You do not need a tea table, a timer, or silence from the whole house. You need water almost boiling, leaves you already like, and permission to stop scrolling for the length of one steep.
Rinse the cup. Pour. Sit with the steam. If the first sip is too strong or too pale, adjust tomorrow — tonight you already did the harder part: you sat down.
Tea is not performance — it softens the edges of a hard day.
Keep the set where you will see it. Rituals that hide in drawers rarely happen.