Coffee as a crop has been cultivated since about 575 AD (originally in Africa) in plantations in the intertropical zone of Africa, South America, and Asia.
Coffee species that count in the world production market are:
Arabica (Coffea arabica), is native t ...
Sunflower halva is popular in the former Soviet Union, Bulgaria, and Romania.
It’s made with roasted and ground sunflower seeds, instead of tahini. In the 1990s, Ukrainians produced around 4000/5000 tons of sunflower halva annually.
The most controversial topping, pineapple, was added by a Greek immigrant, Sam Panopoulos, to a pizza served in his restaurant, Satellite, in Chatham, Canada.