| The different parts of the alembic are matched and joined together before being hand polished. |
| An alembic is an apparatus formerly used in distillation and the word comes from al-inbiq, the still. |
| The condensation visible when an object is heated in an alembic was sometimes called the queen's tears. |
| A French physician, who travelled in China, says he never saw an alembic or distillatory apparatus in the whole country. |
| The majority of essential oils are obtained by steam distillation in a stainless steel alembic. |
| The distillation takes the form of two heatings, following a traditional method, and using the alembic. |
