Alteya’s plantations and distillery allows us to maintain our status as a leading grower and distiller of pure organic Bulgarian Rose Oil, Rose Flower Water and other essential oils and flower waters.
Our Quality Standards
On Alteya’s plantations, the cultivation, harvesting and distillation are strictly controlled and extensive laboratory testing is conducted on every step to ensure that our products are exceeding industry standards.
Rose Cultivation and Harvesting
The rose bushes are very prolific plants. They keep blooming and producing rose buds for few weeks which means picking every day. Picking roses is a very hard and labor consuming process, done solely by hand. Also, timing is essential because to get the highest quality rose oil, the fields have to be harvested before the sun shines too brightly and evaporates the precious flowers’ oil.
Distillation Process
After the workers have finished picking the roses for the day, the fresh blossoms are taken to the distillery where the distillation process immediately takes place. The rose blossoms are placed in a special distillation still. Then a stream of low-pressure steam is discharged through the fresh blossoms to release the essential oil into the vapor. The aromatic vapor is then condensed by cooling the coil.