He was also a well-known tea and coffee merchant and a general business entrepreneur.
"The money in the market used to be controlled by people on the coffee side," said Steve Colten, a coffee merchant.
A wealthy coffee merchant's house from the 17th century, it is the best-preserved traditional home in Cairo.
He collected nearly 10 tons of roots, which a local coffee merchant chopped and sun-dried for him.
John Cassell (1817-1865), who was in turn a carpenter, temperance preacher, tea and coffee merchant, finally turned to publishing.
His father was a Colombian coffee merchant.
A guide will take you on a tour of the house, which still has the 19th-century wallpaper chosen by its last owner, a wealthy coffee merchant.
Her father, Deavere Smith, was a coffee merchant; her mother, Anna, taught school.
List was then a young coffee merchant who later became a famous photographer.
We have made contact with the main coffee merchants and we are in contact with a number of distributors.