Page 2 of homedistillation of Matricaria recutita
We add a separation glass under the refrigeration tube to collect the
hydrolate and the
essential oil.
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Distilling German Chamomile is a special event: the hydrolate is of
a milk aspect, you see
the blue chamomile
essential oil floating all around...
Details of the chamomile essential oils... Other essential
oils form a nice oil above the
water (most oils are
floating), clearly separated from the hydrolate.
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We were only distilling 330 gram dried chamomile flowers, so the yield
is quit low and
difficult to separate.
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Details of the forming of the essential oil within the refrigeration
tube (blue drops...).
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Separation unit.
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After the distillation, our yield of blue chamomile essential oil.
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We finish by separating the water from the essential oil.
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