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Survival! An important consideration -- Mexican Custom Crafted Chocolate - ChiamMaya Oaxaca Mayordomo

2010-05-28T15:10:06Z

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Herald Dispatch February 7th 2010 -- Mexican Custom Crafted Chocolate - ChiamMaya Oaxaca Mayordomo

2010-03-11T22:52:00Z

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Chiammaya SOLD OUT!!!! -- Mexican Custom Crafted Chocolate - ChiamMaya Oaxaca Mayordomo

2010-02-12T19:43:06Z

On Sunday, February 6th, Dave Lavender of the Herald Dispatch newspaper ran a story on Chiammaya Custom crafted chocolate. ( www.herald-dispatch.com/life/.../Almost-Heaven-Mountain-State-Chocolate and http://www.herald-dispatch.com/life/x1838467874/Food-Network-junkie-gives-up-home-brewing-for-chocolateering?i=0 )What followed was totally unexpected.

Knowing that Valentines day was nearly upon us, we had worked hard to build up stock in order to have enough stock for the season. Little did we know that the article combined with Valentines Day would explode in unexpected volume!

The story ran on Sunday and by lunch on Monday, our local distributor, Old Village Roaster, was calling asking for another delivery of chocolate. An hour and a half later they had chocolate. Two hours after that delivery they asked for more chocolate and again within an hour and a half, they had chocolate.

By the end of business Tuesday they were calling again! Wednesday the same thing. Their delivery volume was doubled and they were STILL running out and so was Chiammaya.

We fired up the molinos to grind more chocolate and quickly ran out of raw ingredients. Quickly we call out supplier who told us that beside being snowed in, the beans needed to roast for our order was still on the boat and would not arrive for another week!

I suppose selling so much that you run out is a good thing, but not knowing how many sales you've lost by not having enough inventory is really upsetting.

The story has generated more interest than any other article up to this point. A couple of potentially interesting project may be coming from this.

So go ahead and order more chocolate, just realize that the next available orders won't be shipping before March 15, 2010

Chiammaya Chocolate: Traveling West Virginia from Eyewitness News -- Mexican Custom Crafted Chocolate - ChiamMaya Oaxaca Mayordomo

2009-12-18T18:56:23Z

http://www.wchstv.com/traveling/2009/twv091217.shtml

Last Monday, WCHS TV came to visit Chiammaya and did a VERY nice piece. The explored Chiammaya and it's link to Oaxaca Mexico and did a VERY nice job.

I hope you enjoy the piece as much as I have.

Chiammaya goes INTERNATIONAL -- Mexican Custom Crafted Chocolate - ChiamMaya Oaxaca Mayordomo

2009-10-28T02:24:39Z

WOW what an exciting day it was today. I've been e-mailing back and forth with a person from Norway who had visited Oaxaca and, like me, couldn't shake the call of the chocolate. Finding Chiammaya on the web, they wrote asking about shipping to Norway. I had looked into it once before and found shipping was going to be nearly $50 to Australia!! I dug a little deeper and found that I could ship two pounds of chocolate to most anywhere in the world for $15.00!!! Even better was that it would deliver in 6-10 days!

After exchanging emails over the course of a few days I ended up shipping TWO packages containing four pounds of delicious Chiammaya Custom Crafted Chocolate to Norway. I dropped it off this afternoon and in less than two weeks I am sure we will have some adicted customers in Norway.

Today Norway, tomorrow the WORLD!!

FIRST retail location -- Mexican Custom Crafted Chocolate - ChiamMaya

2009-10-16T14:46:51Z

After the Smoke on the Water fund raiser, I felt it was time to speak again to Vickie at Old Village roaster --http://maps.google.com/maps/place?oe=utf-8&rlz=1R1GGGL_en___US345&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=old+village+roaster&fb=1&gl=us&hq=old+village+roaster&hnear=Chesapeake,+OH&cid=4683147543477795291 -- About becoming a retail outlet for Chiammaya.

I stopped by and we came to terms and yesterday I dropped off the first delivery of Freshly made Chiammaya chocolate.

Stop by and check them out and pick up a bar or two of Chiammaya Custom Crafted Chcoolate.

A BUSY Saturday 10/10/09 -- Mexican Custom Crafted Chocolate - ChiamMaya

2009-10-16T14:35:37Z

About 6 weeks ago I got tow exciting phone calls. The first was from the Central City Market -- the tailgate market here in Huntington WV -- and the other from Angie Jones from the Marshall Artist Series.

The Tailgate market was having a harvest festival and invited me to sell Chiammaya Custom Crafted Chocolate. This was exciting for two reasons. The first was an opportunity to do some direct retail sales and the second was because up to now, the Central City Market was restricted to farm raised products only.

A couple days later, Angie called asking if I'd be interested in providing something for a fund raiser for the Marshall Artist Series.

I knew it was going to be a long day but these were two opportunities I couldn't pass up.

I was up at 5:30 and out the door by 6:45. I took the time to load the truck Friday night so getting the last minute things ready was not a big deal.

Within minutes of getting set up I had a sale of five bars. A GREAT way to start the day. People were generally receptive to the chocolate and by 11:30 I had sold nearly 30 bars!

At 11:30 I packed up and headed past the other end of town to the Grover Farm for the fundraiser called Smoke on the water. The Grover's were amazing people with one spectacular farm. In spite of the weather there was a good turnout, fantastic food and a LOT of interest in Chiammaya. I even had the opportunity to speak with a regional manager of a grocery store chain about getting into their store! Chiammaya May be available soon in a Market near you!!

Trade Show visit was OVERWHELMING -- Mexican Custom Crafted Chocolate - ChiamMaya

2009-06-14T00:28:50Z

For the last week I have been visiting the annual national convention of the Retail Confectioners International (RCI). While I am new to the group I have several long time friends who are well respected in the group and felt quite at home. I spent my days in seminars and my nights learning even more from seasoned veterans of the candy world. Imagine my surprise when I was asked to try this piece of candy; hmmm good! peanut butter, some sort of crunch and chocolate. Imagine my surprise when I learned that the crunch was potato chips crushed into the peanut butter!! Weird yes, but delicious too. The people of RCI are candy pioneers and they will try most anything to see if they can make something new.

Thursday and Friday, along with seminars on customer service and a mini candy boot camp I had the opportunity to visit the expo center and talk with many of the nations finest candy industry suppliers. I also purchased some exciting new things to expand the ChiamMaya line, keep watching because the holiday season will have several surprises coming!

WSAZ features Chiammaya -- Mexican Custom Crafted Chocolate - ChiamMaya

2009-03-05T17:15:28Z

Last week, WSAZ, a local TV station ran a great story in Chiammaya that can be found here: It has gotten some interest and a few orders and that is always good!

Two interesting things came from this story so far. The first was an invitation some time in the future to J.B. Millers show in Magic 97.9 radio show. It is looking like I may get to spend some time in the hot seat with J.B., take a few phone calls and maybe give away some chocolate.

The other interesting one came from an order that was the result of the TV spot. This order was for two sampler packs and the intent was to give one to a friend and keep the other for personal use. Upon opening the package the person who ordered the two packages wrote:

"after sampling your sampler I am thinking I don't really wish to allow my friend to suffer through the experience as I have. I think this stuff is terrible. Of course that is just my opinion. I expected something better than Hershey's. I was surprised to find you need a hammer and chisel to get a piece broken off to put in your mouth, then felt like I had a mouth full of sand, which did eventually melt, with rock hard pieces scattered through the sand which would not melt. I finally took it from my mouth."

The writer went on to predict the doom of Chiammaya.

I replied that I thought I had made it clear on the TV spot, and I am SURE it is all over the web site that this is not primarily intended as a candy bar. The "go to" use is hot chocolate, baking or cooking. I have offered a full refund with the return of the unused portion but have not gotten it back yet.

I have to admit, the texture is NOT what you're expecting if you go into a bite thinking " Hershey bar". I do eat it often just as it is, but I know this is a rustic product. It does take the edge off hunger for me, gives me a burst of energy and the health benefits of the MUFA's ( Mono Unsaturated Fatty Acids -- are coming out every day.

I hope you enjoy the news piece and hope to be finding retail outlets all over soon.

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2009-01-26T15:21:15Z

http://www.google.com/search?q=flat+belly+diet&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

This diet includes TWO of the four ingredients in Chiammaya Custom Crafted chocolate. The perfect diet with the perfect chocolate. Buy some now!

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New, Affordable Food and Drinks for 2009 - WSJ.com -- Mexican Custom Crafted Chocolate - ChiamMaya

2009-01-19T20:06:28Z

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123069062782044697.html

What could be more premium chocolate than one specifically blended for you? Your recipe, your design? Order some today!

Equipment issues - Mexican Custom Crafted Chocolate - ChiamMaya

2009-01-18T17:27:05Z

Now that the production facility is 99% ready I've tried using it to temper chocolate for bar production. As you know we only have 4 ingredients and we don't use any kind of filler or emolient so we have a pretty dry chocolate when we produce Sweet Chocolate Dreams.

Wouldn't you know it, but the thing we are running low on right now is Sweet Chocolate Dreams. This is our sweetest chocolate with only 32% cacao so it has a lot of sugar which tends to dry things out. It doesn't look like the depositor is going to work at least for Sweet Chocolate Dreams but we're working on it!

Health department was impressed ---- Mexican Custom Crafted Chocolate - ChiamMaya

2009-01-18T17:18:22Z

As you know, I've been working my tail off getting the new equipment up and going and the production space ready for the first inspection from the state Health Department.

Friday was the day. I'd spent the better part of the week before primping and cleaning and making it all ready for the inspection but it was mostly a thing of organization, after all I want the chocolate you receive to be the best ever.

They came by and looked around. They were very interested in the process, after all I don't think chocolate from scratch is something they see every day!!

We had discussed what was necessary when they first came by and started talking, so I had a pretty good idea of what to expect and I was prepared.

I did face one problem. At my day job I had some major melt downs and didn't get to leave for lunch until 1:30. After I left the office I realized the inspection was at 2:00. So a REALLY fast lunch.

I had forgotten the written recall plan at the office but they were willing to let me e-mail that. They also asked for a process flow chart. I got back to the office and played with my graphics skills and got that out before 5:00.

Now we wait for a certificate and the new facility will be ready to go.

New Sampler Pack - $12

2008-12-01T23:08:50Z

Can't decide which blend to get? Want to try them ALL? We now have the answer, our NEW SAMPLER pack! A 4 ounce bar of each blend: Sweet Chocolate Dreams, Chocolate Lovers Blend and Total chocolate indulgence all for the low price of only $12.00. This is THE perfect gift for that hard to shop for friend or relative. Order NOW!

Chiammaya Sampler Pack
$12.

Shipping rates.

Please note, all of our chocolate blends contain almonds and should be avioded by people with allergies to tree nuts. You may, of course request a custom blend without almonds, but be aware it will be produced on shared equipment with nuts in a facility that also processes nuts.

Grey cloud has silver lining -- Mexican Custom Crafted Chocolate - ChiamMaya

2008-11-01T14:04:39Z

Last Saturday, Octover 25th, Chiammaya was the guest "chef" at the Marshall Culinary Institute. We had it planned so that The class cound observer or even create their own blend of chocolate and then we would go inside and discuss the history of chocolate and share some secrets of the best hot chocolate and how to make world class fudge.

I dropped into the institue earlier that week to drop off ingredients and see how things were shaping up. I was dissapointed to learn that there were only three participants signed up.

I had to move the truck down very early Saturday morning so I could get parking close enough to the storefront. I fired up the kerosine heater Friday night and ran it all night in order to keep the stones warm enough to produce chcolate.

Shawn, the owner of Le Cooks Store, nextdoor, was a bit concerned that I was parked right in front of his store on what looked to turn out to be a busy saturday but it all worked out in the end and I was able to move more in front of the institute.

Class time cam and saddly only one participant showed up. I think she really enjoyed the class and the chocolate, she bought two pound of chocolate and that was on top of the sampler pack that came with the clas.

After the class I walked next door to Le Cooks Store and spoke with Shawn about featuring Chiammaya chocolate in his store. He recieved my inquiry with enthusiasm and mentioned that they loved local products and thought that Chiammaya Chocolate would be great in their gift baskets this holiday season.

So, in spite of a low class turnout, it looks like product placement is on its way!