"One hasn’t walked a San Francisco sidewalk until they’ve walked with a Philz mint mojito latte in hand. That’s Alkhanshali’s opinion, anyway, since Philz is a San Francisco institution; it was started in the Mission in 2003 by Phil Jaber, who moved from Palestine to the U.S. as a 12-year-old and built a coffee empire from the ground (and grinds) up. “It’s dessert,” Alkhanshali says of the icy drink. In comparison to some of the McCafe-esque lattes these days, this drink is a refreshing zip of sugar and caffeine for about $4.50, a creamy peppermint blur to make Cary Grant jealous." - Paolo Bicchieri
