Crema 'Best' Headline competition

KN

Love the idea, admin. "Bean me up, frothy" appeared in SMH Spectrum a couple of months ago. Do we need to send details of the author?

admin

Hi KN - that's certainly a great example - preferably we need the name of the newspaper and the day of publication. Ciao Admin PS am pretty sure i've got a copy of that article: will try & dig the details out...

lars

actually, I think 'A pitted history - they're just the ripe thing'

lars

in fact, while i think of it - has anyone seen that new glossy Sydney magazine, that comes free with teh Sydney Morning Herald once a month? Now that's pathetic - it's got a column called 'Deeply superficial' which pretty much sums up the whole magazine. -L

admin

Hate to contribute to my own competition, but was preparing our wine story for the next issue when I saw this headline in the weekend Australian: "Wine body sees red over EGM" - not bad!

lars

actually 'Cell, cell, cell: Rivkin goes inside' about stockbroker Rene Rivkin begin sentenced in today's SMH is pretty bad... -Lars

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RE KN Bean me up frothy SMH Spectrum page 6 18/1/03 In SMH 31/5/03 NEWS section page 9 "When lattes come with vermin, here's the man to call"

lars

What about the headline in yesterday's SMH for the article on Paul Bassett - "The incredible Mr Bean".

lars

In the food & wine feature in the Daily Telegraph last Tuesday was "Perk up" - about espresso coffee culture. Why do they always write these stories like coffee has only just been discovered? -L : ??? :o ???

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"Coffee importers get a roasting" in the Boston Globe!

lars

'The long and the short black of it' from 'Our Health' in the Daily Telegraph on Monday...they've discovered coffee, but if you missed it, you didn't miss anything; just the usual 'we've just discovered coffee' newspaper crap... -L 🙂

lars

Special feature in MX magazine in Melbourne on the Celebrate the Bean coffee festival last weekend...Headlines on consecutive pages were: 1.Daily Grind - 'we brew it, sip it grind it and crave it. Evonne Barry discovers Melbourne's love affair with coffee is stronger than ever' - just a shame they never update the headline! 2.Bean there, love that - now that's original!!! 3.Espress yourself - what can you say...? Lars ;D :-/ ;D

Reschsmooth

yes, well it had to happen: In today's SMH, by Sunanda Creagh and Alexandra Smith: "The Daily Grind pays off with chance to take on the world" and opening sentence: "Think of them as the crema de la crema". :🙂

john_2

In the largest of tabloids an advert: "Time for a quickie with your coffee?" An advert for their Espresso Croswords It goes on to say 'However you like your coffee, this tabloid has the perfect companion for your coffee break. Espresso - a collection of 75 favorite quick crosswords. Each crossword is graded with a coffee bean rating bla bla bla. Only $10.95 plus P&H JD

john_2

Admin When does the competition end?? In todays good living mag from the Sydney big paper: FRONT COVER HEADING Mountain High The Nimbin crop everyone wants and on page 12 Latte starters There are two pages on local growers up north. JD

john_2

Who writes the headings and adverts for coffee machines??? Still trying to sort this out? "A PERFECT ESPRESSO every time with four bonus espresso cups" Not sure as to what the four cups have to do with making the purfect espresso. OK, I know that one must read the fine print, that says if you buy this coffee brewer you get a bonus of four cups. But the heading says..... JD

admin

John - I think you're right. Closing date for the 'Best headline' competition is Friday 10th September, to be judged by Admin and prize sponsor. Prize is a fantastic two piece, polished aluminium tamper with choice of handle worth $60, courtesy coffeetraining.com. -Admin PS competition open to residents of Australia only.

Reschsmooth

In today's Herald, a story about a new breed of shark (or something): "Some Fin New". really........... SOunds like something you would hear from Channel 10 news

admin

Hi guys - just to let you know, we've decided to extend the 'Best' headline competition for one more week (to Friday 24/9) because one of the judges, namely me, will be away tomorrow... ...so make sure you keep your eye out for the corniest headline - and you could win a great tamper worth $60, kindly provided by Coffeetraining.com. cheers Admin

lars

"Desalination worth its salt" - headline from last Friday's Financial Review - it's not just the crappy papers that do corny headlines! -Lars