Some Tips. Cut the lemon grass as finely as possible to break it down as much as you can to expose as much surface area as possible to release more essential oil. Also, do not use an open mouth jar as your collection container as this exposes the hydrosol and essential oil to oxygen which will start the essential oil to oxidise which you wont want. If you want, get a mason jar with a metal lid, drill a hole in it and like with the plastic bucket, add in your plastic/silicone seal, then place the end of your copper tubing into this. I would also recommend when collecting the oil/hydrosol, store it in a jar in a dark pantry for a few hours so the cloudiness of the hydrosol can go away and become clear. This way you know all essential oils are floating on the top as it looked liked u had quite a bit of essential oil in your hydrosol. When you separate the oil from hydrolsol, I would recomend getting some rock salt and add a pinch to your oil as the rock salt will draw any possible remaining hydrosol to it and then filter one more time.
Hola, How to know if the essential oil is oxidized? OE color is dark? I distil geranium and some dark drops come out of the copper tube (I use a container with a wide mouth). Beforehand thank you very much
Protip for coiling copper tubing. Fill it with sugar or salt, so that the tube has less of a chance of collapsing when you are coiling it. Then you can easily rinse it out afterwards, since both sugar and salt will dissolve in water. It will even let you wind a tighter coil if you want. You can cap the ends with a wine cork.
Thank you Donald, I have been trying to decide what route to take for years now for essenetial oil extraction & THIS is a pure & simple method & I thank you, thank you, thank you.... from a Canadian in Australia! God bless!
Ha ha. I wish I’d watched this 10 minutes ago I’ve just bought a professional copper still and I could’ve made by losing your three simple parts… Daaag nabbit ! Well at least if I get into it I can make myself a whole bunch of additional stills using your method now I know how to do it thank you for sharing :-)
Don’t use vinyl or plastic tubing if you intend to use a setup like this to make liquor. The hot alcohol will pick up a plastic taste which probably is somewhat poisonous. Use copper for the whole run.
Mr. Porta, I find it interesting that I search for various topics and see your name pop up often. Thanks for the broad range of videos and thurogh explanation of how to!
awesome! I've been wanting to harvest my herbs but didn't really know how to do so effectively. This will come in handy when they come back next year. right now, they've all gone to flower and seed.
Dont know if anyone gives a shit but if you guys are bored like me during the covid times you can watch all the new movies and series on Instaflixxer. I've been streaming with my girlfriend these days =)
This was perfect for what I need. You demystified it for me, thanks so much...and for the link to the kit...I didnt know its called a 'glass conical separator funnel'! Really helpful
Good work. The oil is trapped in the cellular matrix of the plant, so increase your oil yield by chewing up the leaves in a blender first. then adding that mulch and juice to the pressure cooker (I bet twice as many leaves will fit in there after you do this, so not only will you get more oil from each leaf, you'll be processing more leaves per batch). Add salt to the ice water in the bucket to create a salt brine that is far colder than just ice water. This stuff is a great insect repellent thanks to the citronellal found in the oil. It's also antimicrobial, so you can add it like a fragrance to homemade soap.
I always wondered why people using whole leaves and flowers. I am just now looking into making herbal oils and figured it was just something people do. One would imagine that a proper crushing at least would benefit the release of oils. if the juice and mulch are cooked does it negatively affect the oil production in any way? That would mean no separator, just blend, add, cook and distill and voila! much simpler.
Hi Donald ,great video ,this is by far best teaching video for diy esential oil nice and easy .No complicated chemistry no danger easy and simple for everyone .Thanks .keep it up.!:)
I did this with Cloves in college in order to extract Eugenol, a main constituent of the oil collected. They are great because of the high oil content.
I was thinking along these lines. Thanks. I was looking at some of those pricey Alembic stills for this and kept asking myself how they got a good enough seal. I eventually ran into the answer. You can make a dough out of flour that will swell and seal it. That's for anyone that loses their seal or gasket.
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Great video thanks for sharing. I have been wanting to try this and have been searching for a good setup. Your setup is the best I have seen. I have acquired everything I need except for the last step. What is the conical unit you use to extract the oil from the hydro sol.
You have to be careful not to block the safety valve or outlet of the pressure cooker. I know someone that did that by putting too much into the pot. It blew up in her kitchen, luckily she wasn’t in the kitchen but the destruction was so bad she had to redo the kitchen, ceiling, cabinets, window and floor. It would have killed her.
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Some Tips.
Cut the lemon grass as finely as possible to break it down as much as you can to expose as much surface area as possible to release more essential oil.
Also, do not use an open mouth jar as your collection container as this exposes the hydrosol and essential oil to oxygen which will start the essential oil to oxidise which you wont want. If you want, get a mason jar with a metal lid, drill a hole in it and like with the plastic bucket, add in your plastic/silicone seal, then place the end of your copper tubing into this.
I would also recommend when collecting the oil/hydrosol, store it in a jar in a dark pantry for a few hours so the cloudiness of the hydrosol can go away and become clear. This way you know all essential oils are floating on the top as it looked liked u had quite a bit of essential oil in your hydrosol.
When you separate the oil from hydrolsol, I would recomend getting some rock salt and add a pinch to your oil as the rock salt will draw any possible remaining hydrosol to it and then filter one more time.
？Thanks a lot for your nice vedio
Hola, How to know if the essential oil is oxidized? OE color is dark? I distil geranium and some dark drops come out of the copper tube (I use a container with a wide mouth). Beforehand thank you very much
Thx bro
Let the man do his thing!
Ya turned me off.
Protip for coiling copper tubing. Fill it with sugar or salt, so that the tube has less of a chance of collapsing when you are coiling it. Then you can easily rinse it out afterwards, since both sugar and salt will dissolve in water. It will even let you wind a tighter coil if you want. You can cap the ends with a wine cork.
great advice, thank you ---Don
@@donaldporta what other plants can we use aside from lemon grass? I mean whats best to try?
Don. ..you saved me
@@itsashepubg8967 Pot
@@fishfire_2999 I hear that
Thank you Donald, I have been trying to decide what route to take for years now for essenetial oil extraction & THIS is a pure & simple method & I thank you, thank you, thank you.... from a Canadian in Australia! God bless!
Leave some eucalyptus for Koala Bear.. hahaha!
Wow that was fantastic! As a home canner, this takes the food game to another level! Well done!
Thanks so much!
I’m screaming I’m sooooo excited! Thank you❤
Thank you for sharing. An amazing simple cooker, love it !
BTW: I use lemon grass oil to lure honey bee swarms into a honey bee box !
Thank you so much! I've always wanted to make my own oils, now
I can. Great Instruction, very easy to understand and follow:)
Ha ha. I wish I’d watched this 10 minutes ago I’ve just bought a professional copper still and I could’ve made by losing your three simple parts… Daaag nabbit ! Well at least if I get into it I can make myself a whole bunch of additional stills using your method now I know how to do it thank you for sharing :-)
All y’all should study a bit before you comment donald porta has this nailed down solid. He knows what he’s doing.
Of all I've watched your is the best vid on this process thanks
Genius is taking the complicated and making it simple - accomplished here. Thank You!🌪️
You're very welcome!
Easiest to build and most cost effective setup I ve seen on TH-cam so far. Go Gators!
Gator oil?
Thank you. Am in Kenya and we got lots of useful herbs and I needed your teachings to get started. May God bless you and your hands.
You are so welcome
Your method is very interesting.thank you for your experience sharing
Excellent work! Congratulations! I did learn a lot !
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DEEP UNDERSTANDING.
Thanks, great idea. I have been looking for this method.
I love the simplicity of this. I will try to make one.
A very simple way to do it at home without any fancy equipment. THANK YOU!
You're welcome!
surprisingly it is so simple. thank you so much.
By far the best video on herbal extraction I've ever seen.
thank you
Nice and simple set up - so many uses. Your wisdom is very welcome here in UK - thanks for sharing my friend- now to make some Gin !!
Many uses my Friend, give it a try---Don
Don’t use vinyl or plastic tubing if you intend to use a setup like this to make liquor. The hot alcohol will pick up a plastic taste which probably is somewhat poisonous. Use copper for the whole run.
Mr. Porta, I find it interesting that I search for various topics and see your name pop up often. Thanks for the broad range of videos and thurogh explanation of how to!
thank you my friend! Don
Wow I was losing hope on how to extract, I'm so glad I found you video. Ty
You are so welcome!
Thank you for sharing,God bless.
awesome! I've been wanting to harvest my herbs but didn't really know how to do so effectively. This will come in handy when they come back next year. right now, they've all gone to flower and seed.
Very easy to follow your instructions. I was wondering how this was done. Thankyou. I look forward to trying this.
Mm lol
Thank you for a really good video.
Thank you! Easy to understand and cheap to build! I will be trying this at home.
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you, loved it, Aberdeen Scotland 💚
Thank you for sharing. Amazing.😊
Thank you. That was a very useful chemestry lesson. God bless and keep you in truth and peace so you prosper.
Thank you so much for sharing such a very good idea ,really super !
Dont know if anyone gives a shit but if you guys are bored like me during the covid times you can watch all the new movies and series on Instaflixxer. I've been streaming with my girlfriend these days =)
@Andrew Alvaro Definitely, I have been watching on Instaflixxer for since december myself :D
Learned lots. I will try to do this using other herbs too.
Just awesome Mr Donald 👍👍👍👍
This was perfect for what I need. You demystified it for me, thanks so much...and for the link to the kit...I didnt know its called a 'glass conical separator funnel'! Really helpful
Glad it was helpful!
@@donaldporta can we use soybean to extract oil?
Amazing! Thank you for sharing this video. Greetings from Madang, Papua New Guinea!
Very simple method that you teach us. Thank you
It's my pleasure
Good work. The oil is trapped in the cellular matrix of the plant, so increase your oil yield by chewing up the leaves in a blender first. then adding that mulch and juice to the pressure cooker (I bet twice as many leaves will fit in there after you do this, so not only will you get more oil from each leaf, you'll be processing more leaves per batch). Add salt to the ice water in the bucket to create a salt brine that is far colder than just ice water. This stuff is a great insect repellent thanks to the citronellal found in the oil. It's also antimicrobial, so you can add it like a fragrance to homemade soap.
Thanks for the advice my friend!
I always wondered why people using whole leaves and flowers. I am just now looking into making herbal oils and figured it was just something people do. One would imagine that a proper crushing at least would benefit the release of oils. if the juice and mulch are cooked does it negatively affect the oil production in any way? That would mean no separator, just blend, add, cook and distill and voila! much simpler.
Great informative video. Thanks much.
Well done. Beautiful in simplicity and effectiveness.
Thank you very much!
I would love to try this thank you
Hi Donald, really appreciate your video. Thanks for sharing! Regards from Brazil
Glad you enjoyed it!
that's so cool ,, learning new way's of helping
Thank you so much for this video, just begun making oil... This will surely help with herbs as I usually used infusion but now I can make it directly
Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge with us
Thanks for sharing your knowledge!
Amazing video, so clear. Thank you so much for making it, thank you!
You're so welcome!
Hi Donald ,great video ,this is by far best teaching video for diy esential oil nice and easy .No complicated chemistry no danger easy and simple for everyone .Thanks .keep it up.!:)
Thank you for the review my friend--- Don
Thank yoy for posting step by step 😍
this is just awesome. Really inspiring
I did this with Cloves in college in order to extract Eugenol, a main constituent of the oil collected. They are great because of the high oil content.
you use fresh cloves to extract eugenol?
I loved this video
Thanks for sharing
All that fresh cut lemongrass must smell wonderful
Iranian use oil extractions a lot .it is very healthy drink and they use it to treat their illnesses
Your so lovely Donald !! Thanks for video 🌻
Best idea of easy oil extraction of medicinal herbs . Thanks.
Most welcome
Exactly what I was looking for.
Thanks for the awesome video.
Hola from Mexico
Glad it was helpful!
Very cool, thanks for the video!
Love this wish you had links for equipment used
Thanks for sharing as I never thought about making my own oil. Some good extra tips in comments too. Cheers
Great method
thanks man ! value the small stuff is great :)
thank you so much you explain it so well.
Glad it was helpful!
very refreshing to watch
Very well done video. Thanks
awesome video thank you for all the info
I love this!
Amazing, thank you so much. 🤗
But Bad method
Great DIY. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching!
Nice demonstration, thankyou👍
You are welcome
Excelent method for extraction of oil from lemon grass from S.B.Deshmukh
You are brilliant Sir.
So nice of you
Muito foda! Thank you for an amazing vídeo, very aproachable and didatic, congratulation!
thank you bru. fantastic.
Thank you very much for the teaching.
Glad it was helpful!
This was awesome!
Thank you, Excellent info provided.
You are welcome!
Very very nice i like this video thanks for sharing your experience
awesome video Now I knew what to do with so many lemon grass plants I have. Thanks for sharing. more power.
Thanks for visiting
Great Video Thank you
Thank you so much for your knowledge
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you for this tutorial. Reminded me of being in the College of Agricultural pilot plant. Go GATORS!
I was thinking along these lines. Thanks. I was looking at some of those pricey Alembic stills for this and kept asking myself how they got a good enough seal. I eventually ran into the answer. You can make a dough out of flour that will swell and seal it. That's for anyone that loses their seal or gasket.
Thanks,
Very good idea at home.
Most welcome 😊
Easily explained good
😄😆AWESOMENESS 😍 thanks for sharing 😊
Nice info, thanks sir..
Amazing channel with amazing contributors... Dodinski says something like ‘how beautiful it is when you find the Hero in yourself and realise that you have the power to save yourself..
I just got a business idea doing something I love and starting with virtually nothing...
Well said!
Really this experiment is nice require only one apparatus and can fulfil our curiousity of doing something special. ❤
Being mischievous I like it
Great video thanks for sharing. I have been wanting to try this and have been searching for a good setup. Your setup is the best I have seen. I have acquired everything I need except for the last step. What is the conical unit you use to extract the oil from the hydro sol.
Glass separatory funnel with stopcock. Look for glass labware to find vendors.
@@kptallen007 Thank you 😀
i enjoyed that many thanks
Glad you enjoyed it
Most people don't get it I see ,nice work.
Great video, thank you
Thank you!
I would think you might want to thoroughly shred the bulbs of the lemon grass to more easily release the essential oils? Just a thought.
Excellent video!
Glad you liked it!
You have to be careful not to block the safety valve or outlet of the pressure cooker. I know someone that did that by putting too much into the pot. It blew up in her kitchen, luckily she wasn’t in the kitchen but the destruction was so bad she had to redo the kitchen, ceiling, cabinets, window and floor. It would have killed her.
very true!
HI donald ..thank you so much for sharing this video..it really help me..May God bless your life :)
Glad it was helpful!
Awesome ty for sharing