Q for Butch

[Guest guest]

Describing the processes of making EOs and hydrosols, you said " there

are still village folks around even

here in Turkey, who use a crude form of stove-top distillation to obtain

these aromatic waters we call Hydrosols/Hydrolates - but what they are

getting is not really a true product of distillation but rather the

condensation of steam following heating the plant material in water. "

I have a stovetop distillation unit. If I set some plant material on a

rack above the boiling water will I be doing what the villagers are doing?

Why is it not a true hydrosol?

Thanks for your patience will all our questions. I really appreciate all

the knowledge you share with us.

Thanks,

Shivani