The two spent the next day together in Paris, wandering around the city and stopping in at cafes to drink tea and talk about the importance of creativity in business.

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It took place two weeks ago but it's still the talk of the tea room at Westminster.

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Before we left the village, we were invited by some of the elders to talk over mint tea and Shisha pipes.

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While they are not my cup of tea, over tea, they know how to talk like moderates.

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"We realized that just because we could talk the language and drink all the tea, it didn't mean that we were going to get the deals, " he says.

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