Extracting natural Flavours

[baalel]

I have a bunch of applemint and peppermint growing in my herb garden and wondered if anyone had suggestions as to the best way to extract and distill the flavour for adding to a VG base.

 

[edisme518123]

I think the best way would be to take the juice, and cook it in some sort of still. The water will evaporate, pass through the still and, condense into a separate container, and you would be left will pure flavor... You'd have to be careful not to cook the flavor though, so using a double-boiler might be necessary.

Would just boiling off the water without a condenser work?