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Iced Tea

Iced Tea: a sourced backpacking stove recipe with measured ingredients and cooking instructions. Check ingredient storage instructions before your trip.

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Added October 9, 2026
Source: Recipe: Wikibooks contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/); extracted from linked revision; camping suitability and safety notes added. Photo: Renee Comet (photographer), Public domain; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NCI_iced_tea.jpg; . Photo illustrates this dish on its source recipe page; not a Wild10 cooking-test photo.
Iced Tea
Difficulty: Medium

Ingredients

  • •3 tea bags
  • •1 teaspoon stevia
  • •2 teaspoons citric acid crystals (or malic / tartaric / citric blends)
  • •4 teaspoons sugar

Instructions

  1. 1Fill a drip coffee maker with cold water and place the tea bags in the basket.
  2. 2Place the stevia, acid, and sugar in the pot, and place the pot in the machine.
  3. 3Let it run through its cycle, then chill the product. This is a concentrate and will make several litres of iced tea.
  4. 4Place some ice in a tall glass and fill 80–90% with cold water. Pour in some iced tea nectar. You may reduce the water and add some fruit juice if desired.

Camp tips

  • • Lemon or lime juice can be used instead of the acid crystals. This will make a cloudier finished product. Use about 4 ounces.
  • • Garnish with cherries, pineapple, lemon, or lime slices.
  • • Note that this product contains virtually no sugar. While 4 teaspoons are used in the concentrate, it is diluted so much that the amount of sugar in a glass is probably less than ¼ teaspoon.
  • • While stevia is fairly expensive, it goes a long way. Use only pure stevia.
  • • Use potable water, wash hands, and pack out scraps. Never cook inside a tent. Check local fire restrictions.

Food safety & trail facts

Use potable water, wash hands, and pack out scraps. Never cook inside a tent. Check local fire restrictions.

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