Goodnow Farms’ Yasica Especial | #PodSaveChocolate

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Episode 7 OverviewIn this episode, we’ll be focusing on a recent (and almost immediately sold-out) bar, Yasica Especial (MSRP $35/70gr). There are some wonde…
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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.

The Cross Country Craft Chocolate Odyssey: Prelude
In which I leave New York City, my home base for nearly forty years, and covering the week before embarking on the first leg of my journey – Boston to Cincinnati via Chicago.
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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

  1. Oat Milk, Plain/Origin bars with alternative ingredients
  2. Asochivite with Maple, Plain/Origin bars with alternative ingredients
  3. Brown Butter, dark chocolate bars with an infusion or flavoring
  4. Fresh Mint: dark chocolate bars with an infusion or flavoring
  5. Almendra Blanca: Micro-batch Plain/Origin dark chocolate bars
  6. Asochivite: Micro-batch Plain/Origin dark chocolate bars
  7. Kerala: Micro-batch Plain/Origin dark chocolate bars

Silver

  1. Pure Passionfruit: dark chocolate bars with an infusion or flavoring
  2. Whiskey: dark chocolate bars with an infusion or flavoring
  3. Lawley’s Rum: dark chocolate bars with an infusion or flavoring
  4. El Carmen with Coffee: dark chocolate bars with inclusions or pieces
  5. Boyaca: Micro-batch Plain/Origin dark chocolate bars
Single Origin Craft Chocolate
We’re on Food & Wine’s List of The Best Chocolate in America! Our chocolate is handcrafted with freshly pressed single origin cocoa butter.
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Episode Hashtags

#GoodnowFarms #GoodnowFarmsChocolate
#Nicaragua #CacaoBisiesto # YasicaEspecial
#cocoa #cacao #cacau
#chocolate #chocolat
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