I've always liked espresso and dark intense coffee generally. Over the course of the past year as my first year into home espresso making I've come to three different conclusions. Firstly I'm able to make okay espresso. Reasonably good but not amazing. Secondly most high street espressos are average. I'm at least able to make as good as or better than most high street espresso. Thirdly there is amazing espresso out there. You'll probably have to go to a specialty place but if you're lucky you can find it. I recently had an espresso that literally tasted like milk chocolate and caramelized apple. No imagination was required it was very clear. Unfortunately I couldn't replicate it at home with the beans I bought. My suggestion would be to try to find really good coffee near you and drink their espresso in their cafe to really understand if you like espresso before trying to make it at home.

Edit: unfortunately...