Excellent this sounds great let me jump in )

I agree with Mike in that the focus for this should remain a personal
journal application, which as he says would be easily portable to a
community database in future if demand is great enough. Lots of other
fantastic ideas coming out of this though but probably best to keep
the focus on what is a nice simple but useful personal tool... and
yeah the relational database will be good for searching, matching...
especially if adding/growing the functions in future.

I reckon we need a table for 'Tasting Notes' as part of the ratings
process:

It could be split into the three main categories of:
1. Dry Leaf - (consisting of)
a.) Desirable characteristics: Curly, wiry, neat, blackish, bloom,
clean, leafy, nose, tip, well twisted
b.) Undesirable characteristics: Mushy, ragged, grey, light, uneven
c.) own notes

2. Infused Leaf - (consisting of)
a.) Desirable: biscuity, bright, coppery, smooth, self drinking, full,
rich, soothing, smokey
b.) Undesirable: dull, dark, tarry
c.) own notes

3. Liquor / Brew - (options consisting of)
a.) Desirable: body, bright, brisk, character, coloury, muscatel,
point, pungent, quality, strength, thick, flavour, full, malty,
mature, self-drinking, smokey
b.) Undesirable: baggy, bakey, bitter, brassy, burned, coarse, common,
dry, dull, musty, plain, raw, soft, stewed, sweaty, taint, weedy,
thin, earthy, empty, fruity, hard, harsh, heavy, lacking, green
(referring to black tea)
c.) own notes

Any other characteristics as there are so many descriptive terms!?
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Also a 'Leaf Grade' table with the usual suspects:

Pekoe
TGFOP
Orange Pekoe (OP)
Fannings
Dust
Loose Tea
Processed Tea
Souchong
Broken Grades

etc.......

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And finally a few options like:

1.) The ability to select or de-select a particular tea as a favourite
(general and/or within specific tea category) so your not searching
through the whole history later to find them.

2.) The ability to add the teas origin estate / grower... especially
as I for one am big on 'Single Estate' or 'Single Region' tea... and
within that to be able to say whether it is processed Organic, CTC,
Fair Trade, Ethical etc
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Ok sorry that's enough from me I think )

Jon