How To Distill Oil Using A Coffee Pot

Distillation occurs when a liquid is separated from impurities within it. The most common distillation method is to evaporate the liquid and collect the cooled drops into a separate container, resulting in a pure form of the liquid. You can easily distill liquids such as oil in a traditional stove-top coffee pot. These coffee pots force liquids through a gasket filled with ground coffee and collect the coffee in a container. If you remove the coffee gasket from the coffee pot, the coffee pot will simply distill the liquid that is poured into it, via the evaporation method.

Step 1

Unscrew the coffee pot and remove the gasket from the middle. This gasket appears as a small round container with many small holes in the bottom.

Step 2

Place the oil you want to distill into the coffee pot's bottom container.

Step 3

Screw the coffee pot's top container onto the bottom of the pot, while holding both pieces upright. Do not tilt the coffee pot.

Step 4

Place the pot on a stove and turn the stove on with minimal heat.

Step 5

Wait for the pot to make noise and start spouting vapors in the air. This tells you that the oil has been distilled.