Comments on: Simple Distillation http://experimentalhomesteader.com/cc/2010/02/01/simple-distillation/ Sheri Ann Richerson's exotic gardening, elegant cooking, crafty creations, food preservation and animal husbandry... all on two and a half acres in Marion, Indiana! Thu, 26 Apr 2012 12:09:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: sheriannricherson http://experimentalhomesteader.com/cc/2010/02/01/simple-distillation/#comment-98 sheriannricherson Thu, 01 Sep 2011 17:25:53 +0000 http://experimentalhomesteader.com/cc/?p=66#comment-98 Hi Shannon, yes, I can. Tie lemongrass in bundles shortly after the beginning of the rainy season. Add enough water to make up 1/4 of the volume. Boil briefly - just long enough for the oil to start coming through. It volatilizes at the temperature of boiling water. It also contains around 80% citral. Harvest rose geranium leaves at the point they just begin to turn yellow. Vaporization begins at 210 degrees F although condensate begins to show at 167 degrees F. Does that help? Hi Shannon, yes, I can.

Tie lemongrass in bundles shortly after the beginning of the rainy season. Add enough water to make up 1/4 of the volume. Boil briefly – just long enough for the oil to start coming through. It volatilizes at the temperature of boiling water. It also contains around 80% citral.

Harvest rose geranium leaves at the point they just begin to turn yellow. Vaporization begins at 210 degrees F although condensate begins to show at 167 degrees F.

Does that help?

]]> By: Shannon Macpherson http://experimentalhomesteader.com/cc/2010/02/01/simple-distillation/#comment-97 Shannon Macpherson Thu, 23 Jun 2011 08:49:52 +0000 http://experimentalhomesteader.com/cc/?p=66#comment-97 Hi I am looking for information on temperature and pressures for the distillation of both lemon grass and rose geranium. Can you point me in the right direction? Many thanks Shannon Hi

I am looking for information on temperature and pressures for the distillation of both lemon grass and rose geranium. Can you point me in the right direction?

Many thanks
Shannon

]]> By: hayiii http://experimentalhomesteader.com/cc/2010/02/01/simple-distillation/#comment-20 hayiii Wed, 24 Feb 2010 12:34:31 +0000 http://experimentalhomesteader.com/cc/?p=66#comment-20 Thank you Thank you

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