Chances are your espresso machine came with a tamper. Plastic, flimsy, not actually flat.
Recently I bought a $30 tamper. The big gain has been consistency. It fits (almost) right, I can get good, even pressure on it. The shots are just more consistent.
My closing thought: Laugh-off the bad times. Striving to get better coffee is pretentious and the pursuit of a perfectionist, which should probably render it impossible to enjoy. Take joy in the good times; be humble enough to ask advice and learn; realise you will never attain perfection in a coffee cup in this life. Drink coffee with friends.
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