Ukusukela oko wadibana noJanet ngo-2011, uFrances Ma ebekhokela iPhulo leLittlePod leVanilla yokwenyani eHong Kong. Baphinde badibana eJapan kwinyanga ephelileyo, uJanet noFrances babonakalise impumelelo yabo yangaphambili ngaphambi kokuba bajike bajonge kwikamva kwaye baqhayise isicwangciso sokwazisa iimveliso zeLittlePod eTshayina. Enomdla wokwazi ngakumbi, uPaul kule veki ufowunele umsasazi wethu eHong Kong. Ngawo la amazwi akhe:

Sele iyiminyaka eli-13 okoko ndiqala ukufunda nge-LittlePod kwaye ndadibana noJanet eLondon. Ukususela ngoko uye waba ngumhlobo osenyongweni, umcebisi kunye nomntu endimhlonelayo kwaye ndiyamthanda. Oko saqala ukudibana ngo-2011, uJanet uthathe i-LittlePod waya kwelinye inqanaba kwaye wenza umsebenzi omkhulu ukuxhasa uluntu lokulima ivanilla kwihlabathi liphela. Ufezekise izinto ezimangalisayo kwaye ndiyazingca ngokuba yinxalenye yosapho lweLittlePod. Amawonga amangalisayo azuzwe nguJanet kunye neLittlePod ayamangalisa. Ndiyoyika nje ndicinga ngayo. Ukufowunela uJanet umcebisi wam kunye nomhlobo othandekayo kubaluleke ngokwenene.

Ndinebhongo ngokusasaza igama kunye nokuxhasa iPhulo leLittlePod leVanilla yokwenyani eHong Kong. Ukugxininisa ukubaluleka kokuyigcina i-REAL ibisoloko ingundoqo kwaye ndiyaqala ukubona utshintsho apha. Kukho umdla omkhulu kwi I-LittlePod yendalo ye-vanilla paste kwaye abantu abaninzi basebenzisa i-vanilla yokwenene eHong Kong, nokuba yivenkile yokubhaka okanye abapheki basekhaya. Ngelishwa, amatyathanga kunye neendawo zokubhaka ezinkulu zisathanda ukusebenzisa i-vanillin yokwenziwa kuba inexabiso eliphantsi. Iipropati zaseHong Kong ziphakathi kwezona zibiza kakhulu kwihlabathi. Oku kuthetha ukuba abantu kufuneka bacinezele iipeni naphina apho kunokwenzeka khona ukuze bahlawule irenti ephezulu ngokungaqhelekanga ekufuneka ihlawulwe ukuze bahlale kwiindawo eziphambili.

Usemkhulu umsebenzi ekufuneka wenziwe kodwa umyalezo uyafikelela kwaye nemiqondiso iyakhuthaza. Zininzi iivenkile ezintle ezisebenzisa i-vanilla yokwenyani kwiimveliso zazo ezikumgangatho ophezulu apha kwaye asiyi kuyeka ukusasaza igama. IVanila eHong Kong ithande ukusetyenziswa kwiidessert, nangona ndiyathemba ukuba oku kuya kutshintsha. Sifuna abantu abaninzi ukuba basebenzise i-vanilla ekuphekeni kwabo kwemihla ngemihla ukuxhasa ngcono amafama e-vanilla. Isonka esifutshane esivela Incwadi yokupheka yeVanila kaJanet yindlela yam yokuya kwiresiphi, kodwa ndiyazama kwaye ndisebenzisa i-vanilla kwizitya ezinencasa ngakumbi. Kutshanje, ndifumanise ukuba i-vanilla isebenza kakuhle neentlanzi kunye nokutya kwaselwandle. Lo ngumyalezo endizama ukuwudlulisela ebantwini abaninzi.

Bendithengisa imveliso enye yeLittlePod - incama yendalo yevanilla - ngalo lonke eli xesha, kodwa sele iza kutshintsha. I-vanilla paste ithandwa kakhulu kwaye yamkelwe kakuhle apha eHong Kong. Kodwa kukho abanye abapheki abanesiqhelo esithe chatha kwaye ndichulumancile ukwazisa i-LittlePod's Madagascan, iTahiti kunye ne-Indonesia vanilla pods eHong Kong. Oku kuya kunceda ukusasaza umyalezo ngakumbi kwaye ukrwelele umgca ngaphantsi ukubaluleka kokuxhasa abalimi bevanila. Le yinto uJanet ayitshatsheleyo iminyaka ngokusebenza kweLittlePod kunye neMade kunye namafama aseBali. Ukusukela oko ndiqala ukuva ngale projekthi, bendichulumancile kwaye ndilindele ezi pods zevanila ezikhethekileyo ukuba zilungile.

Kuluvuyo ukubona Iipods zevanilla zaseIndonesia ezivela kwigadi yeziqhamo yaseLittlePod eBali. Esi sisiphumo sokusebenza nzima kwabalimi kunye nawo wonke umdla oqhube lo msebenzi wothando. Ukuxhasa le projekthi, sibuyisela into kuluntu lwamafama. Oku kubakhuthaza ukuba baqhubeleke ngokulima ngokuzinzileyo, bedala imeko-bume engcono yezizukulwana ezizayo. Yintoni elunge ngakumbi kunoko? I-LittlePod inceda ukugcina iplanethi kunye nokubandakanyeka kwiPhulo leVanilla yokwenyani yinto engenangqondo. Kufuneka siqhubeke sisenza lo msebenzi ubalulekileyo ukuze siqinisekise ukuba amahlathi ashinyeneyo ayasinda ukuze izizukulwana ezizayo ziyonwabele.

Ndilithandile iPhulo leLittlePod leVanilla yokwenyani ukusukela oko ndaqala ukuva ngayo ngo-2011. UJanet wandixelela emva koko ukuba abantu abazange baqonde ukubaluleka vanilla kwaye ndiye ndafunda ukususela ngoko. Abantu abayazi ngokwaneleyo malunga ne-vanilla yokwenyani, ukulima okuzinzileyo kunye nefuthe ezi zinto ezinalo kwiplanethi. Kunjalo kwihlabathi liphela, hayi apha eHong Kong kuphela. Ukubaluleka kwe esithi "hayi" kwi-vanillin yokwenziwa kunye nokuguqula abantu kwi-REAL vanilla eHong Kong nakwihlabathi liphela yinto esizama ukuyenza sonke.

I-LittlePod yendalo ye-vanilla paste idibana nabathengi kwiMpuma Ekude kuba ikumgangatho ophezulu. Kulula ukuyisebenzisa. Umbhobho unoyilo olupholileyo, olucocekileyo kunye nobuhle. Ilula, ukanti iyindalo kwaye iyinyani. Leyo yeyona nxalenye ibalulekileyo. Wonke umntu kwi-LittlePod uyazithanda kakhulu iimveliso zabo kwaye oku kwenza abantu bazive beqhagamshelwe ngokobuqu. Le ayisiyiyo nje enye imveliso esuka kwishelufu. Sisiphumo somntu. Yindlela esinokuthi sonke sinxibelelane ngayo ngothando lwethu olwabelwana ngalo lwe-REAL vanilla eHong Kong nangaphaya. Yile nto iLittlePod iyenzayo kakuhle.

Kwathetha ihlabathi kum ukubona uJanet kwakhona – naseJapan ngokunjalo! Ndiyifumene ichukumisa kakhulu. Siye sahlala sinxibelelana kule minyaka idlulileyo, singathethi nje ngomsebenzi, kodwa malunga neentsapho zethu kwaye, ewe, iintsuku ezimnyama zobhubhane. Kwaba ngathi sisandul’ ukubonana, kodwa ke akunjalo. UJanet umhle njengakuqala - okanye mhlawumbi nangaphezulu! Sachitha imini sincokola kwaye sibambana, sajikeleza indawo yeTower yaseTokyo emva koko satya isidlo sangokuhlwa kunye nexesha elimnandi kunye. Ukutya kunye ne-ambience yayimnandi, kodwa ukwabelana ngeli xesha noJanet kwakungaphezulu. Ndiya kuyigcina ke le nto ngonaphakade. Enkosi Janet.

Sathetha kakhulu malunga nexesha elidlulileyo, kodwa ugxininiso lwethu ngoku lukwikamva leLittlePod kwiMpuma Ekude. Kum, iprojekthi elandelayo kukufudukela eTshayina, nto leyo enika umdla. I-China yimarike ekhulayo eneendawo zokubhaka ezininzi ezizezentshona kakhulu malunga neekeyiki zabo, izimuncumuncu kunye neziselo. Eli iya kuba lithuba elihle kakhulu lokuba somelele Iphulo lethu leVanila yokwenyani kwiMpuma Ekude kunye nokuqesha isizukulwana esitsha se-LittlePodders zaseTshayina! Kuya kuba ngumceli mngeni, kodwa ndiwulungele. Ndiyathemba ukuba ayizukundigcina ndixakeke kakhulu njengoko ndinethemba lokundwendwela uJanet kunye neqela eLittlePod HQ kungekudala kakhulu!

Ukusuka kwiqela elilapha e-East Devon, sithumela i-vanilla hugs kuFrances kuzo zonke iiLittlePodders zethu eHong Kong nangaphaya! Enkosi Frances, sijonge phambili ekwamkeleni ukuba ubuyele kwiLittlePod HQ kungekudala x