ANALYSIS OF COFFEE QUALITY CONTROL BASED ON SCA (SPECIALTY COFFEE ASSOCIATION) STANDARDS ON ARABICA COFFEE AT DEPUTROE COFFE

Abstract

Coffee is an important commodity in the global economy, including in Indonesia as one of the world's largest coffee producers, with Arabica coffee as its mainstay. Deputroe Coffee, a business that focuses on producing and selling specialty coffee, implements quality control based on the Specialty Coffee Association (SCA) standard to maintain the quality of Arabica coffee produced. This study aims to analyse coffee quality at Deputroe Coffee through a qualitative descriptive approach and was conducted in Bener Meriah Regency, Aceh, which is the centre of Arabica coffee production. The method used is quality control analysis using Fishbone diagram. This research identifies coffee quality problems through preliminary data such as cupping results and observations of the production process. Fishbone diagrams help group and analyse the causal factors of quality problems, which are divided into five main categories: man, machines, methods, and environment. Data is collected for each category to understand its contribution to quality issues. The analysis results were then compared with the SCA standard to assess the suitability of the coffee quality produced by Deputroe Coffee