Turmeric Tincture & Alcohol-Free Extract

Turmeric (Curcuma longa) is a rhizomatous perennial of the ginger family, Zingiberaceae, native to the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia and cultivated across the tropics, with India producing most of the world's crop. It grows about 1 meter tall with large, oblong, bright green leaves on long sheathing stalks and a cone-like spike of pale yellow flowers set among greenish-white and pink bracts. The branching rhizome is brown-skinned and brilliant orange inside, with an earthy, slightly bitter scent, and when dried and ground is the spice that colors curry powder yellow. We extract the dried rhizome.