“Ouzelade” is my spin on Gatorade…but a tribute to my buddy Tom K., an ouzel in spirit.
Without Tang it’s very very mildy sweet…but pretty neutral. Easy to do without flavoring. I find I keep dropping the Tang content I use from batch to batch to get a “just there” orange taste. I will probably settle on one tsp. I’m working on a mocha version with chocolate protein powder (which would be very mild in flavor at this ratio) and a touch of instant coffee for an afternoon pick me up.
Again, I owe all this info to Tom K. primarily. He can go seriously in depth on the subject.
A taste of some old BPL nuggets on the topic here…
https://backpackinglight.com/forums/topic/41475/
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The above is an interesting conversation. I should edit and add that the most I’ve done in a day is ~700 calories, or two bottles. I don’t think more is necessary for me; this is just to cover me during stretches when I’m going hard and simply do not want to eat, i.e. hard passes or to get through the final 5-10 miles of a long day. A lot of this is discussed in the link above. I can vouch for Hiking Malto and have done an endurance event with him…He’s a wealth of knowledge on this topic if you search for his old posts, thru-hiked the entire PCT in like 90 days using this system.
