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aoife_mintin Citrus & Fresh · Cork ·

Question

Is every citrus oil pressed, or some distilled?

Question from a beginner: is every citrus oil pressed out of the peel, or do some get distilled?

Lemon Bergamot Neroli Petitgrain Yuzu

4 comments

dex_in_brooklyn

it's all pressed, you squeeze the peel and the oil sprays out. you're overthinking it

joon.yuzu

Not all of them. The club's Class on how fragrance is extracted says lime oil is usually steam distilled, while bergamot, grapefruit and lemon are pressed. Neroli and petitgrain come from flowers and leaves and get distilled too, so basically it depends on which part of the tree.

aoife_mint

joon.yuzu wrote:

it depends on which part of the tree

That's the bit I was missing, thanks.