Matta Caffe

you're on nw flanders st, which puts you in the pearl district, a neighborhood that's gone through enough reinvention to make most businesses feel temporary. matta caffe doesn't feel temporary. it's an independent roaster, which means the coffee you're drinking was sourced and roasted by the same operation that handed it to you, not shipped in from a regional supplier nobody can name. that kind of short chain tends to show up in the cup in ways that are hard to fake and easy to appreciate once you've noticed them. regulars here have noticed. come on a weekday morning when the pearl is still waking up and nw flanders has that specific quiet that portland does better than most cities, then order whatever's on filter.