Essential Oil Distillation Process 

This is absolutely the best explanation that i have seen yet online, you know your craft well, thank you

Something I have been wanting to know - thanks for sharing this process.

Just wanted to mention.. I greatly appreciate you sharing this with the world! Looking at your site now and highly interested in ordering oils asap

OMG! So much love in every movement. Beautiful!

I totally love the way you present each herb. I have been studying with my sis many years. No school either. I have learned more from you than I have ever learned. Thank you so much!!! Keep up the great work you do for all of us!!

From Australia (that other State of the USA...along with Canada) Thank you for sharing...The energy that goes into the process is an important component as some may realise... - We enjoyed the video as a family.

I'm just starting into this road of making essential oils with my one housemate. Though you do things on a very large scale compared to what we will be doing, you made it very easy to understand the process. Thank you!

REALLY LOVELY INSPIRING AND HUMBLING VIDEO - THANK YOU

Thank you very much for your great work and share.

Thank you for this video! Great instructions on the subject.

Thanks. Love the set up.

This was great video... going to use it to teach real world applications of distillation to my science class. thanks.

wau! thats nice just a simple way of extracting essential oil, i work with oil extracting company and i would like to learn more from you about distillations

You have definitely mastered it , gives me information as I have recently become interested in this process, I hope to give it enough time and devotion and reach your level of talent. Cheers

(From Carolyn's husband Terry)...I use a 4 day 180 proof alcohol soak ahead of distillation with finely ground product. I believe I get 10 times the essential oil by utilizing this pre-distillation step, but I'm pretty new at this. I have only made salves so far. 1/2 lb of hemp root bulk resulted in 16 oz of essential oil and alcohol mixed. By comparison with input versus output the process leaves about 40% alcohol mixed in the essential oil. This then separates from the salve by constant stirring as it cools. 5 oz of alcohol separated from the salve while stirring . A small amount of the alcohol remained in the roughly 1 quart of salve made....perhaps 1-2 oz per my guesstimate. I'm not upset by the alcohol remaining as I believe that minor residual alcohol in a salve benefits transdermal efficacy.

Nice video. Love the distiller set up.

Great video - thanks for sharing

Awesome tutorial! Thank you!

(Terry) Thanks for the video, I like your system. Mine is home use, similar in effect but stainless 6 quart. I use the old copper coil condenser system. Few in essence production seem aware of the benefits of copper's beneficial neutralizing effects. I studied distillation on and off for a couple of years before building my own. That doesn't mean I don't have more to learn of course. All the best in your efforts. Hope this adds to your production outcomes

That is a really big setup, and very efficient I would say. That is big amount of oil extracted pretty quickly.

Cool set-up!

great vid! I love the homemade innovative stainless rig! simple and effective!

The 10:15 is basically a manually controlled Dean Stark trap / apparatus. You can also use the separatory funnel if you don't need continues operation.

Great VDO , thanks so much for sharing. 👍👍

enjoyable and useful video it is when we let the experience talk

Very cool love the results

Thank you

Brilliant video A work of passionate and rare ppl. you home must be fragrant. your wisdom must be fragrant. your neighbourhood must be fragrant. Even fragrance must be leading to ur address. Love from Pakistan.

Well explained. Thank you 👌🏻

شكرا لك شرح جيد و مفيد .. نرجو مزيد من الفيديوات في هدا المجال

Really cool video! Well made video too. Nice work!

Great video, great aparatus. I would definitely buy oils from you :)

Great video. This is the best one I’ve found

Thanks for video 👍

I love that big apparatus you built.

Just wanted to ask, at end you showed the oil having few water droplets. What can be done to avoid that? To remove the water droplets from oil? And thanks for explaining the complete procedure. Really helpful

I know I am a bit late in commenting as the video was posted in 2016 but I just seen it today. Satisfying to see as Shannon pointed out :-) Do you sell your oils online or is there a way of getting some of your oils. I feel there is some more healing energy in something when you know the source and the spirit they put in it. Thank you for the video!

I loved how well you’ve explained what you do. Just curious if plant matter is the only things you can use?

Good job, what about your loss of volatile vapor at the discharge of heat exchanger which is in atmosphoric, i would suggest a covered trap / funnel would do a over condensing and no escape of vapours, agree?

awesome... 👍🙂

That's a serious still you got there :) How much water are you evaporating during an essential oil run like this?

Yes, yes, after watching this, I will certainly pay gold prices for my essential oils.

hi there, I really appreciate the insightful video!

that is exactly the kind of oil i would be making.. i love any wood essential oil. I was about to order from your site, but i live in Canada :(

merhaba Türkiye'den ... çok iyi bir video, mükemmel! bir sorum var, bitki ve su aynı tencerede olacak mı, yoksa su aşağıda ve bitki üstte ayrı olacak mı? is it important?

This is Awesome! Would lovee to start a Business doing Exactly this!

Hello and thank you for this video, I have a small three-liter still and I haven't had a single drop of essential oil, do I have to keep the temperature at 100 °? I had a lot of trouble cooling the coil (with cold water but manually) it was very negative, do I absolutely have to be plugged into the tap? and finally my cooling tank has only two outputs. Thank you, I await your advice.

i wonder if the pine needles is dried and what kind of tools you used to shred it

Have you extracted gingger oil with steam destilation like that?

Can I get oil mixed with hydro salve.. What are three products of the out come of this procedure..

Great video... What material is the barrel is it Stainless or Polished mild steel?

Is essential oil safe to consume thank you Vernon

Do you use stainless over glass as a preference or because of cost and availability of materials for that sized container? I am curious about using glass specifically as it relates to using a round bottom flask and glass condenser, compared to using stainless steel equipment.

Where did you get that separator! Its lovely.

thanks mate, what about the water part ? that must contain water soluble from the plant could it be reduced to a condensed form ?

Good explanation! May I ask you where you got your bottles and temper caps from? Also, where do you have your labels made? I’m starting out on lemongrass and other essential oils business and any info you can provide will be greatly appreciated. Love your distiller. I hope my husband can build us one because distillers are very expensive.

Can you do a video when distilling ginger?

What temperature do you steam with and how do you know when to stop before burning anything?

How Many Watt is the Element Heater ???

Impressive, can you make Orange oil from the same setup of machinery.

Could you use a bike inner tube as the gasket? would be wider so your lid would fit easier.

Would you make rose oil the same way , or should you boil your pedals in the water ?

What's the music around 09:00?

I've received Jasmine sambac absolute but after some days it absolute oils become two layers ,let me know what's the reasons

What do you do with the hydrofoil? Is it of any use? And then what do you do with the remaining plant matter?

Great video! I'm wondering why lower pressure is better though - is it because high pressure can lead to higher boiling temperature which could burn whatever you're extracting? Or is there some other reason?

Can Avocado oil be extracted in this manner? Avocado pulp can be dried till it becomes dark brown. After that, can the dried pulp be used to extract oil ?

How many littre if water we put for every kilo of herbs please i gave a small lambic ?

Hi, have you shown how to make the silicone seal for your equipment?

Where did you get your distiller from ?

what kind of sep funnel is that? if i wanted to look one up what do you call it?

How efficient would you say this set up is? Did you get it custom made? If not I would like to know where can I acquire a similar one. Thanks

At around 11:13 You mentioned water present in the oil. How did you remove it before bottling ?

Can you put the material in the water?

Hey Ian - where did you get your essencier? I can't seem to find anything like it, at least not adjustable.

Is there any way to order from Canada? The site appears to be only USA.. that is unfortunate.

Does anyone know where to buy an essencier like that or similar?

Hi where i can buy that kind of dustiller here in los angeles, california? Thank you.

what are the usages of this specific oil?

Would this work too extract oil from urine as well oils from the body?

Where can we buy the still like that and how much is one as big as that?

woweeeeeee

Where did you buy your gear?

+ WOW THAT WAS A MOUTHFUL ARE YOU INTERESTING IN THE TROPICAL HERBS IN JAMAICA. PLENTY OF HEALING HERBS . I DO NEEM AND PIMENTO OIL

What r the uses of hydrosol

Whats the use essential oil

Good job I am new

what's the name of the glass apparatus collecting the oil? thank you

Where would I buy this equipment

Where did you buy your barrels? I would like to make my own setup. I will have lots of cedar and other trees to distill oils.

Por favor si lo pudiera tradusir ,al español,gracias. Su vídeo lo ven personas que queremos entenderlo mas,pero no saben este idioma .

Where can I buy your distiller?

What about equipment? If we need it or want to buy then what to do? India Mumbai. Plz give me link or catalauge to choose.

Do you guys make a living with this?

This is from where?

What is that video thumbnail imagik?

what capacity still yo have here?

Stainless steel drums would be good for water distilling! Water is very precious if it's contaminated. Not to mention itd be good to steam wood. There's a chemical used to extract oil, that's how paprika is made. The chemical extracts the oil, then the chemical.is evaporated the oil.

What yu put inside

what happens if you steam distill pine sawdust ?????