MkIIIJunge
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if you're looking for a real espresso, you should get the bpbes830205.2 from breville (4.00$+ship on their website) . The cups that come with your machine are pressurized cups that make fake crema.
Get yourself a real 51mm tamper to go with it, and your machine will make espressos as good as the much more expensive machines. this is the tamper i bought
it's harder to get a good cup with those than with the pressurized cups that come with the machine, but the good ones are so much better and after less than a month i had a 95% success rate for a perfect cup.
If you foam milk with your machine, make sure you remove the "froth enhancer" which is the metal tube that goes over the steam wand. It is not shown on the picture you posted (so it should look like the picture) but it comes with the newer version of the machine. That tube just makes everything worse.
Enjoy your machine, i've had it for over a year and it still works as good as new!
tyvm!