Your video is by far the best in explaining how steam distillation works. I thank you so much for making such a great effort to create it. I really appreciate it.
I totally agree, this was just my thought! Like when he, right at the start, explained the trick about "shocking" - it seemed like a typical "old timer's secret", we need to preserve this knowledge for the future generations 💚💜
Another tip for keeping dried stuff from molding in the jars is to "cure" or "season" them for ten days, same as when food is dried. Half the battle is to dry the stuff longer than the machine or manual indicate (as others here have stated) while the other half is to DISTRIBUTE the moisture which remains. Whether dried or freeze-dried, initially, the OUTSIDE of each "nugget" is drier than the INSIDE. (Using totally random numbers to make a point) while the total moisture may be 10 percent, its really 2% on the outside but 8% inside. Where all that moisture collects on the inside becomes the HQ for mold development. If, once they're in jars, you give the jar a good couple of shakes once a day for 10 days, the moisture becomes evenly disributed, and the problem prevented. Just check each day to see if the items show signs of sticking to each other. If they do, pop them back in the machine. I do that for dehydrated foods and never had a problem.
OMG this was just an excellent tutorial. I am going to do this. I have always wanted to do this but never had it explained in a way I felt I could do it. This took the scary mysterious unknowns out of the equation. Thank you Dennis!!!! So fine.
This is brilliant. Probably sums up two semesters of pharmaceutical lab practice. Very well explained, concise and easy to follow. Also beautiful editing, no nonsense and very atmospheric! Thank you!
that was real cool, you opened my mind on possibilities wide open, flowers and plants meet old tech, useful for todays evaporating supply chain world, thank you
Thank you so much Dennis for this superb comprehensive explanation for oil extraction. I'm going to replicate your set-up to the T, Aloha and Mele Kalikimaka.
Hello Dennis I have to say I have to agree with a lot of people in your comments by far this is one of the best examples and explaining on extracting the oil from your herbs 4 essential oils. Thank you for taking the time out to explain this and share this with us I hit the like button I hit the subscribe button
Thank you so much Sir for this video. You really help me understand the basic process of distillation in simple terms. I hope you will continue producing quality videos like this. I really appreciate your patience in teaching the knowledge that you possess. I am deeply encourage by your video to also try this. Thank you.
Thank you Dennis , i appreciate your attention to detail . im just looking into beginning this extraction of oils myself and i found your video very helpful in understanding the process. Thank you for taking the time to pass on your knowledge to those of us who dont know exactly where to start from. take care.
Superb! Thank you for sharing this informative video on extraction of essential oils. Well explained with much love & conviction in the art of extraction of essential oils due to years of experience & expertise in this field! Thank you again very valuable information of God's wonderful works & His natural perfume & many essential oils have medicinal properties! May God Bless you & your family! Greetings from Madang, Papua New Guinea!
Really good video. However i would run the cooling water into the top of the condenser first to get a cooling temperature gradient, just a tiny bit more efficient. Looking forward to more content. Cheers
Hi, I perform some distillations such as rosemary and laurel, I have never tried to distill lemon balm because here it is said to have a low yield, interesting to know that it could make more if it distilled a day after the harvest and the method of storage inside the boiler. Thank you for a great informative video.
Thankyou. This was very interesting. The process still looks really complicated, I did see a manufactured copper farm steel for $500, in one of those brochures- But I’m sure if more people saw your video, then manufactures could come up with an even a cheaper version.
The goal is to be able to connect it to laboratory glassware which really opens up the uses. The copper stills can be good, but it matters how you seal it. Some of the more modern ones allow you to connect to glassware, as well as keep the heated water between reloads. Both are important for efficiency. Old copper stills require sealing with bread or clay.
i love it! my first still was a pressure cooker and a home made copper coil condenser in a 5gal bucket. i like how yours is a hybrid of a hydrodistillation and a soxhlet condenser. very cool
I was also curious if you ever did any distillation under vacuum. Your lab is so peaceful, I can understand how the noise of a vacuum compressor would not be welcome there, however performing the distillation under a partial vacuum would reduce the temperature required to volatilize the steam and the oils. I loved your video and appreciate how thoroughly you explained everything! Thank you for sharing your knowledge!
Seeing the still in operation along with a very clear description has helped clarify my (humble) efforts in the lab. (Nice editing and music selection Ben)!
What a great design the fractioning column is... it's a very old design, used in many applications, water filtration, steam turbines.. even tesla used it's design in other applications maybe all the way to resonance vacuum tubing as in orgone gas...Hmmm
Beautiful video! Clear explanations, not too much excess noise or music. As someone who deals with chemistry glassware daily, you gave a marvelous description of how things work and why the setup is arranged the way it is. I was wondering, when you distill repeated batches of the same thing, do you reuse the same water/hydrosol for each batch and top up as needed, or do you use fresh water with every batch?
Yes, that's part of what makes this great. You don't have to wait for the water to heat up each time. You can just open it and replace the plant material, top off water if needed, and keep going.
Спасибо, добрый человек Мне всегда было интересно знать, как экстрагировать эфирные масла Теоретически, я знал как это делается, Но очень интересно увидеть реальный процесс и оборудование🎉❤
Simple enough concept, Doctor D., but seems remarkably effective !! Can one also use the system for roots, barks & berries? Many thanks for this & greetings from Barcelona 🌿🙏💧
@kuma9069 it can be used for any type of plant material. For bark and roots, you'll want to shred the material to expose as much surface as you can to the steam.
@2:13 ¿ Why start the process with rainwater (which depending on the area, is so often these days contaminated) when you can start with already pure distilled water.
Dear Dennis, thank you very much for your very detailed description of how to successfully distil Lemon Balm. Now, I have a question for you: how would you advise me to perform this activity on ten times bigger scale? We have around 9 ha of Lemon Balm and we would love to try to distil all of this Melissa officinalis to harvest the essential oil. Thanks for your advice. Keep distilling! Regards, Erik v R Vellinga
Erik, Dennis' approach is really dialed in for home producers, but there are commercial distilling units that should allow you to still apply the same principles, but at scale.
Hi David, that's certainly a possibility. Many people use the hydrosol for a gentle spray of the oil, like a pillow spray, laundry spray, in a bath, or as a skin conditioner, depending on what oil was distilled.
Hi denis. Thank you very much for your detailed video. It has been extremely helpful. Im wondering if you plan on still doing the video to further detail the connection directly from the pressure cooker.
enjoyed your video . thank you . how hard is it to clean for different oils, have you ever done cold boiling to open more plant cells for more extraction . you can see on the healing swamp. we cold boil tincturers oil infusions anything we put in any liquid.
Dennis I'm curious if you've noticed increased oil production in patches that have recently had their neighbors cut a day or two prior to their harvest.
if someone sees this.....i have a problem with the system being a sealed system? with the way the clevenger is mounted were is the steam pressure going or is it condensing fast enough to create equilibrium? or is the condenser opened at the top?
Hi! I truly appreciate this video!! Almost every distillery vid I've seen they use distilled water to avoid any contamination. Would it be a good idea to purify &/or distill the rain water first B4 using for essential oils? Sorry if this is an inept question but I'm a newbie.🤷😁 Also... I know for a fact that the rain water here is FULL of chemtrail poisons....js😮
Will that Glassware part work in Distillations where Water is lighter than the Oil of the Material.... (For Example Sandalwood Chips or Oud Chips etc) I think for that the normal without the finger one glassware would be better Kindly Suggest your Opinion Sir
Wow! I sure wish this gentleman was my neighbor. No doubt he holds a wealth of information.
We have much more at our website soilsoulandspirit.com if you are looking for more :D
Your video is by far the best in explaining how steam distillation works. I thank you so much for making such a great effort to create it. I really appreciate it.
My guy explaining distillation better than 99% of college professors. Deep wisdom from years of practical experience.
This is what I want to be like when I grow up.
Hope you get there brother.
Start now.
We need to record all these old timers , , now! ... they have so much to tell and it needs to be recorded . Thank U👍
Yep, see our site at soilsoulandspirit.com for more from Dennis.
I totally agree, this was just my thought! Like when he, right at the start, explained the trick about "shocking" - it seemed like a typical "old timer's secret", we need to preserve this knowledge for the future generations 💚💜
this guy deserves more attention
Another tip for keeping dried stuff from molding in the jars is to "cure" or "season" them for ten days, same as when food is dried. Half the battle is to dry the stuff longer than the machine or manual indicate (as others here have stated) while the other half is to DISTRIBUTE the moisture which remains. Whether dried or freeze-dried, initially, the OUTSIDE of each "nugget" is drier than the INSIDE. (Using totally random numbers to make a point) while the total moisture may be 10 percent, its really 2% on the outside but 8% inside. Where all that moisture collects on the inside becomes the HQ for mold development. If, once they're in jars, you give the jar a good couple of shakes once a day for 10 days, the moisture becomes evenly disributed, and the problem prevented. Just check each day to see if the items show signs of sticking to each other. If they do, pop them back in the machine. I do that for dehydrated foods and never had a problem.
One of the BEST videos on the subject I’ve ever seen. Thank you
This is a great thorough video on the process of distillation! Thanks for sharing!
I don't know you, but I love you. Thank you for being you!
OMG this was just an excellent tutorial. I am going to do this. I have always wanted to do this but never had it explained in a way I felt I could do it. This took the scary mysterious unknowns out of the equation. Thank you Dennis!!!! So fine.
I bought a wee copper still 2 years ago, now i can start distilling! Im a granny woman here in wa state
WILD! Absolutely one of the most intriguing bit information I've seen. Thank you for sharing.
Dennis, you’re a gem! You’re still setup is impressive and I greatly appreciate your detailed explanation. Thank you!
This is brilliant. Probably sums up two semesters of pharmaceutical lab practice. Very well explained, concise and easy to follow. Also beautiful editing, no nonsense and very atmospheric! Thank you!
Thank-You Sir, for sharing your valuable knowledge with us, and future generations.
You are a great person, I can feel your positive energy and unselfishness, thank you so much. ❤
Thank you…. I’ve been looking for you for years. I’ve subscribed and am going to force myself into your magic. Schedule already filled no cares
that was real cool, you opened my mind on possibilities wide open, flowers and plants meet old tech, useful for todays evaporating supply chain world, thank you
Thank you so much Dennis for this superb comprehensive explanation for oil extraction. I'm going to replicate your set-up to the T, Aloha and Mele Kalikimaka.
Hello Dennis I have to say I have to agree with a lot of people in your comments by far this is one of the best examples and explaining on extracting the oil from your herbs 4 essential oils. Thank you for taking the time out to explain this and share this with us I hit the like button I hit the subscribe button
Thank you so much Sir for this video. You really help me understand the basic process of distillation in simple terms. I hope you will continue producing quality videos like this. I really appreciate your patience in teaching the knowledge that you possess. I am deeply encourage by your video to also try this. Thank you.
Thank you Dennis , i appreciate your attention to detail . im just looking into beginning this extraction of oils myself and i found your video very helpful in understanding the process. Thank you for taking the time to pass on your knowledge to those of us who dont know exactly where to start from. take care.
Superb! Thank you for sharing this informative video on extraction of essential oils. Well explained with much love & conviction in the art of extraction of essential oils due to years of experience & expertise in this field! Thank you again very valuable information of God's wonderful works & His natural perfume & many essential oils have medicinal properties! May God Bless you & your family! Greetings from Madang, Papua New Guinea!
Wow,very interesting !!! It is the best explication i have for distillation ,thank you !!! 👍🤠
Thank You. The plant destination was to me a very much mystery. Not any more. Thanks to Your video.
Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge with us! ❤️
Yep this man also does other distilling he seems very relaxed.
THANK OU VERY MUCH SIR FOR A WONDERFUL TUTORIAL
Best video on distillery ever. Thank you!
So glad I found your channel ❤
Absolutely beautiful work. I loved the whole process. Thank you for sharing.
Very interesting and you are very knowledgeable about such an amazing process! I’m going to watch it again. :-) Thank you 🙏
Thank you, Dennis. You're brilliant 👏! I sooo want to do this on my Pachamama Flower Farm!
Lovely demonstration! Thank you for sharing your knowledge!
Much love from Stockholm, Sweden!
You are perfect Realy perfect
I want to learn how to extract Rosemary oil
Very clever idea and very true everything you said in your wonderful video. Bravo
Hello Mr. Dennis, I can't wait to learn more
thank you for sharing your knowledge. deep gratitude to you and the plants 🙏
Beautiful video and set up, thanks for sharing. Great explanation too, quality. Just like your lemon balm oil.
Really Thank you!!! From Athens Greece
Really good video. However i would run the cooling water into the top of the condenser first to get a cooling temperature gradient, just a tiny bit more efficient. Looking forward to more content. Cheers
Thank you for passing on your knowledge
Fascinating video, very well put together and very informative.
Tank you Sir. You're giving hope that I can try this.
Hi, I perform some distillations such as rosemary and laurel, I have never tried to distill lemon balm because here it is said to have a low yield, interesting to know that it could make more if it distilled a day after the harvest and the method of storage inside the boiler. Thank you for a great informative video.
All I can say is WOW!!!!! I may end up learning how to make this contraption.
Awesome explanation if your setup. Thank you!
Thank you for this valuable information!! Very nice video and explanation.
Thankyou. This was very interesting. The process still looks really complicated, I did see a manufactured copper farm steel for $500, in one of those brochures- But I’m sure if more people saw your video, then manufactures could come up with an even a cheaper version.
The goal is to be able to connect it to laboratory glassware which really opens up the uses.
The copper stills can be good, but it matters how you seal it. Some of the more modern ones allow you to connect to glassware, as well as keep the heated water between reloads. Both are important for efficiency. Old copper stills require sealing with bread or clay.
Thank you for this presentation. Pretty sure I will never do this in this life, but leave some hope I might do it in another.
Thank you for sharing. Your video has helped me set down much self doubt I've carried. ❤
i love it! my first still was a pressure cooker and a home made copper coil condenser in a 5gal bucket. i like how yours is a hybrid of a hydrodistillation and a soxhlet condenser. very cool
I was also curious if you ever did any distillation under vacuum. Your lab is so peaceful, I can understand how the noise of a vacuum compressor would not be welcome there, however performing the distillation under a partial vacuum would reduce the temperature required to volatilize the steam and the oils.
I loved your video and appreciate how thoroughly you explained everything! Thank you for sharing your knowledge!
@jakospence no, but that's an interesting idea.
Nice presentation. Very clear to the points.🎉
Beautifully done, sir. Thank you.
You seem like a really cool guy, Dennis. Glad I found your channel!
Thanks for sharing
Wow amazing video! Thank you so much I've always wondered how essential oils are made!! Very interesting!
Thank you for sharing. That’s some beautiful equipment you have.❤❤❤
This is a amazing. A small improvement would be to put the bucket higher, so the need for stronger pump would be reduced.
Great idea! Thanks for sharing it.
Seeing the still in operation along with a very clear description has helped clarify my (humble) efforts in the lab. (Nice editing and music selection Ben)!
Glad it's helpful Daniel! At some point we'll make a video about converting a pressure cooker, too.
This is an incredible video! Did y'all ever end up making a video about converting the pressure cooker?@@benklocek
@@lrntennet Just finished it: soilsoulandspirit.com/making-essential-oil-still/
What a great design the fractioning column is... it's a very old design, used in many applications, water filtration, steam turbines.. even tesla used it's design in other applications maybe all the way to resonance vacuum tubing as in orgone gas...Hmmm
Thank you for sharing your craft.
Beautiful video! Clear explanations, not too much excess noise or music. As someone who deals with chemistry glassware daily, you gave a marvelous description of how things work and why the setup is arranged the way it is.
I was wondering, when you distill repeated batches of the same thing, do you reuse the same water/hydrosol for each batch and top up as needed, or do you use fresh water with every batch?
Yes, that's part of what makes this great. You don't have to wait for the water to heat up each time. You can just open it and replace the plant material, top off water if needed, and keep going.
Thank you ❤ You are awesome.
Thanks for the information appreciate
I'm very interested by your pressure cooker/glassware adaptator
New video is up with parts list; soilsoulandspirit.com/making-essential-oil-still/
Do you ever use a spyral condencer or a lumpy condencer for other applications? I like the stainless pot adapter. 😊
That is awesome. Great setup...thank you
Thank You!
Thank you for sharing!
Спасибо, добрый человек
Мне всегда было интересно знать, как экстрагировать эфирные масла
Теоретически, я знал как это делается,
Но очень интересно увидеть реальный процесс и оборудование🎉❤
Simple enough concept, Doctor D., but seems remarkably effective !! Can one also use the system for roots, barks & berries? Many thanks for this & greetings from Barcelona 🌿🙏💧
@kuma9069 it can be used for any type of plant material. For bark and roots, you'll want to shred the material to expose as much surface as you can to the steam.
@@SoilSoulandSpirit Sound advice, Sir. Thanks again !
I love this video. Dennis, Should I use a pharmaceutical grade vacuum grease since it might be in contact with the oils just to be safe?
If possible, it can't hurt.
Thank you.
@2:13 ¿ Why start the process with rainwater (which depending on the area, is so often these days contaminated) when you can start with already pure distilled water.
U can filter and or distill rainwater… but I agree its better cuz there’s less mineral deposits or anything left behind in the distiller itself
Very nice
Thank you
Thank you dad for the video but i wanna know how many mls do u get on each distillation like this one?
You can put ice and in the condenser buckets
Alhmd, thank you ❤
Dear Dennis, thank you very much for your very detailed description of how to successfully distil Lemon Balm. Now, I have a question for you: how would you advise me to perform this activity on ten times bigger scale? We have around 9 ha of Lemon Balm and we would love to try to distil all of this Melissa officinalis to harvest the essential oil. Thanks for your advice. Keep distilling! Regards, Erik v R Vellinga
Erik, Dennis' approach is really dialed in for home producers, but there are commercial distilling units that should allow you to still apply the same principles, but at scale.
Dennis could you possibly make a list of the distillation parts we need to attach to the pressure cooker? Thank you again.
Yep, here's a post with a parts list, and an instruction video: soilsoulandspirit.com/making-essential-oil-still/
@@SoilSoulandSpirit Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! This is turning out to be a connect the dotes experience. Wow!
I wonder if the cloudy hydrosol under the oil layer can be worked on a centrifuge to increase extraction efficiency
Hi David, that's certainly a possibility. Many people use the hydrosol for a gentle spray of the oil, like a pillow spray, laundry spray, in a bath, or as a skin conditioner, depending on what oil was distilled.
Well done sir well deserved to.
Hi denis. Thank you very much for your detailed video. It has been extremely helpful. Im wondering if you plan on still doing the video to further detail the connection directly from the pressure cooker.
Yep! It's ready here: soilsoulandspirit.com/making-essential-oil-still/
enjoyed your video . thank you . how hard is it to clean for different oils, have you ever done cold boiling to open more plant cells for more extraction . you can see on the healing swamp. we cold boil tincturers oil infusions anything we put in any liquid.
THANK YOU!❤
If you shoot up water from the bottom you can take apart the pieces without the grease. Maybe even use the eo that your making to grease it
Thanks for the idea. Dennis has found that the glass kind of "joins" when there is not something in between.
Dennis I'm curious if you've noticed increased oil production in patches that have recently had their neighbors cut a day or two prior to their harvest.
Very interesting and informative! how much can a setup like yours cost? I'm new to all this and really want to try extracting some essential oils.
I believe it comes out to about $400 when following the list here: soilsoulandspirit.com/making-essential-oil-still/
@@SoilSoulandSpirit great thanks so much !
Do you sell the parts already assembled? This is really cool!
We don't, but just produced a video about creating it yourself: soilsoulandspirit.com/making-essential-oil-still/
How cute is he?!?! 😊 By the grace of god, I’ll shall be that cute and healthy at his age. 😇
if someone sees this.....i have a problem with the system being a sealed system? with the way the clevenger is mounted were is the steam pressure going or is it condensing fast enough to create equilibrium? or is the condenser opened at the top?
Hi @hollyjollydog, the top of the condenser is open.
Wonderful devise. Where are the links to get the products you describe ?
Here's the full list and a video on making it: soilsoulandspirit.com/making-essential-oil-still/
Hi! I truly appreciate this video!! Almost every distillery vid I've seen they use distilled water to avoid any contamination. Would it be a good idea to purify &/or distill the rain water first B4 using for essential oils? Sorry if this is an inept question but I'm a newbie.🤷😁 Also... I know for a fact that the rain water here is FULL of chemtrail poisons....js😮
You are also distilling the water of those elements when you use this device, so we're less concerned with that.
How do you saniy the apparatus when changing to a different Herb??
Simply flushing with water is what Dennis usually does, as he's usually combining the oils afterwards anyway.
beautiful method
This is so very interesting mate, thank you very much.
Will that Glassware part work in Distillations where Water is lighter than the Oil of the Material.... (For Example Sandalwood Chips or Oud Chips etc)
I think for that the normal without the finger one glassware would be better
Kindly Suggest your Opinion Sir
You could try both, but yes, it should work for heavier oils as well.