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The Basic Theory

The current theory of the relationship between the spirits and the drops of essence produced is:

 The amount of essence produced will the same if the sum of the product of amount of spirit multiplied by type is the same
 The quality of the spirit dictates the maximum amount of essence you will get, with Fire being a maximum of 6 drops
 The lowest quality spirit dictates the overall spirit quality level. So if you use a combination of Fire and Water spirits, the maximum value will be the value for Water.
 You must use exactly 10 debens of Spirits

The Theory in More Detail

First, we start by assigning some values to the various spirit types, like so:

Spirit	Value
Fish	90
Mineral	80
Vegetable	70
Fruit	60
Grass	50
Grain	40
Worm	30
Wood	20
Grey*	10

 * - Grey spirits are both a type and a quality 

The actual values aren't important, so long the progress from the lowest to highest temperature spirit in increasing order. Using multiples of ten is easy to keep straight and gives some wiggle room. You could use 1,2,3,5,8,13,21,34,56 if you really wanted.

Now, for a given material, the same amount of essence will be produced as long as the sum of products of amount times type of spirit are the same. For example, if a material produces 6 drops of essence with 10 Grass Spirits of Fire (10 x 50 = 500), then it will also produce 6 Drops of Essence with 5 Fruit Spirits of Fire and 5 Grain Spirits of Fire (5 x 60 = 300, 5 x 40 = 200, 300+200 = 500).

Theory Stout Palm

Essence	Spirits	Value	Outcome
Stout Palm	4 Grass, 6 Grain	200+240=440	6
Stout Palm	4 Vegetable, 6 Worm	280+180=460	4
Stout Palm	2 Vegetable, 8 Worm	140+240=380	C
Stout Palm	4 Vegetable, 6 Wood	280+120=400	2
Stout Palm	8 Grass, 1 grain, 1 grey	400+40+10=450	2
Stout Palm	8 Grass, 2 wood	400+40=440	6
Stout Palm	8 Grass, 1 grain, 1 wood	400+40+20=460	4
Stout Palm	3 Fish,5 Grey,1 Vegetable, 1 Grass	270+50+70+50=440	3

In the last entry you will note that the total produced is 3 rather than 6, even though the value is 440. This is because the "grey" quality only allows a maximum of 3 drops of essence.

Theory Cerulean Blue

Essence	Spirits	Value	Outcome
Cerulean Blue	10 Grass	500	H
Cerulean Blue	10 Worm	300	H
Cerulean Blue	10 Wood	200	4
Cerulean Blue	8 Wood, 2 Worm	160+60=220	2
Cerulean Blue	9 Wood, 1 Worm	180+30=210	3
Cerulean Blue	9 Wood, 1 Grey	180+10=190	2

Theory Lead Salts

Essence	Spirits	Value	Outcome
Lead Salts	10 Grain	400	H
Lead Salts	10 Worm	300	H
Lead Salts	10 Wood	200	5
Lead Salts	9 Wood, 1 Worm	180+30=210	4
Lead Salts	9 Wood, 1 Grain	180+40=220	2

Theory for sweetspot (Fire)

The more you are of, the less you get
fire has a range of 110, air of 130 and so on

Thanks to McArine for the research

Temp offset from sweetspot and results

Off by	Air	Fire	Grey
	Drops	Drops	Drops
60	1
50	2	1
40	3	2
30	4	3	1
20	5	4	2
10	6	5	3
0	7	6	3
-10	6	5	3
-20	5	4	2
-30	4	3	1
-40	3	2
-50	2	1
-60	1