one of my friends really did give me a French Press...
What a good friend. I had to buy mine, haha.
I started in the world of coffee with coffee made in a moka pot; it wasn't until about ten years ago after I started drinking coffee that I learned about coffee made in a French press. The waitress brought our dessert and the coffee inside a cute French press; she pressed down the plunger, smile and left. The smell was oh! It was one of the best coffees I've tried in my life.
She knew that I really loved coffee and that, at the time, she was already married to an American man and ready to leave the Philippines for good, so she gave me a French Press. But she said, "You have to buy your own ground coffee for this." Hahaha. She is so hilarious! Fair enough.