Essential Oil andamp; Hydrosol Distillation Kit @ Hen of the Woods Artisan Acres, NS, Canada
Ingredients: peppermint leaves, lavender flowers, pine needles or any other plant you may prefer.
Method: simple distillation
Recommended alembics:
- Split-top column alembic (steam distillation)
- Alquitar
- Riveted union alembic
- Soldered union alembic
- Distilling appliance still
Our suggestion: Riveted union alembic
Instructions:
Place the leaves and flowers of the plants you have selected in the alembic pot filled with water. Do not place too many leaves or flowers or they might burn and spoil your floral water. Place the swan neck lid on the pot, fit the condensing unit on the swan neck and fill it with cold water. As our alembics are handcrafted, a traditional technique using rye putty is used to seal off escaping vapours between the alembic head (swan neck lid) and pot (see Sealing Technique).