"A pleasure," Irisi said with a small smile as she shook his hand, taking no notice of the oddity of his name. She'd met people with more unusual names. Agent Smith for one, which wasn't so much odd as both a blatant lie and a Matrix reference.
She wasn't sure if he would like the tea, but she would hardly be offended if he didn't. It was her preference, when she wasn't mainlining coffee, but she hardly expected everyone else to like it. "It's karkade," she said by way of explanation, "hibiscus tea."