How to Extract Essential Oils from Mint and other Herbs 

This was awesome. After several videos of herb infused olive oil i finally found a tutorial on extracting the oil from the herbs!

This is exactly what i was searching for. This shows why essential oils are expensive.

Only thing I see that was missed and should be mentioned is that when first starting the procedure, you should fill the oil separator just past the first open tube with distilled water. This will prevent any precious oil from being lost when it rises by going into the hydrosol collector.

OMG! Thank you so much for a simple explanation of how to extract plant oil. Honestly, some of these RU-vid videos, people just talk you into a comma, and give you heaps of information you don't need (as ultimately, like home brew, it will be trial and error until you get the right product for yourself personally). Add to that the fact that they speak in another (scientific) language. Thank you so much for just speaking in a language the average Jolene can understand, and for just getting to the bloody point! Bravo! :-)

First time seeing how to make essential oils. I thought you provided a clear and detailed understanding for a first time watcher. Thanks. I'm sure there is much more to learn but I appreciate someone who can demonstrate with enough info that will allow anyone to pick up. Well done!

The best and most simple explanation on RU-vid. Others talk nonstop and others can’t even state the simple. Thanks for the great explanation of the process

Awesome thanks man so was so simple explanation to show people how to extract oil of any herbs really useful tutorial, keep on God bless you :)

No reason not like like this vid - well done, I’ve been planing on doing this myself. I am surprised at the amount you got for the short period of time you had it going - I’m all in to getting a distiller now - cheers!

Thank you for this. I wanna start my own perfume business and I wanna make my own essential oils. 💖 This video's very helpful. 👍

Whoooo! Great contribution for the average folk very simple yet intricate stuff! We know this oil have a lot of uses thanks for sharing your knowledge very interesting!! Blessings!

Very well presented, clear and concise and you make it look very easy, I was very impressed. Keep up the great work.

Thank you. A rare, informative video on an atypical process of modern life.

My wife and other ladies at church are starting to talk about and use essential oils. Good video !

I want to see more videos about making essential oils! Love this

Well done. . If you put a vigreux condenser into your setup you can distill that oil infused water in the boiling flask. The vigreux acts as a fractioning column to separate the oil and water

Both of you are awesome a well-matched pair. I enjoy your stuff, peace.

Thank you all the other videos I found involved in the old fashion process of using alcohol

Have tons of spearmint and peppermint growing in my yard, can't wait to make my oil. Great video.

great job bud, great lil set up too, AANNDD stunnin garden yall got. blessings from the UK

Great Job I'm glad I found you...Thanks for your teaching.

I’m not sure how I came across this, but I feel like it was for a reason. Thank you for a simple explanation.

Thanks for sharing, I always thought the leaf is cook with oil to get the spearmint oil 😄, you’re lucky guy to have a lovely couple to join you for the hobby 👍🏻👍🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

Wow thank you so much po sor.. This video very helpful for our current business research... Hoping for more video about extraction

50 Minutes???? Woah that takes FOREVER! Anyway such satisfying video ^^

That's a dandy little distiller that you guys have...I may just have to procure one for myself! Nice work!

Thank you for this interesting video, and your very clear explanation.

That is awesome!! I always wondered how that was done.

Finely found a video that doesn't require chemicals thank you

Great video, thanks for linking your setup!

Good morning this the most awesome stuff ever. Thank you for sharing.

Just loooove watching this over and over

Awesome video thank you so much super down-to-earth sounding really cool how you went over it with not a bunch of filler words wish you could be in almost every video I've Ever Needed on this awesome RU-vid site hope you make a bunch more appreciate it. talk later

I blow glass and want to make some distillers.. Any suggestions on design, function, or improvements you would want yours to have?

That is excellent. I look forward to the soap making videos. :-)

Great video guys. I'm trying it out on Melaleuca

thats nice, and the water can be used for the plants or other uses , nice. thanks

Yes such a beautiful sight!! Nature is thy medicine. How much was your distillery set and did it all come together

That was really cool to watch.. Thank you! ☺💕

Would be pretty neat. I have alway's had an interest in chemistry and this is an awesome way to demonstrate.

wow that's amazing! Thanks for the post.

Great video really informative and easy to follow Thanks man

absolutely love it I wonder doe were a oils extractor of such magnitude would be bought off the internet for example accurately a website please

You explained perfectly! Thank you so much!

Thank you! Now I can make some fun oils! (Poison Ivy, Poison Sumac, Stinging Nettle, Mint, Dandelion, And Sassafras)

Nice work, great info,. Thanks.

Awesome awsome!!! My husband fell flat on his face when he saw this.

way cool !! I never knew how essential oils were extracted

Awesome demonstration!

It was very interesting. I loved to watch it.

I work on a mint farm. This is pretty much how we do it but on a large scale. In our still we have a boiler that came out of a hospital to heat the water.

Great video, very informative. I am new to this and would like to know what kind of distiller you have. I see some on Amazon but I don't know one from the other. Thanks

Been looking for this video for months

Thanks, I really wanted to know how. Real essential oils are incredible.

wow! I would love to have a set of my own.

recommendations on the water pump your using? thanks. great video!

Hi. Great video! Do you think you can extract oil from the Jamaica hibiscus plant??? What kind of machine or equipment could be the best for someone that has never done this. Major thanks!!!

Wow very beautiful I see why oil cost so much. Wonderful job. You should teach a class once a month here in NYC

I know this is a lot to ask and this video was 6 years ago, but just in case someone has the time to help me, would you please give me a parts list so I can go buy these items? This whole thing was so fascinating to me. When he first started, it looked like it was going to be very difficult but the way he explained every stage, what each section did and why, I think I'd like to try it. Also, I'm getting into the essential oil thing pretty late in life. I'm just north of 60 and started growing my own herbs but short of what I use in my cooking, I don't know what herbs do what, how I would figure out what temperature to extract them at and how to use each oil I make. Even if no one helps me, I still think this was a really cool video. His willingness to show each phase was super cool. And even more super cool was having his wife help him. Thank you for this video. At the very least, your video brought in another fan of the effort.

It's steam distillation process And nice video 👌👌👌👌👌

So,... the steam heats the oil to a vapor and carries it up and out of the flask? then when you cool it the water and oil vapor condenses out? Cool! That's a lot of work for just a few drops of oil, but it's so concentrated. LIke those few drops equals a pound of leaves? The boiling flask looks like a bunch of tea! I appreciate the value of essential oils a lot more seeing the process! LOL. I love this video! Thumbs Up!

Thank you for showing us the process, that was generous hearted of you for unselfishly sharing that. Where could I get a contraption like that? Is it bad to have a minute amount of water in the oil because really how can you avoid getting just a tiny amount of water in that little jar?

Very fun to watch! Thank you!

Very cool! Thanks for sharing.

Where can I purchase this equipment to make essential oils for my shop you broke this down so easily and so good I feel comfortable with doing it myself

It looks like you are use the mint whole leaf and steam. Try giving it a good hand chop and see how much you get. Love your set up and the whispers.

Good information, thanks.

wow.... thank you so much sir!

Awesome job guys. I live in the bush in New Zealand and want to extract manuka and kanuka oil. Could I use this same process. Thanks Mark.

Great stuff!

I thank you for the video. I like the glass extraction apparatus. The link you gave does not have the one you are using. Would you have anymore information to give me to help find the one you are using?

thanks for the video, i've been looking to make extracts, for cocktail use, and i need to make strong flavour extracts... tha same method could be use using alcohol right ?

I have Chocolate Mint that I am going to make tincture from. Can't afford a distiller just for the small amount of my mint. But you do an Awesome job.

Great video man. Thank you

very good thanks!

Perfect. To the point.

If you wrap some fiberglass cloth around your extraction bulb, you will get less oil dripping back into the steam generator and get more oil condensing faster. Signed aka "The Unknown Chemist" VWR and Fisher have it in rolls. I've used a darning needle and fiberglass thread to sew it in place. (I unraveled it from the cloth.) Aluminum foil works too.

Very interesting video. I’m studying how using ethanol soaking of poison ivy and a distillation process like yours, pure uruthiol oil (poison) can be extracted. For scientific purposes only of course

Thank you this was great!

Wow???? I'd love to do that!!!! Soooo Cool!!!

Gonna use up as much of the year's leftover mint chocolate mint sinc other herbs this way before winter

So coooooool! Thanks for showing this!👍🏾

When you started touching it with your bare hands I thought "What is he doing!?" But then I remembered I'm just allergic to mint and no one else has a problem with it. Nice video

Thank you for the video 📹

That is Awesome!

wow simply awesome

Omg I found you, thank you!

Excellent, thank you 🙏

Cool. Nice one bro.

Nice info. Can u make video of how to make circumin from turmeric powder.if possible.

Amazing 👏

Thank-you

5:48 That's what my Mrs usually says....... Great vid btw ;-j

Excellent.

Great video!

Oops just saw where you answered my question. Never mind. Thanks!

that is so cool..

Mad scientist! ...nice vid... I believe most essential oils on the market are non-organic and of GM crops and then oils extracted using chemicals, since this would be the most profitable way to do things the big boy way.

Great vid! How is the top flask for cleaning, when you are finished, how do you get the matter out?

Awesome video. . Do you completely boil all of the water out? If not when do you stop cooking the water and what do you do with the remaining water. It's still very dark at the end of the video. I would like to be able to maximize the amount of oil extracted. Thank you for sharing this.

Would the int or spearmint have a high content of menthol? Could I still use it on temples to alleviate headaches?