To expose the essential oils, the ingredients are reduced to a granular form and then immersed directly into the kettle (pot) which is filled with grain neutral spirits at approximately 100o proof. A vapor phase extraction may also be used. n this case the botanical mixture is placed on trays or in baskets in the head of the kettle where the alcoholic vapors, in passing through, extract the essential oils and rise to the condenser.

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