Gin is an alcoholic beverage flavoured with juniper berries. Distilled spirit was generally flavored with juniper berries. A Finnish beer specialty is sahti, a traditional ale flavoured with juniper berries. For example, juniper monoterpenes come from juniper berries. An essential oil extracted from juniper berries is used in aromatherapy and perfumery. Locally available seasonings included garden herbs, cumin, coriander, and juniper berries. Wine, such as Port, and juniper berries are used in jugged hare. The stew is usually seasoned with salt, black peppercorns, allspice, juniper berries and bay leaves. Gin is a spirit which derives its predominant flavour from juniper berries ("Juniperus communis"). Since juniper berries have a strong taste, they should be used sparingly. Besides hunting, they also consumed pinyon nuts, mesquite beans, screw-beans, juniper berries and seeds. They harvested "Yucca whipplei" and "wa'at" or juniper berries. The chipmunks diet consists of juniper berries, pine seeds, and acorns. Juniper berries may be the only spice derived from conifers. Native Americans also used juniper berries as a female contraceptive.