The process
The oldest trick there is.
Most infused oils on a shelf are made fast and far away, with flavouring added. We do it the slow way. Put a good botanical in a good oil, keep it warm and dark for a few weeks, and the colour, scent and character of the plant move into the oil.
Six steps, start to shelf
01
The jar
Dried botanicals only, weighed and recorded against their lot number, into clean glass with the carrier oil that suits them.
02
The shelf
Warm and dark. The jar is dated the day it goes up, and the oil lot and herb lot are written on the log sheet beside it.
03
Four to six weeks
Nothing is rushed and nothing is heated hard. St John's Wort turns deep red in the jar. Two batches will never be identical, and we are fine with that.
04
Strain
The oil is strained off the botanical and filtered on the bench. A small amount of natural vitamin E goes in to keep it fresh, and it goes on the label too.
05
Bottle
Hand-filled into amber glass, tins, or 250 ml bottles with a pour spout, then labelled in English and French with the ingredient list, the batch number and the net quantity.
amber glass
tin
pour spout
06
Log
The batch number is written against the jar, the herb lot and the oil lot. That is what makes the number on your bottle mean something.
Made in British Columbia
Infused, strained and bottled on Vancouver Island.
Small-batch Canadian manufacturing is the whole point. Every incoming lot of dried botanical gets a lot number. Every carrier oil gets a lot number. Every bottle gets a batch number. Labels are in English and French.
CAL-26-014
