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.

@arminasangma64

4 жыл бұрын

？Thanks a lot for your nice vedio

@emeritaabreugarcia161

3 жыл бұрын

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

@saranun6525

3 жыл бұрын

Thx bro

@crespoopserc

3 жыл бұрын

Let the man do his thing!

@michaelheery6303

3 жыл бұрын

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.

@donaldporta

5 жыл бұрын

great advice, thank you ---Don

@itsashepubg8967

5 жыл бұрын

@@donaldporta what other plants can we use aside from lemon grass? I mean whats best to try?

@actanonverba91

5 жыл бұрын

Don. ..you saved me

@fishfire_2999

5 жыл бұрын

@@itsashepubg8967 Pot

@DANIEL-tq8zt

5 жыл бұрын

@@fishfire_2999 I hear that

Thank you so much! I've always wanted to make my own oils, now I can. Great Instruction, very easy to understand and follow:)

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 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!

@sudhirsumongkol8972

3 жыл бұрын

Leave some eucalyptus for Koala Bear.. hahaha!

Excellent work! Congratulations! I did learn a lot !

Of all I've watched your is the best vid on this process thanks

I’m screaming I’m sooooo excited! Thank you❤

Thanks, great idea. I have been looking for this method.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DEEP UNDERSTANDING.

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.

@donaldporta

4 жыл бұрын

You are so welcome

I love the simplicity of this. I will try to make one.

Wow that was fantastic! As a home canner, this takes the food game to another level! Well done!

@donaldporta

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!

Your method is very interesting.thank you for your experience sharing

Genius is taking the complicated and making it simple - accomplished here. Thank You!🌪️

@donaldporta

2 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome!

A very simple way to do it at home without any fancy equipment. THANK YOU!

@donaldporta

2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

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.

Just awesome Mr Donald 👍👍👍👍

Easiest to build and most cost effective setup I ve seen on KZread so far. Go Gators!

@daviddefranco5218

2 жыл бұрын

Gator oil?

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!

@donaldporta

4 жыл бұрын

thank you my friend! Don

Thank you! Easy to understand and cheap to build! I will be trying this at home.

@donaldporta

4 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

surprisingly it is so simple. thank you so much.

By far the best video on herbal extraction I've ever seen.

@donaldporta

3 жыл бұрын

thank you

Thank you, loved it, Aberdeen Scotland 💚

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 !!

@donaldporta

7 жыл бұрын

Many uses my Friend, give it a try---Don

@davidhouston2277

5 жыл бұрын

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.

Your so lovely Donald !! Thanks for video 🌻

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

Very easy to follow your instructions. I was wondering how this was done. Thankyou. I look forward to trying this.

@zeenoura119

3 жыл бұрын

Mm lol

Learned lots. I will try to do this using other herbs too.

Thank you for a really good video.

All that fresh cut lemongrass must smell wonderful

Thank you for sharing,God bless.

Thank you so much for sharing such a very good idea ,really super !

@andrewalvaro1000

3 жыл бұрын

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 =)

@brunolouis7390

3 жыл бұрын

@Andrew Alvaro Definitely, I have been watching on Instaflixxer for since december myself :D

Wow I was losing hope on how to extract, I'm so glad I found you video. Ty

@donaldporta

3 жыл бұрын

You are so welcome!

Well done. Beautiful in simplicity and effectiveness.

@donaldporta

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

Thanks for sharing as I never thought about making my own oil. Some good extra tips in comments too. Cheers

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.!:)

@donaldporta

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the review my friend--- Don

Exactly what I was looking for. Thanks for the awesome video. Hola from Mexico

@donaldporta

2 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

this is just awesome. Really inspiring

Thank yoy for posting step by step 😍

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

@donaldporta

3 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@djzatka

Жыл бұрын

@@donaldporta can we use soybean to extract oil?

Amazing video, so clear. Thank you so much for making it, thank you!

@donaldporta

2 жыл бұрын

You're so welcome!

Thank you for sharing. Amazing.😊

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.

Best idea of easy oil extraction of medicinal herbs . Thanks.

@donaldporta

2 жыл бұрын

Most welcome

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.

@graphicdesign8300

2 жыл бұрын

you use fresh cloves to extract eugenol?

Amazing! Thank you for sharing this video. Greetings from Madang, Papua New Guinea!

thanks man ! value the small stuff is great :)

Hi Donald, really appreciate your video. Thanks for sharing! Regards from Brazil

@donaldporta

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Love this wish you had links for equipment used

Thanks for sharing your knowledge!

Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge with us

Thank you. That was a very useful chemestry lesson. God bless and keep you in truth and peace so you prosper.

I would love to try this thank you

Very simple method that you teach us. Thank you

@donaldporta

Жыл бұрын

It's my pleasure

Great informative video. Thanks much.

that's so cool ,, learning new way's of helping

Great DIY. Thanks for sharing.

@donaldporta

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

awesome video Now I knew what to do with so many lemon grass plants I have. Thanks for sharing. more power.

@donaldporta

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for visiting

I loved this video Thanks for sharing

Excelent method for extraction of oil from lemon grass from S.B.Deshmukh

Very cool, thanks for the video!

Muito foda! Thank you for an amazing vídeo, very aproachable and didatic, congratulation!

very refreshing to watch

Excellent video!

@donaldporta

4 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it!

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...

@donaldporta

Жыл бұрын

Well said!

This was awesome!

All y’all should study a bit before you comment donald porta has this nailed down solid. He knows what he’s doing.

You are brilliant Sir.

@donaldporta

2 жыл бұрын

So nice of you

Nice demonstration, thankyou👍

@donaldporta

4 жыл бұрын

You are welcome

Very well done video. Thanks

Thank you very much for the teaching.

@donaldporta

2 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

I love this!

awesome video thank you for all the info

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.

@donaldporta

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the advice my friend!

@ArunRaoINDIA

2 жыл бұрын

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 ..thank you so much for sharing this video..it really help me..May God bless your life :)

@donaldporta

4 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

This is brilliant. I want to adapt this to a solar distiller. Nice citrus press in the background @ 5:00. I had one delivered to the house yesterday! It's orange-colored, though, not white.

@donaldporta

2 жыл бұрын

Very cool!

😄😆AWESOMENESS 😍 thanks for sharing 😊

Great method

thank you so much you explain it so well.

@donaldporta

2 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

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 :-)

Most people don't get it I see ,nice work.

Thank you, Excellent info provided.

@donaldporta

4 жыл бұрын

You are welcome!

Amazing, thank you so much. 🤗

@mimoubadisi8316

3 жыл бұрын

But Bad method

Thank you for sharing I once did this over an open fire with a large container forced opened the lid and it exploded fortunately I wasn’t hurt and still learning bless you

@donaldporta

3 жыл бұрын

glad you are safe!

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.

Thank you so much for sharing your idea. Simple and easy to make. God bless you.

Iranian use oil extractions a lot .it is very healthy drink and they use it to treat their illnesses

It is an absolute delight to find this, thank you! Can I double check on the internal diameter of the soft annealed copper pipe, please? Thank you so much, this makes my projects affordable! 🙏

Great video, thank you

Very very nice i like this video thanks for sharing your experience

Thank you, this is high quality prep stuff. Please, for how many time the pressure cooker is heated? Kudos!

Thank you so much for your knowledge

@donaldporta

Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Thank you!

Thanks for sharing, I have a turbo air still coming specifically for essential oils and was looking for essential oil tutorials that are simple. When using a ready-made electric still, can any strainer or rack that fits pot be used? I know packaging says essential oil can be made but having hard time finding essential oils specific tutorials.

Thanks sir l remain indebted to you for this wonderful knowledge

@donaldporta

2 жыл бұрын

So nice of you

Thank you for this tutorial. Reminded me of being in the College of Agricultural pilot plant. Go GATORS!

Thank you so much for sharing I would love one day learn how to make essential oils I make soaps I use EO

Really this experiment is nice require only one apparatus and can fulfil our curiousity of doing something special. ❤ Being mischievous I like it

thank you bru. fantastic.