SCA Intermediate Barista Skills
2025/2026 Exam Questions and Answers
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Which plant does coffee come from? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The Coffea genus of
the Rubiaceae family of flowering plants - shrubs or small trees (4-7 foot
tall)
Name 5 species of coffee - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Arabica (66%),
Canephora/Robusta (33%), Liberia, Racemora, Eugenioides
What is the origin myth for coffee? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Discovered by a goat
herder in Ethiopia in the 1300s - discovered a change in his goats
What is Typica? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The oldest variety of coffee - discovered
in Ethiopia
What is Bourbon? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Natural mutation of Typical - on the
island of Reunion (known as Bourbon)
What is Timor Hybrid? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Natural hybrid of Arabica and
Robusta - discovered Timor
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, What are SL28/SL34/SL14? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Bred by Scott Labs in Kenya
in the 1930s - high-quality, resilient, fruity
What is Pacas? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Found in 1949 in the Santa Ana region of
El Salvador
What is Gesha/Geisha? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Wild Ethiopian coffee - cultivated
in Central America
Flavour profile of African coffee - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Floral/fruity
Flavour profile of South American coffee - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Nutty/chocolatey
Flavour profile of Asian coffee - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Earthy/spicy
How are coffee cherries picked? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Strip-picked (doesn't
discriminate between ripeness) or hand-picked (more likely for specialty
coffee)
How are coffee cherries sorted? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Floated on water
channels - ripe cherries sink so floaters can be removed
What does pulping involve? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Removing the skin and fruit of
a cherry using a depulper
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2025/2026 Exam Questions and Answers
| 100% Pass
Which plant does coffee come from? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The Coffea genus of
the Rubiaceae family of flowering plants - shrubs or small trees (4-7 foot
tall)
Name 5 species of coffee - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Arabica (66%),
Canephora/Robusta (33%), Liberia, Racemora, Eugenioides
What is the origin myth for coffee? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Discovered by a goat
herder in Ethiopia in the 1300s - discovered a change in his goats
What is Typica? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The oldest variety of coffee - discovered
in Ethiopia
What is Bourbon? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Natural mutation of Typical - on the
island of Reunion (known as Bourbon)
What is Timor Hybrid? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Natural hybrid of Arabica and
Robusta - discovered Timor
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STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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, What are SL28/SL34/SL14? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Bred by Scott Labs in Kenya
in the 1930s - high-quality, resilient, fruity
What is Pacas? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Found in 1949 in the Santa Ana region of
El Salvador
What is Gesha/Geisha? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Wild Ethiopian coffee - cultivated
in Central America
Flavour profile of African coffee - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Floral/fruity
Flavour profile of South American coffee - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Nutty/chocolatey
Flavour profile of Asian coffee - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Earthy/spicy
How are coffee cherries picked? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Strip-picked (doesn't
discriminate between ripeness) or hand-picked (more likely for specialty
coffee)
How are coffee cherries sorted? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Floated on water
channels - ripe cherries sink so floaters can be removed
What does pulping involve? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Removing the skin and fruit of
a cherry using a depulper
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