Page 2 of home distillation of Matricaria recutita

We add a separation glass under the refrigeration tube to collect the hydrolate and the essential oil.

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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