Nit: it makes great coffee (I'm a user myself and as long as I'm awake enough not to pour coffee everywhere but the press, or hit the press once I've put the coffee in thereby pour grounds all over the counter, it's absolutely stellar), but it's nothing like an espresso. Espresso doesn't mean "coffee which isn't shit" (there are shit espresso), nor does it mean "strong coffee".
No, you can't get 9 bars from an AeroPress, but you can get a little closer to the result with a pressure-actuated value basket like the Prismo: https://www.beanground.com/fellow-prismo-review/
I was in Italy this summer and the AirBnB had an ancient Mokapot. It made great coffee-like-stuff. Came home and bought one... it tastes terrible. Every couple of days I'll make a pot hoping to season the device. Sadly, I'm about to give up. I might be nomading it soon, so no big purchases, but if I was buying a house my first purchase would be a proper espresso machine.
I like great coffee more than I like espresso. We recently added on a milk steamer to our aeropress setup and now I can make my favorite drink at home: the humble cafe au lait.
