Colin’s next chapter
As a kid, Colin Harmon wanted to be a star football player, a chef, and a journalist. Colin is none of those things, but oddly enough through his 10-year coffee career, he’s managed to achieve those ambitions in a coincidental way.
“I got to represent my country in front of hundreds of spectators in the World Barista Championship (WBC), I’ve just put two commercial kitchens into my cafés, and I’ve written my first book. So, in many ways coffee has given me the avenue to achieve all of my early ambitions,” Colin says.
Colin’s first taste of hospitality was flipping burgers at Dublin’s Grafton Street McDonald’s at age 15, followed by cafés and bar work during his university days, studying business and law. When he finished his undergraduate study, Colin worked in financial services until he grew restless and went back to the one job that made him happy – hospitality.
He started serving coffee during the
