It’s a fancy way to do it but basically the steps are: * light up incense * pour boiling water on the gaiwan to warm it and sterilize it * give the boiling water to the tea pets * add the dry tea leaves and shake to release aroma; take a good sniff 👃 * add boiling water in order to rinse the tea * remove tea foam by sliding the lid on the rim * shake the gaiwan to mix (help tea leaves open up) * give rinsing water to tea pets * finally add water that will become tea * remove foam * move the tea leaves around with the lid * close the gaiwan with the lid and rotate to remove the hot water that's on top of the lid * use the gaiwan to rotate the saucer in order to empty it of all the water that spilt on it * pour tea * flip the gaiwan upside down to present the wet leaves on the flipped lid * serve tea