Goodnow Farm

Goodnow Farms - Asochivite, Guatemala 77%

55 g Fine Dark Chocolate
Regular price $29.00 USD
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Ranked in the Top 100 Chocolates in the World.

Origin & Craftsmanship
This bar is part of Goodnow Farms’ direct-trade, bean-to-bar lineup, made with single-origin cacao from Asochivite, a small farming community in the highlands of Guatemala. The cacao is grown by Q’eqchi’ Maya farmers who handle careful harvesting, fermentation, and drying practices, then crafted by Goodnow Farms into chocolate that truly reflects its origin — vibrant, floral, and terroir-rich.

Flavor Profile
At 77% cacao, this bar delivers a balanced yet expressive experience. It opens with floral and tropical fruit notes, then evolves into sweet raisin and honeyed undertones, and finishes with a smooth, deep cocoa richness that lingers. The result is dark chocolate with depth and nuance — intense but approachable, with layered complexity.

Tasting & Pairing Guide

Let a square melt slowly on your tongue to allow its fruit-bright top notes to emerge first, followed by the floral mid-palate and mellow cocoa finish.
Pair this bar with a medium-bodied red wine like a young Pinot Noir or Grenache to echo its fruity complexity. For a non-alcoholic experience, a floral oolong tea or lightly roasted black tea gently accentuates its nuanced profile. To add texture and interplay, enjoy alongside dried apricots, toasted pecans, or almond biscotti — all of which echo and elevate the chocolate’s layered character.

Summary

The Asochivite, Guatemala 77% bar from Goodnow Farms is an elegant, origin-driven chocolate that balances fruity brightness with rich cocoa depth. Its floral complexity and refined finish make it a compelling choice for explorers of terroir-rich 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.