EPA Type 2 from 2014, new Ration Items

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EPA Type 2 from 2014, new Ration Items

Post by Eistee » Fri Jun 24, 2016 5:13 am

Hey there, this is my first review, so please be gentle with me :D
I will update this Review with Pics and so on as i eat it along this day
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Unopened Ration
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Opened Ration
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All items layed out (i especcialy like how the salt and sugar packets have the Bundeswehr Cross on them)
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Re: EPA Type 2 from 2014, new Ration Items

Post by Eistee » Fri Jun 24, 2016 5:23 am

From the first look over the Items i can see, that they have done over alot of the Design for the Items
For example: the Drink sachets are now pretty much commercial items from MSI, they even added two new Flavors, (now: Exotic, Grapefruit, Lemon and Orange) before: 2x Exotic and 2x Grapefruit
Also they added 4 new Items: 1 Muesli Bar made from Orifo, 1 Hazelnutpudding dessert from Travellunch, 1 Wholegrain Fruitmuesli, and 1 sachet of Instant cappucino
At last, they added the new Hartkekse from MSI, which Housil already made a Topic about
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Re: EPA Type 2 from 2014, new Ration Items

Post by Eistee » Fri Jun 24, 2016 5:50 am

Now for the Breakfast part:
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For breakfast i thought about Muesli and Cappucino with Sugar
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The muesli looks very good, with cranberries, bananas and coconut chips
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After adding water (no amount was given on pouch)
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The cappucino powder just looks like any cappucino that you would expect, like from nescafe or so
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It tasted very good, nice flavor of caramel
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The Muesli was very good, nice crunch to the banana chips and the cranberries really were giving it a nice fruity Flavor
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Re: EPA Type 2 from 2014, new Ration Items

Post by Name_not_found » Fri Jun 24, 2016 8:08 am

Great start, nice pics, keep it up!
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Re: EPA Type 2 from 2014, new Ration Items

Post by BlackDogBob » Fri Jun 24, 2016 9:03 am

Great start brother. Crisp clear pictures. Looking forward to the rest.
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Re: EPA Type 2 from 2014, new Ration Items

Post by Eistee » Fri Jun 24, 2016 10:17 am

First of all: Thanks for the kind words, i dont know what to write so i just do what comes to my mind
Anyway, heres the Lunch Section of the Ration
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The chosen Lunch items
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400mL of Water for the Drink
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Dissolved really well
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Tastes very refreshing of Orange, almost like orange juice
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Main Entree heated up
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Tastes very good,because of the rice maybe abit dry, but thats ok.
The Cevapcici are also very good, not dry at all and nice flavor to them
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Done!
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Apricot Jam on the canned bread, very good
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Jagdwurst, Yumm
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Mueslibar is very good, nice crunch and soft at the same time
You can really taste the Cinnamon and Apple
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Re: EPA Type 2 from 2014, new Ration Items

Post by Eistee » Fri Jun 24, 2016 11:38 am

Now for the comparison of the old Grapefruit Beverage to the new one:

Both Beverages need the same amound of water to make, the main difference between both is for one the taste:
-The old one i didnt really like because it is mainly bitter and not really sweet, because they added maltodextrine instead of sugar.
-The New one is abit less bitter and more sweeter

Also as you can see, the new one is very much more colourful
and at last i saw a huge difference in the dissolvementspeed of both, the old one was taking alot more time and effort to dissolve
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Left the Old one, and right the new Drink
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Re: EPA Type 2 from 2014, new Ration Items

Post by parafireboy » Fri Jun 24, 2016 1:06 pm

Great first review and pics! :D
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Re: EPA Type 2 from 2014, new Ration Items

Post by Eistee » Fri Jun 24, 2016 3:05 pm

And now for the Dinner Part of the Ration
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The Items for the dinner
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Tried to rip off the Foil, but lost patience halfway through
You dont know real struggle until you try to peel that Foil off
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Nice big Tortelloni in a very good tomato sauce
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Tortelloni are filled with meat
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The Pudding was very pleasing, nice hazelnut flavor with hazelnut pieces and some crunchy caramelised hazelnut pieces
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Re: EPA Type 2 from 2014, new Ration Items

Post by cavguy » Fri Jun 24, 2016 6:03 pm

That looks like an excellent ration!
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