Lavender Extract/Tincture Made with Alcohol
If you want to enjoy the health benefits or amazing flavor of lavender, try this homemade lavender extract and tincture made with alcohol.
Ingredients
- 1/3 jar culinary or food grade dried lavender buds
- 2/3 jar 80 proof Smirnoff vodka or similar
Instructions
- Fill a glass jar your jar of choice 1/3 full of dried lavender buds.
- Fill the jar up the rest of the way with the alcohol, leaving about an inch of head space at the top.
- Cover the jar opening with parchment paper and then the metal lid. Alcohol will eat away the metals from a metal lid, so you don't want direct contact between the two.
- Label the jar with the contents, start date and end date.
- Place your jar of extract/tincture in a cool dark cupboard for 4-6 weeks, shaking daily. The liquid should be a dark brown. You may need to top it off with more alcohol the second day if the dry herbs have swollen and are no longer submerged.
- When 4-6 weeks is finished, strain your extract/tincture and transfer to a convenient bottle for use.
- Store your extract/tincture in a cool place away from direct sunlight.