Quite a while ago, I bought 4 of the Assam at Target. Love using them for hot liquids that you want to sip and enjoy for a long time without it going cold, Americanos, black tea, etc.
Last night before bed I was making a Chai and didn't want to boil the kettle so I just filled the glass with hot tap water and put it in the nuker for a minute. Water didn't boil (WTF, water heater must have gone out, check it after)!! So I turned it on for another 30 seconds. ~ 20 seconds into that, KA-FRIGGIN'-BOOM (and I mean kaboom, sounded like a shotgun in the kitchen).
The water literally exploded and vapourized. The "explosion" actually blew the microwave door open when I was standing 2 ft in front of it, and facing it, watching for the water to boil. I heard my wife yell from the basement "What was that?? JAMIE............. YOU OK??" While I heard her, I was too shocked to respond and was basically waiting for the pain and blood of being blasted with glass shards.
My face and t-shirt was wet with water, the turntable plate in the appliance was off to one side off the carriage and the glass was still standing, intact, with mabe a teaspoon of water left in it.
So, when my heart slowed to a relative crawl of ~ 80 BPM (still 30 higher than normal) I got up, boiled the kettle and made my tea, in the same glass, after careful inspection of course.
EDIT:
To remove brand of glassware from title, incorrect assumption that was the issue.
Last night before bed I was making a Chai and didn't want to boil the kettle so I just filled the glass with hot tap water and put it in the nuker for a minute. Water didn't boil (WTF, water heater must have gone out, check it after)!! So I turned it on for another 30 seconds. ~ 20 seconds into that, KA-FRIGGIN'-BOOM (and I mean kaboom, sounded like a shotgun in the kitchen).
The water literally exploded and vapourized. The "explosion" actually blew the microwave door open when I was standing 2 ft in front of it, and facing it, watching for the water to boil. I heard my wife yell from the basement "What was that?? JAMIE............. YOU OK??" While I heard her, I was too shocked to respond and was basically waiting for the pain and blood of being blasted with glass shards.
My face and t-shirt was wet with water, the turntable plate in the appliance was off to one side off the carriage and the glass was still standing, intact, with mabe a teaspoon of water left in it.
So, when my heart slowed to a relative crawl of ~ 80 BPM (still 30 higher than normal) I got up, boiled the kettle and made my tea, in the same glass, after careful inspection of course.
EDIT:
To remove brand of glassware from title, incorrect assumption that was the issue.