Rose Water?

Ok i try to make rose water but it keeps terning green..i used a non mutalic pot and destild water. I pord the hot water on the rose petals and left them to steap but its terns green every time. I am using redish purple roses.

Rose Water?
the best method to make rose water is steam distillation! you need two pots and you have to some what modifiy their lids. you should fill the first pot with water and cover it firmly but connect it with a tube to the second pot which you fill with rose petal. you have to put the tube that come out of first pot inside the second pot and cover it with the petals so when the steam of boiling water come to second pot it travels through the petals and take the volatiles off the petals. you also have to install a second tube on the second pot's lid to let out the steam that carries volatiles. this tube should be a little long so it allow you to put part of it in the middle inside a bowl full of ice. please not that you should set up every thing on counter top and put down the rest of the tube in a jar or bottle so the condensed volatiles can be collected. so when you boil the water, it start to evaporate and the steam that can not escape the pot will travell through the tube into the petals and go through all the petals and take volailes and come out of the pot from the other tube then it turn into liquid while it passing trough the ice cover and condense into your bottle! you just should monitor this whole process all the time and make sure that water do not get into your rosewater.





you can mix rosewater with chai or with some foods.


enjoy :)
Reply:U dont need hot water besides u get rose water in grocery stores. Try the Asian groceries, u will surely find it.
Reply:Besides health food stores and herb stores, you can often find rose water in delicatessens; it is used as a flavoring in fancy Greek pastries, puddings, and cakes.
Reply:the color of rosewater will be light. that will notlook like rose water.if you will hot that on 45 digree celcease. the red color of water will lost. that willlooking like a simple water