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These are the hours after distillation. This is the spent resin. For a long time people have treated this as waste. I have seen it thrown out by the ton across the Middle East once the oil is stripped away. But this is where the deeper work actually lives. The boswellic acids do not carry over in steam distillation. They are too heavy. Too dense. They stay behind. What distillation does do is break the gum matrix of the resin. It opens it. The structure is changed. That makes this material far m

These are the hours after distillation. This is the spent resin. For a long time people have treated this as waste. I have seen it thrown out by the ton across the Middle East once the oil is stripped away. But this is where the deeper work actually lives. The boswellic acids do not carry over in steam distillation. They are too heavy. Too dense. They stay behind. What distillation does do is break the gum matrix of the resin. It opens it. The structure is changed. That makes this material far m

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$During frankincense oil distillation the condenser is where the most delicate work happens. The light aromatic and highly volatile compounds only condense efficiently when the condenser stays cold. For frankincense that target is below 25 degrees Celsius. Above that point the light fractions do not fully condense. They pass off as vapor and are lost. Keeping the condenser cold early in the run protects the most fleeting aromatic notes. Citrus resin air sweetness. Once those compounds are capture$

During frankincense oil distillation the condenser is where the most delicate work happens. The light aromatic and highly volatile compounds only condense efficiently when the condenser stays cold. For frankincense that target is below 25 degrees Celsius. Above that point the light fractions do not fully condense. They pass off as vapor and are lost. Keeping the condenser cold early in the run protects the most fleeting aromatic notes. Citrus resin air sweetness. Once those compounds are capture

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I’m just finishing up this frankincense oil distillation. This one ran for 18 hours. I kept the heat lower at 10000 BTUs and iced the condenser for the first 10 hours. Slower heat and colder vapor changed the character of the oil. Cooler sharper and more defined on the nose. The heads hearts and tails will now rest for the next one to two weeks. After that they will be recombined into their final form. Distillation does not end when the fire goes out. Rest is part of the process. #SmokeWalkers #

I’m just finishing up this frankincense oil distillation. This one ran for 18 hours. I kept the heat lower at 10000 BTUs and iced the condenser for the first 10 hours. Slower heat and colder vapor changed the character of the oil. Cooler sharper and more defined on the nose. The heads hearts and tails will now rest for the next one to two weeks. After that they will be recombined into their final form. Distillation does not end when the fire goes out. Rest is part of the process. #SmokeWalkers #

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This page The SmokeWalkers is about frankincense oil and distillation. That is the work. Tree resin copper fire water time and patience. Everything here begins and ends with frankincense. The mission is simple. Go to the source. Work with one tree. Learn it deeply. Distill it carefully. Protect it long term through ethical harvest and replanting. This page is about focus not trends and depth not distraction. There have been some questions lately that seem a little off path so I want to clear it

This page The SmokeWalkers is about frankincense oil and distillation. That is the work. Tree resin copper fire water time and patience. Everything here begins and ends with frankincense. The mission is simple. Go to the source. Work with one tree. Learn it deeply. Distill it carefully. Protect it long term through ethical harvest and replanting. This page is about focus not trends and depth not distraction. There have been some questions lately that seem a little off path so I want to clear it

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There is a lot of slow work when you work with frankincense. Distillation is slow. Infusion is slow. Drying is slow. But one of my favorite kinds of slow work is sorting and grading the resin by hand. Sitting with the tears. Feeling their weight. Listening to what they are. This is where attention becomes practice. You are separating what is ready from what is not. What is clean from what still needs time. It becomes a mirror. Life asks the same thing of us. To slow down. To discern. To choose w

There is a lot of slow work when you work with frankincense. Distillation is slow. Infusion is slow. Drying is slow. But one of my favorite kinds of slow work is sorting and grading the resin by hand. Sitting with the tears. Feeling their weight. Listening to what they are. This is where attention becomes practice. You are separating what is ready from what is not. What is clean from what still needs time. It becomes a mirror. Life asks the same thing of us. To slow down. To discern. To choose w

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Down in the lab sorting green frankincense. This is the quiet part before the fire. Getting everything ready for a full green frankincense distillation this Friday. The work moves in cycles. Gather. Sort. Prepare. Then the still takes over and reminds you why patience is its own kind of devotion. #SmokeWalkers #frankincense #frankincenseoil #distilling | Angus SmokeWalker

Down in the lab sorting green frankincense. This is the quiet part before the fire. Getting everything ready for a full green frankincense distillation this Friday. The work moves in cycles. Gather. Sort. Prepare. Then the still takes over and reminds you why patience is its own kind of devotion. #SmokeWalkers #frankincense #frankincenseoil #distilling | Angus SmokeWalker

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I am down here in the lab hand sorting frankincense. Slowing down and cleaning it one more time before it heads out to one of my wholesale clients who is also a good friend. This is the quiet part of the work. The part that holds the heart of what we do. #SmokeWalkers #distillation #frankincense #frankincenseoil #essentialoil | Angus SmokeWalker

I am down here in the lab hand sorting frankincense. Slowing down and cleaning it one more time before it heads out to one of my wholesale clients who is also a good friend. This is the quiet part of the work. The part that holds the heart of what we do. #SmokeWalkers #distillation #frankincense #frankincenseoil #essentialoil | Angus SmokeWalker

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Distilling frankincense is only one part of the process. The real work keeps going long after the still shuts down. It takes weeks to process the spent resin from each distillation. Breaking it down cooling it drying it and getting it ready for the next stage. That alone feels like its own part time job. After the spent resin is fully processed we move into making the boswellic acid. That is the next step. It is slow work and it takes patience. The heavier compounds that stayed behind in the res

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There is a moment in every distillation when the whole room goes quiet. The heat rises. The resin softens. The old copper begins to speak. This is the oldest work in the world. Turning the tears of a tree into something that carries its breath. Fire and water meeting in the still. Spirit becoming matter. Matter becoming spirit. This is the mythos of distilling frankincense. #SmokeWalkers #frankincense #frankincenseoil #distilling | Angus SmokeWalker

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There is a place in every distillation where the whole story changes. The moment the vapor enters the copper coil and learns how to return to itself. This spiral has been used since the earliest alchemists across the Middle East and the Mediterranean. A slow winding road where heat is released and the spirit settles back into liquid form. It is simple. Ancient. Perfect. This is why a coil condenser is the heart of the work. #SmokeWalkers #frankincense #frankincenseoil #distilling | Angus SmokeWa

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Resin Cleaning to Copper Still | The Real Beginning of Frankincense Distillation

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Frankincense Oil Distillation Explained Fractions Timing and How Cuts Shape the Final Oil

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18 hour Frankincense oil distillation

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Frankincense Oil Distillation

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This is the distillation still I use for working with frankincense.

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Frankincense Distillation Day

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8 hours into our royal green frankincense distillation

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Why I never grind my frankincense for oil distillation.

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Packing the Condenser with Ice. The First Stage of Frankincense Oil Distillation

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Frankincense Is a Relationship Not a Process | Preparing for Distillation

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First pulls of Frankincense Oil

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Frankincense Essential Oil Distillation. Separating Oil and Hydrosol with a Copper Essencier

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Frankincense Oil Distillation. Why I Only Use Ice for the First Six Hours

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Frankincense Oil Distillation. A Family Business Built on Ancient Resins

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Preparing the Still for a Second Frankincense Distillation

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Why Chunky Frankincense Resin Works Best for Distillation

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Frankincense Oil Distillation in a Traditional Copper Alembic Still

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The SmokeWalkers on Instagram: "Micro distillation is why frankincense either survives the still or doesn’t. This resin was never meant for scale. Small charges. Slow heat. Constant presence. Every run is adjusted by hand as the tree reveals itself. Less volume. More character. This is not manufacturing. This is translation. #SmokeWalkers #frankincense #frankincenseoil #distilling"

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The SmokeWalkers on Instagram: "In frankincense oil distillation the heart usually makes up about 70 percent of the final oil. This is the portion where the run is most balanced and complete. The early pull is sharper and more volatile and the late pull carries heavier notes. The heart is where those extremes settle into coherence. This is the part I work around and protect because it holds the truest expression of the resin. Distillation is not about taking everything. It is about knowing what

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Pulling the @The SmokeWalkers spent frankincense resin from the last two distillations out of the dehydrator for a quality check. After distillation, the resin still holds moisture deep inside the larger pieces. If it stays trapped, it can lead to uneven drying and soft spots . So each batch gets inspected by hand. I go through every piece to make sure it’s drying properly, break down the larger chunks so air can move through them evenly, then return everything to the dehydrator for another roun

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