Batch inputs
Enter your herb and menstruum details to estimate finished tincture volume.
g
Herb condition
1 :
ml
Auto-calculated from weight × ratio
Pressing method
Pressing the marc (spent herb) recovers extra menstruum that straining alone leaves behind.
Estimated yield
Solvent needed
0 ml
Estimated finished yield
0 ml
at 0% recovery
Recommended bottle
Bottle & dropper breakdown
How your batch divides across common dropper bottle sizes, filled to a safe ~90% to leave room for the pipette.
| Bottle | Qty | Droppers/btl | Total drops | Leftover |
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How this is calculated
- Solvent volume = herb weight (g) × ratio number, following the standard folk-method weight-to-volume convention (e.g. a 1:5 tincture uses 5 ml of menstruum per 1 g of herb) — Herbal Academy, Henriette's Herbal.
- Recovery rate accounts for menstruum retained in the marc (spent herb) after straining/pressing. General guidance puts typical loss at 20–30% of volume, with straining alone on the higher end and firm pressing recovering an extra 5–10% — Genesis School of Natural Health, tincture calculator reference. This tool applies: dry+strain 70%, dry+press 82%, fresh+strain 75%, fresh+press 85%.
- Dropper volume defaults to 1 ml per full squeeze, the widely cited standard for glass pipette droppers — Virospack, Optimus Medica. Adjust if your bottles use a different pipette.
- Bottle fill is capped at 90% of nominal capacity — dropper bottles shouldn't be filled to the brim, since inserting the pipette displaces liquid and can force overflow — Packfolio.
- These are estimates for planning purposes — actual yield varies with herb density, particle size, press equipment, and maceration time.