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Re:Toshiba My Cafe - Missing Mystery Piece - 2006/09/05 13:43This part is the top of the brew/grinder basket. It contains the beans during the grinding process, and also is critical to the brewing process because the water runs over it and through holes above the coffee. It must be able to withstand the extreme heat of brewing, so there really is no homemade substitute. I have had two of these coffee makers for about 25 years and I love them! It was a great product. There were two models...one with manual buttons, and another with digital controls. I have the digital model.
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Re:Toshiba My Cafe - Missing Mystery Piece - 2006/09/05 18:15Thanks for the info, Teri!Dave is an Ottawa resident and Coffee Expert
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Re:Toshiba My Cafe - 2006/09/23 07:26I was wondering if you still have any parts left of your Toshiba My Cafe coffee maker. I am interested in finding a 12 cup carafe. Thanks, Alan
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Re:Toshiba My Cafe - 2006/09/23 11:26Alan,
I don't know if this is much help, since they don't carry anything specifically for the Toshiba model, but Nelson Appliance otherwise has over 100 products listed for coffee maker carafes.
I have never seen your coffee maker, so I have no idea of the shape of your carafe or whether the dimensions and base would match any of these. You can have a look at the generic carafes available at stores like Wal-mart/Target, as well, but it would be handy to have the remains of your old carafe for comparison.
If you end up looking for a new coffee maker, a major criterion to consider is whether or not they brew the coffee hot enough. Unfortunately, most consumer coffee makers do not appear to do so, while those that do don't generally come with features like built in grinders or overnight timers. The Newco OCS 8 (or 12) is an example that brews into a thermal carafe.
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Re:Toshiba My Cafe - 2006/09/26 10:46there is some interesting politics on the Toshiba My-Cafe in the USA.
Irony: The US Government was "punishing" Toshiba for selling electronics to one of the "rogue" states as defined by the US.
Their punishment: Toshiba coffee makers were banned from the USA -- and the MyCafe was caught in this web.
The most popular machine of its genre -- banned by the US Government because a Japanes company was selling electronics to a country that the U.S. bullies did not like.Colin is the Senior editor and creator of the CoffeeCrew.Com Website
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Re:Toshiba My Cafe - 2006/10/12 20:04I have a Toshiba My Cafe Mill & Drip and love it! I want to buy a second one to take to work, but cannot find where to buy one. Any suggestions? Do they still make this model? Thank you, Suzanne
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Re:Toshiba My Cafe - 2006/10/13 12:57Last made about 15 years ago...Colin is the Senior editor and creator of the CoffeeCrew.Com Website
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ANYONE HAVE PARTS FOR TOSHIBA CAFE? - 2006/10/14 14:13JOE, I HAVE A TOSHIBA CAFE I BOT NEW ANS ONLY USED A FEW MONTHS BEFORE IT MALFUNCTIONED. I NEED THE LITLE ELECTRONICS PANEL ON THE INSIDE. DO YOU HAVE THIS PART? MLET ME KNOW. THANX, MICHAEL
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Re:ANYONE HAVE PARTS FOR TOSHIBA CAFE? - 2006/10/14 15:08Not quite sure how many times or ways I have to say this:
The Toshiba MyCafe has not been made in over 15 years. There are no parts or manuals available for it.
Thanks to the U.S. Government, Toshiba Coffee makers were banned from the U.S. way back when because the U.S. Bully at the time decided that they did not like who the Toshiba company (Japan) was supplying electronics to.
So. If you are an American and own a Toshiba MyCafe (working or not) -- consider yourself lucky.
And if it is broken and you want parts, forget about it... and while you are at it, blame your government for prematurely cutting off the parts supply.
So: NO PARTS OR MANUALS FOR THE TOSHIBA MYCAFE ANYWHERE!Colin is the Senior editor and creator of the CoffeeCrew.Com Website
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Re:Toshiba My Cafe - Missing Mystery Piece - 2006/10/25 21:16Just to throw in my two cents' worth. We own a Toshiba My Cafe that we've nursed for years, thanks to now dwindling available parts. I just got the brew basket/filter from Pacific Coast Parts Distributors (www.pacparts.com). Many of the parts are discontinued, such as the brew basket lid mentioned elsewhere, but PacParts has kept us going the past few years. Best of luck.
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