Well, you light some coals in the brazier and place a bowl with liquid and the item you wish to distill/extract on them (ie. rose petals, etc.). The condensation chamber (the ‘bell shaped’ item) is placed on top. When the bell is smaller than the bowl, you can seal the gap with various things – it looks like they used leaves in this case. The warmed vapors rise and cling to the inside of the bell, where the application of cool cloths (to the exterior – as shown in this image) encourages them to condense and then flow down the glazed inner surface to the collection ring/inner lip. There is a spout on the lower edge of the bell (not visible in this picture) that then allows those condensed liquids to pour out into a collection pot.
Maybe it was the speakeasy conversation, but somehow I had aquavit on my mind and was thinking that was gonna be a real slow go. But a distillation for *le parfum,* now.....
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Date: 2010-06-22 10:51 pm (UTC)At least, that is how I understand it to work! ;)
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Date: 2010-06-22 11:11 pm (UTC)But a distillation for *le parfum,* now.....
:^D *Big, big smile*
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Date: 2010-06-22 11:55 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-06-23 12:04 am (UTC)