Pülantana

A natural, decaffeinated coffee alternative from La Guajira, Colombia.

Breaking apart Pülantana pods to remove the seeds. Photo: Nicholas Gill.

On my recent visit to La Guajira there was one ingredient I was introduced to that caught my attention. It’s called Pülantana. It’s a legume with yellow flours that grows wild in tropical dry forest of Colombia, an extremely threatened habitat with astounding biodiversity.

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