Chocolate
Temper
It's 27 degrees.
The night before Valentine's. A chocolate tempering lab. Yunjae will not leave the marble slab. “It's 27 degrees.” Walk out the cooling tunnel and it's only molds.
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About this work
The night before Valentine's. Only the tempering lab is still warm. Yunjae holds the chocolate at 27 degrees. She is married. Her husband, the pastry chef, is turning dough in the bread wing.
“It's 27 degrees.” Push through the cooling tunnel and the night ends as molds. Stay by the marble and it stops being tempering.
Characters
- YunjaeChocolatier · married woman
- MeNarrator · night assistant
- HusbandBread-wing pastry chef · mentioned
