I'm sorry Bruno, but you are being snob.

It isn't an objective comment at all. Some people simply prefer the taste of coffee made with a French press to coffee made with an espresso. It isn't something that you can make an objective decision about, how could it be any more subjective !

Just because you and I prefer coffee made from espresso in no way changes the FACT that some people prefer the taste of it prepared another way.

And of course it doesn't matter if you have the right machine if you don't know how to use it. I'd far rather have a well made coffee from a French press than the typical espresso I get at people's houses who have an espresso machine and don't know how to use it (which accounts for most of the people I know who have them). I've also never had much luck with people's Nespresso, K-Cup, Tassimo etc machine, them seem capable of creating some pretty lousy coffee (to my tastes at least).