You make a fair point.
However, the culture of the Balkans prizes both hospitality served with seriously good - nay, exceptionally good - coffee.
And, meetings with local interlocutors (irrespective of whether or not they are productive) will offer both hospitality and exceptional coffee (either espresso or their version of Turkish coffee, what they describe as "homemade" - i.e. Bosnian - coffee, strong but superb - I was offered - and accepted - such coffee at one of my meetings earlier today).
Now, in the interests of fairness, I must concede that meetings with my international colleagues can be an entirely different matter; unproductive meetings, mediocre coffee, all played before a backdrop of gritted teeth, pinched nostrils, averted eyes and frayed patience.