Ecre now has 45-50 individuals and businesses roast weekly at their Alexandria premises. “Ecre is all about creating a coffee community, focused on delivering the tools to help the industry become more environmentally, socially and monetarily sustainable” explains Adra.
Travel is a big part of Ecre’s success. In 2016, during the first year the business was launched they held 55 fun events for the coffee industry all around Australia. This was integral in getting the word out about their business and included flying in well-known people from around the world to speak. Nawar was also a member of the Australian team and participated in the World Coffee Roasting Championships in Taiwan. “Australia is very well known around the world for producing exceptional speciality coffee” adds Nawar.
Adra signed up to B2Bpay to accept card payments on his invoices in 2020 and hasn’t looked back. Ecre uses Xero for their accounting, and Adra found it very was simple to add a ‘Pay with B2Bpay’ link on his invoices. It now costs Adra nothing to receive card payments, and he receives Qantas Points when his customers pay him.