Essential Oils

Distillate Essential Oils

Distillation apparatus for the production of essential oils, as well as spirits from hydrolates of steam distillation
The devices offered here may also be legally acquired in Germany by private individuals, without the permission of customs, if they are not used for the production or purification of alcohol. Up to 2 liters of socket size, these are then also registration-free. For larger boilers, you must register them with your main customs office within 3 working days and affirm on your affidavit that you are not using them to make or purify your alcohol.
Regardless of size, never use the equipment with alcohol, even with taxed alcohol.
If you still want to legally produce a fruit or herbal spirit, use your distillate for the steam distillation for the flavoring of alcohol. You are perfectly allowed to distil hydrolates and essential oils. Then mix the hydrolate with clear alcohol, which is as tasteless as possible (vodka, PrimaSprit). Since most of the essential oils are alcohol-soluble, you can use them, but only drop by drop. In general, you already have a highly aromatic distillate, so you best peel off the oil, and use only the hydrolate. Touch the mixing ratio to your taste. An excessive amount of hydrolates can also spoil the taste. We have e.g. created a very good spirit from the hydrolate of a steam distillation of the first 15 minutes from sage leaves. For our taste, a volume ratio of 2 parts of hydrosol, 3 parts of 96 vol .-% alcohol and 4 parts of distilled water was optimal. If you like it 40 vol .-% strength, mix 1 part of hydrolate with 2 parts of 96 vol .-% and 2 parts of distilled water. Also that was still very delicious, if we personally also the first mixture even better. By the way, you can also obtain 96% Primasprit, taxed. With a steam distillery and primasprit you can legally produce your favorite spirit. By the way, you discover - if not already done - your love for the scents of the essential oils.
In all other countries you have to take into account the laws of your own country. Inform yourself about what is permitted or not.

 

Measuring flask, 1000 ml, made of laboratory glass, with plastic stopper

Measuring flask, 1000 ml, made of laboratory glass, with plastic stopper

This unused piston is made of heat-resistant laboratory glass and comes from stocks of the former GDR. It is particularly suitable for the collection of hydrolates in the distillation. It has exactly the size of the maximum removal quantity of the message-free 2-liter stills.

EUR 25,00
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accessory-set

Accessory set with pump for miniature copper stills up to 3 litres- Not suitable for our stainless steel stills
This set includes everything you need to be able to distil immediately and seriously with our stills up to about 3 litres. The pump is powerful enough to safely supply even all mini nestling in the range 0,5 to 3 litres size (as they may be used legally in Austria and from 2018 Germany or Switzerland) with cooling water. First and foremost, the set contains a functionally-sized cooling system for the still, but there are also other accessories for cleaning and sealing. In addition, when purchasing a stainless steel still together with the accessory set the right hose fittings for our coolers are there.
The set includes a 10-liter plastic tub as a cooling water depot (the water must be replaced several times in larger distilleries), plus a 230-volt cooling water pump, plus several meters of food-grade tubing in four different sizes so you can safely connect any distillery. The hoses can be partially inserted into each other and can thus also bridge different connections and adapters. In addition, a cleaning brush, a swim thermometer, a roll of Teflon tape for sealing the still and a 100 ml graduated cylinder to the distillate safely collecting and measuring.

EUR 47,00
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Legal distillery for essential oils with 10.5 litre water/steam boiler

NEW! No more silicone seals required

DISTILLIEMSTER E10-4 Suprem Plus

For distilling essential oils with a 10.5 litre water/steam boiler for multiple distillation runs

The DISTILLING MASTER E10-4 Suprem Plus is the big brother of the E2-4 Suprem Plus with a water/steam boiler of over 10 litres. Since the water supply is usually sufficient for several distillations, the plant tube can be screwed onto the water boiler so that it can be removed separately to be filled with new plants or drugs.

For most plants and flowers, the water supply is sufficient for 6 to 7 distillations, with the removal of 1 litre of distillate per distillation. However, if the removal of one litre of hydrosol per distillation is not sufficient, which we have found, for example, when distilling fennel seeds, the water supply is sufficient for at least 2 distillations. This saves a considerable amount of time compared to the 2-litre steam boiler. Using a large boiler to extract hydrosols is perfectly legal in Germany. However, you must report a boiler over 2 litres to customs, but you may then use it without restriction as long as no alcohol is processed – even for private use.

With the appropriate permit – for example, if you work commercially – this system is also ideal for alcohol distillation. In these cases, the plant tube can be used either as a column for distilling spirits or as a container for fruits or herbs for alcohol vapour distillation.

With 4 litres of plant space, you have plenty of volume to process larger quantities of plants or drugs. However, by raising the aroma basket, you can also experiment with smaller quantities, but you should then work with a reduced heating output so that the vapour does not simply flow through the plants without any effect. Since the steam is generated in a separate boiler under the plant container, contact with boiling water is impossible. However, you should only fill the boiler with a maximum of 8 litres so that the steam can develop in the boiler and no hot water is drawn up in the event of boiling delay.

The condenser of this system is generously equipped with 1 m of cooling length, so that standard induction plates of 3 to 3.5 kW can also be used. However, full power should only be set if the entire plant pipe is filled. We have experimentally determined with this system that 3 kW is optimal because it meets an essential requirement of a study by the Bavarian State Institute of Agriculture. This specifies an amount of steam of 3 to 4 kg of water vapour per minute and m² as the optimum steam mass flow density. With the present system and a 3 kW induction plate, we achieve a value of approx. 3.15 kg per minute and m².

Easy to use:

  • In the new model, no seals are required between 1 and 2 or 3 and 4 due to optimised clamping locks. The sealing works metallically. Therefore, there are no follow-up costs for this model.

  • Fill the water/steam boiler with a maximum of 8 litres of water, either demineralised or distilled water, or tap water if the limescale is removed from the bottom of the boiler after a few distillations with heated citric or acetic acid.

  • Put on the lid with the 3/4’ screw connection and close it with the clamping locks.

  • Insert the aroma basket into the plant tube and open it. Now fill the plant tube, press it on lightly and connect it hand-tight with the screw connection.

  • Put on the small lid and close it with the clamping fasteners.

  • Insert the riser tube of the distilling bridge 5. into the stainless steel bushing on the lid - the connection is automatically sealed.

  • Connect the cooling water hoses. If you don't have the appropriate hoses yet, you can purchase them optionally here. If you want to remain independent of tap water, you can purchase a suitable pump set here.

  • The water supply starts at the condenser at 5.4. Here you need a 1/2’ hose screw connection on the hose. The cooling water then flows upwards between the pipe core and the pipe sheath in the opposite direction to the distillate and exits at 5.5. Here, too, you need a 1/2’ hose screw connection.

  • Switch on the heat source and collect the hydrosol at 5.6.

  • When the plant tube is full, it takes about 16 to 20 minutes at 3000 watts to extract 1 litre for most plants. It is best to first take 2 portions of 500 ml each in sterile containers. If the pH of the distillate is below 5, more can be taken. The oil – if the plant contains a sufficient amount of oil, it will be found almost exclusively in the first fraction.

  • If the plant quantities are low and the aroma basket is raised, the power should be reduced to 1500–2000 watts.

The water/steam tank and plant/drug tube, as well as all distillate-carrying pipes, are made of high-quality stainless steel.

EUR 559,00
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DESTILLIERMEISTER E10-4 Supreme-Plus - with all the accessories you need for professional work

NEW! No more silicone seals required

You save €50 compared to buying separately

Legal, registration-free still made of stainless steel for essential oils and with a full 4 litres of plant space.

This unit itself differs from the previous version in the following improvements:

  • The boiler and the plant tube are not rigidly connected but can be separated by means of a 3/4 ‘-V4A screw connection.
  • The plug-in socket for the distilling bridge, plugged tightly, is made of high-quality V4A stainless steel (instead of red brass in the standard version).
  • The plant basket is height-adjustable, so that smaller quantities can also be distilled.

25 ml of essential oil in 8 minutes – that's what we achieved with 400 g of lavender flowers.

With 4 litres of plant space, you have plenty of volume to process larger quantities of plants or drugs. The steam is generated in a separate boiler under the plant container, so that contact with boiling water can be ruled out.

Easy to use:

  • In the new model, no seals are required between 1 and 2 or 3 and 4 due to optimised clamping locks. Sealing works metallically. Therefore, there are no follow-up costs for this model.
  • Fill the water/steam boiler with at least 2 litres and no more than 8.5 litres of ideally demineralised or distilled water.
  • Insert the 4-litre plant tube and close the boiler with the clamping locks 1.1.
  • Insert the aroma basket into the plant tube and open it.
  • Fill to the brim with herbs or drugs - do not compress. There are about 4.2 litres.
  • Put on the lid 3. and tighten the fasteners 2.4,
  • insert the distillation bridge 5 into the socket 4.1,
  • screw the cooling water hoses to the cooler.
  • Switch on the heat source and collect the hydrosol with oil at 5.6.
  • Distil for about 8 minutes at higher power (induction plate 3000 watts). There should be 500 ml of distillate.

The water/vapour vessel and the plant/drug tube, as well as all distillate-carrying pipes and connections, are made of stainless steel.

EUR 689,00
incl. 19% tax excl. Shipping costs
Accessory set with pump for our stailess-steel stills up to 10 litres

Cooling set with pump for our stainless steel distillers up to 20 litres

This set contains everything you need to start serious distillation immediately, even with our unobtrusive 2-litre stainless steel distillers.

Set accessories

  1. 20 litre plastic tub as cooling water reservoir
  2. Powerful 230V cooling water pump with accessories for different hose diameters, sufficient for all our stainless steel stills up to 10 litres.
  3. Various 2m PVC hoses, 2 of which have hose fittings for the still cooler:
The first hose goes from the pump to the 1/2‘ connection of the condenser near the distillate outlet at the bottom. The second hose is connected to the 1/2’ connection for the hot waste water at the top of the condenser. The other end with the 3/4‘ connection is led to where the waste water should go, so back into the bucket when pumping. The 3/4’ connection is now new - previously this end remained open. The reason for this innovation is that you can replace the hoses if you have running water nearby. Most house connections have a 3/4’ thread, so you can connect the 2nd hose from the running water supply to the water inlet of the cooler. The 1st hose is then connected to the top of the cooler and the hot waste water now comes out of the black pump screw nipple. The pump is not needed for this cooling variant. So you now have two options for cooling. In addition to these two hoses, there are three hoses of different strengths for various applications.
  1. Plastic tap for cooling water control, suitable for the counterflow cooler.
  2. Scaled 100 ml measuring cylinder with foot to safely collect and measure the distillate.
  3. Cleaning brush.
  4. Floating thermometer for cooling water control if the hot waste water is allowed to flow back into the bucket. From 40° C, the water should either be cooled with ice or replaced.
  5. A roll of Teflon tape for sealing, e.g. if a seal fails during distillation.
EUR 62,00
incl. 19% tax excl. Shipping costs
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