Percolated tinctures are made by grinding a dried herb, packing it gently into the cone, then moistening it with the solvent (alcohol), then letting it sit for 12-24 hours to moisten and expand. When ready, you slowly open the valve and the finished tincture drips slowly out of the bottom of the cone over the course of several hours.
Percolation tinctures were the main way that pharmacies and drug companies made herbal extracts (back before the 1940s when pharmacies and drug companies used herbal medicine). That's because not only is it faster, it can be stronger. In a maceration tincture all the different chemicals in the plant are competing for space in the tincture, and some are more soluble and some less. In a percolated tincture you have fresh solvent coming through the cone and picking up the most soluble constituents and dripping them out, then you have more fresh "blank" solvent coming through and getting the next most soluble ingredient, and so on. Therefore, a percolation extract is a more complete extraction technique.
This method allows for smaller quantities of plant material to be tinctured, therefore, expanding your herbal tincture library to be more diverse.
Our percolator holds up to 1.7 litres of liquid.
Percolated tinctures are made by grinding a dried herb, packing it gently into the cone, then moistening it with the solvent (alcohol), then letting it sit for 12-24 hours to moisten and expand. When ready, you slowly open the valve and the finished tincture drips slowly out of the bottom of the cone over the course of several hours.
Percolation tinctures were the main way that pharmacies and drug companies made herbal extracts (back before the 1940s when pharmacies and drug companies used herbal medicine). That's because not only is it faster, it can be stronger. In a maceration tincture all the different chemicals in the plant are competing for space in the tincture, and some are more soluble and some less. In a percolated tincture you have fresh solvent coming through the cone and picking up the most soluble constituents and dripping them out, then you have more fresh "blank" solvent coming through and getting the next most soluble ingredient, and so on. Therefore, a percolation extract is a more complete extraction technique.
This method allows for smaller quantities of plant material to be tinctured, therefore, expanding your herbal tincture library to be more diverse.
Our percolator holds up to 1.7 litres of liquid.