Make your own rose water

I've been wanting to make my own rose water for a while and now I finally had the time.
It's pretty cool to make and fairly easy.

What do we need?

*10 roses
*water
*a large cooking pan plus matching cover
*a piece of brick
*a small ceramic bowl that will stand heat
*optional: some icecubes

Start by picking the individual petals from the roses. You'll be surprised how many petals there are on there!
Place the brick in the middle of cooking pan and spread the rose petals around it, but not higher than the brick itself. Pour water in the pan until it reaches the same height as the brick. Place the ceramic bowl on top of the brick.

It should look something like this. It's probably wise to use a slightly bigger bowl. Place the cover upside down on the pan. We're going to let the water boil and let it simmer for about 30 minutes. Steam will rise up to the cover, condensate when it reaches the cover, and small drops will form on there. The drops will move towards the center of your cover, form large drops and end up in your ceramic bowl. Placing some ice on top of your cover will help to cool it and improve condensation.

After 30 minutes turn of the heat. Carefully remove the cover, there might be some drops still on there, try to harvest those as well. The easiest way to do this is just to hold it vertically and gravity will do it's work.
If it all went according to plan there should be some clear rose water in your ceramic bowl. Put it into a clean, preferably dark glass container. You can also use the water in your cooking pan for a nice rose bath (or foot bath). Simply use a sieve to separate the leaves from the water. How much rose water you will actually get it hard to predict, it all depends on the type of articles you're using. Using roses from your own garden will make this even more special. If you don't have a garden (or one that is suitable for roses) just visit your local florist and look for some nice smelling roses.