Black Tea Soap Trail 1
Recipe Instructions
No Additives
- Only ingredients above used.
- Loose Black Tea is the only "extra"
Water
- Black Tea mixture heated and let steep
- Blended to break up tea leaves
- Frozen until cold/slushy/frozen a little
- Cold Mix used instead of water
Ideally used as a total body soap. Hence the castor oil was added.
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Soap Properties
Highlighted gray ranges represent recommended ranges for each property.
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INS: 147.08 (ideal)
iodine: 51.85 (ideal)
Calculated Values for Oils and Preferences
| Superfat % | 5% |
| Saturated | 533.93 Gram(s) |
| Mono-Unsaturated | 554.58 Gram(s) |
| Poly-Unsaturated | 60.32 Gram(s) |
| Saturated:Unsaturated Ratio | 53.52:46.48 |
| Lye concentration | 100% |
| Weight Unit | Gram(s) |
| Soap type | solid |
Fatty Acid Profile
| Oleic | 37.21% |
| Linoleic | 4.76% |
| Linolenic | 0.26% |
| Ricinoleic | 9% |
| Lauric | 10.21% |
| Myristic | 4.71% |
| Palmitic | 12.81% |
| Stearic | 16.76% |
Recommended Additive Amounts
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For Advanced Soapmakers
| Sodium Lactate (60%)
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| Recommended Essential/Fragrance Oil | 52.50 Gram(s) | ||||||
| Ascorbic Acid
| 12 Gram(s) | ||||||
| Extra Lye to Neutralize Ascorbic Acid for A.A. | NaOH: 2.42 Gram(s) | ||||||
| Lactic Acid
| 9 Gram(s) | ||||||
| Extra Lye to Neutralize Lactic Acid for L.A. | NaOH: 5.33 Gram(s) | ||||||
| Tetrasodium EDTA
| 9.10 Gram(s) | ||||||
| Sodium Citrate
| 15.60 - 46.80 Gram(s) | ||||||
| Potassium Citrate
| 19.20 - 57.60 Gram(s) | ||||||
| Rosemary Oleoresin (ROE)
| 0.48 - 0.60 Gram(s) | ||||||
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Citric Acid Powder (anhydrous) |
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Extra Lye to Neutralize Citric Acid Powder for C.A. |
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