Start your Christmas celebrations at St Ermin's Hotel with their new Festive Afternoon Tea, launching this November from £40 per person or £49 per person with unlimited prosecco. Escape the cold, rest tired feet and relax in their stylish Tea Lounge for a well-deserved treat with friends and family.

The season's finest ingredients are at the heart of their new 'Festive Afternoon Tea'. You'll find them in their savoury sandwiches including Turkey, cranberry stuffing and baby spinachand sweet indulgences such as Prune & Armagnac mousse, Cranberry & vanilla verrine, Ginger mousse with mulled berry compoteand Chestnut sponge, spiced pear jam, nutmeg custard & brandy cream.

Children have their own special Afternoon Tea menu 'Little Christmas Angels'. Festive treats include a reindeer lollypop, 'decorate your own' gingerbread and a mini hot chocolate on arrival. They will also receive a gardening pack from Mud & Bloom including organic seeds to take home and an extra special treat for Christmas - a Christmas hanging ornament to paint and make their own.

All teas are served with freshly baked scones, clotted cream, homemade jam and award-winning teas from The Tea Makers of London, including a new exclusive St Ermin's Tea Blend and a comforting Christmas Tea Blend. The new Festive Afternoon Tea is served daily in the Tea Lounge renowned for its Rococo plasterwork. Children's tea is available everyday with prior booking. 12noon – 5:00pm www.sterminshotel.co.uk

The afternoon tea menu at St Ermin's is always inspired by and using fresh ingredients from the hotel's very own rooftop kitchen garden and honey from the St Ermin's urban bee colony that reside in hives in the hotel's 'Bee&Bee' on the third floor.

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Notes for Editors:

• Festive Afternoon Tea- £40pp or with unlimited prosecco for 90 minutes £49pp.
• Add a glass of Champagne for £5
• Gluten free, vegetarian & vegan options are available
• Children's 'Little Christmas Angels' Afternoon Tea is available everyday with prior booking for £18pp
• Available 12noon- 5pm (last seating time)
• Sittings last 1.5hrs

St Ermin's Hotel Property Highlights:

- Excellent location– around the corner from St James' Park tube – minutes from Buckingham Palace and the Houses of Parliament

- Award winning restaurant Caxton Grill on site

- Third floor terrace Bee Hives– home to over 350,000 Buckfast Bees and London's only Bee & Bee hotel, with urban beekeeping workshops available.

- Fantastic family stay packages including 'Budding Bond' spy kits, 'A Bedtime Story' book stays and kids afternoon teas.

- Beautiful selection of Afternoon Teas, served in one of London's prettiest Tea Lounges

- Stunning ballroom and event spaces, showcasing dazzling chandeliers and magnificent plasterwork

- State of the art meetings facilities and private rooms

- Special wedding packages and wedding party events

- Fantastic range of rooms and suites

- Member of the Considerate Hoteliers Association

- Voted a 'Top London Hotel' in Condé Nast Traveller Reader's Choice Awards

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