How to Make Your Own Essential Oils - Lavender, Bergamot, Peppermint, Frankincense, and Rosemary

Steam distilling essential oils with a 240 volt system is extremely fast and efficient. In this video, we show you how to use our 240 volt essential oil steam distiller. This is an excellent system for steam distilling essential oils at home, including lavender, bergamot, peppermint, frankincense and rosemary. However, for this demonstration, we take our system to the Rabbit Mountain Lavender Farm in Boulder, Colorado where our friend Dave shows us how he steam distills lavender essential oil and hydrosol.

[sirclippliers]

I did taste a local lavender beer once, micro brewery based in Yorkshire, England.

[efratRsari]

Nice video! If you run the still too hot you get less oil and more hydrosol. With that much lavender you stuffed in the still you should have more oils. Lavender should be a lower temp to get a bigger yield of oil IMHO. At higher temp you also get a slight burnt smell on your oil and hydrosol. How is this still different?

[CrazyPandaBrew]

Can’t wait to make beer essentials oils 👀

[bouldersurban]

Where one can buy a distilling equipment like this?

[koltoncrane]

From what I’ve read steam distillation is really sped up in some setups like wagon loads of lavender flower. They speed it up by pressurizing the system which some say is bad for some types of essential oil. So maybe it works for some but I’ve heard it can be bad for others.

[ssadams]

nice looking system. I would use it to make whiskey or vodka as doing that is legal in Canada! Cheers 😁👍🍺

[Max-dert]

Nice video ! Is there any issues if you want to do alcohol distillation after you used the still for essential oil ? Will there be any oil residues in the condenser ?

[uniagape]

Yeah when its cold shocked is best. Thats what we do with the ganja

[s.hdurrani]

I enjoyed your this video, including mistake and then nicely covered correction.
BTW what was the weight of cold raw lavender? and what was the EO was 23 ml and Florence water ?

[moskito]

THX a Ton for using international standard measures like milli-liters ... its really not rocket science and much better to count as in Gallons ♥

[Valko]

i do have enjoyed your video, and gives me lots of ideas to trying this my self, thank you very much for your share, i am from belgium flanders ;-) Carl

[maghteridon]

How would you compare the final result to the extract made by percolation? Is it the same? Very different? If there are differences, do "normal" people (not someone like sensory/smell/taste master) are able to feel them?

[blakereifsteck]

Will this method work for juniper monasperma needles?

[winniepisano]

Hi! I hope you can help to find where to buy that machine

[NeilHaugerLandSpecialist]

What does the oil retail for on a $/ml ratio?

[كيمياءتحصيليثانويجامعة]

When I prepare an oil where i can sell it online

[tomguitaronline]

Its almost as if you are putting the lavender in a thumper no? Why cant you just put the lavender in the first pot with the water and then condense it? thanks, tom

[lamongreater]

Is that steam distilling essential oil buyable?

[alainbastien]

Is it possible to get full details of the accessories ?

[StArikAriel]

ML you cannot weigh :) it is not water. Oil volume should be larger than water's, as it is lighter weight