High Society (Leiden)
Posted: Wed 2nd Nov 2016 09:25 am
ACD Page: High Society, Leiden
I searched but could not find a preexisting thread for this shop, so if it already exists please nix this one with the quickness Lemming.
Excellent coffeeshop just of one of the main grachten of Leiden. Per city ordinance the shop does not open until 17:00 hours, so that is an important caveat to bear in mind.
It's a very buy-and-fly type place – albeit they do allow on-site cannabis consumption, and even seem to have a host of high-quality glass bongs available for use. There's only one bar hi-table with two stools and then there's a "shelf" at hand level, just wide enough to accommodate ashtrays and joints being rolled, that wraps the entire room (so basically standing room only for the most part). Nonetheless many locals did stay, and stand, and roll their joints up, and chitchat, smoke bong-bowls, etc.
In my brief time there yesterday it was fairly busy, constant line forming – including one before the opening time (no Grey Area at its peak but still a good sign I'd say)
Nice bonus points for the water-cooler (dispenser) they have for free use.
In my experience a nice place, with some real good weed for prices that are at least a euro cheaper per gram than they would be in Mokum (on average). Staff seem to be among the more cannabis-savvy and knowledgeable that I have encountered in Dutch coffeeshops, so assuredly another big plus.
Edit to add: this as mentioned in my brief travelogue, is one of two shops (per one of notsofasteddy's recentish articles) in NL, that currently offers comprehensive lab test results for customers. That is not only the typical cannabinoid profile assessment (which many are already dubious of), but also a check for various contaminants in the final product. In particular here the info is offered in a binder full of individually sleeved profile pages for each item on their menu. Includes basics of strain, flavor, lineage, effects, etc. moves on to cannabinoid content, and then lastly numerical assessment of potential pollutants with a "pass/fail" qualitative assessment provided additionally.
I searched but could not find a preexisting thread for this shop, so if it already exists please nix this one with the quickness Lemming.
Excellent coffeeshop just of one of the main grachten of Leiden. Per city ordinance the shop does not open until 17:00 hours, so that is an important caveat to bear in mind.
It's a very buy-and-fly type place – albeit they do allow on-site cannabis consumption, and even seem to have a host of high-quality glass bongs available for use. There's only one bar hi-table with two stools and then there's a "shelf" at hand level, just wide enough to accommodate ashtrays and joints being rolled, that wraps the entire room (so basically standing room only for the most part). Nonetheless many locals did stay, and stand, and roll their joints up, and chitchat, smoke bong-bowls, etc.
In my brief time there yesterday it was fairly busy, constant line forming – including one before the opening time (no Grey Area at its peak but still a good sign I'd say)
Nice bonus points for the water-cooler (dispenser) they have for free use.
In my experience a nice place, with some real good weed for prices that are at least a euro cheaper per gram than they would be in Mokum (on average). Staff seem to be among the more cannabis-savvy and knowledgeable that I have encountered in Dutch coffeeshops, so assuredly another big plus.
Edit to add: this as mentioned in my brief travelogue, is one of two shops (per one of notsofasteddy's recentish articles) in NL, that currently offers comprehensive lab test results for customers. That is not only the typical cannabinoid profile assessment (which many are already dubious of), but also a check for various contaminants in the final product. In particular here the info is offered in a binder full of individually sleeved profile pages for each item on their menu. Includes basics of strain, flavor, lineage, effects, etc. moves on to cannabinoid content, and then lastly numerical assessment of potential pollutants with a "pass/fail" qualitative assessment provided additionally.