{"id":139882,"date":"2019-06-23T15:14:12","date_gmt":"2019-06-23T13:14:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/bestselling-coffee-author-to-visit-durban-for-fnb-creative-coffee-week\/"},"modified":"2019-06-23T15:14:12","modified_gmt":"2019-06-23T13:14:12","slug":"bestselling-coffee-author-to-visit-durban-for-fnb-creative-coffee-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/bestselling-coffee-author-to-visit-durban-for-fnb-creative-coffee-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Bestselling Coffee Author to visit Durban for FNB Creative Coffee Week"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bestselling Coffee Author to visit Durban for FNB Creative Coffee Week<\/a>: <\/p>\n

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Colin Harmon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Colin Harmon, author of the bestseller, \u2018What I know About Running Coffee Shops\u2019, has been announced as one of the \u2018International Coffee Celebrities\u2019 speaking at the 2019 FNB Creative Coffee Week, taking place in Durban<\/a> from 27 to 29 June.<\/p>\n

Colin Harmon is a four-time Irish Barista Champion and owner of Dublin\u2019s 3fe Coffee, one of the world\u2019s most innovative and progressive specialty coffee shops. Colin will join three other international guest speakers who will share their knowledge on all things coffee. The other speakers include Trish Rothgeb (Wrecking Ball Coffee \u2013 San Francisco), Tesfaye Bekele Degaga (Gujji \u2013 Ethiopia) and Stefaan Esprit (BWT \u2013 Belgium).<\/p>\n

Colin \u2013 whose bestselling book quickly sold out in South Africa \u2013 and is excited to visit the country \u2013 and Durban<\/a> in particular. We chatted to him ahead of his visit.<\/p>\n

Colin, what are your expectations of South Africa and, more specifically, of Durban<\/a>?<\/p>\n

I cancelled a trip to South Africa the year I started 3fe so I\u2019ve been itching for an opportunity to get down since. There\u2019s a large South African contingent in Dublin and they\u2019ve all told me great things about Durban. I can\u2019t wait to get to Durban and meet the folks driving the specialty coffee scene there.<\/p>\n

Your book \u201cWhat I know about Running Coffee Shops\u201d quickly sold out here. Have you had similar reactions to the book elsewhere in the world? What do you think makes it so relatable?<\/p>\n

It\u2019s taken me by surprise really \u2013 it wasn\u2019t supposed to take off the way it did. We\u2019ve sold over 22,000 hard copies as well as 5000+ ebooks and there\u2019s also been a Russian version published. Right now, we\u2019re working on Indonesian, Japanese and hopefully Spanish translations in the near future. The greatest compliment I\u2019ve gotten from people is that they can relate to the content, no matter where they are in the world. That\u2019s what\u2019s great about coffee \u2013 it\u2019s such a wonderful way to bring people together.<\/p>\n

The South African coffee community is extremely excited to meet you in person! Can you share a few insights about what you\u2019ll be sharing at FNB Creative Coffee Week in Durban?<\/p>\n

I\u2019m hoping to learn as much as teach when I come to Durban. The great thing about these sort of events is the discussions that come from them. Every time I visit a new country I come home with lots of ideas!<\/p>\n

Do you have any idea of the South African coffee market or will this be a completely novel experience for you?<\/p>\n

I really don\u2019t know what to expect. I\u2019ve purposely not done much research either so I can enjoy the full surprise. I do know that the South African coffee community has always been great fun at the international events I\u2019ve attended, so I\u2019m expecting to have a great time and make lots of new friends!<\/p>\n

What are you most looking forward to at FNB Creative Coffee Week?<\/p>\n

Listening to Trish Rothgeb speak. I\u2019d pay to hear her recite the phone book.<\/p>\n

Colin Harmon (3fe Coffee \u2013 Dublin), Trish Rothgeb (Wrecking Ball Coffee \u2013 San Francisco), Stefaan Esprit (BWT \u2013 Belgium) and Tesfaye Bekele Degaga (Gujji \u2013 Ethiopia) are among the international guest speakers at FNB Creative Coffee Week, taking place in Durban from 27 to 29 June. For more information about this exciting event, visit www.creativecoffeeweek.com.<\/p>\n

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Bestselling Coffee Author to visit Durban for FNB Creative Coffee Week: Colin Harmon Colin Harmon, author of the bestseller, \u2018What I know About Running Coffee Shops\u2019, has been announced as one of the \u2018International Coffee Celebrities\u2019 speaking at the 2019 FNB Creative Coffee Week, taking place in Durban from 27 to 29 June. Colin Harmon […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[18],"tags":[8275,3335,953],"class_list":{"0":"post-139882","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-durban","7":"tag-durban","8":"tag-mydurban-co-za","9":"tag-newspaper","10":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139882","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139882"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139882\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}