Boner wrote:I've never mentioned ACD and have always been treated like one of the family.
same here ...
since i read this and the other comments about being part of the acd forum and going into basjoe, i have been thinking about how long i have been going there and what it was like on each different visit
my first ever visit was in summer 2007 and i certainly didn't mention the acd forum because i didn't even know about its existence then and wasn't yet a member
then i was very much a beginner in the world of modern marijuana though i had smoked since 1967 ... i recognised the thai and jamaican on the menu but asked for something in the medium strength range ... oh and both leo and james were on duty on the day
i got my bud and a coffee and went to the table at the front next to the window ... i smoked a wee something (jamaican from kashmir lounge i think) that i already had rolled earlier in the day just to get into the right frame of mind for exploring the mysteries of what i had just bought
before i had even crumbled the bud (by hand because i didn't know about grinders) and rolled anything leo walked by on his way out the door to clear the tables outside and he asked me how was my smoke ... i replied that i hadn't even rolled one yet and he laughed
on his way back in i was able to show him my first modern joint and he smiled (he usually had a great big smile on his face and a kind word to say about everything and to everybody)
finally i lit the thing and smoked it ... and it was fabulous ... not too strong and i knew i would still be able to walk and talk
i needed to get on and meet my partner for a visit to a museum nearby, so when i had finished the joint and the coffee i took my empty cup up to the counter ready to tell leo how much i enjoyed what i had smoked ... but he was busy, so i didn't get the chance to speak to him then, but i had enjoyed my visit very much and left a very happy smoker
it felt very much like being "in the house", a house with a very warm welcome ... and it hasn't changed since then
basjoe is not so much a coffeeshop, but more a café of the classic kind ... there is nowhere else i would rather be if i had some free time and wanted to be with "friends" even where i knew nobody in the place ...
as regards the menu, whatever i have had from basjoe has been in perfect or near perfect condition for preparing by hand and smoking pure
it's a great place, i love james and i miss leo ...