The Damask rose has been recognized as the best-known commercial variants of rose flowers; Iran is one of the main countries in the world where Damask roses (Mohammadi) have been cultivated for more than 2,000 years on a large scale.
Iran (IMNA) - Avicenna, the Persian philosopher-scientists, is credited with the invention of effectively extracting rose water from petals of Damasks in the early eleventh century.
The Damask rose has been recognized as the best-known commercial variants of rose flowers; Iran is one of the main countries in the world where Damask roses have been cultivated for more than 2,000 years on a large scale.
The highest quality rosewater in the world is produced in Iran's Kashan. The fragrance of Damask roses in Kashan is to the extent that the Kaaba –the Islam's holiest site - is washed with Zamzam water and pure Kashan's rose water.
The fragrance of Kashan's rose flowers fills the air and leaves everyone intoxicated on its heavenly freshness.
To get the desired fresh rose water, Damask roses should go under double distillation processes through which petals are transferred to huge copper pots, where they are immersed in water and gently boiled for several hours. The obtained steam then cooled back into liquid; that is pure rose water.
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