12 Days of Local Christmas: Philz Coffee

If I didn’t know Stephanie, I would miss out on so many local good food options. She only moved down here last year, but has already managed to locate my favorite lunch spot, Tootsie’s, and now has turned me onto Philz Coffee. Originally only in San Francisco, Philz recently opened a spot on Middlefield in Palo Alto, and Philz is my last and final suggestion for 12 Days of Local Christmas.

Started in San Francisco in 2003, Philz is a labor of love for Phil Jaber and his son Jacob. They focus on coffee blends, and they offer these coffees through drip stations, a method of coffee service catching on more and more in the Bay Area. I drink decaf, and usually when I want a cup of drip coffee, I am stuck with the one variety of decaf available that day. Not so at Philz, where each cup of drip coffee is prepared to order!

When ordering coffee beans, you need to know how you like your coffee – light, medium or dark roast. Within those categories, there are more choices to make. We are trying Jacob’s Wonderbar Brew, which has lovely undertones of chocolate and nuts.

Through the end of this month (December 2009), 1 pound of Tesora (House Blend) is on sale for $10. That would make a mighty nice stocking stuffer. Or a New Year’s gift to start the new year off with a buzz!

I hope you have enjoyed these 12 local food suggestions – I know I have enjoyed sampling and putting them together. Merry Christmas!