Long before wellness brands discovered it, people were sitting alone with a hot cup of tea and calling it enough. This week we wander through the surprisingly rich history of tea as a leisure ritual — from Japanese chanoyu to the British obsession with the proper brew — and ask why this one small, warm, endlessly repeatable act has anchored idle afternoons for centuries. If last week's puzzle table was about imposing order on chaos, this week is about sitting very still inside it.