Aleppo soap cooking
1st Day
Boilling Phase
It is ‘cooked’ in a cauldron. The base ingredients are olive oil, laurel oil sodium hydroxide and water.
2nd Day
Spreading Out
The soap is spread out to solidify.
3rd Day
Hand Cutting
After Being solidified it will be cut by hand, by traditional methods, into rectangular bars.
4th Day
Hand Stamping
It will be stamped and left to be dried.
1 Year
Storing
Aleppo soap age like fine wine. Some people in Aleppo actually bragged around about 20-30 years old soaps kept in the attic.
1st Day
Boilling Phase
2nd Day
Spreading Out
3rd Day
Hand Cutting
4th Day
Hand Stamping
1 Year
Storing