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DESTILLIERMEISTER E2-55 Supreme-Plus

Legal, registration-free distillery made of stainless steel for essential oils and with a full 5.5 litres of plant capacity.

30 ml of essential oil in 10 minutes - that's what we achieved with 500 g of lavender flowers.

With approx. 5 litres of plant space, you have plenty of volume to process larger quantities of plants or drugs. The steam is generated in an extra boiler under the plant container, so that contact with boiling water can be ruled out.
The best thing is: As the water boiler only has a volume of 2 litres despite the large plant container, the DESTILLIERMEISTER E2-55 Supreme Plus can also be sold and operated legally in Germany and Austria without being reported to customs.

Simple handling:

• In the new model, gaskets are no longer required between the 1st and 2nd as well as the 3rd and 4th due to optimised clamping closures. The sealing works metallically. This model therefore no longer incurs any follow-up costs.
• Fill at least 1.3 litres, but no more than 1.7 litres of water into the water/steam boiler,put the lid on and close with clamp fasteners.
  Ideally, demineralised or distilled water should be used; if normal drinking water is used, the water boiler should be descaled regularly.
• Attach the 5.5 litre plant tube and close the kettle with the clamp fasteners 1.1.
• Place the flavour basket in the plant tube and open.
• Fill to the brim with herbs or drugs - compact slightly. There are about 5 litres.
• Put on the lid 3. and tighten the caps 2.4,
• Insert the distillation bridge 5 into the socket 4.1,
• Screw the cooling water hoses to the radiator.
• Switch on the heat source and collect the hydrolat with oil at 5.6.
• Distil for about 10 minutes at higher power (induction plate 3000 watts). There should be 500 ml of distillate.

Water / vapour container and plant / drug pipe, as well as all distillate-carrying pipes and connections are made of stainless steel.
 

Construction: DESTILLIERMEISTER E2-55 Supreme-Plus

Construction

1. Water/steam boiler, 2 litre volume.
   1. Four clamp closures. 

2. Lid with stainless steel screw connection.
   1. 3/4" screw connection

3. Plant pipe.
   1. 3/4" screw nipple - connection with 2.1.

4. Cover with stainless steel socket.
   1. 22 mm socket. The riser pipe of the distilling bridge is inserted here as far as it will go.

5. Distilling bridge.
   1. Riser pipe.
   2. High-quality stainless steel analogue thermometer, accurate to the degree.
   3. Cooling with a double tube. The distillate flows in the inner core tube. The cooling water flows in counterflow between the core and the outer jacket tube; distillate from top to bottom and cooling water from bottom to top.
   4. Cooling water inlet.
   5. Cooling water outlet.
   6. Distillate outlet. 

6. Height-adjustable flavour basket. The plants are filled onto this. The screw legs are omitted when the plant tube is full.
       
7. 500 g blue lavender flowers in distillation quality in a flavour and light protection bag.

Instructions:

Commissioning

After production, all parts are only roughly cleaned. Before commissioning, clean the inside of all water- and vapour-conducting parts. The use of a commercially available detergent is sufficient. For this purpose, the pipes of the distillation bridge are rinsed with water containing detergent. This process is repeated with cold, clear water. The same procedure is also recommended when changing the type of plant to be distilled.
 

Test trial with an identical system

Heating source: Induction, output after heating time (approx. 3 min) 3000 watts. This output should be lower if not completely filled.

Drug: Dried lavender flowers

Quantity: 500 g

Total distillation time: 20 min

Hydrolate extraction: 2 batches, one per 10 min

1. Batch: 500 ml after 10 min, oil yield 30 ml, hydrolate pH value: 3.2
2. Batch : 500 ml after a further 10 min, no oil, hydrolate pH value: 3.6

The quantities may vary depending on the harvest and time of harvest. Rain shortly before harvesting can significantly reduce the yield. Harvesting should take place after at least 2 days of sunshine.

Legal information

With the new German Alcohol Tax Act, this distillate can also be sold legally in Germany since 1 January 2018 and without registration with the authorities. Please note that as a retailer, we must point out that this still may only be used for the distillation of distilled water, hydrolates, essential oils, flavours, fragrances, perfumes, food, alchemical experiments, etc. or as a collector's item. Anyone who distils alcohol and is caught doing so must expect a fine and confiscation of the distillation plant. But I can give you a legal tip. You can make delicious spirits from hydrolates by mixing them with taxed alcohol and water to drinking strength. Why not try a spirit made from fennel seed hydrolat?