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To Bassgirl and Bubblefan! I buy various ginger essential oils and ginger powder from www.fromnaturewithlove.com The fresh ginger from Indonesia smells just like fresh ginger root. The ginger from China has a more earthy ginger aroma. I highly recommend experimenting with a ginger...

For an 8 lb. batch, at trace I add a mixture of 2 ounces superfatting oils like sweet almond oil, olive oil, shea butter, etc., 2 ounces essential oil and 2 TB of finely ground tea or ginger powder, in this case. The fine grind releases more scent and makes it less textured. Of course, you can...

I usually only add the dry tea to my superfatting/essential oil mix at trace. I always steep the tea leaves in the oil mixture for several days, covered, before adding the entire mixture, including tea leaves, to the soap mixture. This helps softens the leaves and pulls more scent from the...