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Cafelat provide a restricted basket for that very purpose, dealing with second rate or preground coffee.
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Does a pressurised basket count as espresso, or just a hot immersion brew with fake crema?
Genuine question rather than gatekeeping - I don't know whether it brews similarly.
I still have the pressurised thing that came with my Gaggia although I've never really used it: maybe I should compare it to the regular basket with coffee ground correctly for that, and find out.
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Dialing in the right grind is not enough - oxidisation of pre-ground beans will mean it will simply not work for espresso because there go all the volatile compounds that make up your crema. It will run fast and weak and channel regardless of grind. Or choke if you go turkish espresso grind, no in-between. If you don't have a grinder don't bother with trying to make your own espresso imo (it works on nespresso because the pods minimise O2 content).