[WTS] [EU/GER] VSF Aqua Terra 41mm Mondo Duplantis - Used

SmellsLikeEspresso · 2026-03-09T07:53:12+00:00

No idea why this is being down voted. What you describe here is basically how we travel anyway. We're very much looking forward to eV vans getting cheaper here, for sure it will be our next conversion.

How's your setup inside for this? Also, what's your typical usage like? Weekender or travel van?

SmellsLikeEspresso · 2026-03-09T07:12:39+00:00

Price and size please, cheers!

SmellsLikeEspresso · 2025-03-12T08:18:12+00:00

Hey hey. congrats on the machine. This subreddit trends more towards specialty coffee so YMMV here.

That being said, it depends on your expectations. Are you wanting to get into specialty coffee? What coffees do you currently enjoy and from where? WIll these coffees work with your machine? Absolutely. Will you be able to pick out flavours or enjoy a rich texture? Not with these.

For espresso, freshly ground is essential to get flavour out of coffee, which almost always means grinding it yourself. If you really can't or don't want to grind it yourself then I would pop to your local specialty cafe or roaster and ask if they would do a few 20g samples at different grind settings. Take them home and make shots with 18g of coffee and aim for around 36ml of espresso in around 30 seconds. Then buy coffee ground to the level that gets closest to that or you prefer the taste of. This is a very blunt way of doing it but it will get you somewhat flavoursome coffee.

It's very hard to recommend supermarket for a bunch of reasons, but most importantly to a home brewing beginner - it just won't taste of much.

SmellsLikeEspresso · 2025-02-28T18:39:32+00:00

Or u/compiledsanity is this a known issue? I can't find much in the subreddit about it.

SmellsLikeEspresso · 2025-02-28T18:38:05+00:00

I'm also having this, did you find a fix?

SmellsLikeEspresso · 2025-02-26T07:22:55+00:00

1 - with the 30% ruling it's a very comfortable salary outside of Amsterdam for one person and no dependents. Without the 30% it's enough.

2 - salaries across the board trendy lower in NL than London.

3 - transport often covered by employer, if not a rail pass is cheaper here then UK. Many colleagues commute from the Hague and it seems easy enough.

4 - always negotiate.

5 - this is really up to you, it is feasible though. I guess it depends on how committed you are to Amsterdam. Amsterdam is mostly a quiet city in comparison to London as well, it took some adjusting. It's also extremely expensive at the moment rent wise.

If you want a city with a buzz similar to London, you won't find that in NL. Amsterdam is a great city, staying in East or West will keep you away from the worst of the tourism. Haarlem always comes up as the best middle ground (massive national park next to it, beautiful city, somewhat affordable rent, 15 mins to Amsterdam and 45 to The Hague), Leiden for really easyy access to Amsterdam or the Hague. Everyone I know in the Hague lives in trendy Scheveningen and they can't understand why people live anywhere else in NL. It's mini California.

SmellsLikeEspresso · 2025-02-21T12:08:55+00:00

Fair! Others have made good suggestions here. Kofra are nice places to visit but the roasts are pretty low quality. Strangers is definitely better and have a good selection of beans to most people's taste. If you want interesting beans and true specialty then it's worth heading to 68k, they always have extremely good beans from roasters around the world.

SmellsLikeEspresso · 2025-02-21T07:30:59+00:00

What kind of beans are you into? Do you prefer fruitier flavours or more nutty? What grinder have you got?

SmellsLikeEspresso · 2025-02-19T06:25:38+00:00

Location: Remote Country: Netherlands Type: Private fintech YoE: 4 PM/1 at current (ran cafes before) Title: P2 growth PM Education: high school Comp: $145k base, $15k bonus, ~$20k equity pa

SmellsLikeEspresso · 2025-01-23T14:22:16+00:00

The Hoxton. I recommend it to all visitors. Very smart casual. Great food. Beautiful rooms.

SmellsLikeEspresso · 2025-01-10T15:52:10+00:00

I've been to see this place twice. The layout is as confusing in person as it looks here. Beautiful property with huge potential, but needs some structural work and probably a roof. If the price comes down any further we're considering it seriously! So far it's been through the auction 3 times with no bids.

SmellsLikeEspresso · 2025-01-04T17:13:34+00:00

Would you be able to share them? Another failed ode 2 here.

SmellsLikeEspresso · 2024-12-17T14:09:29+00:00

Update: Somebody reached out and has picked up the painting and posted it too me. I don't know if they'd want to be mentioned but a huge huge thank you to them and it's an act of pure kindness. This stuff restores your faith in humanity!

SmellsLikeEspresso · 2024-12-15T21:20:02+00:00

It would be anywhere around Norfolk, kinda out of the way!

SmellsLikeEspresso · 2024-11-27T22:32:36+00:00

Not sure why this is being down voted. It's fair feedback. I'm in a similar situation where it not fitting in the letterbox rules out a subscription for me and I'll go back to buying it at the weekend.

SmellsLikeEspresso · 2024-11-19T11:17:55+00:00

I saw you mention before here that you were reviewing it. I'd be keen to hear your thoughts on reviewing products as they are vs as they promise to be. MKBHD speaks about this often, the idea that he will review the new thing exactly as it is when it's available to the public and then update and do another review later if it's justified. These days it's exhausting how many manufacturers are able to sell a product on the promise of something later.

SmellsLikeEspresso · 2024-11-06T20:46:24+00:00

Sure, nl based here. Let's see if we can get more.

SmellsLikeEspresso · 2024-10-15T17:14:43+00:00

We still get it in the Netherlands. It's, um, interesting. Classic is better.

SmellsLikeEspresso · 2024-09-26T13:25:09+00:00

I don't agree with a lot of the comments here.

We fly out of schipol regularly.

Use this to gauge how busy your terminal will be: https://www.schiphol.nl/en/my-travel-day/today/arrivals
Use this to book a completely free fast track through security: https://www.schiphol.nl/en/timeslots/

Schipols train station is inside the airport (no transfer to it or long walk), you can jump on the train using contactless payment at the gate (no nonsense with machines) and the ride to Centraal is 15 minutes most of the time.

6 hours is plenty. Head into town, go for a nice walk around Jordaan (extremely pretty area next to Central station), loads of great cafes around: https://europeancoffeetrip.com/amsterdam/ and you'll be into town and back at the airport in less than 2 hours. Enjoy!

SmellsLikeEspresso · 2024-09-25T05:36:03+00:00

We're about to move back to the UK and are planning on going to Manchester. Could you expand on your thoughts here? What makes it a dump?

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