Lupin Milk

The lupin bean has been eaten around the Mediterranean for millennia (salted lupini beans were a favourite snack of Roman soldiers), but turning this blue-flowered legume into milk is a distinctly German idea. Made With Luve, born from Prolupin, a spin-off of Germany's Fraunhofer research institutes, has been making lupin drinks from locally grown sweet lupins since 2015. The appeal isn't hard to spot: lupins are rich in protein, naturally soy-free and gluten-free, and thrive in poor soils with little water. The taste is mild and creamy with a delicate legume note, gentler than soy. Try it over cereal, whisked into coffee, or in puddings and pancakes — and raise a glass to Europe's most underrated bean.

Emerging — few commercial brands yet