Start by gathering everything you need and preparing your botanical material.

You’ll need: clean glass containers, properly prepared botanical material, high-proof food-grade ethanol appropriate for your application, filters or strainers, a funnel, and clean containers for your finished extract and recovered ethanol.

Place your prepared botanical material into a clean glass container and add the appropriate amount of ethanol for your recipe. Allow the botanicals to soak for the recommended amount of time so the ethanol can extract the desired compounds.

Different botanicals require different ratios and extraction times, so follow an appropriate recipe for the material you're working with.

The goal: Create a properly prepared botanical tincture that's ready to be filtered and processed.

Once your tincture is ready, thoroughly filter out the botanical material and fine particles before placing the liquid into the Source Turbo.

Use a filter, strainer, or Büchner funnel filtration system to separate the plant material from the liquid. For a cleaner finished extract, you can filter the tincture multiple times or use progressively finer filtration.

Once filtered:

1. Add the filtered tincture to the Source Turbo reservoir cup according to the machine's capacity guidelines.
   
2. Reassemble the Source Turbo according to the user manual.
   
3. Make sure the reservoir, seals, lid, and vacuum-release valve are properly positioned.
   
4. Confirm that the unit can establish a secure vacuum seal before beginning your run.
   

The goal: A clean, filtered tincture inside a properly assembled and sealed Source Turbo.

Now it's time to let the Source Turbo recover the ethanol and concentrate your botanical extract.

Select your operating mode:

Normal Mode: Press and release the green button once.

Turbo Mode: Press and hold the green button for approximately three seconds.

Maintain the cooling system as directed in your Source Turbo manual and monitor the machine throughout the process. As the unit operates under vacuum, ethanol separates from the tincture, condenses, and collects inside the recovery chamber.

Meanwhile, your botanical solution becomes increasingly concentrated.

As you approach your desired consistency, monitor the extract carefully. When you're ready to finish:

1. Press the green button to stop the machine.
   
2. Allow the system to cool.
   
3. Carefully release the vacuum using the vacuum-release valve.
   
4. Remove your finished botanical extract.
   
5. Collect and properly store the recovered ethanol.
   
6. Clean and reassemble your Source Turbo for the next extraction.
   

The goal: A concentrated botanical extract with recovered ethanol that may be suitable for reuse when properly stored and appropriate for the intended application.