What about approaching the tea drinking experience in a special way,
such as how a child might?

To do this, I fancy pretending to act out a tea-making/drinking
scenario in imitation of the Japanese ceremony.

What all the ingredients of the Japanese tea ceremony are, I'm not
sure. Something about two people involved in the process, which is
done deliberately and appreciation of living close to the earth, as in
days of old.

To bring out the child-like experience, I think it should be described
as a performance, or play, like children do when they are imitating
adults in some fantasy. In fact, it would probably be good if you
played at making tea with a child or two, having each do his/her part,
then tasting the result.

Kids are great at pretending something be done in a certain way, being
an actor, etc.. Also, I think kids enjoy repeating the same
experience. Probably, they like correcting each other, too. bookburn