Goodnow Farm

Goodnow Farms - Ucayali, Peru 70%

55 g Fine Dark Chocolate
Regular price $30.00 USD
Sale price $30.00 USD Regular price

Top Micro-Batch – Plain/Origin Dark Chocolate Bars 2025
International Chocolate Awards

Origin & Craftsmanship
This award-winning bar features single-origin cacao sourced directly from small family farms along the Ucayali River in Peru—one of the Amazon’s major headwaters. The farmers transport their cacao by boat to the Ucayali River Cacao facility, where meticulous fermentation and drying ensure superior bean quality. Goodnow Farms presses its own cocoa butter from the same beans, resulting in a deeply expressive, silky chocolate experience.

Flavor Profile
Balanced and layered, this bar is celebrated for its floral and herbal complexity, with prominent notes of lemon verbena, fig, and a delicate touch of peach. The addition of freshly pressed Ucayali cocoa butter lends an exceptionally smooth texture and coherent single-origin character.

Accolades & Awards
Ucayali 70% has earned a constellation of honors: Gold Sofi Award, multiple Academy of Chocolate Silver medals, Silver from International Chocolate Awards, and even Good Food Awards recognition in 2023—marking it as Goodnow Farms’ sixth consecutive win in that category.

Tasting & Pairing Guide

Savor the Ucayali bar slowly to let its floral, herbal, and fruity notes—like lemon verbena, ripe fig, and soft peach—unfold gracefully. Pair it with a light, fruity red wine such as Pinot Noir to echo the berry and fig undertones, or enjoy it with a delicate herbal tea like chamomile or lemongrass to highlight those floral layers. A crisp, lightly sparkling cider brings out its gentle acidity, while espresso introduces deeper roasted accents. For culinary pairings, try fresh stone fruits like peaches or apricots to mirror the bar’s fruity warmth, or pair with almond biscotti to add a toasty, nutty contrast to its velvety texture.

Summary

The Ucayali 70% Dark Chocolate bar is a masterclass in craftsmanship, from bean to bar. Its harmonious blend of floral, herbal, and fruit-forward notes is elevated by the use of single-origin cocoa butter and thoughtful processing. Consistently decorated with top-tier awards, it offers a refined and compelling taste of Peruvian terroir that stands out in the world of craft chocolate.

Vegan, Gluten-Free, Soy Free

Like coffee beans and wine grapes, different cacao beans have different flavors. By using beans sourced from only one farm or region we’re able to highlight the distinct flavor characteristics of that particular bean. Discovering those flavors is one of the joys of making (and eating) single-origin craft chocolate!

To make excellent chocolate we need to start with excellent beans. We’ve traveled throughout Latin America searching for the most flavorful beans, and have direct relationships with the farmers who grow and harvest them. By dealing directly with farmers we’re able to ensure we always receive the very best beans, which in many cases are fermented and dried to our custom specifications. Our direct trade model also allows us to pay significantly more than commodity or Fair Trade prices, and ensure that farming practices are sustainable and labor practices are equitable.

All of our chocolate is made at our 225 year old farm in Sudbury, Massachusetts. We start with cacao beans and sugar, and perform every step of the chocolate making process in-house, including carefully hand wrapping each bar. We’re also one of the only chocolate makers to use our own freshly pressed, single origin cocoa butter in our chocolate. Doing this is time consuming and difficult, but the result is exceptionally smooth and intensely flavorful chocolate.

We believe that great craft chocolate is “true to the bean,” – that the flavors apparent in the bar reflect the flavors hidden in the bean. We invite you to explore our website to learn more about the many steps involved in truly realizing the full flavor potential of single-origin chocolate cacao, from personal sourcing to painstakingly roasting, pressing cocoa butter, conching and more. What you discover will change the way you think about chocolate!

Cacao Beans, Organic Sugar, Fresh Pressed Cocoa Butter

Keep in a cool, dry place, away from direct light and strong odors. Store at maximum
18 ° C in its original packaging

Our chocolate makers proudly refrain from using any artificial stabilizers or preservatives in their products, making their creations more temperature-sensitive compared to other premium chocolates.

To ensure the optimal taste experience, it's advisable to store our chocolates in a cool, dry place where the temperature hovers between 16°C and 18°C. Please refrain from refrigerating our chocolates, as this may cause sugar crystallization due to increased humidity, altering their texture and flavor.

On the contrary, if stored in excessively high temperatures, cocoa butter may separate and form a white film on the chocolate's surface. This loss of cocoa butter can lead to the chocolate drying out and, consequently, a potential alteration in flavor. Your mindful storage practices will help preserve the integrity of our delectable chocolates.

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