Goodnow Farms’ Yasica Especial | #PodSaveChocolate
Episode 7 of #PodSaveChocolate features the chocolate of the award-winning Goodnow Farms, with a focus on the recent release of their limited-edition Yasica Especial bar made from Criollo beans from Nicaragua. Starting time: 10 am PST / 1 pm EST / 6 pm GMT.
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Episode 7 Overview
Followers of #TheChocolateLifeLIVE may remember that I visited Goodnow Farms in the days before I headed out on my Cross Country Craft Chocolate Odyssey.
Clay Gordon
If you aren’t familiar, you can watch that episode.
In this episode, we’ll be focusing on a recent (and almost immediately sold-out) bar, Yasica Especial (MSRP $35/70gr). There are some wonderful stories behind the beans and how they made their way from Nicaragua (I spent quite a bit of time in this area of Nicaragua from 2014 to 2017) to Massachusetts to be turned into chocolate.
All that and more, including a live unboxing and a live tasting.
Did Anyone Say Award-Winning?
Goodnow Farms’ accomplishments at the recent World Finals of the International Chocolate Awards.
Bronze
- Oat Milk, Plain/Origin bars with alternative ingredients
- Asochivite with Maple, Plain/Origin bars with alternative ingredients
- Brown Butter, dark chocolate bars with an infusion or flavoring
- Fresh Mint: dark chocolate bars with an infusion or flavoring
- Almendra Blanca: Micro-batch Plain/Origin dark chocolate bars
- Asochivite: Micro-batch Plain/Origin dark chocolate bars
- Kerala: Micro-batch Plain/Origin dark chocolate bars
Silver
- Pure Passionfruit: dark chocolate bars with an infusion or flavoring
- Whiskey: dark chocolate bars with an infusion or flavoring
- Lawley’s Rum: dark chocolate bars with an infusion or flavoring
- El Carmen with Coffee: dark chocolate bars with inclusions or pieces
- Boyaca: Micro-batch Plain/Origin dark chocolate bars
PodSaveChocolate Commitments
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I will post the commitment after this episode airs.
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