Altrei Lupine Coffee Growers' Association
Welcome to the website of the Association of Altreier Lupine Coffee Growers
Here you can find out everything about the Altrei lupine coffee.
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The Altrei lupine coffee has a history of over 100 years. The “Altrei coffee” is mentioned for the first time in writing in the biography published in 1897 about Prince-Bishop Johann Baptist Zwerger from Seckau, Graz, who came from Altrei.
Until the 1960’s, “Altrei coffee” was used as a coffee substitute and gradually replaced by coffee from coffee beans.
Some of the people in Altrei continued to cultivate and keep the plant and its seeds. Therefore, around the turn of the millennium, the Altrei lupine was discovered and cultivated again.
Since 2005, the members of the Altrei Lupine Coffee Growers’ Association have been cultivating, roasting and marketing the “Altrei Coffee”. This happens in a network between the farmers, the community, the tourism, the economy and the associations of the village.
“Altreier Kaffee” is roasted in Altrei and marketed by Sol Montes GmbH, a company founded by members of the Altrei Lupine Coffee Growers’ Association. The finished product is called “Voltruier Lupine,” a name derived from the dialect name for Altrei.
“Voltruier Lupine” and products made from it can be purchased online from Sol Montes GmbH. Online store: www.solmontes.it
“Voltruier Lupine” is also available at the following stores:
Famiglia Cooperativa di Cavalese:
Coop Store in Altrei, Rathausplatz 1 – 39040 Altrei (BZ) www.coopcavalese.it
Coop Market, Via Nazionale No. 18 – 38099 Carano – Ville di Fiemme (TN) www.coopcavalese.it
Altrei lupine coffee is not only suitable as a coffee substitute. It is used as a special flavour in various products:
“Lupinus” beer – https://www.birradifiemme.it
Liqueur “L’Ònes” – https://www.grappalones.it/
Ice cream made by Aldeiner Bergbrot – https://www.facebook.com/aldeinerbergbrotgmbh
Chocolate with roasted Altreier lupin beans – www.solmontes.it
Do you want to know more about the Altrei lupine coffee and his history?
The Altrei Tourist Association organizes guided tours about the Altrei coffee. You can find the guided tour of the Altrei coffee on page 8 of the weekly program (german):„Kulinarische Schätze von Altrei“”
In following guesthouses, you can enjoy the Altrei lupine coffee:
Bar Altreierhof – Dr.Josef Noldin Str. 13, I-39040 Altrei
Hotel Langeshof – Katharina-Lanz Str. 3, I-39040 Altrei – https://www.langeshof.com
Gasthaus Kürbishof – Guggal 23, I-39040 Altrei – http://www.kuerbishof.it/
Krabesalm above Altrei
If you want to enjoy our lupine coffee at home, we recommend:
As infusion: 0,5lt water for 8 cups 55g (approx. 18 heaped teaspoons) infuse 8min.
Mocha: 0,2lt water for 3 cups 16g (approx. 5 heaped teaspoons)
In the mocha is recommended to fill the funnel only half maximum, as the powder swells. As an infusion, you can very well vary the amount according to your taste.