Tea kettle – Tea is a popular drink among campers of all kinds. Especially when it is cold and rainy, a warm cup of tea is a good idea.
Not only in the cold, tea has many benefits.
But how can you make it when you’re in the middle of nature and don’t have a power connection to hand?
Here are 6 tips for gadgets that you can use to make a delicious cup of tea and enjoy it in your rooftop tent, even if you’re a real camper.
Camping Ratgeber:
Standard: Power connection & kettle
Many campsites have power sockets that you can use for a hotplate or kettle.
You can also plug some appliances into the car and then enjoy your tea in the roof tent.
But what do you do if these options are not available to you?
You can simply use these 6 alternative options without a power socket.
Espresso maker: also works for tea
With the espresso maker, you need to preheat the water and then fill it to just below the valve in the lower boiler.
Then fill the tea leaves into the funnel provided or insert a tea bag.
You must then insert this.
Next, screw the top of the pot tight.
You should then slowly heat the entire construction.
The tea is now extracted via a central pipe opening.
When you see that more steam comes out than tea, the tea is ready and you can enjoy it.
This is how you use the espresso maker:
- Preheat water & fill with water
- Place tea leaves / tea bags in funnel
- Insert funnel & tighten upper part of can
- Heat slowly (over a fire, gas stove, etc.)
- Finished: only water vapor comes out of the opening
You can find out more about the espresso maker here:
Dutch oven: making tea over an open fire
Fire pots have been used in nature and on open fires for centuries.
They therefore offer you a very special experience in the great outdoors.
They are very easy to use.
You can simply place the cast-iron pots in the fire.
Everything inside is then heated very evenly.
Even water or the whole tea.
Just be careful not to boil the tea too much.
Tip!
Find out how to make tea properly here: Brewing tea.
That’s what makes the Dutch Oven so special:
- Use in an open fire
- Made from cast iron
- Uniform heating
Of course, you can also cook or even bake anything else in the Dutch oven.
Find out more about this outdoor all-rounder here:
Cartridge stove: uncomplicated with a gas cartridge
Wondering how to heat the water in the first place?
Because a campfire requires a lot of experience and responsibility, a cartridge stove can also do the trick.
It is easy to use, easy to clean and very light, so you can easily store and transport it.
You can simply pack the practical gas stove in the trunk of your car, insert a gas cartridge on site and enjoy delicious tea and more.
Cooking without a campfire – that’s the cartridge stove:
- Gas stove with cartridges
- Easy to clean & transportable
Depending on the model, you have more power, but you also need more gas, which is simply used through cartridges, and some models even have more than one hotplate.
You can read more about the cartridge stove and what else you can prepare on it besides tea here:
Tea kettle: Also suitable for campfires
You may already know it from your kitchen at home: you can also make tea in a kettle.
These are also available for the campsite.
You can even place them over an open fire.
For example, on a barbecue, on the stacking grate by the campfire or you can hang it over the fire by the movable handle with a tripod.
All you have to do is fill the kettle with water and a tea bag or loose tea, depending on your taste.
Here are the advantages of the tea kettle:
- Specially available for camping
- These can be placed in the fire
More about tea kettles suitable for camping:
Percolator: infusion with intense tea enjoyment
Attention: Special taste experience!
You can prepare very intense tea with a percolator.
This works by heating and piping the water into the percolator so that it rises to the top.
It then drips back down through a filter, which you should fill with tea beforehand.
As the water keeps running through the sieve, the taste can become particularly intense.
If you want less intensity, you can simply take the percolator off the heat earlier.
Percolator – difficult word, but simple function:
- Fill the percolator with water & sieve with tea
- Heating & water rises to the top through tubes
- Runs through sieve several times & brews the tea
- When intensity is reached, remove from the fire
You can find more tips on how to use it here:
Rocket stove: the perfect camping companion
This versatile gadget is also a good way to heat your kettle, espresso maker or percolator sufficiently.
You fill the rocket stove with wood via a hatch.
This then burns inside and releases heat upwards to heat your tea.
This stainless steel camping companion is particularly practical as you can use it for cooking, baking, grilling and roasting.
So it’s not only suitable for tea, but also for a delicious lunch afterwards.
You can do these things with the rocket stove:
- Heats what is placed on top
- For cooking, baking, grilling & roasting
- Not only tea, but also lunch
Find out what makes the rocket stove so special here:
Camper & Tee: More tips
As you can see, you can also easily make a cup of tea at the campsite.
In addition to the right gadget, there are many other things in the world of tea that you should consider.
And your options at the campsite don’t just extend to tea, coffee is also worth a try.
Tea vs. coffee
Winter camping coming up?
Not only tea keeps you nice and warm, but also coffee.
Popular with campers, but also with many who want to become one, coffee also has its advantages.
Here you can find out which drink makes more sense from a health point of view.
In the end, of course, it’s a question of taste.
More tea tips
Not in the mood for coffee?
Here you will find a whole overview of tea, including the types, effects and what you should look out for when making tea.
That way, nothing can go wrong with your next cup of tea at the campsite.
