Last week's question: Java snobs are flocking to high-end coffee shops in California and New York to buy brews made from ultra rare beans that can cost up to $55 a cup. Please come up with a suitably pompous name for a luxury coffee concoction to be sold at that price.
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THE WINNER: "Chock full o'Bucks"
Janine Witte, New Hope, Pa.
SECOND PLACE: "Costs a Latte"
Laurel Wroten, Petaluma, Calif.
THIRD PLACE: "Gucci Gucci Brew"
Jim Healey, Aptos, Calif.
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
"Sumatra cum Latte"
Carol Cotton, Merced, Calif.
"The Orient Espresso"
Ken Liebman, Williston, Vt.
"Cappu-ch-ching"
Peter Gordon, Great Neck, N.Y.
"Phat White"
Brooke Juneau, Greensboro, N.C.
"American Ex-presso"
Tiffany West, Midvale, Utah
"Haughty Toddy"
Tim Mistele, Coral Gables, Fla.
"Java ATM in Here?"
Shea Adorney, Beverly, Mass.
"The Golden Caf"
Kathy McCabe, Plano, Texas
"The Ugly Americano"
John Mevi, Lakeside, Calif.
"The 'I'm not poor, over'"
Jesse Young, Denver
"Big Shotte"
Andy Pal, Mountain View, Calif.
"Maxwell Penthouse"
John Parry, Eldersburg, Md.
"Cuppa Dough"
Roger Selsback, Burlingame, Calif.
"Café Crème de la Crème"
Jean-Marie Gard, Lexington, Mass.
"Ambrewsia"
Phyllis Klein, New York City
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