Are you sure self-leveler was the right product for that slope though?

Heating the pad seems like extra steps when the component side works just fine in my experience.

Yeah, "rough" is being polite about it.

The library in my town (Salem, Oregon) keeps paper lists of what people check out and shreds them after two weeks. Did that librarian mention if Overdrive actually sells that data to publishers or keeps it to themselves?

A thirty dollar hand grinder and a french press would have gotten you better coffee for less money and way less cleanup, I think that machine was overkill for just wanting to save a few bucks. The daily routine of using a real espresso machine is a bigger commitment than most people realize until they're staring at it every morning. Sometimes simpler tools actually get used more since there's less friction involved.