Chocolateria ta yi hanyar zuwa Chicago ta hanyar kamfanin kofi na cikin gida Dark Matter.A kan menu?Abubuwan cafe na yau da kullun kamar espresso da kofi, da sandunan cakulan da cakulan shan Mexica wanda hakan ke faruwa da wake cacao daga Mexico.
"A yau muna yin ɗan ƙaramin tsari na yin cakulan," in ji Monica Ortiz Lozano, co-kafa La Rifa Chocolateria."A nan a Walk Sleep, muna aiki tare da cacao na Mexican."
"Hakika kofi mai kyau da cakulan mai kyau yana da dandano mai yawa wanda za ku iya samo daga wake na cacao zuwa kofi," in ji Aaron Campos, darektan kofi a Dark Matter Coffee.
Ba kamar sauran wurare bakwai ba, wannan yana cikin haɗin gwiwa tare da La Rifa Chocolateria, wanda ke da tushe a Mexico.
"An fara ne da su da farko suna gayyatar mu zuwa Chiapas, Mexico, don ganin masu samarwa," in ji Campos.“Fahimtar sarrafawa da samar da cakulan.Abin da suka iya cim ma a can ya ba mu rai sosai, an ƙarfafa mu mu kawo yawancin waɗannan ra'ayoyin zuwa Chicago. "
Lozano da Daniel Reza, wadanda suka kafa La Rifa, sun kasance suna horar da ma'aikatan Walk na Barci a Chicago kan yadda za su canza cacao.
Lozano ya ce: "Mun gasa waken cacao sannan mu huce don mu cire fatar daga wake na kokon nib," in ji Lozano.“Wannan zai taimaka wajen niƙa cacao a cikin masana’antar dutsen gargajiya.Waɗannan guraben niƙa ne manya-manyan niƙa na gargajiya da muka kawo daga Meziko, ɓangarorin dutse a kan juna suna niƙa cacao.Za mu sami manna ruwa na gaske, domin cacao yana da adadin man shanu mai yawa.Wannan zai sa mannanmu ya zama ruwa sosai maimakon garin cacao.Da zarar mun shirya manna cacao, sai mu ƙara sukari kuma mu sake niƙa shi don ƙirƙirar cakulan mai ladabi.
Monica Jimenez da Margarito Mendoza ne suka samar da cacao, manoma biyu da ke Tabasco da Chiapas, Mexico.Saboda ana noman cacao a tsakanin 'ya'yan itatuwa, furanni da bishiyoyi daban-daban, Tafiya na Barci na iya ba da dandanon cakulan daban-daban guda bakwai.
"Bayan mun nika da tace cakulan mu, za mu duba yanayin zafi," in ji Lozano.“Da yamma yanayin zafin jiki, muna sa shi kyalkyali da kyau don haka za mu sami sandunan cakulan masu walƙiya waɗanda za su yi laushi lokacin da kuka ɗanɗana su.Ta haka ne za mu gyara sandunan cakulan sannan mu tattara su kuma mu sami wannan tarin farko mai ban mamaki."
Ana amfani da wannan hanya ɗaya don juya cacao manna cikin allunan da suke haɗuwa da vanilla na halitta don ƙirƙirar abin da ake kira Mexican shan cakulan.Wannan daidai ne: kawai abubuwan da ake amfani da su sune cacao da vanilla, ƙari sifili.Amma ba wannan ne kawai ake amfani da shi ba.Dark Matter ya yi haɗin gwiwa tare da masu yin burodi na gida (Azucar Rococo, Do-Rite Donuts, El Nopal Bakery 26th Street da West Town Bakery) don amfani da cakulan don sutura irin kek da kuma matsayin syrup don sha kofi.
Sun kuma yi aiki tare da masu fasaha na gida don kera abin rufe fuska don sandunan cakulan su.Wadancan masu fasahar sun hada da Isamar Medina, Chris Orta, Ezra Talamantes, Ivan Vazquez, Czr Prz, Zeye One da Matr, da Kozmo.
Don Dark Matter da La Rifa, wannan haɗin gwiwar tsakanin masu fasaha, al'umma da Mexico yana da mahimmanci.
"Ina ganin babbar hanya ce ta sake haɗawa da tushen al'adunmu da ƙirƙirar sabbin alaƙa a nan," in ji Lozano.
Idan kuna sha'awar gwada kofin shan cakulan ku na Mexican, za ku iya ziyarci Sleep Walk, Chocolate na Chicago a Pilsen a 1844 S. Blue Island Ave.