make the level 51-57 items, or help your guildies do instance runs in the 55-60 instances. while the gear they get there may be outdated soon as they hit outlands, it's still fun to go to the instances to show them stuff. and anyway, as long as they're not at max, everything they do will give them experience, so they can do it in a group instead of solo.
when i quested in EPL and Winterspring and Silithus, those zones were high enough level that certain gear would drop in the appropriate level range that you mentioned, and those would d/e into the essences you need also.