDomenico) uGhirardelli wayengumphambukeli waseTaliyane owafika ngexesha leGold Rush, waqala wavula ivenkile eqhelekileyo eStockton, emva koko ivenkile yeelekese eKearny.Umzi-mveliso wafudukela kwiPioneer Woolen Building kwi-waterfront ngo-1893, apho iGhirardelli Square ihlala khona namhlanje.Ngokungaqhelekanga, yasinda kwinyikima ye-1906, ibuyela kwishishini emva kweentsuku ezili-10 kuphela.Iintsuku zayo njengeshishini elincinci, elikhule ekhaya eSan Francisco sele lidlulile ixesha elide, nangona kunjalo: Ngoku inkampani iphethwe nguLindt, isigebenga sehlabathi, kwaye itshokholethi yayo inobisi obumnandi kunye nobunzima obuveliswa kwiindawo zayo eSan Leandro.

Into engaziwa kangako kukuba iSan Francisco ikwalikhaya kwenye yeefektri zetshokholethi ezindala zosapho kweli lizwe: iGuittard, ekwazile ukuzimela kwaye yade yavela ukutyhubela iinkulungwane.Inkampani yasekwa ngo-1868, kwiminyaka eli-16 kuphela emva kwe-Ghirardelli, kwaye wonke umntu ebebhidekisa imbangi yokuqala ye-G ukusukela ngoko.U-Etienne ("Eddy") uGuittard wayengumphambukeli ongumFrentshi owathi wabonakala kade emva kwexesha, kwaye endaweni yoko wafumana ubutyebi bakhe kwishishini lokusila, egcina abasebenzi basezimayini kwikofu, iti, kunye netshokolethi.Umzi-mveliso wakhe wokuqala eSansome watsha yinyikima, yaza usapho lwakhe lwaphinda lwakha eMain, kufuphi nommandla ongasemanzini apho iinqanawa zazizothula iimbotyi.Ukwenza indlela yohola wendlela, umzi-mveliso wafudukela eBurlingame ngo-1954, kwaye uqhutywa sisizukulwana sesine nesesihlanu sosapho namhlanje.

UGary Guittard, umongameli wangoku kunye nesizukulwana sesine sosapho, usakhumbula ezula-zula kumzi-mveliso wakudala oseMain eseneminyaka emi-6 ubudala, esukela umninawa wakhe kwisakhiwo sezitena esimxinwa nesijijayo esinemigangatho emithathu, kwaye eqhathwa ukuba angcamle ubukrakra. utywala itshokolethi.“Kwakupholile.Ndinganikela nantoni na ukuba ndibe [nesa sakhiwo] namhlanje,” utshilo uGuittard.“Ngaba unokuthelekelela?Bekumnyama kungekho makhulu kwaphela.Ikakhulu ndiyawakhumbula amavumba.Sosa kumgangatho wesithathu, kunye nevumba nje laloo ndawo.”

Kodwa ngelixa itshokholethi yaseMelika kudala yagxothwa lihlabathi liphela ngenxa yobisi kunye neswiti kakhulu, uScharffen Berger wavutha edolophini ekupheleni kwewaka leminyaka kwaye waba nguvulindlela kwisitayile setshokholethi emnyama yasekhaya eyayinesibindi kwaye inencasa.URobert Steinberg, owayesakuba ngugqirha, kunye noJohn Scharffenberger, umenzi wewayini, baseka inkampani ngo-1997, bezisa inkalakahla ye-oenophile kwishishini.Ngokungafaniyo nabenzi bangaphambili, bathathe itshokholethi ngokungathí sina njengewayini.UScharffen Berger waqala ukuqhotsa kunye nokusila iimbotyi kwiibhetshi ezincinci, ekhupha incasa emnyama kunye neyothusayo ngakumbi.Ngokucacileyo, inkampani ithi yayiyeyokuqala ukubeka iipesenti ze-cocoo kwiilebhile, ubuncinci e-United States, ekhokela indlela yelizwe lonke.

U-Scharffenberger wakhawuleza wenza abahlobo abaneengqondo ezifanayo kwindawo yetshokholethi yendawo.UMichael Recchiuti yiconfectioner yalapha ekhaya engenzi itshokholethi ngokwakhe, kodwa uyayinyibilikisa ayibumbe ibe ziitruffles kunye neeconfections, ubuchule obahlukileyo.(“EFransi, ndiza kubizwa ngokuba ndingumnyibilikisi,” uyacacisa.) Waziqalela ishishini lakhe kwangaloo nyaka umnye noScharffen Berger, ethengisa iiconfections ezinencasa ngayo yonke into ukusuka kwifama-fresh lemon verbena ukuya kwipeppercorns epinki kwiSakhiwo saseFerry. .Ngelixa useka ivenkile, xa weva malunga noko uScharffenberger wayephezu kwayo.“Bendinje, ipholile kakhulu, akukho mntu wenza itshokolethi,” utshilo.“Kufana nephepha langasese — wonke umntu uyithatha kancinci itshokolethi.Akukho mntu ucinga ngokwenene ukuba ivela phi.”U-Recchiuti uthi akanakuze alibale xa uScharffenberger wathi gqi emnyango wakhe enemivalo yokuqala enkulu yetshokholethi ukumnika incasa enamandla.

“Xa uJohn Scharffenberger weza kwindawo, yatshintsha ngokwenene intanda-bulumko yethu,” utshilo uGuittard."Iwavule amehlo am kwincasa yetshokholethi."UGuittard waqonda ukuba ukuba inkampani kayise-mkhulu yayiza kukhuphisana kwiwaka leminyaka elizayo, kwakufuneka iguquke.Waqalisa ukubhabha ezantsi e-Ecuador, eJamaica, naseMadagascar ukuze adibane buqu namafama, apho wayekhe agibele eSteinberg kwizikhululo zeenqwelomoya ezikude.Uthi kuthathe iminyaka emithandathu okanye esixhenxe ukufumanisa indlela yokwenza itshokolethi engcono.“Sitshintshe yonke into: ixesha, ubushushu, incasa.Siphinde saqeqesha iqela lonke kwaye sabeka iiparamitha eziqine kakhulu kwinqanaba ngalinye, ukukhupha eyona ilungileyo kwimbotyi nganye.Silungisa iimbotyi, kuba awukwazi ukuqhotsa kwaye ucole i-Ecuador njengeMadagascar.Kuxhomekeke ngokupheleleyo kwinto ethandwa yile mbotyi.”

Kwiminyaka engamashumi amabini emva koko, iDandelion Chocolate sisikhanyiso esilandelayo, ithatha incasa yetshokholethi eyomeleleyo kwaye iyahlulahlula ibe ziiprofayili ezahlukileyo.IDandelion yavula indawo yayo entsha eqaqambileyo kwi-16th Street kulo nyaka uphelileyo, kwaye iyasihlonipha isiko leefektri zetshokolethi ezeza phambi kwayo, zigcwele ngezitena eziveziweyo, imiqadi emikhulu, kunye neenkcukacha zobhedu.Kodwa i-Dandelion's obsession yimvelaphi enye: Ibha nganye yetshokolethi, isongelwe njengetikiti legolide, inohlobo olunye lwembotyi olusuka kwindawo ethile.I-Dandelion isebenzisa iimbotyi ze-cocoo kunye neswekile kuphela, ngoko akukho nto yokufihla incasa ecocekileyo yeembotyi.Ngokungafaniyo nabavelisi abakhulu, abafana noHershey okanye iGhirardelli, abatsala uninzi lweembotyi zabo eAfrika, baziqhole zonke kubushushu obufanayo obuphezulu, baze bafake izongezo ezininzi ukuze zibe mnandi, yindlela elungelelaniswe kakuhle kakhulu.Kwaye ngaphezu kokubeka iipesenti kwiileyibhile, bongeza amanqaku okungcamla, ukusuka kwi-brownies kunye neebhanana ukuya kwi-tart iziqhamo ezibomvu kunye necuba elimnandi.

“Zininzi iiprofayili zencasa eyodwa endisebenza nazo,” utshilo umpheki uLisa Vega, owenza yonke into etyiwayo kwindawo yokutyela nakwivenkile.“Umzekelo, yithi ufuna ukwenza ipayi yama-apile.Uya kwimarike yamafama kwaye uzame zonke iiapile ezahlukeneyo, zonke zinamanqaku ahlukeneyo okungcamla kunye nokwenziwa, nokuba i-tart okanye i-crunchy.Ekugqibeleni ufumana itshokolethi ngaloo ndlela, xa unokufikelela kuzo zonke ezi mvelaphi zahlukeneyo. "Ukuba ukhe wanezikwere zetshokholethi yobisi lukaGhirardelli, ukuthatha oko kuluma okokuqala kwibar yeDandelion ngamava ahlukileyo.IDandelion ichaza incasa yebha eyenziwe kwindawo enye eCosta Rica “njengamanqaku egolide ecaramel, i-ganache, kunye ne-waffle cone.”Omnye, ovela eMadagascar, uvelisa iziqhamo zetart, ngohlobo lwe "raspberry cheesecake kunye nelemon zest."

UGhirardelli kunye noScharffen Berger ngoku bobabini bangabanini beenkampani ezinkulu, iGhirardelli nguLindt kunye noScharffen Berger yiHershey's.(URobert Steinberg wasweleka ngo-2008 eneminyaka eyi-61, kwiminyaka embalwa emva kokuba uJohn Scharffenberger ethengise inkampani, ngo-2005.) UGuittard kunye noDandelion baqhuba isithethe sasekhaya."Ngokwam, ndivakalelwa kukuba ezininzi iinkampani zembotyi-to-bar zakha kwinto eyenziwa ngu- [Scharffenberger]," uGuittard ubonisa."Ndicinga ukuba iDandelion ininzi yamava okuthengisa kunye nendawo yokutyela, elungele itshokolethi, kwaye ilungile ukuba abantu bayiqonde ngcono inkqubo."Embindini weDandelion Factory, iBloom Chocolate Salon yindawo yokutyela ehlala phantsi enika isidlo sakusasa, iti yasemva kwemini, iikeyiki zetshokolethi yokubhabha, ii-ice creams zokubhabha, kwaye kunjalo, itshokolethi eshushu.Ukuba i-Scharffenberger yayiyi-trailblazer, i-Dandelion ekugqibeleni izisa ingqalelo engakumbi kwi-craft, ibonisa inkqubo yokwenza i-chocolate kwi-factory ecacileyo ngokoqobo, kunye neefestile zeglasi ezivumela abathengi ukuba babukele inkqubo yokwenza ibha.

Ukubuyela umva kwiinkulungwane, kusekho iindlela ezininzi zokungcamla imbali yetshokolethi yaseSan Francisco etyebileyo: ukugrumba kwifudge sundae eGhirardelli Square, ukubhaka ibhetshi yeebrownies kunye nezikwere ezimnyama zikaScharffen Berger, ukwenza iikuki ngeetshiphusi zetshokolethi eziphumelele ibhaso likaGuittard. , okanye ukungcamla imivalo yeDandelion eyenziwe ngeembotyi ezijikeleza i-ikhweyitha.Kwaye ukuba ufuna ibhokisi yeetshokholethi kwisithandwa sakho okanye wena ngokwakho, ungaya kundwendwela iRecchiuti kwiSakhiwo seFerry.I-Recchiuti, njengeetshokolethi ezininzi kunye nabapheki bepastry, ithanda i-Valrhona, i-brand yesiFrentshi ekumgangatho wegolide kwiikhitshi zepro.Kodwa ukwadlala eGuittard, ethengisela ezinye iindawo zokutyela ezimbalwa zalapha ekhaya, iindawo zokubhaka, kunye neekhrimu ngokunjalo, kubandakanya noMister Jiu, uChe Fico, uJane Bakery, kunye neBi-Rite Creamery.

“Uninzi lwababhaki basekhaya basazi ngepaseji yokubhaka,” utsho uAmy Guittard, othelela uyise njengesizukulwana sesihlanu sosapho."Kodwa ndihlala ndisithi, mhlawumbi utya itshokolethi yethu ngakumbi kunokuba ucinga."

Ngaba ungxamele ukufumana isipho sikaValentine somzuzu wokugqibela?Nazi iingcamango ezisixhenxe ezibonisa itshokholethi eyenziwe apha eSan Francisco.Ibhonasi: Bonke banepakethe entle.

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