Goodnow Farms El Carmen with Coffee Crunch, 69%
This Goodnow Farms El Carmen with Coffee Crunch bar starts with their directly sourced El Carmen cacao beans, and then they add directly sourced coffee from El Recreo Roasterie in West Roxbury, using their Light Roast Estate Premium coffee for this bar. The owners of El Recreo, husband and wife team Hector and Miriam Morales, import all their Arabica coffee beans directly from their family farm in Jinotega, Nicaragua, and roast the beans themselves.
Goodnow coarsely grinds the coffee beans and then adds them directly to their tempering machine, which allows the small pieces of the coffee beans to mix evenly with the chocolate, ensuring consistent flavor with each bite. Although the chocolate is smooth the bits of coffee bean give a satisfying coffee crunch.