{"id":108852,"date":"2019-08-30T08:53:56","date_gmt":"2019-08-30T12:53:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=108852"},"modified":"2019-08-30T08:53:56","modified_gmt":"2019-08-30T12:53:56","slug":"fojo-beans-celebrates-first-place-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=108852","title":{"rendered":"FoJo Beans celebrates first-place victory"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/trophy-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-108853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/trophy-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/trophy-84x150.jpg 84w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/trophy-506x900.jpg 506w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/trophy-400x711.jpg 400w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/trophy.jpg 540w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>FoJo Beans\u2019 Partner and Head Roaster Dan Joseph celebrated a\nfirst-place victory in two categories at the Specialty Coffee Association\nRoasters Guild Retreat. Joseph\u2019s team earned first place in the overall\ncompetition after placing at the top of the Light Roast category.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe stuck together as a team and honed our batches bit by\nbit,\u201d Joseph said. \u201cEvery batch was better than the one before. This year\u2019s\nchallenge was a \u2018blending\u2019 competition, which is FoJo Beans\u2019 area of\nexpertise.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The equipment used to roast the team\u2019s way to victory was a\nDiedrich Infrared Roaster, similar to the roaster Joseph roasts on at the cafe\nand roastery in Hamilton. Attracting more than 200 roasters and coffee\nprofessionals from around the world, the Specialty Coffee Association event featured\nfour days of competition and coffee networking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI attend these events regularly to shake up my roasting\nstyle,\u201d Joseph said. \u201cI learn new tips and techniques, which I incorporate into\nmy roasting in order to bring forward more natural sweetness and flavor in the\ncoffee.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>FoJo Beans started in 2012 by Dan Joseph and Dan Foust with\nstringent guidelines for their green coffee bean purchasing, roasted\nend-product and business practices. FoJo Beans received the 2013 Entrepreneur\nof the Year Award from The Chenango County Chamber of Commerce before the duo\nopened a premier cafe and roastery in the heart of Hamilton in 2019. FoJo Beans\nserves coffee and espresso drinks and teas that blend perfectly with their\ngourmet food and baked goods from the on-site kitchen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information, visit fojobeans.com or the caf\u00e9\nlocated at 10 Utica St., Hamilton. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FoJo Beans\u2019 Partner and Head Roaster Dan Joseph celebrated a first-place victory in two categories at the Specialty Coffee Association Roasters Guild Retreat. Joseph\u2019s team earned first place in the overall competition after placing at the top of the Light Roast category. \u201cWe stuck together as a team and honed our batches bit by bit,\u201d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":108853,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-108852","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","category-top-story"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108852","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=108852"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108852\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/108853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=108852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=108852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=108852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}