Reposo, Afternoon Tea, Coffee, and Sherry

Hotel St. Francis reinvents the the Afternoon Tea experience. Reposo, Afternoon Tea, Coffee, and Sherry. We invite you to usher in peaceful moments of tranquility as you indulge in the exquisite tea-time offerings.

Our mission at Hotel St. Francis is to offer you the finest seasonal, premium, artisan-crafted whole leaf teas produced in the world. We only select teas that are farm direct from China, India, and Egypt, from suppliers that are committed to buying from small farmers and farming collectives to support traditional tea cultivation techniques. By providing the purest, premium whole leaf, hand crafted teas possible, we hope to introduce our guests to the connoisseurship, health benefits, and the serenity that comes with drinking tea. We are offering a broad tea selection including; White Tea, Green Tea, Oolong Tea, Black Tea, and Herbal Tea that reflects our vision of the artisan tea experience. From each tea category we have hand-selected on of the finest teas that best represents it's class.

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Offerings

Come and let us delight you with Blossoming Teas, artisan hand-tied balls of tea placed in glass teapots, which unfurl during steeping to form an elegant flower in the tea. The flowers dance and sway in the water of your teapot, as if the flowers are gently swaying in the summer breeze. the visual presentation is mesmerizing and unforgettable.

Our talented Chef Estevan has created a selection of delicious traditional New Mexican and Spanish sweets which pair nicely with our teas. These sweets are sometimes made just once a year for festivals honoring a village's patron saint. These recipes go back centuries, using traditional spices including; cinnamon, anise, and lavender as well as ingredients such as goat milk and organic free range eggs from the local Farmer's Market.

If you're a coffee lover, then you will love enjoying your own French Press to freshly brew one of Spain's premiere coffees, made from Torrefacto sugar-roasted whole beans. Torrefacto coffee is rarely imported in the United States, even though it is perhaps the premier coffee roast in Spain. It is produced by a special roasting process that results in a remarkably robust, full-bodied cup of coffee, without a hint of bitterness. A portion of the quality raw coffee beans are coated with a fine mist of sugar before they are poured in the roaster with the other quality beans. This sugar-roasting produces a thicker, more flavorful brew. So if you're trying to find the wonderful coffee you tasted in Madrid or Granada, your quest is over.

Afternoon tea also means you can enjoy a glass of Sherry along with a selection of exquisite artisan cheeses. We offer a plate of three award-winning artisan goat cheeses selected from our local Farmer's Market vendors. A generous slice of Ash Goat Mound, Soft Goat Cheese and Mild Aged Gouda made from organic goat and sheep's milk are accompanied by a wedge of Traditional Artisan Date Cake; a hand-pressed cake with whole dates and walnuts, an assortment of Artisan Cracker Breads and salted Marcona Almonds. These pair excellently with any of our specialty Sherries.

If you're not sure which Sherry to order, we offer a flight of three Sherries for you to try. One of these, a rare 1927 Pedro Ximenez ~ Crema Solera, a golden brown and full-bodied Sherry will be sure to delight you.

Come rejuvenate! Experience Reposo ~ Afternoon Tea, Coffee, and Sherry in the lobby of the Hotel St. Francis.

Open Thursday, Friday, and Saturday 3:00pm-5:00pm

Reservations requested please. 1-800-529-5700