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Hydrosols
Bulgaria uses a unique double distillation technologycalled "cohobation". It was the result of an attemptto obtain rose water of a higher quality than otherwise possible.
"Cohobation means simply that the hydrosol or condensedwater that comes of the still is recycled...Cohobating the hydrosol means that any micro drops oforganic essential oil that were dispersed in the waterhave an opportunity to coalesce into drops big enoughto separate into oil, thus improving the overallyield of the distillation... many of the four hundred pluschemical compounds are highly water soluble andthe yield of the rose is so low that every drop is extremelyvaluable. Uncohobated rose is missin....
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Gifts of Nature - Rose Water
Gifts of Nature - Rose Water
Rose Water”An Age-Old Flavoring for Dinner and Dessert
Plants & Gardens News Volume 20, Number 2 | Summer 2005
by Elizabeth Manus
Rose water has left an indelible mark on human history. This clear, sweet-tasting, aromatic liquid has been used in perfumery, cosmetics, and medicine for many centuries. In Middle Eastern and West Asian countries, it has long been used as a flavoring in cooking.
Rose water is basically an aqueous solution of some of the odoriferous constituents of rose flowers. One low-tech way to make it is to soak rose petals in water for a couple of weeks, with some alcohol added as a preservative. A speedier techni...
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