I've had a couple of French Presses in my day. I'm too impatient to let it steep (or is that only tea), so it never came out the way it should, but when one day I went to a coffee shop and let them make it that way, it was delicious.
Have you ever noticed how things taste better when someone else makes it? Even a peanut butter sandwich. Or is it just me?
Your drabble was very creative and realistic. But $15,000 for a coffee machine? I learned something new.