Gifiti is a prepared beverage associated with the Garifuna community, named after the Garifuna word for “bitter”. With its origins as a medicinal concoction of the Afro-descendants of Honduras, its ingredients include herbs such as chamomile, pericon, anise, fat pepper, cloves and palo de hombre, among others. Although it consists of a base of seven plants, Gifiti can include up to 38 different types of roots, leaves, branches, flowers and seeds.