People gravitate to tea and something small and sweet in the mid-afternoon. Traditionally, it came with rules about how to eat the sweet (first and in small pieces) and drink the tea (pick up bowl in right hand, place on left pals, turn the bowl twice clockwise, drink in 3 or 4 sips, place the bowl on the ground and look at it with appreciation:
macha with sweet bean cake
In modern times, tea and sweet are eaten any ol' way. And it looks more like this:
sakura chai latte and a vanilla cake with cream and strawberries
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