Rick Sanchez
Rising Star
I know that a steam extraction on acrb would yield no spice, but might it be an efficient way to remove oils and fats from the plant material prior to extraction? Perhaps some beta-carbolines would even be carried through with the oil so your waste product would have some kind of psychoactive value besides just being a pleasant smelling acacia essential oil. If this process actually works, it could theoretically be used to defat a kilo or so of bark at a time which could then be stored and used at the alchemist's leisure. Does anyone have any experience trying to distill acrb or with steam distillation of essential oils in general to shine some light on this? I probably won't have the equipment to try it myself for at least another month.