Coffee Matter — Restaurant in Bar Harbor

My review is not for the coffee or the food, but for the experience we had there. This morning, we ordered some items and waited in their backyard, sitting on the bench. When our order was ready, I went to grab it and left my phone on the bench, thinking I would come back quickly. They messed up the order, so I went to the car to wait instead of sitting outside because it was hot, and I forgot my phone on the bench.

While this was happening, there were only two customers outside, both appearing to be tourists, and a coffee shop worker who was watering the plants. We left, and then five minutes later, I realized I had left my phone on the bench. We went back, so it was literally ten minutes after we left that I returned. We looked around and couldn’t find the phone. Then we asked the employees, and nobody had seen it. They were pretty helpful and asked everyone for us, expect the one outside watering the plants. He didn’t even ask what we were looking for. We looked a little bit more but couldn’t find it, so we assumed someone took it and left.

We got in the car, and I logged into my MacBook to see where my phone was. "Find My iPhone" showed me a real-time view map indicating the phone was still at the shop, so we went back again. We can see the phone was moving around at the shop indicating that someone was moving or carrying the phone. The second time, the guy who was working outside came and asked what we were looking for, and I said, “My phone is here, I am sure because I can see it on the satellite view. I might need to call the police.” After this conversation, he went inside quickly, and while I was talking to the other employees about the issue, someone brought my phone and said that it was in the kitchen. So, I am not sure who did what and what happened there, but someone was definitely trying to do with my phone until I got serious enough to mention the police. I want to make sure people are...

We enjoyed stopping in at Coffee Matter twice on our trip. We love visiting coffee shops around the world on our travels. Of the shops we stopped at on Mount Desert Island, Coffee Matter was our favorite. This is a fairly new shop, based on the chats I had with the owner, and they are already putting out some of the best coffee in Bar Harbor. They have some creative offerings like the Maple Oat Cold Brew, to some high quality pour over options.

We had two of the roasts provided by Tamdem Coffee out of Portland, ME in a pour over as well as some of their creative drinks and everything was very well done. The woman (I believe the owner) was checking in to make sure we enjoyed the drinks and enjoyed our visit.

I also was watching while she was training a new barista on one of our drinks, and there was a lot of emphasis on details and technique. They care a lot about the quality of the drinks here.

We look forward to stopping in again when we return to Acadia, and we don’t hesitate to...

Coffee matter is attached to Thrive Kitchen, serving fantastic Maine coffee. They have hot and cold brew; nitro drinks; pour overs; French press; espresso and espresso drinks; Bullet coffees; hot chocolates; and hot and cold teas including chai, and matcha. The service was very accommodating and they have milk alternatives to select from. They recommended a pour over based on my likes, and it did not disappoint. You can also buy whole bean coffee here. For take out coffee they have Greenware containers which is plastic made from plants. For dining in they serve hot coffee in beautiful clay mugs. I can’t wait to...