Mate, followed you video to the letter. Oranges, dehydrated, blended to dust 100g. My orange gin is outstanding! Thank you so much. Done coffee, rhubarb and ginger so far. Bloody great. Thank you!

One last update! I was doing some research online and found that unlike other herbs and spices, vanilla sometimes requires recirculation of the solvent in order to extract everything. So, I bought more vanilla beans, dehydrated them, and ground them up with a coffee grinder. Then, I purchased a cheap food-grade peristaltic pump, allowed the vanilla beans to macerate in alcohol for a day, and set up the percolation to recirculate the solvent over a period of about 5 days. The continuous recirculation of alcohol through the vanilla beans produced the most aromatic extract I have ever had. It was like smelling a pile of vanillin but with more earthy tones. I just had to give everyone an update with this modified method.

Great information.

You said "I use 80% alcohol" and then diluted it "reasonably". What's the target ABV for use as a solvent in this case? What's the advantage/disadvantage of diluting vs leaving at full proof for this application? Typically for making bitters/etc isn't it better to use as high an ABV as possible?

Is there a way to do this either a sous vide?

Love your content as always, I sent you an email with hopes of getting in touch for some consultation. 😁

Can a percolator be used to make essential oil extracts?

What do you think will be the ratio of using (for instance) fresh orange peel to orange peel extract?

Hi! I am new to your channel. Thank you for this information! Have you ever used a moka pot to extract flavor? Ie instead of a stovetop espresso it’s a stove top way to extract a flavor? I’m guessing it would be like an extract

Hi, do you think this makes a more or less potent extract than steam distillation to make an essential oil if for example using dried Lavender? thanks in advance :)

Drop funnel and stand from hbar just came in today. Pumped to get started!

This is amaizing , Thank you for sharing this valuable skill

Cool tutorial, sir!

I have been thinking of doing something similar for my distilled spirits. These instructions are excellent just what I needed, thank you.

Very intersting

Wow! Excellent quality of information! Thank you.

Wow just found your channel! Currently studying herbalism with ACHS and this use me some very good ideas to make quick extractions and at the end, you also taught me how to make a quick tincture. Thank you so very much. I love it. I need to follow your channel for sure. If I’m correct, I can use this to make any type of herbal formula as well.

Love the videos! Do you have any plan to touch on tonic/quinine at any point?

Love your videos and I've fallen down the rabbit hole. How do you know when the percolation is truly complete. Gravity alone doesn't seem to signal the end. When I add a little handle vacuum to the flask a lot more comes through, but it makes me want to cut my hand off after a while. I'm thinking of ordering a quiet lab vacuum to. Last question, I plan to make a sage-cranberry soda. For making a sage extract, should fresh, or rubbed dry sage or just dry sage be used?

Riishi mushroom extraction uses a double extraction technique (alcohol maceration followed by boiling water infusion). I want to follow the way you do your extractions and am wondering if I’d still need to do the water infusion part afterwards. LOVE the videos!