ʻO Stone Grindz, i hoʻohana pū ʻia e Kasey McCaslin lāua ʻo Steven Shipler, he mea hana kokoleka scallop ma Scottsdale.Ua loaʻa i kēia kokoleka nani nā makana he nui, me ka mekala o ka Italian International Chocolate Awards, akā ʻaʻole maʻalahi i kēia poʻe koleka aʻo ponoʻī ke loaʻa ia mau makana.
Ua neʻe ʻo Shipler lāua ʻo McCarsling i Arizona State University mai Texas a me North Carolina.Ua hana lākou i loko o ka hīnaʻi berena paʻa a Mesa i kēia manawa a hui lākou i ke kūʻai ʻana i nā meaʻai i kālua ʻia ma ka mākeke mahiʻai kūloko.Ua hoʻoholo lāua ʻelua e hoʻomaka i kā lāua ʻoihana ponoʻī i ka makahiki 2012, e kūʻai aku ana i nā kīʻaha meaʻai kumu, nā ʻāpana kale, ka pata hua ʻai pōhaku a me ke kokoleka ma ke ʻano he mea kūʻai ma ka mākeke o nā mahiʻai.Ua kūʻai ʻia aku ʻo Stone Grindz i nā pule mua.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo McCarsling ua hoʻihoʻi ka mea kūʻai aku i kahi ʻāpana kokoleka a ʻōlelo ʻo ia, “Ua popopo kāu kokoleka.Nahaha a ʻono e like me ka ʻōpala.Ua pono au e kiola aku."Ua noi ʻo ia e hoʻihoʻi i ke kālā.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo McCaslin: "Makemake au e hoʻomaikaʻi iā ia," wahi a McCaslin me ke ʻano paʻa a mālie (a mākaukau mau e pane i nā nīnau e pili ana i ke kokoleka)."I ka manawa aʻu i hāʻawi aku ai iā ia i kahi hoʻihoʻi, ua hoʻoholo wau e hoʻi i ka home, e aʻo pehea e hoʻomaʻamaʻa ai i ke kokoleka, a hoʻāʻo e kālua i ka koko."
ʻO ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana ke kaʻina o ka hoʻoheheʻe ʻana i ke kokoleka, hoʻoluʻu iā ia i kahi mahana, a laila hana ʻia.Inā ʻaʻole e hoʻomāliʻi ʻia, ʻaʻole e ʻā ke kokoleka a palupalu i ka wela o ka lumi.
Ua ʻae ka hoa ʻoihana hou e kālele i hoʻokahi huahana: ke kokoleka.Ua hoʻomaka lākou e noiʻi a hoʻāʻo, a ʻehā mau makahiki i hoʻāʻo ai i ka ʻāʻī kalua.Ua ʻōlelo ʻo McCaslin: "He mana koʻikoʻi ʻo Steven e ʻimi i kekahi kumuhana."
I ka makahiki 2016, ua koho ʻia ʻo Stone Grindz no ka Food Awards ma Kapalakiko.I ka makahiki ʻelua, ua lanakila lākou i ka makana gourmet a me ʻehā mau makana kokoleka honua.I ka makahiki 2018, ua lanakila pū lākou i kekahi "gourmet award" a me ʻelima mau makana kokoleka honua, a ua komo pū lākou i kahi hoʻokūkū honua.Hoʻopaʻa inoa pū ka pūnaewele o Martha Stewart i ka Wild Bolivia Bar ma ke ʻano he 20 kiʻekiʻe o nā pahu kokoleka no nā makana.
ʻO ka mea hope loa, ma 2019, ua lanakila lākou i ka 3rd Good Food Award a me 10 International Chocolate Awards.ʻElua mau mekala gula i lanakila ma nā hoʻokūkū honua i mālama ʻia ma Italia, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻo Stone Grinz's Peruvian Ukayari a me Suntory Whiskey a me Asian Pear Caramel, ʻo ia nā kokoleka maikaʻi loa ma ka honua ma kēia ʻāpana.
Hana ʻia kēia mau mea kilokilo a pau i loko o kahi lumi kuke hale (hōʻoia) me nā mea wili liʻiliʻi a me kekahi mau pahu pahu e hōʻiliʻili i ka wela e hoʻomaʻemaʻe i ke kokoleka ma 160 degere Fahrenheit.(ʻO ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe ke ʻano o ka hui ʻana i ka paʻa koko me ke kō a me ka pauka waiu a hiki i ka liʻiliʻi ʻana o nā ʻāpana a liʻiliʻi ka wai.
Inā makemake ʻoe e aʻo e pili ana i kēia kaʻina hana, a laila ua hoʻopuka nā kānaka ʻelua i nā wikiō.No Shilper a me McCaslin, pili ka kokoleka i ka ʻike noʻeau a me ka ʻike kaiāulu.Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia no Hitler, ʻo ke kokoleka ka "kūpono, ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ke akamai, ka ʻōlelo, ka nani, ka waihoʻoluʻu, ke ʻano a me ka ʻala.Noʻu iho, he mea nānā pono ke kokoleka.
"He maʻalahi loa kā mākou kumukānāwai kokoleka," wahi a McCaslin."ʻO ka maikaʻi ke hele mua.Ke hana ikaika nei mākou e hana i ke kokoleka i mea leʻaleʻa loa e hiki ai iā mākou ke hoʻohana, a e hōʻemi i ka wāwae wāwae e like me ka hiki.Eia kekahi, ʻo ke kālepa kūpono, ke kūʻai ʻana i ka pono, a me ka koko kiʻekiʻe ka mea nui iā mākou.
ʻO nā huahana a pau he vegan a ʻaʻole i loaʻa i ka soy, nā huahana dairy a me ka gluten.ʻAʻole like me ka hapa nui o nā kokoleka pāʻoihana i hana ʻia mai ka hui ʻana o nā pī koko, ʻo nā pīni Stone Grindz he kumu hoʻokahi, heirloom a me ka organik.He mea kupanaha loa kēia no ka poʻe ʻike i ke kokoleka, no ka mea, ʻaʻohe wahi e hūnā ai i nā pīni mai kahi kumu hoʻokahi.ʻAʻole hiki i ka hui ʻana ke "hoʻoponopono" i ka ʻono.Pono nā Chocolatiers e hoʻohana wale i ko lākou akamai.Loaʻa ka ʻono mai ka kuke ʻana a me ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe.
ʻOi aku ka nui o nā hoʻāʻo kofe ʻo Stone Grindz ma mua o 25 e ʻike i nā ʻelele maikaʻi loa o nā pīni kope kikoʻī.He haʻawina hoʻi ka hoʻomanawanui ʻana i ka palaoa.Hoʻomoʻa ʻia nā pīni ma kahi haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa no ka manawa lōʻihi e hana i kahi ʻono hohonu.
Ua hui pū ʻo Stone Grindz me ka mea pena kiʻi kūloko ʻo Joe Mehl ma nā hoʻolālā hoʻolālā, i ʻike maʻalahi ʻia ma muli o ka hoʻohana pahū ʻana o nā kala he nui.Ua ʻike ʻo Mel i ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i ka hana kuʻuna ʻAmelika Hema a haʻi ʻo ia i ke kumu o ka pī (Peru, Ecuador a me Bolivia).
Ma hope o nā makahiki o ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa, nā makahiki kaulana a me ka hōʻailona kupaianaha, hiki ke maʻalahi ʻia ʻo Stone Grindz.Hiki ke kūʻai ʻia ma ka pūnaewele a i ʻole ma Whole Foods a me AJ's Food Foods kona mau kīlekaleka a me kāna mau lole (e loli ana me nā kau).Eia naʻe, e like me ka wā ma mua, hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa iā Stone Grindz ma nā wahi noho, Old Town Scottsdale a me Gilbert Farmers Market.
A inā ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻoholo i kāu mea e kūʻai ai, e ʻoluʻolu e kamaʻilio me McCaslin.E ʻike ʻo ia i kāu pā kūpono.
E mālama manuahi ʻo Phoenix New Times… Mai ka wā i hoʻomaka ai mākou i ka Phoenix New Times, ua wehewehe ʻia ʻo ia ka leo kūʻokoʻa a Phoenix, a makemake mākou e mālama i kēia mokuʻāina.E ʻae i kā mākou poʻe heluhelu e komo i ka nūhou kūloko, ka meaʻai a me ka moʻomeheu.Mai ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa kālaiʻāina a hiki i nā pūʻulu hou loa, e hana ana i nā moʻolelo like ʻole, me nā hōʻike wiwo ʻole, ke kākau ʻana i ka nani, a me nā limahana i lanakila i ka Sigma Delta Chi Special Writing Award mai ka Professional Journalists Association a i ka Casey Medorious Journalism Award.ʻO nā limahana a pau.Eia naʻe, no ka hoʻopilikia ʻia ʻana o ka nūhou kūloko, a ʻoi aku ka hopena o nā pilikia o ka loaʻa kālā hoʻolaha, no mākou, ʻoi aku ma mua o ka manawa, pono mākou e hāʻawi i ke kākoʻo kālā e kākoʻo i nā nūhou kūloko.Hiki iā ʻoe ke kōkua ma ke komo ʻana i kā mākou papahana lālā "Me Support" i hiki iā mākou ke hoʻomau i ka uhi ʻana iā Phoenix me ka ʻole o ka uku ʻana i nā uku.