Hi guys, I discovered how wonderful a good espresso is only 12 months ago and am now heavily addicted :| I've been looking into buying a machine for home for a few weeks, well today I found a local guy with a gaggia classic for $50!! I checked it worked and jumped in the car and went to get it... I also went to Coles and got some cheap crappy preground crap coffee to test the machine. I expected this coffee to be bad but not as bad as what I had come out lol. Could I please have a few pointers on the actual process of making a shot of espresso from the machine side of things as I will certainly be getting good beans and a good grinder in the coming days. I found the coffee wasn't really hot enough, there was next to no crema, very thin and very bitter. I am unsure how much coffee I should be putting in and then how much to tamp it, I'd like to get the process sorted before I spend good money on beans and a grinder and have it continually tipped down the drain. Sorry for the long winded post and to re iterate I do know the crap from Coles is so bad it's not funny, I just think I could be doing more to make it less bad and then move on to the good stuff!!

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