Most of my blood is Italian and I love sweet coffee and the like.
I think that Italy is in Europe.
However, the Italian bloodlines, especially those of Southern Italians, are heavily influenced by Greeks from Asia Minor and various North African peoples. Scicilians were invaded by all kinds of people from the South and East over their history. Same with Spaniards and Portugese. They were Muslim for 500 years. Maybe the sweet tooth snuck in there from that.