Best Piney

Dried rosemary from Salvia rosmarinus, an evergreen shrub native to the Mediterranean, has been used in cooking and medicine since at least ancient Rome.

Juniper berry is the cone of Juniperus communis and serves as the defining botanical flavoring in gin, a role it has played since the spirit's Dutch origins in the 17th century.

Mastic is a resin harvested from Pistacia lentisca trees grown almost exclusively on the Greek island of Chios, where cultivation dates back over 2,500 years.

Dried sliced rhizome of galangal species (Alpinia), used in Southeast Asian cooking and medieval European medicine, with a sharper, more piney character than fresh rhizome.

Cubeb pepper (Piper cubeba), native to Java and Sumatra, was a major medieval European spice trade commodity and was later used medicinally and as a cigarette flavoring in the 19th century.