The British host serves the Chinese visitors tea as part of the hospitality extended to the visitors. Knowing about the Chinese preference for Chinese tea, the host offers the visitors green tea. With long-standing relationships to China and regularly welcoming Chinese visitors, the tea that is served is in fact a gift given to the British host by another Chinese visitor in the past. The Chinese visitors drink the tea and then the most senior person says: "This is very good quality Chinese tea. Sham it is stale though. You should get some fresh tea the next time. I will bring you some when I come back" The British host does not respond to the visitor's remark, but carries on with the negotiation.