Lahore · Pakistan
Red Berry Roasters
Red Berry Roasters roasts in Lahore, Punjab.
Overview
Red Berry Roasters is a Lahore family-built operation founded by Abubakr Khan that markets itself as Pakistan's first third-wave roaster. The team imports green from origin, stores and sorts in-house, cups blind, and roasts on Probat machines to profiles Khan spent weeks dialling in; the retail-facing 'Experience Lab' adds an aroma bar and guided tastings for customers walking the line from Brazilian comfort cups (Minas Gerais) to juicier Ethiopian Bombe V60s.
Known for
- Marketed as Pakistan's first third-wave coffee roaster
- Founded by Abubakr Khan as a family-built Lahore operation
- Roasts on Probat machines with single-batch source-verified profiles
- 100% specialty-grade Arabica only, cupped blind in-house
- Retail 'Experience Lab' with aroma bar and guided tastings
- Subscription delivery model for retail customers
Why it matters
Pakistan is a tea-first country with a near-zero specialty-coffee retail base; until recently, third-wave coffee in Karachi or Lahore meant a handful of one-bar cafés and importers. Red Berry's combination of own-roastery production on Probat, an aroma-bar retail format and a subscription channel is the closest thing the country has to a built-out specialty operation, and the brand's national press and customer testimonials anchor it as the reference point for new Pakistani specialty roasters.
Production
- head roaster
- Abubakr Khan
- color sorting
- in-house hand sorting
- roaster machine
- Probat
- filter equipment
- V60
- cupping frequency
- blind cupping at the table
- roastery location
- Lahore, Pakistan
Café
This roaster operates a café.