点评:I went to 7 lavender farms in one day and spend the most time at Lavender Connection. Rick, the dad, at the outdoor smelling kiosk, patiently let us sniff several of the over 20 types of lavender that they grow. Silly me, I had thought there is only one type of lavender and it mostly smells the same until I had Rick dipping the white paper strip in a botte of oil and offering it to me to smell. They each do smell totally different! He very nicely writes down the name on each strip to make it less confusing to go back and smell a previous oil to compare it. This was like a wine tasting without the drinking, just the smelling but no calories consumed! The list of lavenders and prices is on a menu, so you know upfront what you are smelling and how much it would be. The lavender plant can produce a small or large amount of oil as it is distilled which drives the price. Rick was wonderful showing the distillation equipment and explaining the process.
I got the Tucker's Early and the Provence lavender oils. They come in a big bottle, and he gives you a smaller glass bottle with the topper so you can shake it out. Also, he gives you a plastic eye dropper to move the oil to the smaller bottle so you don't contaminate or change the oil too much by constantly opening the cap of the bigger bottle.
In the store, his sweet daughter was working. I got some packets of lovely lavender shortbread cookies that were really good and as gifts.
I told jokingly told Rick that I had been there so long sampling lavender that I did not need to go to any other farms. He encouraged me to visit other lavender farms saying they all have something different. He was definitely supportive of other lavender farm owners and said that the lavender community in Sequim is supportive of each other. That was nice to know.
翻译:我一天去了 7 个薰衣草农场,在 Lavender Connection 待的时间最长。爸爸 Rick 在户外闻香亭耐心地让我们闻了他们种植的 20 多种薰衣草中的几种。我真傻,我以为只有一种薰衣草,而且它们的味道基本相同,直到 Rick 将白色纸条浸入一瓶油中并递给我闻。它们的味道确实完全不同!他非常贴心地在每张纸条上写下了名称,这样回去闻之前的油并进行比较时就不会感到困惑。这就像品酒,但没有喝酒,只是闻,但没有消耗卡路里!菜单上有薰衣草和价格的清单,所以你可以提前知道你闻到的是什么以及会有多少。薰衣草植物在蒸馏时可以产生少量或大量的油,这决定了价格。Rick 非常出色地展示了蒸馏设备并解释了这个过程。
我买了 Tucker's Early 和 Provence 薰衣草精油。它们装在一个大瓶子里,他给你一个带盖子的小玻璃瓶,这样你就可以把它摇出来。此外,他还给你一个塑料滴管,用来将精油移到小瓶子里,这样你就不会因为不断打开大瓶子的盖子而污染或改变精油。
在商店里,他可爱的女儿正在工作。我买了几包可爱的薰衣草酥饼,它们真的很好吃,可以作为礼物。
我开玩笑地告诉 Rick,我在那里品尝薰衣草已经很久了,我不需要去其他农场了。他鼓励我去参观其他薰衣草农场,说它们都有不同的东西。他绝对支持其他薰衣草农场主,并说 Sequim 的薰衣草社区互相支持。很高兴知道这一点。