DESPERTARCAFÉ & SMOOTHIE BAR

Café & Smoothie Bar

Awaken yoursenses

Your daily ritual with sunrise and sunset views.

Artisan Crafts

Three things we make slowly. One takes hours, another takes a week. That time is the whole difference.

  • Slow drip tower drawing cold brew drop by drop beside a glass served over ice

    Cold Brew

    Cocoa, Dark Fruit, Brown Sugar

    Cold water, one drop at a time, for hours. No heat ever touches it. Heat is what makes coffee bitter and sharp; time is what makes it sweet. What you get is round and soft, gentle on an empty stomach, tasting of cocoa and dark fruit instead of anything burnt.

  • Glass of freshly pressed turmeric and ginger shot, surrounded by ginger root, fresh turmeric, lemon and black peppercorns

    Wellness Shots

    Turmeric, Ginger, Black Pepper

    Small, cold pressed, gone in one swallow. Ginger warms you and settles the stomach. Turmeric calms inflammation, and the black pepper is what lets your body take it in. Lemon brings the vitamin C, honey softens the edge. The fastest good thing you can do for yourself before the day starts.

  • Jar of kombucha fermenting with its culture, beside a glass of berry ferment and a bowl of red berries

    Weekly Ferments

    Effervescent, Tart, Lightly Sweet

    A living thing that makes itself. We feed it and watch it for more than a week, because there is no way to hurry it. In that time the culture turns sugar into something bright and fills the glass with billions of good bacteria, the kind your gut needs to digest well. Most of your immune system lives down there. This is how you feed it. Kombucha one week, kefir the next. No two batches taste the same, and we like it that way.

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The Bar

A superfood sanctuary at the top of the sierras, with the sunrise on one side and the sunset on the other. Everything is made right in front of you: coffee drawn slowly, fruit pressed to order, jars of culture working quietly behind the bar. Mornings here are unhurried on purpose. Three nights a week we stay open long enough to watch the light go.

The Despertar café, a white building with black window frames and a potted plant by the door.

Frequently asked questions

  • Where is Despertar?

    At Gral. Agustín Olachea A, Ánimas Bajas, 23407 San José del Cabo, B.C.S., Mexico, up at the top of the sierras.

  • What time does Despertar open?

    We open at 7 am every day. Sunday to Wednesday we close at 5 pm; Thursday to Saturday at 8 pm.

  • What does Despertar serve?

    Specialty coffee including cold brew drawn drop by drop, smoothies made to order, cold pressed juices, ceremonial matcha, kombucha and ferments we make weekly.

  • How do I place an order?

    Message us on WhatsApp at +52 624 199 5522, or order at the bar.

  • Are there dairy free options?

    Yes. Smoothies can be made with almond milk, and the almond and peanut butters are made in house. The juices and wellness shots contain no dairy.

Terracotta stucco wall with cacti and agaves at its foot under the Baja sun

Contact Us

At the top of the sierras in San José del Cabo. Open at seven, every day of the week.

Hours

Sunday
7 am – 5 pm
Monday
7 am – 5 pm
Tuesday
7 am – 5 pm
Wednesday
7 am – 5 pm
Thursday
7 am – 8 pm
Friday
7 am – 8 pm
Saturday
7 am – 8 pm

Address

Gral. Agustín Olachea A
Ánimas Bajas
23407 San José del Cabo
B.C.S., México
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Phone

+52 624 199 5522

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