Glossary of Helpful Terms – A work in progress
Amber Glass: Any dark-brown to light-brown colored glass. The dark color blocks transmission of ultraviolet light to the contents of the bottle, protecting the contents from premature degradation or other loss of quality. Other colors of glass do not provide the same UV blocking properties as amber glass.
Buchner Funnel: a fine particulate filter setup, where flow of a liquid to be filtered is pulled through the filter medium using a vacuum, FMI visit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%BCchner_funnel
Filter: Any
Infusion:
Liquid: A term used on tincture.recipes to describe the solvent that will draw characteristics from the provided solid component of the tincture. See also, Menstruum.
Marc:
Menstruum:
Light-blocking: See amber glass
Solids: A term used on tincture.recipes to describe the physical ingredient that will provide characteristics to the liquid solvent component of the tincture. See also, Marc.
Tincture: