i have occasional private acces to a university lab with all the bells and whistles ...including vaccume and solvent recovery systems...i was told that i shouldnt quick evap the spice laden solvent in hot water baths...but in the labratory under vacuume? what would happen? would it crystalize of would it be goo as i was told would happen if i quick evaped in hot water?...thanx for all the support!

is there really nobody out there that can answer this question?

it will be clear and resinous
dissolve it in a small amount of hot hexane, then crash it out.