Urgent help dam next week

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greenvalley
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Urgent help dam next week

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Hello folks

I will be around amsterdam from the 30 to 1. I was reading the boards but I'm looking for some updated info.

I will be on my own smoking so already found that some shops do half gram deals which is excellent to try different stuff. Anyone in for a smoke?

Anyway what shops would you chose to find:

*best shop to smoke inside with a nice atmosphere
*you need to try this strain at this shop(not to be missed
*where to find us strains? ( green crack / og kush / GSC / sour diesel / chemdawg / blue dream etc..)
*original amnesia from hy pro
*original super silver haze
*harlequin
* pure landrace strains any around? Really doubt that

I was at the dam in 2006 but only for 2 days went to 4 coffeeshops only.

Thanks for the input


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Thats some list you have there ,most Humboldt county strains :lol:
Would try Cali for those strains,not saying you will not find those strains around.
As you said you checked the threads,so most up to date info will be there e.g. newer trip reports.
Marco21 has lots of up to date reports in CS thread.
Most here would tell you to stick to Voyagers and Utopia if you only have small amount of time in town.
Remember to tell us what you find ,so you may help the next guy with a lot of walking[cobbles are a bitch].
Hope you have great time…RO 420 :mrgreen:
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Green Crack was featured on the most up-to-date Boerejongens menu I have seen,€12. I'm arriving on Friday and looking forward to trying it myself if they still have it.
It's all about THC for me.
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Welcome!
Rookies and Easy Times do a decent Green Crack.
Rookies do a decent Blue Dream too.
The best GSC cross in town you'll most likely find at Utopia imo.

You might find the Hy Pro cut of Amnesia - but it won't be labelled as such in my experience.
Same goes for SSH - especially if you're looking for Shanti Baba and Nevilles original cut. If you do find it - let me know please but expect to pay a high-price those cuts are like unicorn-shit these days. Arguably Green House will carry the SSH closest to that original as they popularised and commercialised those cuts.

Personally I'd be highly skeptical of any budtender that replies with a postive when you ask 'is this the X cut?'. Most won't know but will tell you anything you want to hear (with some notable exceptions at Utopia and a few other places probably). Ultimately Amnesia and SSH/SLH appear on 90% of menu's and can vary wildly from shop to shop.

I often enjoy the Soma cut of Amnesia that you'll find on 1e Hulp and Bagheera's menu; despite not being a big fan of the man himself (scratch a hippy - find a caplitalist) that cut is beauty for sure when it's grown and finished nicely. Baba's Amnesia is particularly nice imo.

Landrace strains? The closest you'll get is shops like Boereongens, Dampkring, Tweede Kamer where I've often seen Mexican Sativa and Pakistani/Hindu Kush. Who knows how close the actually are to landrace genetics.

Must have strain? They're not exactly top of the trendsetter list but:
I'd probably go with Het Ballonetje'ss G13 or their Tangie, Utopias 24k is often outstanding. Lemon bubble from Voyagers is a good safe bet for around the €10 mark. Amnesia's NYCD is often a great representation of the lineage too.

Best atmosphere?
You tell us ;)
Have fun! Happy hunting.
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Had Boerenjongens green crack within the past week and was a repeat purchase item Sinsemilla usually also do a good green crack.
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I was in dam last week and tried many. Most memorable smokes for me were Headband from Voyagers and Johnny Blaze from Greenplace. Also Acapulco Gold from Amnesia is an old time classic.

Bagheera had a lot of cali but didn't try any, i find the prices quite ridiculous.
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Hi guys,

Back from Adam, got so much on my plate I'm only being able to answer now.

Been in Adam a couple of times but I'm done with it maybe small Holland cities can surprise me.

I'm sad to tell you from all the coffeshop I've tried the weed did not impress me even one bit. This is the list off what I've got:

Utopia- bud tender was the nicest and most professional. The weed didn't look that great but was some of the best/clean one. I would say no hype but good.
*Cheese cookies
*Citral

Boerejongens- bud tender professional but not very helpful. Weed looked great, smelled good but I'm sorry for it on the taste side. Enjoyed way more the master kush that the lemon.
*Super lemon haze
*Master kush CBD

Grey area- this one I would call it the hype shop. All hype no taste. Bud tender didn't give 2f's Weed was average, very disappointed.
*Gorilla glue 4
*Mango kush

Voyagers- simple transaction with no fuss Og18 was one of the strongest and tastiest.
OG18
Headband

Dampkring-bud tender rude and both strains looked good but they were shite.
G13 Amnesia
C5

Anyway I don't know what's your age in this forum but for me if I'm paying above 10 euros per gram I should be getting some above average nuggs.
I paid for hype and names, in Spain you can get some killer train wreck for example for 7 euros per gram. I knew the weed was not that great anymore but still went to Adam. All I found is PGR weed grown with chemical ferts. Bud looks good but no taste to it.
I went through many shops smoking and although some were a good experience most of them are tourist bait with kids smoking and rude bud tenders that don't know shit about cannabis anyway.

I hope I don't come out too harsh but this is really my opinion. If you're heading to the dam don't go for the highest rated strains cause most are not what they claim and are average anyway. Try to go out of Adam maybe the experience is different.

Thanks all of you for the recommendations and for taking your time to point me out in the right direction
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Hey man,

I'm sad to hear you had a disappointing trip.

From what I've heard, it's basically comes from the fact that there isn't enough weed, considering many coffeeshops closed and in the same time, there are more and more tourists each year. Even the great shops can't keep up, suffering from their fame and they have to buy from growers they wouldn't buy otherwise. Which leads to high prices and strains that are changing everyday in some CS.

Would love to hear other people opinions on that but the weed quality has gone a little downhill, at best. If that helps, I found the NY diesel at 420 café to be quite consistent and quite tasty each times I've purchased it. I found Voyagers to be solid most of the time also.
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greenvalley wrote: Fri 2nd Feb 2018 04:34 pm Hi guys,

Back from Adam, got so much on my plate I'm only being able to answer now.

Been in Adam a couple of times but I'm done with it maybe small Holland cities can surprise me.

I'm sad to tell you from all the coffeshop I've tried the weed did not impress me even one bit.

Legal cannabis cultivation in Netherlands to test organized crime impact Maybe this will improve the quantity and quality problems! :mrgreen:
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Should have gone for the hash...
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It's easy to be disappointed by the majority of buys in Amsterdam, especially if you're shopping at the top end of the menu, or shopping by what sounds like it might be the best/looks/smells the best and expecting the product to always be knock out. If you're looking for loud flavour and/or potency it's best to go with the recommendation of a friend/travelogue or trusted bud tender. Utopia and Voyagers are probably your best bet for a good experience in that regard.

The best flavour and potency can often be found at the bottom end of the menu.

This is also true of the clubs in Barca that I've tried so far where i bought a range of qualities from top shelf to not worth smoking. I'd also say the same is true of even the best growers I know. Once you're fussy - it's easy to be underwhelmed.

I can sympathise It is galling to spend a lot of money and expectation on a trip to the dam and be disappointed - I've had the same experience myself for sure.

At the end of the day though the Amsterdam weed shopper needs realistic expectations of the market they're buying in (very commercial and tourist aimed, and certainly not catering to the connoisseur despite the high price ), knowing where to shop, where to ask for a recommendation and knowing when not to buy and just hit the road instead of trying your luck is key to getting the most from a trip.

Hope your next adventure wherever it may be is a good one
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sorry you had a bad time :( to be honest the last time I was in Amsterdam I got a tee shirt for drinking beer :lol:
the prices are high the quality is poor :( but it is still the only place in the world you can buy and consume in the same shop :D :mrgreen:
you can come to Denver and buy some great weed but unless you brought enough money to buy a house there's no place to smoke, you can go to Spain but you have to join a club, you can go almost anywhere else and be a criminal but the Netherlands are where the coffee shops are :mrgreen:

sorry for ranting :oops: but I love Amsterdam for there freedom and tolerance :mrgreen: :lol:
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Greenvalley you nailed it.i only really go the dam for 420 now.i enjoy the south of holland more.try the hauge in summer.gelteo only 15e where as it be 30e in the dam(lack of cannabis tourist means the local market rules.so crap weed and the local walk round to the next shop)also find the bud tenders better it there job rather than paying for uni course
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Willjay wrote: Sun 4th Feb 2018 07:41 pm sorry you had a bad time :( to be honest the last time I was in Amsterdam I got a tee shirt for drinking beer :lol:
the prices are high the quality is poor :( but it is still the only place in the world you can buy and consume in the same shop :D :mrgreen:
you can come to Denver and buy some great weed but unless you brought enough money to buy a house there's no place to smoke, you can go to Spain but you have to join a club, you can go almost anywhere else and be a criminal but the Netherlands are where the coffee shops are :mrgreen:

sorry for ranting :oops: but I love Amsterdam for there freedom and tolerance :mrgreen: :lol:
So true,
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madmaxxx wrote: Fri 9th Feb 2018 11:30 am Greenvalley you nailed it.i only really go the dam for 420 now.i enjoy the south of holland more.try the hauge in summer.gelteo only 15e where as it be 30e in the dam(lack of cannabis tourist means the local market rules.so crap weed and the local walk round to the next shop)also find the bud tenders better it there job rather than paying for uni course
Never been the Hague, how would you rate it versus Haarlem in terms of the CS scene?
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