Making Essential Oils at Home with My DIY Distiller - Mint Oil & Hydrosol

Today I'm demonstrating how I extract essential oil using my homemade water distiller that I featured in a video a couple years ago. Using basic distillation and a lot of fresh mint leaves, I will end up with some pure mint extract and a lot of mint hydrosol.

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Original Distiller Build Video:
   • DIY Water Distiller (Higher Output Ve...  
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Stuff used in this video:
Glass Separating Funnel w/ Stand
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Amber Eye-dropper Bottles
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1-Gallon Glass Jug
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00:00 - Intro
01:22 - Pressure Cooker
02:23 - Cooling Coil
03:38 - Distillation
05:10 - Batch 2
05:53 - Oil Separating
07:12 - Mint Hydrosol
08:33 - Conclusion
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