Title: Thai to the East
Categories: Soap *
Yield: 1 Batch

FATS AND OILS
		80øF to 100øF
LYE SOLUTION
		80øF to 100øF
INGREDIENTS
201	g	Sodium hydroxide
13	oz	Distilled water
1	lb	5 oz olive oil
1	lb	Coconut oil
14	oz	Palm oil
6	oz	Coconut milk
2	tb	Rice flour
2	tb	Tapioca flour
1/4	ts	Cardamom
2	tb	Dried lemongrass
12	g	Grapefruit seed extract, optional
7	ts	Pure essential oil or fragrance oil, optional

Prepare the soap as usual. Just before pouring the lye solution into the melted fats and oils, heat the coconut milk for 10 seconds - only enough to melt it into liquid form. Do not let it get hot. Stirring continuously, add the lye to the fats and oils; then, without taking a break from stirring, add the coconut milk to the soap mixture. Beat quickly and consistenly from start to finish. At the trace, add the rice flour, tapioca flour, cardamom, and lemongrass. Finally, add any desired scent.

Source: "The Soapmaker's Companion" by Susan Miller Cavitch

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