get the original – yes, that would be a lever espresso machine
unlike trying to synthesise it with an electric pump and electronics, a lever espresso machine provides a truely continuous, rather than discrete (stepped), declining temperature and pressure profile
lever machines; annoyingly simple, annoyingly reliable
if you do have an issue, they lever espresso machines are super easy to fix – no expensive factory trained technician required, no need to send your machine away for weeks and weeks
lever espresso machines: still the source of the ultimate extraction after all these years