Distillation - Essential Oils and Hydrosols

Distilling Essential Oils is a passion for many. Distillers use a wide variety of equipment. Some distillers use traditional Alembic distillers for making Hydrosols and Essential Oils. Some use homemade equipment. Designs and sizes vary but in the end, the results are similar. This space is for sharing your experiences, innovations and photos of your equipment. There are many of you who are working on some very interesting projects. Please feel free share your projects and thoughts.

Sunday, September 05, 2010

Harvesting Lavender for Distilling Lavender Reserve

We've grown our lavender from seed. Lots of genetic diversity. Each year we harvest and distill small amounts of "Lavender Reserve" essential oil and hydrosols. Lavender officianados love this essential oil. It is unique in aroma. There really is nothing else like it! Here's JD Higdon's Lavender Harvester. Each row only takes us about 3 minutes to harvest.