Chocolate Notebook

Jonathan Chuang, Bao Dinh, McKaulay Kolakowksi, Adele Miller

App Description

Chocolate Notebook is an app for people who are interested in tasting new fine chocolates and keeping track of ones they have previously tried. Currently, there are physical notebooks specialized for fine chocolate tasting. This app will allow people to keep track of numerous details about the chocolate they taste, such as its tasting notes, texture, batch number, origin, maker, percentage, quality, price and color.

Features/Functionality

Chocolate Journal (Data entry + viewing and sorting)

Enter information about a chocolate bar
Look up bars by specific things, such as maker, bar, or tasting notes
Ex. See all of the bars that the user marked as having “fruity” notes
(Stretch goal) Guide the user through tasting the chocolate as they enter data so that they are looking at the app and tasting the chocolate at the same time

Interactive map of chocolate bars by origin

Display popular bars in each region
Let people see where their chocolate is coming from

Catalog

Recommends chocolate to users based on what they have tasted and rated highly
Data sources: 1 2

Subscription Box

Allow new users to sign up for trial boxes and try out chocolate from around the world, that can be delivered to them every month.
Allow established chocolate enthusiasts an easy way to try out new chocolates

Technologies

Firebase - data storage, user authentication
D3 - data visualization, path anotations
Leaflet - map of chocolate across the world
Bootstrap, for login and styling forms for entering in chocolate data, adjusting for screen size
React - UI

Target Users

People beginning to taste chocolate who are curious about the industry and the variety of chocolate bars
People who have been tasting chocolate for awhile already and either take notes in another form or have not kept records

Purpose