Just wanted to reiterate how important it is to run the extraction on fresh roots.
swim let alot of rootbark sit in an unsealed plastic garbage bag for 2 weeks (while shredding it by hand, getting a 3-stage steam still together).
Yield from approximately 10kg rootbark - 1g safrole (.01 %). Dag-nammit!
The steam still works great though- pressure cooker feeds into the bottom of a large coffee maker through vinyl tubing, mounted on top of the steam chamber is a still head, 3 condensors (may bee overkill), a vacuum adaptor, and addition funnel. the heavy oil collects in the addition funnel, while all the water overflows out the vacuum inlet into a big pot.
Swim thinks the next harvest will bee more rewarding. Say, the leaves never fall deep enough in the south, right?
