Freshly harvested lemon balm and dried lemon balm may come from the same plant, but they bring different conditions to tincture making. One contains substantial natural moisture, while the other has already lost much of its water. Pouring the same alcohol over equal weights of both would not necessarily produce comparable extracts.
Extractohol offers high-proof food-grade ethyl alcohol for herbal tinctures and botanical extraction. Its 190-proof organic sugar cane alcohol and 200-proof grain alcohol give makers two defined starting ingredients to consider when developing methods around fresh or dried plant material.
Fresh Herbs Bring Water Into the Extraction
A freshly harvested herb contains water within its leaves, stems, or other plant tissues. When the herb is chopped and placed in alcohol, some of that moisture enters the surrounding liquid as extraction progresses.
