Description
Goodnow Farms Black Urfa Chili bar is another flavorful collaboration with their friends at Burlap & Barrel. Ethan Frisch and Ori Zohar are as passionate about sourcing single origin spices as Goodnow Farms is about sourcing single origin cacao! They visit the farms personally, trade directly with the farmers, and find unique spices available nowhere else.
Goodnow Farms has wanted to release a spicy bar for a long time. Most of the chili peppers tried added only heat, and Goodnow Farms wanted something more. They found it in the Urfa Chili, which boasts many complex flavors due to the fermentation process it undergoes after harvesting. GNF paired it with our single origin Zorzal Communitario cacao from the Dominican Republic.
The Black Urfa Chili used in this bar is sourced by Burlap & Barrel from Southeastern Turkey, just outside the city of Şanlıurfa. It starts as a red, sweet, spicy pepper. After harvesting it’s fermented in the sun where it changes color from red to black and develops its characteristic flavor profile. Much like the chocolate it’s ground between massive granite wheels and sunflower oil and salt are added during the grinding process. The chilis are grown by farmer Bekir Bey. He and his family spend about ten months a year planning, planting, tending, watering and harvesting these very special chili peppers. For more information visit Burlap and Barrel’s website where you can buy the Black Urfa Chili for yourself!
