It’s amazing how much tea comes up in World War Two: Rommel sat down to tea to work out guidelines of behavior with the tribal people and Arabs of north Africa. Hitler and Churchill always offered tea; maybe they should have been drinking beer, and calmed everybody now.
and of course, Erwin’s reaction is priceless. “What?! YOU!?!?!?!?!“
hswoolve: Well, if you’ve read the prequel in Permanent Party, you know brother Erwin is very concerned about how this brother makes him look. And why neither of them is concerned about Karl’s preferences.