ʻO Stone Grindz, i hoʻohana pū ʻia e Kasey McCaslin lāua ʻo Steven Shipler, he mea hana makaleka scallop ma Scottsdale.Ua lanakila kēia kokoleka nani i nā makana he nui, e like 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 bakena 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 kaola 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 i kahi ʻāpana kokoleka a ʻōlelo ʻo ia, “Ua popopo kāu kokoleka.Nahaha a ʻono e like me ka ʻōpala.Pono wau e kiola aku."Ua noi ʻo ia e hoʻihoʻi i ke kālā.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo McCaslin: "Makemake wau 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 ai iā ia i ka uku, ua hoʻoholo wau e hoʻi i ka home, e aʻo i ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i ke kokoleka, a e hoʻāʻo e kālua i ka koko."
ʻO ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana ke kaʻina o ka hoʻoheheʻe ʻana i ke kokoleka, hoʻoluʻu i kahi mahana, a laila hoʻohua ʻia.Inā ʻaʻole e hoʻomāliʻi ʻia, ʻaʻole e ʻā ke kokoleka a palupalu i ka mahana wela.
Ua ʻae ka hoa pāʻoihana hou e nānā i hoʻokahi huahana wale nō: ke kokoleka.Ua hoʻomaka lākou e noiʻi a hoʻāʻo, a ʻehā mau makahiki e 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 kahi "gourmet award" a me ʻelima mau makana kokoleka honua, a ua komo pū i kahi hoʻokūkū honua.Hoʻopaʻa inoa pū ka pūnaewele o Martha Stewart i ka Wild Bolivia Bar ma ke ʻano he 20 mau pahu kokoleka kiʻekiʻe no nā makana.
ʻO ka hope loa, i ka makahiki 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 i loko o kahi lumi kuke hale (hōʻoia) me kekahi mau 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 mea 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 kiʻi, ka ʻōlelo, ka nani, ka waihoʻoluʻu, ke ʻano a me ka ʻala.Iāʻu, ʻo ke kokoleka he mea makemake nui ia.
"Maʻalahi loa kā mākou kumukānāwai kokoleka," wahi a McCaslin.“ʻO ka maikaʻi ka mea 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 i 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 āpau he vegan a ʻaʻole i loaʻa i ka soy, nā huahana waiu 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.
Ua 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 i 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 ʻana, 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 nā kukui (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 kūʻokoʻa o 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 ʻAhahui Nūpepa ʻOihana 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 ka loaʻa kālā o ka hoʻolaha, no mākou, ʻoi aku ma mua o ka manawa, pono mākou e hāʻawi i ke kākoʻo e kākoʻo i ka 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.
ʻO ka hoʻohana ʻana i kēia pūnaewele ʻo ia ka ʻae ʻana i kā mākou ʻōlelo hoʻohana, kulekele kuki a me nā kulekele pilikino
Loaʻa paha iā Phoenix New Era kekahi hapa o ke kūʻai aku ma o nā huahana a me nā lawelawe i kūʻai ʻia mai kā mākou mau hoa lālā ma o nā loulou ma kā mākou pūnaewele.
Hoʻohana mākou i nā kuki e hōʻiliʻili a hoʻopaʻa i ka ʻike e pili ana i ka hana a me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka pūnaewele, a no ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana a me ka hoʻopilikino ʻana i ka ʻike a me ka hoʻolaha.Ma ke kaomi ʻana iā "X" a i ʻole e hoʻomau i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka pūnaewele, ʻae ʻoe e ʻae i ka waiho ʻana i nā kuki.No ka ʻike hou aku, e ʻoluʻolu e kipa i kā mākou Kuki Kuki a me nā Kulekele pilikino.