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We craft award-winning single origin chocolate from fine flavor beans we source personally on our trips to Latin America.

Even R2D2 loves our chocolate even though IT’S O

Even R2D2 loves our chocolate even though IT’S ON THE DARK SIDE! 🍫 🚀

May the 4th be with you!

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NECN Interview with Tom & Monica. Learn why our ch

NECN Interview with Tom & Monica. Learn why our chocolate is on FOOD & WINE’s list of The Best Chocolate in America!

Our latest Limited Release Kokoa Kamili Dark Choco

Our latest Limited Release Kokoa Kamili Dark Chocolate Bar is the perfect Mother’s Day Gift for those dreaming of travel and adventure in faraway lands…

At the start of this epicurean journey to the Kilombero Valley in Tanzania, your mom may notice the unique scent of the single origin dark chocolate as she removes it from its travel wrap- perhaps wisps of sun-kissed raisins and dried mango intrigue and encourage her along the way.

After she bends the thin, dark brown bar until its breaking point and and hears the telltale snap she must choose her path- should she intently pursue the latent flavors and vigorously chew the chocolate, or should she sit back, wait and allow the small pieces to melt in her mouth and the experience to come as it may?

Perhaps a combined approach of chewing, melting and savoring is best to allow her taste buds to appreciate the waterfall of flavors in this smooth dark chocolate bar- natural flavors of cocoa followed by sweet cherry, tangerine and nectarine awaken the senses as subtle, final notes of apricot linger. Curious if this experience can be replicated she may choose to take another bite- familiar bright notes may appear and new ones may surprise and delight.

Through this delicious chocolate journey she has glimpsed East African cacao fruit, terroir and lives of Tanzanian people. Content, she slides her dark chocolate treasure back into its travel wrap and guards it until she is ready to travel again on her next chocolate journey.

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What do you do when you can’t see chocolate-maki

What do you do when you can’t see chocolate-making friends in person? Why not create a podcast and still have great conversations? 🍫 ❤️

Daisy and Nadia from Kahkow interviewed Monica about Goodnow Farms’ journey with single origin chocolate, and it was a great conversation. To hear the episode, visit @kahkow_usa and click on the link in their bio. 🎤

Kahkow not only grows and provides unique types of Dominican Republic cacao to chocolate makers, they also craft award-winning bars, AND they educate what fine flavor cacao, origin, quality and context mean! 🤩

Can’t wait until we travel again and see the post-harvest experiments they’ve been working on! ✈️
(and also take quick trip to the beach! 🏝)

#tastingnotes #fineflavor #journey #podcast #chocolate #darkchocolate #beantobar #singleoriginchocolate #smallbatch #madeinmassachusetts #bostonbusinesswomen #makeminefine #goodnowfarms #goodnowfarmschocolate

Honored by the recognition!
#Repost @chocawards
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Strength and finesse seem to be the trademarks of Tom and Monica Rogan, the husband-and-wife duo that runs Goodnow Farms Chocolate. In Goodnow Farms El Carmen with Coffee 69%, the crunchy touch of perfectly roasted Jinotega coffee adds texture and depth of flavor to robust Matagalpa cacao without stealing its thunder. It is this careful balancing act of complementary bold flavors that wooed judges and won @goodnowfarms a US Gold in the dark chocolate bars with inclusions category for this ode to Nicaragua.

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It’s a special day when after a long winter you

It’s a special day when after a long winter you find the first flowers blossoming on your cherry trees! 🍒

We planted these fruit trees when we moved to our farm- although they are not native to the area, we love the sweet and tart stone fruits and found a varietal that we thought could work with our New England climate. There was a fair share or trial, error and acclimation but we harvested our first crop of juicy cherries last year.

We love making chocolate, but sometimes after a long day in the kitchen you need a break. Walking in the field and seeing nature transform is a gift and never ceases to amaze.

Looking forward to more cherries this summer.

#firstflowers #cherries #takeabreak #farmlife #madeinmassachusetts #goodnowfarms #goodnowfarmschocolate

2nd shot & 1st date for us in a long time! Thank

2nd shot & 1st date for us in a long time!

Thank you Lowell General Hospital for smooth sign up and vaccines as well as to workers, volunteers and fellow participants.

It’s been a long year, and we are not done yet. BUT, we’ve come a long way, and it’s amazing what can happen when we all work together. ❤️ 🤝

#2ndshot #1stdateinalongtime #vaccine #grateful #patriotsday #massachusetts #massvax

This week in the kitchen: Almendra Blanca with Alm

This week in the kitchen: Almendra Blanca with Almonds Dark Chocolate!

Our singe origin Almendra Blanca chocolate spent the weekend conching and developing its flavor. After transferring the liquid chocolate from the grinders and sifting, we will add almonds and then temper and mold bars.

It’s always a process to make this bar- instead of sprinkling almond pieces on the backs of chocolate bars, we coarsely grind our almonds and add them to the chocolate before pouring bars into molds. This way, we have a more flavorful and evenly distributed almond experience in every bite of the bar- the nuttiness of the cacao and almonds complement each other so nicely!

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Chocolate & Cheese! 🍫 & 🧀 Our friends @bedf

Chocolate & Cheese! 🍫 & 🧀
Our friends @bedfordcheeseshop paired their favorite dairy delights with our Signature Line of dark chocolate, and the combinations are delicious.

Our chocolate-making team took a break outdoors to enjoy spring on the farm and the curated tasting flight. Everyone agreed- the different experiences of creamy textures, amino acid crystals, delicate nuances and rich complexities were delectable.

Bedford Cheese Shop's Pairings:
(Visit “Pairings” section on our website for full descriptions and for Bedford contact info to order cheese flight directly from them)
🍫 Guatemala (Asochivite) & 🧀 Wilde Weide
🍫 Peru (Ucayali) & 🧀 Piave Vecchio
🍫 Nicaragua (El Carmen) & 🧀 Walden
🍫 Mexico (Almendra Blanca) & 🧀 Alex
🍫 Ecuador (Esmeraldas) & 🧀 Stilton
🍫 Colombia (Boyaca) & 🧀 Brabander

After a few rounds of tasting, we were inspired by the flavors and added our own pairings to the mix:
🍫 Guatemala (Asochivite) & 🧀 Walden
🍫 Peru (Ucayali) & 🧀 Brabander
🍫 Ecuador (Esmeraldas) & 🧀 Wilde Weide

Have you tried pairing chocolate and cheese yet? Any favorites? Let us know- we’d love to taste them!

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I need a little chocolate pick me up. Hmmmmm… wh

I need a little chocolate pick me up.
Hmmmmm… what to choose…? What am I feeling?

-I ate way too much of the kids’ candy over the weekend and can’t do a sugar rush right now.

-It’s only 3pm, and I can’t seem to focus on work for longer than 4 minute increments.

-I am dreaming of a tropical paradise, but sitting in chilly New England spring weather where the sun is hiding behind the clouds, and I can’t decide whether or not to layer up with a giant, nubby sweater.

Answer:
Definitely Asochivite from Guatemala. This 77% bar satisfies and packs a punch- as I savor this smooth, rich chocolate, tasting notes of pineapple and passion fruit make my journey delightful!

Tropical paradise coming soon, but first, let’s finish up the week! 🌴 🍍 🍫 😊

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We are so proud to be recognized by @foodandwine ‘s David Landsel as one of “50 of the finest chocolate makers and chocolate shops across the country.”

David highlights how we “obsessively” source our ingredients, and it’s true. We love our personal relationships with farmers throughout the Americas from whom we source our fine flavor cacao to make chocolate. And when making flavored bars, we are just as mindful in the selection of additional ingredients from like-minded food crafters to enhance the tasting experience.

We are grateful that people align with our values and enjoy the chocolate that we love to make!

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At Goodnow Farms Chocolate each team member wears

At Goodnow Farms Chocolate each team member wears many hats (hairnets), and Kavitha is no exception! As Director of Operations she not only expertly molds our smooth chocolate bars, but she also manages our production schedule and keeps track of which bars we make each week. 🎩 👒 🧢 & 📆

We built our chocolate factory on our farm in Massachusetts so that we could have flexibility and happily work from home, but it also poses some challenges with production and storage capacity. Kavitha really cares and thinks through the workflow to ensure that each week flavorful cacao beans are turned into 1,500 delicious chocolate bars. 🏠 ➡️ 🍫 🍫 🍫

By understanding our processes Kavitha has increased our efficiency, which magically allows us to craft small batches of Limited Edition bars in our down time without compromising regular production goals. (Hooray!) 🪄 🎉

Just as our farmers add value to the cacao they grow, Kavitha and our team add value to the fine flavor chocolate we make. 💯

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One of the worst things for a chocolate maker is t

One of the worst things for a chocolate maker is to have a shipment of cacao arrive at your kitchen, and the beans are not what you are expecting. While sometimes it could be the wrong type of cacao, more often it is the quality of the beans.

These ladies at Zorzal Cacao in the Dominican Republic are part of the Quality Assurance Team who sorts dried cacao to identify and remove defects prior to bagging and shipment to chocolate makers like us. Defects include moldy beans, conjoined beans, broken beans, small rocks and other treasures from the field. This extra attention and effort makes our job of crafting consistent high quality chocolate so much easier.

QA sorting work is seasonal in the Duarte Province and follows the large cacao harvest in March through early June. Zorzal harvests cacao from its own bird sanctuary and agroforestry cacao farm as well as from 25 local small-medium size farms. They produce and ship 100 metric tons of flavorful cacao annually, and half of its employees are female including their Fermentation Technician Suli, and their Office Manager Damarys who, according to Zorzal’s founder Chuck, “is the glue of the company."

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When it’s a weekend and no one else is in the ch

When it’s a weekend and no one else is in the chocolate kitchen, it’s fun to see how fast the bunnies multiply!

#justforfun #bunnies #spring #whennooneiswatching #whitechocolate

Welcome to Spring and our first Single Origin WHIT

Welcome to Spring and our first Single Origin WHITE CHOCOLATE bar!

Since we freshly press and use our own cocoa butter for each batch of single origin chocolate we make, we’ve always wondered what it would taste like to make a white chocolate. After many tests, we made a batch using our Esmeraldas beans, and this chocolate is a totally different experience.

What is white chocolate? Well, this one is made with single origin Esmeraldas cocoa butter, Organic West milk powder and organic Native cane sugar. There are no other additives or deodorized cocoa butter flavors to detract from the tasting experience, and it is SWEET.

Don’t get us wrong, our first true love is still dark chocolate and everything about it. But, it’s fun to experiment and highlight different flavors. And, with our Limited Release line of bars we have more flexibility to share our unique chocolate experiments with you. We made about 500 bars with this Limited Release, so go to our website and order yours while it's here!

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WHITE CHOCOLATE!!! We’ve wanted to make white ch

WHITE CHOCOLATE!!! We’ve wanted to make white chocolate for a very long time, and it’s in the grinder now!
Pressing our own cocoa butter takes a long time, and white chocolate requires a LOT of cocoa butter. We’ve been fitting in extra presses whenever we can, and this week we finally had enough for a batch of white. 🥳
This is our freshly pressed Esmeraldas cocoa butter, combined with Organic West milk powder (the same powder we use for our milk chocolate bar) and organic Native sugar. That’s it! It’s sweet, creamy and delicious, with a hint of peanut butter (no nuts added, though).
As soon as the bars are ready we’ll be sending an email to all our mailing list subscribers- be sure to sign up at the bottom of our home page!
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First flower!!! 🌸 🌺 . . . . . . #springiscom

First flower!!! 🌸 🌺
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#springiscoming #springhassprung

The 2020-2021 International Chocolate Awards were

The 2020-2021 International Chocolate Awards were just announced and we’re excited to share that our bars won 15 Awards, including a USA Gold for both our El Carmen and Lawley’s Rum bars! (For a full list check our website.)
These wins reflect the hard work of not only us, but everyone along the single origin supply chain. Thank you to all of the incredible farmers and producers who put so much time and effort into creating such high quality beans - this has been an amazing journey and we look forward to continuing it with you!
Because of high demand we’re out of several bars, but you can still find many of the award winners in our online shop. If we’re out of your favorite bar please subscribe to be notified once we have more. Thanks for your patience- our chocolate making process takes a long time and we’re making more as fast as we can!
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#stonegrinding #awardwinning #ethicallysourced #fineflavorcacao #transparenttrade #gourmetchocolate #goodnowfarms

Anyi is the local Operations Manager of the Impuls

Anyi is the local Operations Manager of the Impulsa Bacao project in Colombia, and she directly impacts the flavor, quality and production of fine flavor cacao. 🇨🇴

Even before small-holder farmers harvest cacao from the trees and remove the fruit covered seeds (baba) from the pods, Anyi has discussed timing protocols and quality standards with them. She coordinates the transportation of cacao en baba from 66 farms throughout the Boyacá region to a centralized fermentation center where she then oversees the entire fermentation and drying processes. 🚚🤓

To evaluate consistency and quality, Anyi collects various metrics including:
-Temperature readings: from both inside fermentation boxes during process and outside external ambient environment🌡
-Cacao weight: both at beginning when wet in baba and at end when dry ⚖️
-Cacao fermentation levels: under-fermented, just right, or over-fermented 📊
-Cacao moisture content and environmental humidity levels🎚💧

Anyi uses this data to adjust her processes as necessary rather than miss the mark on high quality. This year she and her team produced 45 tons of high quality cacao for chocolate makers like us, while at the same time Anyi became a new mom! ✅🎉 🍫

#womeninchocolate #womenshistorymonth #celebratewomen #mother #cacao #singleorigin #singleorigincacao #colombia #harvest #postharvest #fermentation #plantbased #directtrade #beantobar #chocolate #makeminefine #goodnowfarms #goodnowfarmschocolate

It was sunny out five minutes ago. C’mon, March

It was sunny out five minutes ago. C’mon, March... really?? 🙄
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#springfever #enoughalready

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