A day at the kitchen in Portland
Tom Reyes
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Six people, two cookers and a radio that only plays one station. This is how a batch is made.
We start at seven, because pectin does not care about your morning. The first cook of the day is always cherry: it is the most forgiving flavour and it tells us if the machine is in a mood.
Nine o'clock: cutting and coating
Rings are cut by hand-fed rollers, then tumbled in citric acid for exactly 90 seconds.
Two o'clock: packing
Every bag is weighed. If it is under 100 g it goes in the staff jar. The staff jar is never empty.
Tom Reyes
Tom packs, ships and writes. Knows the radio station by heart.
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