Fig Mood Espresso

Fig Mood starts to introduce more fruit into the espresso. Its hallmark is its fig-like sweetness, but the coffee brings in juicy cherry liveliness and it's rounded out with candied pecan - bringing balance, sweetness and stone fruits. It's designed for those that want to delve further into the fruity espresso territory but still enjoying grounding notes of chocolate, candied pecans and cola.

The coffee in Fig Mood Espresso right now comes from a producer in Honduras that we met when he was a kid in 2012 and is now producing his own coffee and is a force to be reckoned with in Honduras. His name is Evin Herrera and you can read lots more about him below.

Phil & Sebastian Coffee Roasters has crafted this Honduras espresso from producer Evin Herrera around a distinctive fig-forward profile—an unusual anchor for an espresso blend. The roaster identifies layered sweetness and fruit character, with juicy cherry and stone fruits providing brightness, while candied pecan and chocolate ground the cup in deeper, warmer notes. A hint of cola adds playful complexity to the composition.

Natural-processed coffees tend toward pronounced fruitiness and body, and this lot's fig-like sweetness and full flavor palette suggest a roast calibrated to emphasize those characteristics rather than acidity. The combination of fig, cherry, and stone fruit sits comfortably within Honduras's flavor profile, a region known for balanced sweetness and fruit expression. For those curious about how these flavors map to broader sensory categories, the flavor wheel offers a useful reference.