I wanted a way to create a WordPress plugin that enabled me to build coffee cupping charts for my Coffee Troupe blog. I started with a PHP library called pChart pchart.sourceforge.net and modified it to make it into a WordPress plugin.

The syntax to build this sample is:
[TASTE:Yirgacheffe Ethiopia:8.5,9,8.5,8.75,9,9.5,8.5,8,7.5] – uses the cached image it builds first time
[TASTE:Yirgacheffe Ethiopia:8.5,9,8.5,8.75,9,9.5,8.5,8,7.5:rebuild] will force the image to be rebuilt every time.

The spokes of the graph are defined in the control panel so you can set your own parameters to score on.

The graph above is just a sample. I put in random scores to demonstrate the result.

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This post demonstrates using the WP-Coffee-Log WordPress plugin to plot a traditional roasting profile.

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This post describes using the WordPress Roaster Plot Plugin to graph Hottop profiles.

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I have been working on a coffee roasting log plugin for WordPress. The idea of this software plugin is to log coffee roasting.

Here is a sample

If you float your cursor over a point it will tell you the time and temp of that point.

To put this in I just installed the plug in and in this post put

[ROAST:6.5:72,74,89,97,119,145,158,181,204,220,242,244,270,289,289,287,277,262,250]
[COFFEE:Mexican FTO Decaf]

The syntax is
[ROAST: minutes_roasted : temp_at_0, temp_at_.5, temp_at_1.0,…]
[COFFEE:name of the coffee]

Now I am roasting with a Caffe Rosto CR-100 and measuring the temperature through the glass lid with an infrared sensor so I know my readings are low but as long as they are consistent I am OK with that.

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Now I can post my roast logs on my site. On the balance of the post I can put any other information that I want.

Restrictions:

1. The plugin only handles one plot per page/post.
2. In IE8 must turn on compatibility mode to see the graph

NOTE: This version has been replaced with the HotTop supported version