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Driving back home yesterday I realized I made a habit out of going monthly to Amsterdam. Saving quite a bit of money growing my own for me and the wife so end up spending some more on day trips, to coffeeshops... 
Usually don't arrive until after 18:00, which is after most shops and stores close. I've been at a closed door of DNA Genetics for 2 times already, yesterday we went a bit earlier and I finally bought some seeds. Skywalker Kush and LA Chocolate. Not sure if I'm going to use them next round, might do a quickie with clones first (still 4-5 weeks to go for current grow).
We usually visit 4-5 coffeeshops in 8 to 10 hours time. We try to pick them upfront as it it easy to waste time in Amsterdam just walking. Yesterday we visited/bought/smoked the following list. Going to keep the smoke reports super simple as it's a. a matter of taste and b. what I smoked yesterday will be different from what someone else buys next week or even tomorrow and c. I smoked them all on the same day...
Kadinsky (multiple small coffeeshops in Amsterdam) - Not as overpriced as some others. Got S5 (tastes like a lite version of Amnesia Haze, quality smoke but the effect is rather "restless") and White Russian (damn nice, grow candidate despite it having WW as a parent, oldskool smell with newskool taste).
S5 at the bottom (they asked to make sure if I didn't mind the smaller buds) and that one nugget is the White Russian.
Kadinsky (another one that supposedly had more hash on the menu) - Trans Himalayan (or something close ). Black hashish, very strong, tastes good as well. I prefer the effect of lighter colored local hash (Pollen, also referred to as Pollum), that still allows me to work, talk (with the occasional laughter), sit straight up etc. This black paste is highly recommended if you have high tolerance or sleeping disorders. Best zip I bought yesterday (not too pricey either, roughly $14 per gram). I don't smoke a lot of hash because I end up burning my couch and clothes, like just NOW. $200 sweater I bought 2 weeks ago, spot is on my bicep so clearly visible:
2e Kamer
Starting to become standard on my list, very small shop, like in the old days, not "touristinized". Wanted to get the Pineapple Haze like previous times, but was sold out so settled for Vanilla Haze. Turned out to be good, but couldn't detect the vanilla taste. Uplifting effect, one I could smoke most of the day.
Barney's Farm
Cannot recommend their seeds (currently growing Liberty Haze, horrible germination results, 2 runts of which one is the most fucked up I've ever seen. It makes Dr. Grinspoon look good...), and the weed (as well as the coffee) in their coffeeshops is overpriced (but from a good clone...). Like 2-3 euros on top of what you pay elsewhere. BUT, they got a volcano vaporizer on every table, and the cutest girls to explain how to use them. When I go to BF I just figure I pay (extra for the weed) for the use of those (the volcanos, not the girls). As usual I got the Tangerine Dream ($20 per gram...). Whether I roll it or put it in the volcano, it tastes really well and the effect is strong and long lasting.
De Haven van Texel - not a coffeeshop, but a restaurant, at the end/start of the red light district. Photo from where I was sitting:
Already created next month's list, which will include the oldest and first coffeeshops in Amsterdam (and the Netherlands).
Usually don't arrive until after 18:00, which is after most shops and stores close. I've been at a closed door of DNA Genetics for 2 times already, yesterday we went a bit earlier and I finally bought some seeds. Skywalker Kush and LA Chocolate. Not sure if I'm going to use them next round, might do a quickie with clones first (still 4-5 weeks to go for current grow).
We usually visit 4-5 coffeeshops in 8 to 10 hours time. We try to pick them upfront as it it easy to waste time in Amsterdam just walking. Yesterday we visited/bought/smoked the following list. Going to keep the smoke reports super simple as it's a. a matter of taste and b. what I smoked yesterday will be different from what someone else buys next week or even tomorrow and c. I smoked them all on the same day...
Kadinsky (multiple small coffeeshops in Amsterdam) - Not as overpriced as some others. Got S5 (tastes like a lite version of Amnesia Haze, quality smoke but the effect is rather "restless") and White Russian (damn nice, grow candidate despite it having WW as a parent, oldskool smell with newskool taste).
S5 at the bottom (they asked to make sure if I didn't mind the smaller buds) and that one nugget is the White Russian.
Kadinsky (another one that supposedly had more hash on the menu) - Trans Himalayan (or something close
). Black hashish, very strong, tastes good as well. I prefer the effect of lighter colored local hash (Pollen, also referred to as Pollum), that still allows me to work, talk (with the occasional laughter), sit straight up etc. This black paste is highly recommended if you have high tolerance or sleeping disorders. Best zip I bought yesterday (not too pricey either, roughly $14 per gram). I don't smoke a lot of hash because I end up burning my couch and clothes, like just NOW. $200 sweater I bought 2 weeks ago, spot is on my bicep so clearly visible:2e Kamer
Starting to become standard on my list, very small shop, like in the old days, not "touristinized". Wanted to get the Pineapple Haze like previous times, but was sold out so settled for Vanilla Haze. Turned out to be good, but couldn't detect the vanilla taste. Uplifting effect, one I could smoke most of the day.
Barney's Farm
Cannot recommend their seeds (currently growing Liberty Haze, horrible germination results, 2 runts of which one is the most fucked up I've ever seen. It makes Dr. Grinspoon look good...), and the weed (as well as the coffee) in their coffeeshops is overpriced (but from a good clone...). Like 2-3 euros on top of what you pay elsewhere. BUT, they got a volcano vaporizer on every table, and the cutest girls to explain how to use them. When I go to BF I just figure I pay (extra for the weed) for the use of those (the volcanos, not the girls). As usual I got the Tangerine Dream ($20 per gram...). Whether I roll it or put it in the volcano, it tastes really well and the effect is strong and long lasting.
De Haven van Texel - not a coffeeshop, but a restaurant, at the end/start of the red light district. Photo from where I was sitting:
Already created next month's list, which will include the oldest and first coffeeshops in Amsterdam (and the Netherlands).
I cannot even buy a sweater for $20 if I wanted to (that's a little over a gram of quality weed, can you buy 25 sweaters for the price of an oz?). $200 (roughly 150 euros) for a quality men's sweater (it's a thick hoodie) really isn't 'that' much here. That's why dutch tourists come back from the States with three times the luggage. Packed with clothing, electronics (cameras, Macbooks and ipods) and in the past CDs. Shit's expensive here and the skewed $- exchange rate and import taxes add to it.
