Lupinus pilosus, commonly known as blue lupine, (Hebrew: תורמוס ההרים, Arabic: ترمس برّي) is a species of flowering plant that is edible from the family Fabaceae that grows in Mediterranean scrubland.

[2] In Israeli farms, the Lupinus pilosus has blue flowers with white vertical spot at the middle.

The seeds were roasted and mixed with malt grains and infused in boiling water to produce a coffee-like but caffeine-free hot beverage, Altreier Kaffee ("Altrei coffee").

Interesting not only from a cultural and historical but also from a botanical standpoint, since 2006 a local initiative is reestablishing L. pilosus cultivation in the Altrei region to revive this culinary specialty.

[4] Some have it as their practice to pulverize the prepared seeds and to mix them with wheat or sorghum flour for bread.