in 2003 founder phil jaber headquarters san francisco number of locations 36 area served united states key people phil jaber founder jacob jaber ceo products coffee tea mint mojito pastries website www.philzcoffee.com philz coffee is an american coffee company and coffeehouse chain based in san francisco california considered a major player in third wave coffee . 1 philz coffee focuses on making drip coffee . philz coffee has 36 locations spread amongst the san francisco bay area los angeles and most recently washington dc . history edit original philz storefront on 24th street in the mission district . phil jaber founded philz coffee in 2002 . phil operated a corner grocery in san francisco s mission district for over 25 years and had strong ties to the community . 2 having always had an interest in coffee phil began experimenting with different coffee beans from around the world to create over 30 unique coffee blends . citation needed each blend ranges from 2 to as many as 7 different beans from around the world . he visited hundreds of coffee shops to study customer interactions . he believed coffee had a strong social component and wanted to create a place where people could come together to socialize exchange ideas and feel comfortable . citation needed phil began making his regular customers cups of coffee and finishing the cup with a mint leaf . he soon had a cult like following among san francisco locals . in 2003 phil converted his corner store into the 1st philz coffee location where it remains as the company s flagship store . in 2005 phil s son jacob jaber took over operation and became the company s ceo taking the lead on expansion and building the company s internal structure . 3 philz coffee secured a round of funding in 2013 by summit partners 4 and a few private investors to expand into new markets leading to the first philz coffee outside the bay area in santa monica california . 5 they also secured a series b in february 2015 in order to help them expand worldwide . 6 see also edit coffee portal list of coffeehouse chains references edit peet s rides coffee s third wave with stake in intelligentsia . reuters . 2015 10 30 . retrieved 2015 10 31 . mac ryan . philz coffee silicon valley s cup of choice . forbes . retrieved 14 october 2016 . phil z grows fast with slow coffee . san francisco business times . 22 april 2011 . retrieved 25 september 2014 . philz coffee raises eight figure round from summit angels as specialty coffee market heats up . techcrunch . 1 may 2013 . retrieved 25 september 2014 . philz opens new location in santa monica san francisco business times . san francisco business times . 10 march 2014 . retrieved 25 september 2014 . silicon valley favorite philz coffee gulps up 15 million to expand nationwide . techcrunch . 18 february 2015 . retrieved 18 february 2015 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title philz coffee & oldid 744356748 categories coffee houses of the united states2003 establishments in californiamission district san franciscohidden categories all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from october 2015 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 14 october 2016 at 18 13 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view