DIY Organic Rosemary Essential Oil and Hydrosol at Home, Steam Distillation of Dried Rosemary

How to make organic rosemary essential oil and hydrosol? This video explains making rosemary essential oil and hydrosol by steam distillation. With LT3000 distiller, I made 4mL organic rosemary essential oil and 1L of hydrosol from 240 grams of dried rosemary needles.
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[@LeTimeLeo]

I hope my explanation is clear for you. Again please please feel free to ask me any questions! I believe questions can make better!

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How about lilac next for a hydrosol? Lilac has calming effects, similar to lavender, and it can be used as a freshener for household linens and cottons.

[@LeTimeLeo]

Great idea! I will check it up. Thanks for your comments.

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[@mariasolakofski3899]

Thank you for making this video. It was helpful to see the details of the cooling pump system. My plan this week was to make a rosemary hydrosol (with your distiller). I have lots of fresh rosemary I am wintering indoors and all of the plants need a trim. While I use fresh rosemary, should I fill the tin? I heard you mention 240 grams of dried rosemary- did that fill the tin? Thank you.

[@LeTimeLeo]

Hello, I was using dried rosemary leaves so it’s weight could be different from the fresh leaves when filled the column. You may want to cut the fresh leaves into small pieces. This can help increase extraction efficiency.

[@gloriabrown682]

I like the video but I will like to see how you put the rosemary in the pot thank you

[@LeTimeLeo]

It is steam distillation. Herb is placed in the column on top of the pot so steam will go through the herb while distilling.

[@dreampossible2]

If you add dried rosemary herbs in distilled water, then remove the herbs, how long can you keep the water without refrigerating?!

[@LeTimeLeo]

If you just use water to soak rosemary and filter out, the tea wouldn’t last long even in refrigerator. You may need finish them in one day. One of Difference between tea and hydrosol is that hydrosol is distilled and sanitized so it is good to last long time.

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[@toptip1744]

Hi .I need to buy a pure rosemary essential oil . Do you sell?

[@avanti2762]

Sometimes I find that hydrosols don't really smell like the plant they were extracted from. I recently made a batch of lemongrass hydrosol and before bottling, I was cooling it down and just gave it a sniff. It smells nothing like lemongrass

[@LeTimeLeo]

There can be a little difference between hydrosol and it’s plants. Lemongrass should be a good match with its extract. Do you use hydro or steam distillation?

[@avanti2762]

@@LeTimeLeo I used hydro distillation!

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I like the photo 😂

[@JesseeAriel]

Thank you so much for this! where did you get the pot and equipment to extract the oil from the rosemary, or what is it called.

[@LeTimeLeo]

The distiller is LETIME LT3000 and I am the inventor. Here is the official website: www.letimestill.com . Our company is US based.

[@JesseeAriel]

@@LeTimeLeo wow thank you !

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@@LeTimeLeo can you use it for any extract like lavender, chamomile, etc?

[@LeTimeLeo]

Yes. There are videos of extract lavender, chamomile, eucalyptus, oregano and many others. Please open my channel and watch those videos to know more about how to use LT3000 and learn benefits of different herbs.

[@JesseeAriel]

@@LeTimeLeo thank you!