Imagine you were a diplomat at a fancy dinner and all they served to drink was bad coffee. Like, truly terrible with grit at the bottom and horrendously over brewed.
Now translate to tea.
This is probably that poor diplomats life as he went from western country to western country. Ostentatious decorations flaunting their wealth and people trying to serve his own culture's food back to him poorly or fed food that
was completely foreign to him.
So he was super surprised to have not only a good cup of tea, but one that complemented each course of the meal. It not only showed care to details, but care towards himself and his culture. It implies good will better than any flowery words could convey.
What kind of leader decides politics thru how well they make tea? Bitch what the--