Ua hele aku kekahi chocolateria i Chicago ma ke ala o ka hui kofe kūloko ʻo Dark Matter.Ma ka papa kuhikuhi?ʻO nā mea cafe maʻamau e like me ka espresso a me ke kofe, me nā kaola kokoleka a me ka inu kokoleka Mekiko i hana ʻia me nā pī koko mai Mexico.
"I kēia lā ke hana nei mākou i kahi mea liʻiliʻi o ka hana ʻana i ke kokoleka," wahi a Monica Ortiz Lozano, ka mea hoʻokumu o La Rifa Chocolateria."Ma ʻaneʻi ma Sleep Walk, ke hana nei mākou me Mexico cacao."
"He kofe maikaʻi maoli a he kokoleka maikaʻi maoli ka nui o nā mea ʻono e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke koho maoli mai nā pī koko a i nā pī kope," wahi a Aaron Campos, ka luna o ka kofe ma Dark Matter Coffee.
ʻAʻole like me ʻehiku mau wahi ʻē aʻe, ua hui pū kēia me La Rifa Chocolateria, aia ma Mexico.
"Ua hoʻomaka mua me lākou e kono iā mākou i Chiapas, Mexico, e ʻike i nā mea hana," wahi a Campos.“E hoʻomaopopo i ka hana ʻana a me ka hana kokoleka.Ua hauʻoli nui mākou i nā mea i hiki iā lākou ke hoʻokō ma laila, ua hoʻoikaika mākou e lawe i kēlā mau manaʻo i Chicago.
Ua aʻo ʻo Lozano lāua ʻo Daniel Reza, nā mea hoʻokumu o La Rifa, i ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i nā limahana Sleep Walk ma Chicago e pili ana i ka hoʻololi ʻana i ka cacao.
"Ua kālua mākou i nā pīni koko a laila ʻili mākou i ka ʻili mai ka pī koko," wahi a Lozano.“He mea kōkua kēia i ka wili ʻana i ka koko ma nā hale wili pōhaku maʻamau.ʻO kēia mau hale wili pōhaku he mau wili kuʻuna nui a mākou i lawe mai ai mai Mekiko mai, ʻo ke kuʻekuʻe ʻana o ka pōhaku ma luna o kekahi me ka wili i ka cacao.A laila, e kiʻi mākou i kahi paʻi wai maoli, no ka mea, he nui maoli ka pata cacao.ʻO kēia ka mea e lilo ai kā mākou paʻi i wai maoli ma mua o ka pauka koko.Ke hoʻomākaukau mākou i ka paʻi koko, hoʻohui mākou i ke kō a wili hou iā ia e hana i ke kokoleka hoʻomaʻemaʻe.
Hoʻokumu ʻia ka cacao e Monica Jimenez lāua ʻo Margarito Mendoza, ʻelua mau mahiʻai ma Tabasco a me Chiapas, Mexico.Ma muli o ka ulu ʻana o ka cacao ma waena o nā hua like ʻole, nā pua a me nā kumulāʻau, hiki i ka Sleep Walk ke hāʻawi i ʻehiku mau ʻono kokoleka like ʻole.
"Ma hope o kā mākou wili ʻana a hoʻomaʻemaʻe i kā mākou kokoleka, e nānā mākou i ka wela," wahi a Lozano.“Ma ke ahiahi ka wela, e hoʻokahe maikaʻi ʻia mākou no laila e loaʻa iā mākou nā pahu kokoleka ʻālohilohi e ʻono ke ʻono ʻoe iā lākou.ʻO kēia ke ʻano o kā mākou hoʻoheheʻe ʻana i nā pahu kokoleka a hoʻopaʻa iā lākou a loaʻa kēia hōʻiliʻili mua kupaianaha.
Hoʻohana ʻia kēia kaʻina hana no ka hoʻololi ʻana i ka paʻi koko i papa i hui ʻia me ka vanilla maoli e hana ai i ka mea i kapa ʻia ʻo Mexico inu kokoleka.Pololei: ʻo ka cacao a me ka vanilla wale nō nā mea hoʻohui, ʻaʻohe mea hoʻohui.Akā ʻaʻole ʻo ia wale nō ka mea i hoʻohana ʻia.Ua hui pū ʻo Dark Matter me nā hale kīʻaha kūloko (Azucar Rococo, Do-Rite Donuts, El Nopal Bakery 26th Street a me West Town Bakery) e hoʻohana i ke kokoleka e ʻaʻahu ai i nā pāpaʻi a me ka syrup no nā mea inu kofe.
Ua hana pū lākou me nā mea pena kiʻi kūloko i ka hoʻolālā ʻana i nā ʻōwili no kā lākou mau kīleka kokoleka.ʻO kēlā mau mea pena me Isamar Medina, Chris Orta, Ezra Talamantes, Ivan Vazquez, Czr Prz, Zeye One a me Matr, a me Kozmo.
No Dark Matter a me La Rifa, he mea koʻikoʻi kēia hui ʻana ma waena o nā mea pena, ke kaiāulu a me Mexico.
"Manaʻo wau he ala maikaʻi loa ia e hoʻopili hou ai me kā mākou moʻomeheu moʻomeheu a hana i nā pilina hou ma ʻaneʻi," wahi a Lozano.
Inā makemake ʻoe e hoʻāʻo i kāu kīʻaha ponoʻī o ka inu kokoleka Mekiko, hiki iā ʻoe ke kipa iā Sleep Walk, Chicago's local chocolateria ma Pilsen ma 1844 S. Blue Island Ave.