How much echinacea needed to make tincture? The answer is.. Re: Help with Echinacea tincture

Hello Solmare,

I believe the information below answers your questions as well as anyone can.

Happy tincturing!
Water

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Wings, from your experience, how many 1/4 cups in a pound of dried Echinacea root, as received from Mountain Rose? Ummm... a lot? Lemme get my bags out, measure the herbs out, and give you an approximate estimate later this afternoon, OK?

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And the answer is...
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4 cups = 16 1/4 cup parts echinacea angustifolia root

7 cups = 28 1/4 cup parts echinacea purpurea herb

Tincture on! :-)

Wings

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I used one part cut and sifted certified organic dried echinacea purpurea root and one part cut and sifted certified organic dried echinacea angustifolia root. I think for "parts" for my first attempt at echinacea I used 1/4 cup each, and simply dumped each into a ten ounce Sweet Leaf Tea bottle, then filled the bottle with 100% proof vodka, shook it, and let it sit.

It was funny, Elf, because I knew echinacea "grows" when wet, and that Uny had made a mistake of using too small of a jar when she made echinacea the first time, and the herbs got so impacted in her jar she couldn't shake them, and I think she had a hard time getting the herbs out when it was time to harvest. Well, I watched the echinacea soak up that vodka like a sponge, and I ended up having to transfer the echinacea to a Mason jar before it got stuck in my tea bottle. I kept watching the echinacea, and kept adding vodka to be about two inches above the level of the herbs. It was probably about three hours before the echinacea had expanded all the way and had a two inch alcohol "float" above it.

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