Melanie Boudar's Comments

Hi Melanie,  sorry for the delay on contacting you.  I've spent the last few days out of commission with the flu.  Seem to be doing much better now.  

Thursday is the only bad day for me to meet up.  I fly out on Monday around noon. When will be best for you to meet up?  I'm staying in Kehei, so getting to you shouldn't be much of a problem.

Thank you,

Erin

Hi Melanie, I'll be in Maui the week of April 9th and was wondering if I may be able to meet you when I'm there.

Thanks,

Erin

Melanie,

Thanks for friending. We would love to service your account. Can you tell me the url of your business and a little bit about what you do, for how long, etc.? I look forward to hearing from you and talking shop.

Feel free to email me: matt at caputosdeli dot com.

Hey Melanie! its rick from callebaut in chicago...we were enrobing together.

also, we had a nice bout with lana about custom boxes ;)

i ended going up w/ sweet packaging...the girl lives in chicago and i was able to meet her the next time i went up. i got i FINALLY sorted out...what a freak'n time all of that was.

i ended up buying a die cutter from ellison.com and had 4 custom dies made so that i could cut chipboard out for my inserts. its awesome.

hope all is going well? whats the latest from the island?!

take care,

rick

Hi Melanie,

Thanks for the offer to give me a source for Valrhona. Try as I might I can't find a way to email you. Usually there is an email link attached to the member profile. Sorry, I can't find it.

Be that as it may, I used to buy the Valrhona from Heinz Weiler at Y. Hata. They stopped handling it a couple months ago. I know Rimfire on Maui has it, but I haven't opened an account with them yet.

If you have a source here on Oahu, I'd really appreciate you passing that info on.

Aloha,

Rich Bockhaus
diamond@lava.net

Hi Melanie, thanks for your message! Both my partner and I would love to come to Hawaii to visit you and bring you green chili. Where in NM did you live? Do you know Nat? He is an ethnobotonist with the UofH and grows his own cacao and makes chocolate as well. Do you need a pastry chef or would you be willing to host chocolate history lectures? Contact me sometime. :-) Mark

Hi Melanie,
I can't remember if I told you that my real name is "Lowe". I was in your Kailua Sweet Paradise store in Nov 08 and Dec 08 when I was visiting from NC. It was great to taste Hawaiian chocolate! I wish I could get back there again soon, but don't know when that might be.

which academy did you go to? i do have to admit that I have not made good friends with the enrober yet...just don't have that knack down. Congrats on the new store!!!

Yumm! Your gonna have fun at the Valentines' party.
I will stop by Sweet Paradise on Friday with some fresh coffee. Let me know if you need some of the 500 gram bars. And thank you for the invite!

Hi Melanie,
I'll see if I can get Sharkey on here, too...and Allan Goodson. We'll have to start our own Hawaii Cacao group soon.
See you next week, hopefully!
Marisa

Hi Melanie, thanks for the assistance. I contacted Hawaiian Vintage Choc. and Hawaiian Chocolate Factory. I also sent an email to a company that seemed to work with farmers to help promote growing cacao, but I dont have that contact info with me. I actually called them as well and left voice mail, but no luck.
Again, even a small amount is all that we need for this Dept of Ag project. I really appreciate any help you can give.
Thanks again.
Hallot Parson
Escazu Artisan Chocolates