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>>8519935
>I'm poor and I'm always in a rush,
maybe the biggest problem is not your espresso machine to such a degree but the type of coffee beans you are using,
also the fact that you are using already grounded coffee is not a great start.
I would definitely experiment with switching coffee brand (maybe you already did that), if you need to stick (at least for now) buying grounded coffee
buy them from your local roasting house or freshly ground using internet coffee sellers with quick delivery time.
Also be aware of info in this post
>>8520204
in relation of drinking dark roast coffee (that is mostly used in espresso blends).
In order to avoid the possibility of getting cancer I would only use medium roasted coffee in my espresso machine.

To make my experiment with switching brands I would buy very good quality coffee,talk to the seller or I'm sure there will be experts here
(who hate me for exposing the health issues with drinking the 'wrong' coffee) & they can help you recommending different coffee choices
in medium roast suitable for espresso machines, making espresso is done and doesn't have to be the traditional dark roast beans.
Reason those (robusta mostly) beans were roasted to dark roast is because they are of lesser quality when comes to taste and flavor & they taste terrible if they were roasted to medium roast.
If you can not buy from your local roaster or from internet & you have to buy from big stores buy medium roast good-high quality 100%Arabica coffee,
not all Arabica beans are of good-high quality of course so chose wisely.

anon you mentioned that you are always >>8519970
>and I'm always in a rush when I wake up to go to uni,
I hope you had chance to read how destructive to your stomach is drinking coffee in the morning on an empty stomach,very bad for your health anon.

This is Why You Need to STOP Drinking Coffee on an Empty Stomach!
https://www.davidwolfe.com/stop-drinking-coffee-empty-stomach/

Coffee is fun-but drink it smart.