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Today from across the Boutique floor at Salvation Army, I spotted on a high shelf among the various serving pieces a 10-cup Electromatic with Spice O'Life pattern.  It was complete and had its cord, so it was worth the $5.50.  I checked inside and found no second dots near the 8 or 10 cup marks which means it's not from the batch that triggered the original recall, otherwise I would have passed on it.  Below the 6-cup mark the pot was brown inside.  I ran one 10-cup cycle with a couple of tablespoonfuls from my (otherwise useless and therefore sidelined) box of phosphate-free Finish and the brown was <strike>toast</strike> history.  The entire interior surface area of the carafe turned from stained and brown to a beautiful sparkling white!  Without phosphates!

This is a later series with the smooth sided stainless collar, spring-loaded basket assembly, flush rectangular indicator light and flat lid with textured surface.  The thing about the lid that I've not seen before is a solid black center cap on the lid.  No clear cap to see the tint of brewing coffee. 

Does anyone know when they stopped using the clear ones and switched to black? 
 
Tim, I'll bet yours has the clear cap on it though!  :-)

Does it also have the "Le Cafe" verbiage?  Mine does.
 
Yes it has a clear cap, and Le Cafe' underneath the spice pattern.  I found mine last spring on the 2nd and final day of an estate sale for $1 with the plastic trivet as well.
 
The trivets are black gold.

I think the fact that your find came from an estate sale raises a good point.  It's far more likely that an estate sale Electromatic will have its trivet since there's almost no chance that the trivet will be separated during travel.  I think I have a better odds for winning the Lotto than those for a trivet remaining with its fellow components through end-to-end thrift store processing.
 
You are so very right.  All the pots I've seen at thrift stores are minus the trivet, and at estate sales, it is with the pot.  I've never seen a gold one, mine are all black.  The gold ones must be a little bit rarer.
 
That was "Texas tea" talk.  I don't think they made gold ones, although with certain patterns, if all the normally black parts were gold, it would make for one fabulously glitzy coffee maker!
 
Yeah, after re-reading your earlier post you're right.  I typed my earlier post before I had my 1st cup of coffee.  Coffee really does help ones mental abilities! lol
 
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