The Altrei lupin, colloquially also called Altreier coffee, and in the local dialect called “Voltruier coffee” is a rough-seeded lupine (Lupinus pilosus Murr). It has been grown in Altrei for more than 100 years. This blue flower has long been used as a coffee substitute and to refine foods.

Altrei coffee
Altrei coffee is a mixture of lupins with barley, wheat or figs. The production of lupin coffee in the 1.200 m high Altrei was tradition until the triumph of the coffee bean chains Meinl, Tschibo and Illy. After decades of being virtually forgotten, some farmers in the village rediscovered this typical beverage.
Some pruducts like chocolate and beer you will find directly in the shop at Altrei!

Medicinal Altrei coffee
When cows suffered from digestive problems or wind they were given lupins in the form of tea, refined with peppermint and wormwood.

Lupinus - Altrei beer
Water, barely malt, hops, lupins and yeast are the ingredients for Lupinus - Altrei beer.
The beer is neither filtered nor pasteurised - a sip of pure nature.

Chocolate with Altrei coffee
Chocolate refined with Altrei lupin is a sweet temptation.

Schnapps from the blue flower
Do you like your drink a little stronger? Then you should try the schnapps made from Altrei lupins.

Flowery cheese delight
A special delicacy: cheese flavoured with Altrei lupin.