Peru Neyra Chininin Gesha

We’re thrilled to be able to share a limited amount of this delicious Peruvian Gesha from producer Clever Neyra Chininin that we entered into the 2026 Best Roaster UK competition at Glasgow Coffee Festival.

Clever grows coffee at Alto Huamaca near the San Ignacio Conservation area, managing a small 1.5 hectare farm planted to bourbon and gesha that he inherited from his father. With young trees still increasing yields, Clever works the farm with help from cousins. After de-pulping, coffee cherries ferment for 24-36 hours and are then dried for 10-12 days.

Chemex Brewing Recipe

What you’ll need:

• A Chemex brewer
• Correct size Chemex filters
• Ground coffee (medium-coarse)
• Scale
• Timer
• Hot water just off the boil (or between 93 - 96°C)

For this recipe, we’ll be using an 8-cup Chemex and the 1:16 ratio of 30g coffee and 480g water, but as always you should adjust to your preference. While a regular kitchen kettle will work, we recommend a gooseneck pouring kettle for added precision.

Method:

1. Boil your kettle. While it’s heating up, place the Chemex on the scale and add the filter. For the 8-cup Chemex, you’ll have a square filter folded to make four sheets; place it in the Chemex so that three sheets line up against the spout and one sheet faces away, forming an inverted cone shape.
2. Rinse the filter—this will pre-heat the Chemex and also help the filter stick to the glass sides. Discard the water.
3. Tare the scale and add 30g of coffee. Give the Chemex a gentle tap to level the grounds. Tare the scale again.
4. Start the timer and pour 30g of water onto the grounds, aiming to saturate all the coffee. Wait 30 seconds.
5. After 30 seconds begin pouring in 50g increments, up to 480g. This should take until 3:00, at which point give the Chemex a little swirl to flatten the bed and ensure even extraction. Let the water fully drip through the coffee, then discard the filter and grounds. Pour and enjoy!

Notes:

• There are several Chemex brewers of varying sizes available, each with specific filters. It’s important to buy the correct filters for your particular Chemex, as some won’t work with the wrong size.

Peru is one of the world's top ten coffee producers—number one when it comes to organic coffee—with smallholders making up the vast majority of growers. Nearly 225,000 families rely on coffee for the majority of their income.

For the first century after its introduction from Ecuador in the mid-18th century, coffee was grown primarily for domestic consumption. However exports began to grow towards the end of the century and when the Peruvian government defaulted on a loan to the British in the early 1900s it offered 2 million hectares of land as payment—much of which was promptly converted into coffee plantations which helped boost production.

Like much of Latin America, coffee production in the early days was dominated by large landowners, although land reform and other changes in the mid-20th century shifted ownership towards smaller farmers. Today Peru is the world's 9th largest exporter of coffee, and top when it comes to organic coffee, with smallholders making up the majority of growers.

Did you know?

• Coffee plantations occupy as much as 40% of farmland nationally, and up to 70% of farms situated in the Peruvian highlands.
• Peru is the world's largest exporter of organic coffee, with roughly 90,000 hectares certified organic. In addition, a large portion of the country's coffee is organic by default, which has been attributed to the number of smallholder farmers who lack the capital to invest in chemicals.
• Peru's coffee farmers are overwhelmingly small-scale, with the average producer growing coffee on just under three acres. Cooperatives can help small farmers gain access to credit facilities and larger export markets.

Our speciality coffees are 100% traceable and ethically sourced. We work direct with farmers, or through trusted partners, to bring you the best coffee from around the world.

Sourced through: Falcon Speciality.
Importer relationship length: Since 2015