How? Was it fake? You must understand my amazement. To blow up, the Moka must not have had a functioning safety valve (check the side). Furthermore, the grid

How? Was it fake? You must understand my amazement. To blow up, the Moka must not have had a functioning safety valve (check the side). Furthermore, the grid must have been so crusted up that, in the days (months!) leading up to the fateful event, it would have taken a very long time to brew what would have necessarily been an extremely bitter coffee. The only was I see this happening is it: - The Moka is fake and it blew up on its first use (since the grid must not have had the holes pressed into it) - You weren't aware that the grid is removable and didn't clean it. I also like to push against the safety valve form the inside every now and then. But if #2 why did you put up with a bitter coffee that would take ages to brew?